Wow, this is my second Thanksgiving as an Austen Author! I just mailed off some prizes to the Fall Giveaway winners (congrats!) and I am so grateful to this community and to all the readers and writers on here. Since this is the day of Thanksgiving (at least here in the US), I thought I… Read the full blog post …
A Wet Day… Earlier this week we got over half an inch of rain (0.65″), which for parched Southern California was amazing! For context, in the 2020-21 season, we got a total of 5 inches. This weather event started with a bomb cyclone in the northwest, but by the time it got down to us,… Read the full blog post …
Duels, Dancing, and Destiny! Today, September 30, is the release day for my newest book! E-book and paperback available on Amazon now! From London with Loyalty is the most action-packed Regency novel I’ve written, and it was a blast to write. It did take more planning and plotting and well, work(!), than some novels have,… Read the full blog post …
Austen Authors is pleased to announce the winners of Corrie Garrett‘s “From London with Loyalty” Giveaway. Linny B, Mary A Coble, and Rebecca L McBrayer will each receive an eBook copy of Ms. Garrett‘s From London with Loyalty. Congratulations, Ladies. Please contact Regina Jeffers, Giveaway Coordinator, at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize. [According to stated… Read the full blog post …
Hello friends! Don’t miss the GIVEAWAY below! I am so excited that it is September! August is over, school has started, and my latest novel will be published! This is a sequel to my previous book, From Highbury with Love. From London with Loyalty leaves Highbury and Emma behind, but follows Jane Fairfax and Elizabeth… Read the full blog post …
Hello, lovely readers! First of all, my next post will have an exclusive sneak peek from newest novel, From London with Loyalty, which will be released on September 30th! I’ll also be doing an e-book giveaway with that post so keep your eyes peeled and be ready to comment! Now–onto humor in Sense &… Read the full blog post …
Emma: A treasure trove of village ‘characters’ In continuing my light survey of humor in Jane Austen’s books, I am now up to Emma. Having reread different parts of Emma multiple times over the last few months as I work on my Highbury Variation novels, I can see why it is some people’s favorite! Some… Read the full blog post …
Why do we want humor? Lately I’ve been trying to purposely learn how to inject more humor into my writing. I’m working on From London with Loyalty, the sequel to From Highbury with Love, and I want it to be funny. I love humor, and that’s definitely what makes some books compulsively re-readable for me.… Read the full blog post …
Austen Authors is pleased to announce the winners of Corrie Garrett‘s “From Highbury with Love” Giveaway. Rocio Chua, Lisa, and DeeDee Wakabayashi will each receive an eBook copy of Ms. Garrett‘s From Highbury with Love. Congratulations. Please contact Regina Jeffers, Giveaway Coordinator, at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize. [According to stated giveaway rules on… Read the full blog post …
Hello friends, I am so excited that From Highbury with Love will be released next week! It was so much fun to write that it got rather longer than most of my other stories, coming in at about 86k words! It also made me realize that there simply must be a sequel (I tend to… Read the full blog post …
Pall Mall, the Street If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen references to Pall Mall in regency romances and you may even know that it is a street in the St.James region of London, near Westminster, and that it was known for being a haunt of gentlemen. White’s Club could be found in St.James, for… Read the full blog post …
There is a new movie version of Persuasion coming down the pike soon, from Searchlight and BBC films, featuring Sarah Snook. I am excited! I love Persuasion, as many of us do, and it doesn’t always get as much love as Pride and Prejudice. I was a little surprised to see that the last one… Read the full blog post …
Thank you for the encouragement and feedback I got a few months ago on my Emma/Pride and Prejudice crossover! That project is nearing completion–after being sidelined for a while–and I am excited to get it ready for publication. It will be called From Highbury with Love and will be available on Amazon on April 21.… Read the full blog post …
