I’ve tried to write every day for the past week but I’m completely empty. Blocked. Nada. Caput. How do I move on when writer’s block strikes? Not just this blog post, but also my second novel for which I just received the developmental edit letter from the world’s best Dev-Editor (no I will not be… Read the full blog post …
Hello Friends! April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. So, as your resident ultra-feminist, I would like to take my time this month to talk about how Jane Austen inserted themes of women’s empowerment and sexual violence into her novels and why the things she talked about over 200 years ago are still relevant. Let’s start… Read the full blog post …
A Celebration for Women’s History Month and Some Thoughts on Women’s Financial Independence As a place to start, I’d like to ask how many people saw the twitter account Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) on International Women’s Day? Epic, right!? For those who are not addicted to your twitter feed, this is an account that… Read the full blog post …
Austen Authors is pleased to announce the winners of E.M. Storm-Smith’s “Launch of Reputation, An Easy Thing to Lose” Giveaway. Luthien84 and Sandrine Atkins will each receive an eBook copy of Ms. Storm-Smith‘s Reputation, An Easy Thing to Lose. Meanwhile, Shana Jefferis and Jessica Lowery will receive an print copy of the book. (Ladies, please include… Read the full blog post …
It’s Finally Here!! My first novel is finally here! It’s been almost 11 months since I was sitting by a campfire at a KOA in Pigeon Forge, TN and found out that someone had stollen one of my online stories to try to sell on Amazon Kindle (for that whole story look back to my… Read the full blog post …
How do you describe the process of making art to someone? Since I decided to publish my books, I’ve been asked by a lot of people, “How do you write a book? Where do you get your ideas? What’s the first step?” And the real answer is – Hell if I know! I’ve been a… Read the full blog post …
Hello friends! As this is my first December post with the Austen Authors, I thought I would take this moment to give you a glimpse of myself and my fascination with the Winter Solstice. Most everyone loves this time of year regardless of your religious traditions. It seems almost ingrained in the human experience to… Read the full blog post …
Guys, Guys, Guys!! I’m SOOOOOO excited to finally be able to showcase my upcoming debut novel with an excerpt! It has been a really long process, working with editors, learning how to format for distribution, finding a cover designer I liked, but it’s finally all coming together! Now, please enjoy the following excerpt from my… Read the full blog post …
You know that feeling when you have been working on something for forever and think it’s perfect, then another person causally, within seconds of looking at it, takes out their red pen and finds the flaw you never could focus on? It’s both maddening and exhilarating. On one hand, that’s my baby! On the other… Read the full blog post …
I write Fanfiction. Almost exclusively Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice based Fanfiction. My stories range from very close to cannon, to taking significant artistic license with Austen’s characters, themes and settings. I also consume massive amounts of Fanfiction in a variety of fandoms. There is a big debate right now, driven in large part by… Read the full blog post …
So, I’ve written my book, I’m an author! << Ceeeee-la-brate good times! Come on! >> But what do I do next? When I started this journey more than five years ago now, I thought that the hardest part would be fining 100K+ words to put down in a row that told something of a… Read the full blog post …
Happy August! This month I’m also participating in the Austen in August Event on the Book Rat Blog. Head on over there to find more Jane Austen stuff from all around the Austen-verse! Listen, can we talk about something crazy for a moment? I want to talk about how I approach the mental state of… Read the full blog post …
First, let me say how glad I am to be joining the Austen Authors group. For more than 10 years, I have been reading stories by the other authors represented here and could not have imagined that I would one day become one of them. As an introduction, please let me tell you something about… Read the full blog post …
