What better way to start the year that to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters. Join us as Jane Bennet undergoes THE AUSTEN INTERVIEWS. The Austen Interviews #9: An Interview with Miss Jane Bennet JACK CALDWELL: Hello, everyone—Jack Caldwell here. It is Jane Bennet in January time here at …
The Return of The Austen Interviews #8 – Another Interview with Miss Caroline Bingley JACK CALDWELL – Hello, everyone—Jack Caldwell here. For this edition of The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles, I’ve decided to bow to popular demand and bring back The Austen Interviews! For those of you living in a cave, this is a series …
The Journey by Jack Caldwell Good day, everyone. For the latest installment of the Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles, I’m sharing the following. 2015 marks the fortieth anniversary of my high school graduation. That occurrence inspired me to compose the following, and I was honored to present it at out 40th Reunion last Saturday. I thought …
Launch Party for RUIN AND RENEWAL: Volume Three of CRESCENT CITY by Jack Caldwell It’s strange to call this event a launch party. The word party is connected so closely with celebration. This book commemorates a day that should not be celebrated, but instead be indelibly engraved into the American memory, much like December 7, 1941 …
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 …
Launch Party for BOURBON STREET NIGHTS: Volume One of CRESCENT CITY by Jack Caldwell Finally, the time has come. The publishing of my most personal novel, CRESCENT CITY. The CRESCENT CITY series is the story of America’s most unique city, New Orleans, as told through the lives of an immigrant family from Derbyshire, England—the Darcys. …
Launch Party for THE PLAINS OF CHALMETTE: a Story of CRESCENT CITY by Jack Caldwell Finally, the time has come. The publishing of my most personal novel, CRESCENT CITY. (Wait a minute, you say. I thought this was to celebrate the launch of THE PLAINS OF CHALMETTE. What is CRESCENT CITY?) CRESCENT CITY is the …
The holidays are fast approaching and it seems like an ideal time to indulge in our two favorite things at Austen Variations, share our variations on Jane Austen’s works. Sunday, October 2, 1814 Matthew enjoyed an after-dinner cigar in the Melançon courtyard with his host while the ladies sipped a bit of wine, carefully …
Welcome to the book reveal for Mr. Darcy’s Challenge (Book 2 of Mr. Darcy’s Pledge). I would love to hear what you think of the cover. Please leave a comment below describing what impressions the cover evokes for an additional chance to be entered on the Launch Day Giveaway. Meanwhile, I’d like to let you know that …
Many of you have been asking about it and it’s finally happening!!! Mr. Darcy’s Challenge, the second volume of Mr. Darcy’s Pledge, will be coming out on November 25th. It will be available for pre-order in the next few days (I’ll keep you posted about the date on Facebook). Meanwhile, I’ll also be having a cover release on …
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