I thought at first that a theme like “proposals,” would be easy. After all, there’s at least one proposal in all my books, just as in Jane Austen’s. Right? And if I wrote P&P variations, there would be no difficulty (or mystery). The proposals would be between Darcy and Elizabeth and we would all know …
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Preview of Persuaded to Sail #5
Preview of PERSUADED TO SAIL, Chapter 7, Part 2 Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here, celebrating a milestone. Not only is this the final preview of my upcoming novel, PERSUADED TO SAIL: Book Three of Jane Austen’s Fighting Men, this also marks my fiftieth posting in Jane Austen Variations. I hope you have enjoyed my little …
Bonus Leap into Love
I already did one post on this month’s theme, but I just couldn’t let LEAP into LOVE slip by without tying it to my novel LEAP of HOPE. The two were practically made for each other. The colors even match! Besides, February 29th is kind of a bonus day, so I figured it deserved a bonus …
Leap into Love
Choosing a romantic scene to share was not an easy choice to make. I have my favorites, of course, but I didn’t want to drop spoilers or confuse people out of context. Ultimately, I decided to share this scene from Green Card. It was one of the first scenes I wrote for this story and …
Leap into Love – An Excerpt
Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but here at Austen Variations we are still celebrating this leap year with our monthly theme on all things romance! And what better way to do it than with excerpts highlighting one of our favorite couple’s leap into love! Today I’ll be sharing a passage from my Pride …
Leap into Love – D&E Excerpt by Shannon Winslow
With Valentine’s Day, love is in the air. And it’s a Leap Year besides! So we’re celebrating all this month with romantic excerpts and special giveaways! Today it’s my turn, and I have a romantic ‘Darcy and Elizabeth’ chapter from The Darcys of Pemberley, my first (and still most popular) novel. Even if you’ve read …
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 …
A Haunted House?
Your Austen Variations authors have so much going on this month (with new releases, etc.) that there haven’t been many posts so far using this month’s theme: Fantastical Austen, where the strange and paranormal are meant to be featured. I imaging that will change, as we now drawing closer to Halloween, though. For my contribution, …
A “Stormy” Excerpt from “Return to Longbourn”
Normally I wouldn’t have much first-hand info to report on storms from the first half of September. In fact, we often have some of our nicest weather this month. Yes, a few spots of the rain Seattle is famous for, but lots of sun and warm temperatures too. This year has been different, however. We’ve …
The Journey Home To Pemberley ~ Part Three
Hello again! This is the third post I’m sharing this fine August, here and at the 10th Annual Austen in August hosted by www.thebookrat.com. Hope you’re enjoying the Austen in August celebration of our favourite author and the world of her novels. Thanks for reading the first two excerpts from my upcoming book, THE …
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