Tag: Jack Caldwell

February is for Lovers by Jack Caldwell

The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. For some time, thanks to St. Valentine (and Hallmark Cards), the month of February is known for love and hearts and all that stuff. (It’s also the graveyard of televised sports, as it falls between the end of football and the start of …

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Jane Austen’s Advent Calendar – Day 23 – Making Her Sentiments Known

The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles. Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. In between setting up the book sale, editing PERSUADED TO SAIL, and writing ROSINGS PARK, I came up with this little short story. It’s doesn’t have anything to do with Christmas or the Advent Season, but what the hey. Consider it my Christmas present to you. …

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Ranking Jane Austen’s Heroines

Ranking Jane Austen’s Heroines Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. As you know, I’m a writer. By definition, that makes me insane. Don’t believe me? Ask any writer if they’re sane. If they say they are, they’re lying. Anywho, as I am insane, I occasionally give in to my innate absurdity by engaging in flights of …

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Death & Life – a sequel to P&P and The Three Colonels, by Jack Caldwell

Greetings, everybody! Jack Caldwell here. As you may know, my second published novel, THE THREE COLONELS: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men—a grand sequel to two of Jane Austen’s works: Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility—was originally published on-line. What you may not know is I also wrote a vignette about the characters in that story …

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An Excerpt from ROSINGS PARK – Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins

Greetings, everybody! Jack Caldwell here. As anyone who has read the ground-breaking THE THREE COLONELS (a sequel to both Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility), they know I love to write about Jane Austen’s minor characters, imbuing them with more human feelings, talents, and fallacies. I see them in shades of gray. After all, …

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The Austen Interviews – An Interview with Colonel Fitzwilliam: the sequel

The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles by Jack Caldwell The Austen Interviews – An Interview with Colonel Fitzwilliam: the sequel   JACK CALDWELL – Hello, everyone—Jack Caldwell here. I couldn’t just leave you hanging after my initial interview with Colonel Fitzwilliam. [It can be found HERE] Besides, he has a sword. So, I’m happy to welcome back …

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The Austen Interviews – An Interview with Colonel Fitzwilliam

The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles by Jack Caldwell The Austen Interviews – An Interview with Colonel Fitzwilliam [Originally posted 04/28/2011]   JACK CALDWELL – Hello, everyone—Jack Caldwell here. We all know that Fitzwilliam Darcy is Jane Austen’s ideal man and the readers’ favorite gentleman. For this edition of The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles, I’m pleased to interview …

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Chapter Three from ROSINGS PARK by Jack Caldwell

Greetings, everybody! Jack Caldwell here. One of the first novels I wrote was the ground-breaking THE THREE COLONELS, a sequel to both Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. It was also the first book in my Jane Austen’s Fighting Men Series. I’ve have released the second book in that series, THE LAST ADVENTURE OF …

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March Madness – Mr. Darcy meets Capt. Wentworth by Jack Caldwell

Hello, everybody. Jack Caldwell here. As you may know, I’m working on ROSINGS PARK, my sequel to THE THREE COLONELS. Unfortunately, it’s been a slow process and I appreciate your patience. (It doesn’t help that I’m also editing my Persuasion sequel, PERSUADED TO SAIL, at the same time!) Anyhow, there’s an interlude in ROSINGS PARK …

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Backstage at Pride and Prejudice by Jack Caldwell

The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles by Jack Caldwell Hello, everybody. Jack Caldwell here. Long-term readers of my work know I have a peculiar sense of humor. Every now and then, my muse falls victim to it. Like today. So, instead of writing some romantic piece that will leave you in a puddle of mush, you get …

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