I’m currently revising a section from the ending of my novel, and as I was reading it one last time, it brought tears to my eyes. I must admit, I do like the journey D&E go through in this novel. I think they find out a lot about themselves as well as each other. Are …
Coming Soon! A Folly of Youth
Hey there P&P fans! It feels like it’s been a very long time since my last release but I hope it’ll be worth the wait! The reveal will be here on April 12 and release day is May 8 and you can preorder it here! Special thanks to ❤️ Jeannette Kleman❤️ and ❤️ Paige Hale❤️ …
An Endeavour to be Worthy is out on Audiobook!
Can you believe it’s March already? The beginning of this year has flown by! I am busy at work writing the last of A Gentleman of Worth, the second book of the Montford Cousins series, but today, I have the newly released audiobook of An Endeavour to be Worthy narrated by the fantastic Deborah Balm. …
Sneak Peek: Allow Me to Tell You
Hello everyone, I would have like to put up some pictures of blossoms from my area in Surrey, but alas, spring has sent us a mixed bag of snow and cold winds, so there’s no chance of it. But at least this section of the WIP has a spring setting — and a proposal. This …
The Luxury of Paper
Today, paper is quite literally something that grows on trees. It is abundant, disposable, and cheap, quite the opposite of the situation during Jane Austen’s day when paper was something of a luxury good This, and the cost of postage, explains why letters of Austen’s era were cross-written, sometimes three different times. A writer would …
Youthful Fancies-The Adventures of the Gardiner Girls.
Happy Tuesday, dear Janeites! As we conclude the month of February, we reflect back on the joys of youth. Oh, to be young again; when one’s greatest concern was if mom had packed a Twinkie or Ding Dong in your lunch. When things were always much more dramatic in your mind than in reality. …
When They Were Young in the Crescent City
When They Were Young in the Crescent City, by Jack Caldwell Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Sorry I’ve been gone for a while. I’m working on three projects at once, and we just got over Carnival Season and Mardi Gras. The theme for this month is When They Were Young. There is only one book …
Sneak Peak: Allow Me to Tell You
At long last, I am at the final stages of my non-magical WIP, Allow Me to Tell You: A Regency Pride and Prejudice Variation. Writing this novel has been a strange and convoluted process. Originally, it was supposed to be a very short comic novella, part of a series of novellas that started with Longbourn …
Young Bennets by Diana Birchall
It had been a quiet three weeks at Longbourn, to Mr. Bennet’s satisfaction. His wife and daughters were having all the enjoyment of a visit to her brother Gardiner’s house in London, and since their leaving the countryside in a wild and noisy burst of excitement, Mr. Bennet had not been sorry to be left …
When We Were Young – Eliza and Col. Brandon
Although I don’t think anybody’s used it yet, the optional theme for this month is “When We Were Young.” So today I have an excerpt of a young Eliza and Colonel Brandon, taken from Colonel Brandon in His Own Words. In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen gives us just a teaser about their relationship, so …

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