Mr. Darcy Came to Dinner 10th Anniversary, by Jack Caldwell Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Ten years ago, I published the funniest novel I have written to date: MR. DARCY CAME TO DINNER – A Pride & Prejudice Farce. I’d like to deeply thank those of you who have been so kind to read it, …
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William, Fitzwilliam, and Fitzwilliam
Is it possible to have too many Williams? I like the name – very much, in fact. Even so, there ought to be a limit as to number. One thing I’ve learned as a novelist is that you shouldn’t confuse your readers with character names that are too similar. If you’ve already got a Terry …
Bloom Where You are Planted – Lydia Blooms in Venice by Diana Birchall
August was hot in Venice, as might have been expected, and the Darcy party sat outside in the garden, fanning themselves and taking some comfort from the shade offered by the olive and persimmon trees. There was no coolness to be derived from the canal below the terraces of the Palazzo Mocenigo, as no breeze …
Allow Me to Tell You: Release Day + Giveaway!
It’s release day!! Well, it was meant to be release day on April 20th, but Amazon gave me a little surprise by publishing early! 😀 To celebrate, I’ll be gifting TWO e-book copies to TWO LUCKY WINNERS! Just leave a message below letting me what you enjoy most about Darcy and Elizabeth’s interactions in Rosings. …
Sneak Peak: Allow Me to Tell You
At long last, I am at the final stages of my non-magical WIP, Allow Me to Tell You: A Regency Pride and Prejudice Variation. Writing this novel has been a strange and convoluted process. Originally, it was supposed to be a very short comic novella, part of a series of novellas that started with Longbourn …
Young Bennets by Diana Birchall
It had been a quiet three weeks at Longbourn, to Mr. Bennet’s satisfaction. His wife and daughters were having all the enjoyment of a visit to her brother Gardiner’s house in London, and since their leaving the countryside in a wild and noisy burst of excitement, Mr. Bennet had not been sorry to be left …
An Announcement and an Excerpt from An Endeavour to be Worthy
If you have yet to hear the buzz, Deborah Balm has agreed to narrate An Endeavour to be Worthy! I am excited and hope to have that released by the end of February or the beginning of March depending upon ACX’s turnover time for reviewing the files, so look out for the release post. In …
Guess Whose Book Just Joined Club 1000!
Celebrate with me! I’ve joined Club 1000! Never heard of it? I’m not surprised, since I just made it up. But I hope you’ll agree that it’s a prestigious honor nonetheless. The Club is for books that have been purchased, read, and enjoyed by enough people to collect at least 1000 ratings/reviews on Amazon, and …
Throwback Thursday
Because of something that happened just this past week, I thought I would do a Throwback Thursday post on one of my earlier books, “Master Under Good Regulation.” This book was a Pride and Prejudice story told from the perspective of Darcy’s English Springer Spaniel, Reggie. A few years after I had written and then …
New release Brother of the Bride
THE LAUNCH OF BROTHER OF THE BRIDE Official Launch for BROTHER OF THE BRIDE, a sequel to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I am proud to announce the release of my twelfth novel, BROTHER OF THE BRIDE, a sequel to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Book Four of …

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