A writer friend recently messaged me requesting information on Indian fashion for a novel she is currently writing. Linda Thompson is a dear friend and awesome Austenesque novelist, so I am confident that her India-themed novel will be excellent. Keep an eye out for it! I was delighted to share what I could, although after… Read the full blog post …
Book covers are very important in the marketing of one’s books. Coming across as attractive is only part of the process. If you see a fantasy cover, that’s what you think of first. If you see that cover on a cookbook, you’d probably have raised eyebrows and be wondering what was happening. So, yes, you… Read the full blog post …
Today, July 1st, is Canada Day, the celebration of Canadian federation in 1867. And so, I thought I’d talk a bit about this country and its place in my writing. I’m not from Canada, although I’ve lived here since I was a child. I grew up in a prairie city out west, moved to Montreal… Read the full blog post …
I thought I would touch upon five characters that each have a presence which is felt despite the fact that they are deceased. In novels, we often get caught up in the living characters who speak and act, but in Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen created such depth in her novel that there are numerous… Read the full blog post …
“It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short.” – Emma As I have mentioned several times over the last year, my husband and I are now empty-nesters. Our youngest daughter was home for exactly one month before taking off for her summer internship. The next time we see her will be when we… Read the full blog post …
This month’s post gives you a sample of Part Two of the Elizabeth Said, Darcy Said series. This novella takes another look at the infamous Meryton assembly, but through Darcy’s eyes. It joins the story after Elizabeth has given Darcy a piece of her mind and stomped off to the other side of the hall… Read the full blog post …
The third book in the One Thread Pulled series features the challenges Elizabeth faces as a new bride and is set largely at Pemberley. It will be released in autumn of this year if all goes according to plan. The current working title isn’t the final title, but I thought that the Austen Authors’ readers… Read the full blog post …
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there is no denying the powerful influence that screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s beloved novels have to inspire new generations of viewers to become fans of her works. Whether it’s seeing a six-hour miniseries that faithfully recreates one of the books, or a two-hour movie loosely based on one or… Read the full blog post …
As June comes to a close, so does National Audiobook Appreciation Month. I’ve commemorated the occasion with several social media posts and a blog entry on my website. I’ve chiefly concentrated on re-releasing my audiobooks on Audible and making them available through Findaway Voices for global distribution in all the places audiobooks are sold, including… Read the full blog post …
Today I would like to discuss audiobooks a little more, including an intriguing email I recently received from a publisher. As most of you who follow this blog know, I have been fortunate to have been approached by an audiobook publisher called Tantor to publish some of my books in that format. My first experience… Read the full blog post …
Gardens make regular appearances in Jane Austen’s novels, often as the setting of key scenes, a source of pleasure or concern, or a place for the heroines to escape when they need some alone time. But how should we imagine these gardens, and why does it matter? The Rise of the Pleasure Garden Until the… Read the full blog post …
When I began writing, I did not know what tropes were. I’d never heard the term before, and I had been a voracious reader for decades. For those of you who, like me, need a definition, a trope is a recurring theme or motif. It has other meanings, as well, and you can find them… Read the full blog post …
Today, I’d like to write about the most Googled question on the internet: how Jane Austen died. Oh. Sorry for that anticlimax if you were expecting a different question. No, the hot duke is not returning to Bridgerton, ever. We’re all just going to have to content ourselves with the equally angst-ridden viscount. Now back… Read the full blog post …
