The first draft of my new story Alone with Mr. Darcy is now over 55,000 words long (yay!). It’s been a slow process since Darcy and Elizabeth have been particularly rebellious about following the plot line, so I’ve had to cut long stretches of what I’ve written. It’s frustrating to edit out several weeks worth of writing, …
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Mr. Darcy’s Motivations, or a WIP by Abigail Reynolds
During my trip to England in 2012, I was stymied on several issues in the new book I was trying to write. Cassandra Grafton took a fellow writer and me to Fountains Abbey, where toured the spectacular ruins, then walked around the lake at the neighboring Studley Royal Water Gardens and talked plot. We …
Ratafia is not for Sissies!
This post is a follow-up on the Jane Austen Happy Hour workshop at last weekend’s RT convention where fellow Austen Authors Karen Doornebos, Marilyn Brant, Sharon Lathan, C. Allyn Pierson and I discussed regency-era alcoholic beverages, complete with taste-testing. I provided ratafia, and since I’d forgotten to bring the recipe cards, I volunteered to post …
Peeps & Prejudice
Some years ago a group of Austen fanfiction writers and readers who really ought to remain anonymous gathered in upstate New York at Heather Lynn Rigaud’s house. It was about this time of year, and between watching all the adaptations of Pride & Prejudice, significant silliness occurred. Without further ado, allow me to introduce you …
In the Footsteps of Pride & Prejudice
by Abigail Reynolds Picture: Jane Odiwe, Abigail Reynolds, and Monica Fairview in Regents Park How lucky can a girl get? Last week I unexpectedly found myself with several days to kill in London and Bath, and almost no plans. It was a little strange, I grant you, to have no idea what I was going …
It’s All in the Point of View!
A few days ago I received one of those notorious “edit memos.” That’s when an editor tells the writer everything that’s wrong with her books, sometimes with useful suggestions about what might fix these problems, sometimes with rather vague instructions like, “Tighten it up” or “You need to make this the best book you’ve ever …
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