PART II of a Three Part Story, to appear on Successive Sundays in Advent. The first episode, “St. Nicholas Day at Pemberley,” was published on December 6, and told of a Rich Jane Austen Christmas, set at Pemberley. This second treat, “Miss Bingley’s Christmas,” is about a Poor Jane Austen Christmas, spent with the cold-hearted …
I must offer my deepest apologies to everyone! The post encountered some technical difficulties that took quite a few hours to resolve (and still aren’t quite complete). I’m not quite sure how I accomplished this (I’m an author, not a video engineer) but the video went live… in 3D! I’m still scratching my head about …
Hello, everyone! Today’s treat is some time under the Christmas Bough. Even in Jane Austen’s time, the Christmas Bough was an old tradition. It had made an appearance in the 14th century as an effigy of the Holy Family surrounded by a couple of hoops festooned with greenery – holy, ivy, mistletoe, bay, rosemary or …
Welcome to day 10 of the Austen Variations Advent Calendar! For today’s festivities, we actually have a double celebration, since in addition our regular advent fun, tonight also marks the beginning of Hanukkah! For those of you who’d like to learn a little bit more about the Jewish Festival of Lights, you can read a …
December is certainly going by at a breakneck pace! I know I speak for all of us at Austen Variations when I say I hope our little daily offerings have been a bright spot–personally I have needed that in these crazy times in which we live! Many thanks to those of you who comments on …
Hello everyone, For today’s Advent calendar treat, I have a short story for you. It takes place the Christmas after Being Mrs Darcy ends (so about four months later). If you haven’t read the book, I think you can enjoy it anyway; just know that Elizabeth and Darcy did not have a great start to …
Launch of ROSINGS PARK: A Story of Jane Austen’s Fighting Men, by Jack Caldwell Merry Christmas, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Years ago, back in the dark ages of JAFF, my beautiful wife Barbara challenged to write an Austenseque story. That story became THE THEE COLONELS: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men. The story was audacious at the …
Welcome to Day 7 of the Austenesque Advent Calendar! Today’s treat is two Austenesque digital escape rooms. Never done a digital escape room before? No problem! These give instructions along the way. The first one is The Mystery of the Langley Estate, A Jane Austen-Inspired Escape Room created by the talented folks at Cambridgeshire Libraries. …
PART I of a Three Part Story, to appear on Successive Sundays in Advent. This first episode tells of a Rich Jane Austen Christmas, and is set at Pemberley. The second treat, on Sunday, December 13, is about a Poor Jane Austen Christmas, spent with the cold-hearted Miss Bingley and her sister Mrs. Hurst. On …
Congratulations to Simone!!! You won a copy of Sons of Pemberley plus your choice of another book from my catalog. To claim your prize, email elizabethadamswrites@gmail.com or message me on Facebook and I will send you a file. Happy Holidays!
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