Coming Attractions! It seems like most fans of Jane Austen can never get enough Pride and Prejudice. Every time we create new scenes to add to the story, many of you say you still want more. So, if you’re one of those readers, have we got good news for you! Over the next few …
Just hanging out I think one of my favorite parts of the week was the time we got to spend together. Although the Jane Austen variations authors interact a great deal online, we do not have opportunity to meet together face to face very often. So when we have that opportunity, I always want …
Launch Party for ELYSIAN DREAMS: Volume Two of CRESCENT CITY by Jack Caldwell “ELYSIAN”: adjective; (literary) delightful; glorious; blissful. Happy summer, everyone. Just in time for your beach reading is the second part to my epic tale of New Orleans. ELYSIAN DREAMS: Volume Two of CRESCENT CITY. We ended Volume One in August of 1999 …
Jane Austen Regency Week 2015 boasted of quite a few events and talks as well as two walking tours hosted by the local historian, Jane Hurst. Susan Mason-Milks and I both signed up for Ms. Hurst’s walk of Chawton the first weekend, and were impressed with Ms. Hurst’s knowledge of the local history, as well …
Though Jane Austen Regency Week 2015 has drawn to a close, and we have all returned to our respective corners of the globe, we couldn’t wait to share it all with you! With so many wonderful events a single post can’t do it justice, so continue watching for a series on this event. The festival …
New Release – Darcy and Elizabeth: Behind Pemberley’s Walls It’s me again! I am back with another short story: Darcy and Elizabeth: Behind Pemberley’s Walls. As with Lost in Love, this story takes place at Pemberley where a dejected Darcy has gone to try to get over Elizabeth’s rejection of his offer of marriage. Even with …
When you read a story do you need a Happily Ever After (HEA) or does a Happy For Now (HFN) suffice? It’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about since last weekend when I participated in a contemporary romance panel at the Romance Writers of America-New York City chapter’s Romance Festival. Many in the panel …
In 1799, Jane Austen and her mother accompanied her brother Edward Austen Knight and his wife to Bath where they resided at 13 Queen’s Square for a month, which encompassed part of May and June of that year. Three of Miss Austen’s letters from her month in Bath mention Sydney Gardens, so it can be …
My husband and I have been charged with the monumental task of going through my parents’ house and all their stuff. They’ve both moved on now (one to heaven and the other to assisted living), leaving all their worldly goods behind. As we have sorted through, we’ve found lots of things that should have been …
Fathers in Austen-world [Note: The following is an edited version of a post at another site in 2012] Good day, everyone. Father’s Day is fast approaching, so I’m going to speak of St. Patrick’s Day first. There’s a method to my madness. March 17th is the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, Saint …
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