Tag: Jane Austen

Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon Ch 3

Today, Darcy meets Mr. Bennet who is less than impressed with Darcy as a Dragon Keeper and the population of dragons at Longbourn doubles!  The book is available for preorder now, as a special price. Don’t miss out, it will go up when the book goes live on 10/31!   Click here to preorder. Jane Austen’s Dragons, …

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Fantastical Austen: Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon Ch 2

England is overrun by dragons of all shapes and sizes. Most people are blissfully unaware of them and the Pendragon Treaty that keeps the peace between human and dragon kind.  Only those born with preternatural hearing, like Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are able to hear and converse with dragonkind. When the first firedrake egg …

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Pirates! — An Excerpt from PERSUADED TO SAIL

Ahoy, maties—Jack Caldwell is back.  The theme for this month’s blogs at Jane Austen Variations is Fantastical Austen. The only problem is I haven’t written anything that truly fits the bill. Unless y’all have read We Have Mrs. Radcliffe to Thank, Story #9 in my VARIATIONS short story collection (available here.) So I decided to …

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Fantastical Austen: Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon Ch 1

Regency England is teeming with dragons, but only a select few are actually aware they are about. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are among the elite members of the Blue Order, charged with maintaining the dragon-human peace established by the Pendragon treaty. A nice simple directive, right? What could go wrong? What indeed… Jane Austen’s …

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Launch of Convincing Mr. Darcy, a Novella, by Mary Lydon Simonsen

It’s been awhile since I published anything, and so I am happy to release my e-book novella, Convincing Mr. Darcy. To celebrate the launch, I am giving away threee-books. The winners will be announced on October 4th. All you have to do is to leave a comment about your favorite Jane Austen character(s) (other than …

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Austen Locations – Bath – Part 2 – Anne Elliot Meets Captain Wentworth at the Circus by Mary Simonsen

Anne held the guidebook of Bath in her hand, but after reading the same paragraph for the third time, she closed it. Her thoughts were elsewhere—Molland’s to be exact. She was still attempting to understand what had happened at the confectioner’s shop a day earlier. She had just finished a cup of tea and a …

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Austen Locations – Bath – Part 1 – Anne Elliot Meets Captain Wentworth at Molland’s – Mary Simonsen

In Persuasion, Anne visits Bath with her family. One of the most popular sites was Molland’s, a confectionery store, where she would have enjoyed a cup of hot tea and a sweet. Sweets included dried fruits, gingerbread, cakes, sugared almonds, and jellied fruits. Anne was sent back, however, in a moment by the entrance of …

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How to Tour Bath in 90 Minutes or Less

This month’s theme is Jane Austen locations, particularly Bath, which immediately brought this story to mind. My husband works for Boeing and he occasionally travels with his job, jetting off to exotic vacation destinations like Glasgow Montana, Roswell New Mexico, and Fairbanks Alaska in the dead of winter. Needless to say, I’ve never felt the desire …

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Official Launch of “Pride and Prejudice – Behind the Scenes”

In case you’ve missed all the preliminary chatter, I’ll let you in on the worst-kept secret around. Ta-da! The authors of Austen Variations proudly present a new collaboration titled Pride and Prejudice – Behind the Scenes. Here’s the official book blurb: What did Mr. Darcy think when he first saw Elizabeth Bennet? How did Miss Bingley …

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Travels in August: Marianne Goes to Northumberland

For my ‘Travels in August’ post this month, I’m sharing the first two chapters from Who Needs Mr Willoughby?, my third Jane Austen Factor book. Marianne Bennet is about to leave her home on the south coast of England to travel alone to Northumberland, where she and her mother and sister Elinor will soon reside. She’s not looking forward to …

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