I’m hard at work on a new story. This one has taken me a while to figure out, and I thought I’d share with you its tale. The new story has had a couple of names in its short existence. At first, it was “What Mrs. Bennet Heard.” That was a great title for the… more goodness …
Since Pride and Prejudice is told almost entirely from Elizabeth’s point of view, there are any number of events in the story which we don’t get to witness, as she wasn’t present. What Darcy got up to in London after leaving Hertfordshire is one I’ve seen explored numerous times in fiction (and explored myself in… more goodness …
Today I’m giving you an exclusive sneak peek at my new novel, Darcy in Hollywood. How new? So new that it doesn’t yet have a blurb or a cover. But rest assured it will have both by the time it’s released – hopefully next week. In this story, Darcy is a Hollywood movie star and… more goodness …
There are many ways that two authors can work together. For Summer and me, I think of it as having four unequal phases. First, I write a complete story, often around 20,000 words. That makes it a novella, not a novel. For the second phase, Summer rewrites it, sometimes adding whole scenes that were originally… more goodness …
“To uncover the plot of your story, don’t ask what should happen, but what should go wrong. To uncover the meaning of your story, don’t ask what the theme is, but rather, what is discovered. Characters making choices to resolve tension — that’s your plot. If your protagonist has no goal, makes no choices, has… more goodness …
Research for the Trivia Challenge questions on these posts is often a source of entertainment, but sometimes on older versions, as with this adaptation, there is precious little information online. That is when I have to get creative. Some of today’s trivia questions are on the edges of connection to the series itself. When I… more goodness …
I’ve been thinking a lot about Jane Austen’s bad boys lately–Wickham, Willoughby, Churchill, et al.–and, as I’ve studied each one, I’m more impressed than ever with Austen’s ability to develop her characters. Each of these male characters brought out the strengths and weaknesses of the main characters in an ingenious manner. The books would not… more goodness …
The Austen Authors are pleased to announce the winners for the Spring Quarterly Giveaway. Congratulations!!!! If your name appears below: (1) contact Regina Jeffers (Giveaway Coordinator) at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize. READ THROUGH ALL THE NAMES FOR THERE ARE MANY WINNERS!!! Winners names are in RED. (2) If your prize is an eBook, make certain the… more goodness …
Austen Authors is pleased to announce the winners of P. O. Dixon‘s “The Look, the Smell, the Feel” Giveaway. Jenny Solis will each receive an eBook copy of Ms. Dixon‘s With a Love Like This. Congratulations, Jenny. Please contact Regina Jeffers, Giveaway Coordinator, at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize. [According to stated giveaway rules on… more goodness …
I find I am often asked about what I’m working on or how I’m progressing overall or with a specific project. This is usually a general question, as much of my audience is the Pride & Prejudice crowd, though at times I have been asked about particular projects to which I have alluded, or which… more goodness …
Austen Authors is pleased to announce the winners of Regina Jeffers‘s “I Am a Writing Machine” Giveaway. Katzanne, Chelsea, and Charlene Capodice will each receive an eBook copy of Ms. Jeffers‘s latest Austen-inspired title, In Want of a Wife. Meanwhile, Luthien84 and Patricia Finnegan will receive an eBook copy of Book 3 of the… more goodness …
Despite a recent diagnosis of diabetes, my 2019 has been going exceptionally well, and the writing has been flowing out of me, of late. In 2018, I caught the flu, which turned into bronchitis and then into pneumonia. I was down for the count for over two months, which put a definite crimp in my… more goodness …
Well, at first I didn’t know what to do for today’s post. However, I’ve had in mind to do a fourth book for the Darcy Versus Series, and this is what I came up with. I have a premise with a tentative plot and, unless I think of one more, this will be the last… more goodness …
