After the release of my first original Regency story, An Earl For Ellen, in the box set Timeless (what are you waiting for, it’s still available! Grab it here!) it’s time for the second in the series, A Marquis For Marianne! Exclusively available in boxed set Unwrapping A Rogue, A Marquis For Marianne is a… more goodness …
All authors go through their own distinct process to bring a fully-flowered novel to fruition. Some folks are quickly able to lay their plot against the background. Others…like me…stumble around, researching, sketching, writing, editing until they have it “just so.” I am not suggesting that one path is better than the other…only different. Yet, I… more goodness …
Later this month in the U.S., we will be all about the turkey and fixings and football and preparing for Black Friday sales, but in the U.K., turkeys are a more traditional dish for Christmas. Why might you ask? We can blame that particular fact on one William Strickland, a 16th Century navigator and explorer,… more goodness …
Austen Authors is pleased to announce the winner of Leenie Brown‘s “Assessing Mr. Darcy” Giveaway. Heather Schlecht Hill will receive an eBook copy of Ms. Brown‘s Assessing Mr. Darcy. Congratulations, Heather. Please contact Regina Jeffers, Giveaway Coordinator, at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize. [According to stated giveaway rules on Austen Authors, all prizes must be claimed within… more goodness …
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a meeting of the Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom – Scottish Branch, featuring a fascinating talk by Dora Petherbridge, curator, at the National Library of Scotland. The subject of Ms Petherbridge’s lecture was Henrietta Liston, a keen diarist and letter writer, a contemporary of Jane… more goodness …
During Jane Austen’s life and beyond, England was beset with constant internal strife—labor protests, political riots, and military mutinies. These came as the result of falling wages–caused by increasing mill automation–high-priced food, and the harsh conditions and poor pay of military life. From the mid-1790s through the end of Austen’s life, a major insurrection would… more goodness …
Tomorrow is Halloween, as I suspect everyone in the United States is aware. I know the “holiday” isn’t as popular in other parts of the world, at least not in the same way, but here it is a huge event. Personally, I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween. I’m much fonder of Christmas and… more goodness …
PLEASE NOTE: Even though I had fun with this post, I really do appreciate men who act like gentlemen. And I do thank them when they hold a door for me or show any other acts of kindness. I will even hold a door for them if it means shutting the door in their face… more goodness …
Austen Authors is thrilled to announce the winners of P. O. Dixon‘s “An Upcoming Storytelling Journey” Giveaway. TLeighF will receive an eBook copy of Ms. Dixon‘s newest boxed set When the Right Love Comes Along, which includes Miss Elizabeth Bennet and By Reason, by Reflection, by Everything. Congratulations, Tobin. Please contact Regina Jeffers, Giveaway Coordinator, at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize.… more goodness …
Austen Authors is pleased to announce the winners of Zoe Burton‘s “Darcy’s Eavesdropping” Giveaway. Lynn char and susannebarrett will each receive an eBook copy of Ms. Burton‘s Darcy Overhears. Congratulations, Ladies. Please contact Regina Jeffers, Giveaway Coordinator, at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize. [According to stated giveaway rules on Austen Authors, all prizes must be claimed within 72 hours… more goodness …
I still have many more photos and details from my travels to share, but for this post I wanted to return to my occasional series on books of Jane Austen’s time, this time with Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. For although it was published half a year after Austen’s death, its origin occurred during a… more goodness …
Austen Authors is happy to announce the winners of Regina Jeffers‘s “Releases, and Chaos, and Giveaways, Oh My!” Giveaway. Ms. Jeffers became more generous than she first intended. These ladies all won an eBook copy of Where There’s a FitzWILLiam Darcy, There’s a Way: Luthien84, Chelsea, Carole in Canada, Glynis Whitehead, and Linda Hoppe. This… more goodness …
It’s that time again … I have completed another novel. 🙂 This one is called Darcy Overhears. It is 43,038 words and 216 printed pages of awesomeness, if I do say so myself. <3 ~~~***~~~ This story began as a tiny “what if.” What if Darcy overheard something about Elizabeth? It wasn’t much to go… more goodness …
