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 …
Only a week to go until the A Matter of Honor is released! Meantime, here’s Chapter 4, where we finally hear Elizabeth’s point of view. Links to earlier chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3. I’ll be posting Chapter 5 next Wednesday, and I’ll be celebrating the book launch on Sept 5 on Babblings of …
Good news – my new book A Matter of Honor is now available for pre-order! The release is scheduled for September 5. And I hope you like the cover! That’s Eilean Donan Castle in the Scottish Highlands in the background, with my daughter in the foreground. 😉 I’ll be posting a chapter a week until …
Yes, my new book is coming out at last! I know I’ve kept you waiting a long time, but A Matter of Honor, a Pride & Prejudice variation set primarily in Scotland, will be released on September 5. For the next few weeks, I’ll be posting the opening chapters here for your reading pleasure. Here’s …
Greetings, Janeites! I have been deep underground this summer, mostly because I have been spending a LOT of time camping! Our kids just keep getting older, so my husband put his foot down and decreed that we would take advantage of every weekend we could this summer, to just go do something with them before …
A Picnic Instead of a Ball – 1940’s Pride and Prejudice (with a giveaway), by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Well, we’ve run through three Pride and Prejudice adaptations—1980, 1995, and 2005. So, it’s time to tackle that strange beast known as P&P0: Robert Z. Leonard’s 1940 film Pride and Prejudice. The screenplay …
Hi, all! I’m Jennifer Altman and I am thrilled to be joining the team here at Austen Variations! For those of you who haven’t come into contact with me somewhere in cyberspace, I’m relatively new to the Austenesque universe, having published my debut novel To Conquer Pride this past November. To tell the truth, sometimes …
Regency and Reconstruction The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Way back in the Dark Ages—the early 2000’s—I had discovered Fan Fiction Boards while searching for a sequel to Pride and Prejudice. As I worked during the day, I read fan fiction at night. My wife likes to go to …
Today, I am releasing a collection of previously published short stories, Darcy and Elizabeth at Pemberley. Lost in Love, Behind Pemberley Walls, and Answered Prayers were sold on Kindle as individual short stories, The Marriage of Antony Fitzwilliam and The Pemberley Ball were published on various blogs. I thought it would be more convenient for …
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