Category: Jane Austen
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The End (Finally)
I am certain you will be glad to hear that I am finally bringing An Interrupted Proposal to an end. Unfortunately, there are rewrites and covers and editing to be done before it can be released. But I have 2 book festivals this fall so it will be out by the beginning of September, at…
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No Phones, No GPS: How People Navigated England Before Maps Were Standard
One of my favourite 1-star reviews of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice was left on Amazon in July of 2010. It reads as follows: “Just a bunch of people going to each other’s houses.” Now, can you argue with that, really? It’s a very apt description of the main action and plot devices in our…
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Beekeeping is all the Buzz!
My mother spins honey all summer long as she and my stepdad have a honey business. She used her own honey when she made mead after I wrote the blog After Dinner Drinks, and I can vouch that many recipes in The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook were as delicious as we had hoped! Having…
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Confessions of an Unfaithful Author: The Shadow of Austen
I have a confession to make. I’m cheating. Yes, it’s true. I’ve written a non-JAFF novel, something that is not based on one of Jane Austen’s amazing works of fiction. Can you ever forgive me? I was asked to participate in a multi-author series of historical romances, and two original characters popped into my head…
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How Much Did Jane Austen Earn From Her Books?
Publishing options in Austen’s day and how much she earned on her books
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Parallel Tracks
Uncovering Similarities under Differences There are times when we get lost in the differences between Darcy and Elizabeth. One is filled with pride in his position, which informs his prejudices, while the other suffers from injured pride after a single insult uttered by another person. She sets her face against the author of her discomfort,…
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Why the Tour of Pemberley Matters: Part 2
Pemberley as imagined by Pride & Prejudice 2005 Elizabeth is not mercenary, the tour at Pemberley did not sway her in regards to wealth, but it did provide a very important character reference about Mr. Darcy. I’ve already discussed the contents of the house in Part 1 and the real importance of the portrait. In…
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A Little More of EBBD
Here is a little bit more of ‘Elizabeth Bennet’s Bad Days. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. Chapter III Remorse Most Keen Elizabeth sat quietly on her bed and facing the floor as big, fat tears rolled down her cheeks. Not a sound could be heard as she…
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It’s a Steal!!! However – in other news – the BBC has aced MISS AUSTEN (the TV series)!!!!
#MissAusten #JaneAusten #PrideAndPerjury #JAFF #HistoricalFiction Everyone here will know, by now, about Meta’s immoral and illegal “scraping” of well over SEVEN MILLION books, in order to train generative language AI – without compensating a single author, out of the seven million of us concerned (of whom I’m one.) However, it still came as a shock…
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A Visit to Netherfield Park
Hello fabulous readers! Though I took off the month of March to rest and make plans for a few months out of school, I did prepare another excerpt of An Interrupted Proposal. If you want to get caught up or reread the prior posts, here are the links (in the proper order): What if?, What if?…