Category: Community
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A Bonanza You Won’t Want to Miss!
Lovers of JAFF are in for a real treat, starting right now (midnight, EDT U.S.) and running all day Friday and into Saturday. The sponsors have kindly extended the ending hour so that readers worldwide have the same 24 hours
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Writing an Author’s Truth in Austenesque Fiction
What makes writing Austenesque variations exciting is that, in the hands of an author ready to explore truths that informed Jane Austen’s life and those of her characters, we are no longer constrained by the epochal notions enshrined in film or video. Rather, fresh approaches are sought in fantasy (Maria Grace and Abigail Reynolds, for…
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Reviews? Didn’t we just talk about those?
I’ve had a lot of time this month to think about reviews. It turns out that while my eye is safe and sound, it is taking its own sweet time about getting better. That has taken me from a lot of fun stuff like reading, writing, fulminating, expostulating, and throwing things. It has in turn…
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Avoiding the Winter Doldrums, Austen Style
Those that know me can confirm winter is not my favorite season. While it makes for an excellent time to cozy up with a book or sit and write, I’m hard pressed to agree any day that freezes the water in your eyes before you can blink is better spent outside than in. However, I,…
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5 Amazing News Stories in 2023 – A Day of Thanks and Acknowledgment
Medical breakthroughs, endangered repopulations…and more. My fellow Jane Austen-loving authors have recently given you a pleasing plethora of Regency desserts and holiday reflections, so I am taking a brief trip to the present! There is much to be concerned about in the world, but there are also many people working to make it better every…
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A Gathering of Friends
At the beginning of this month I had the joy of attending the JAFF Reader Writer Get Together in Washington, D.C. What fun! I reconnected with old friends, made new ones, heard lots of new stories in progress, and learned a TON! I thought you might enjoy hearing about it too. If you’ve never been…
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Piracy and Independent Authors
A lot of people have been talking recently about the Amazon crackdown on the exclusivity and priority pricing clauses in their online publishing contracts. If you’ve missed this or don’t understand what the big deal is, I wanted to talk about this as both someone who independently publishes my books and a practicing contracts attorney.…
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When History Comes Alive
What does an author of historical fiction do when she goes on vacation to the largest living history exhibit in the U.S.? She learns even more history that she can apply to her writing, of course! Last week, in honor of Independence Day, my family and I traveled to Williamsburg, Virginia, to experience the living…
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What JAFF Community Means to Me
I’m going to say something VERY controversial, which, for those of you who have been following me for any amount of time, will probably not come as a surprise. I just can’t seem to do anything the conventional way. But that’s okay. It’s one of the things I love most about the JAFF community. Most…