Persuasion Behind the Scenes is now FREE at all major book sellers! Have a peek at one of my favorite scenes that Austen never wrote. Anne and Lady Russell plan the wedding THE DRAWING ROOM IN Camden Place was by far the properest to receive Lady Russell for tea. But the room always felt cold …
Resolution
An excerpt for something I have been working on– the cover reveal and preorders are Feb 18th! Hope you enjoy it! ………………………………………………………………… It was two weeks before my wedding when by chance I saw him. Being exceedingly careful to keep myself in the shadows of the curtains, I peered out onto the street below. There …
The Cajun Cheesehead Celebrates Carnival
The Cajun Cheesehead Celebrates Carnival, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. In case you didn’t know, we’re in the middle of the Carnival Season here in Bayou Country. Of course, Carnival is celebrated in much of the Christian world: Europe, North and South America, and parts of Africa and Asia. Many erroneously call …
Sanditon Group Read: Fabulous Followup!
Although most of us have only seen the combined episodes 1 & 2 of Sanditon so far, that’s all we need to go ahead with our Followup. These Sanditon Group Read posts have focused on Jane Austen’s 12 chapters, and the show has already breezed through that material. Swish! If you nodded off for a …
BRAG-ing on The Trouble to Check Her
Will you join me in celebrating? The Trouble to Check Her was just awarded the BRAG Medallion, joining prior recipients: Remember the Past, The Darcys’ First Christmas, Mistaking Her Character, Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon and Longbourn: Dragon Entail. You can check out more about the BRAG Medallion HERE. To celebrate, I’ve made The Trouble to …
Preview of Persuaded to Sail #1
Preview of PERSUADED TO SAIL, Prologue and Chapter 1 Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. As you may know, I’ve been working on a sequel to Jane Austen’s last published novel, the wonderful Persuasion. Many years ago, I came up with something I placed on the fan fiction boards. When I started publishing my works, I …
Sanditon Group Read: Chapters 10 – 12
It’s time to look at the last section of Jane Austen’s final, incomplete novel: Sanditon. (If you’re just joining the Group Read today, you may want to review the Introduction here and Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here to get caught up.) Chapter 10 I had just been wondering what was really going on …
Fireside
Austen by the Fireside is this month’s theme, and it’s such a cosy one! Perfect for January. This is the time for cosiness, for wrapping up warm and curling up with a good book – or with several. It would be ever so nice if we could curl up before an open fire, but these …
12 Days of Christmas – Day 12
A performance! Twelfth Night was always a festive event for Jane Austen, her family and friends. They loved to brighten up the winter season and celebrate the traditional Epiphany with a variety of parties, balls, children’s festivities, and most especially theatricals. As we might expect, Jane Austen was at the heart of these activities …
12 Days of Christmas, Day 11
Happy eleventh day of Christmas! If we were going by the famous Christmas carol, today’s gift would be eleven pipers piping… however I suspect that nobody has much use for eleven pipers (or even one) these days. 😊 However, in keeping with the auditory spirit, I’m giving away something that I hope will be a …
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