CRESCENT CITY is now on Audible, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I am pleased and honored to announce the release of the audio book versions of my epic, Austen-inspired, New Orleans trilogy, CRESCENT CITY, narrated by the wonderful Melissa Kay Benson. Now, I know what you’re thinking. What do books entitled BOURBON …
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, …
My book Mr. Darcy’s Enchantment actually came out in audiobook format from Tantor Media last month while I was still recovering from Lyme Disease and two days before I released A Matter of Honor, so I never managed to celebrate it with a giveaway. But now it’s time, and I’m ready to celebrate! Getting this …
My panel talk was over, and was well received; anxiety over the Author Signing event was relieved by the fun and delight of friends old and new coming up to buy my book and chat. So now there was nothing left to do at the JASNA annual general meeting in Williamsburg, VA, but to let …
It’s not all that easy to get to Williamsburg, VA from Los Angeles – there are no direct flights, so it was 13 hours door to door, on two planes, a train, and two Ubers. Might have got as far as Rome in that time; and I arrived exhausted and uncertain about whether it was …
There is no question that weather was a significant factor in Regency era life. Snow, heavy rain, and other poor meteorological conditions would have made travel next to impossible and may have led to illness and even death. As such, it is not surprising that Jane Austen often referenced the elements in her novels. While …
Stormy September Excerpt #2 – Ruin and Renewal, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Getting into the mood of our current theme—Stormy September—I have looked through my previous novels to find a suitable excerpt. Not a lot of rain in my books, but I have two great examples. So, I going to give …
Stormy September Excerpt #1 – Pemberley Ranch, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Getting into the mood of our current theme—Stormy September—I have looked through my previous novels to find a suitable excerpt. Not a lot of rain in my books, but I have two great examples. So, I going to give you …
Publication Day, and my book The Bride of Northanger is unleashed upon the world, in all its adventurous, Gothic, mysterious, romantic, historical, humorous and Austenesque splendor. Or so it is in my own mind, for what mother does not admire her own sucking child? Jane Austen did herself. (With much more justification, needless to say, …
Family letters and remembrances tell us that Jane Austen played a variety of games with her young nieces an nephews, and was quite good at many of them, including bilboquet.
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