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November 18, 2022
The Travelers~Chapter 3
Onward to Chapter 3! Thank you again to all who have joined in and left me comments– I love them!
There will not be a chapter next Friday as it is the beginning of our annual Shop Til You Drop Black Friday sale! Do check in–there are great discounts and I’ll be offering up last years holiday novella Heart Enough for free!
An early Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers or any of you who feel to put on your sweatpants and overeat along with us!
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November 14, 2022
The Cajun Cheesehead Gourmet shares a secret
The Cajun Cheesehead Shows You the BEST Way to Cook Chicken, by Jack CaldwellGreetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here.
There is one thing a Cajun Cheesehead knows all about.
Food.
A staple in the American diet is the Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Half. Yes, it is only half of the breast of a chicken, but most of my countrymen (countrymen is a perfectly good word, so live with it) drop the “half.” It is exactly what its name indicates: a chicken breast half with the bones and skin removed. It ...
November 11, 2022
The Travelers Chapter 2
My thanks to all of you who stopped by and left a comment on the first chapter of The Travelers! Authors love feedback and please do know that each and every comment is appreciated!
If you did not get a chance to read it you can find it here:
I forgot to announce the winner of my giveaway for the Inducement Into Matrimony paperback. GILLIAN LESTER-GEORGE you are the winner! Message me on facebook to claim your prize!
And now, on to chapter 2! Lets see what we find in that...
November 8, 2022
An Austenesque Enchanted Library
As you may know, I was bit by the JAFF fantasy bug some years ago. What can I say – Darcy and magic just belong together! I thought writing Mr. Darcy’s Enchantment would get it out of my system, but that just whetted my appetite for more magical Darcy and Elizabeth. Now, in addition to finishing up my own new fantasy Pride & Prejudice variation, I’ve been working on a group story with five other JAFF authors, Mr. Darcy and the Enchanted Library, a full-length fantasy variation. It’s written r...
November 7, 2022
The Peculiarity of Mr. Darcy’s Mirror is now an Audiobook!
It’s here!!! If you’ve been anticipating this audiobook, I have too 
I’m so excited for you to hear the amazing voice talents of Joanna Lee bring Ellie and her Fitzwilliam Darcy to life. First off, let’s have a sample!
I just love Joanna’s interpretation! If you can’t wait to hear it for yourself, then you can get it at Audible or Amazon. I have the links for the Audible markets: Audible US, Audible UK, A...
November 4, 2022
The Travelers: Chapter One
Wow two posts in one week! Hope you all aren’t tired of me yet because I have a little wintry-tale to spin for you! This is not part of anything I am publishing, just a little something for fun–hope you enjoy!
Chapter One
December 1812
As his carriage passed the toll gates out of London, Fitzwilliam Darcy felt the thrill of anticipation course through him. He would be reunited soon with his love; could there be any greater felicity?
It had been some guilty satisfaction, the sadness he had seen...
November 1, 2022
“Fashionable Goodness” and Jane Austen’s use of “faith words”
Here at Austen Variations, WE’RE ALL ABOUT FICTION, as you know. But occasionally one of us will feature a non-fiction book we think will be of interest to our readers. So today, I want to do just that! I want tell you about a fascinating book that I had the privilege of, in my own small way, helping to bring to publication. It’s by Brenda Cox, and it’s called Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen’s England. So why will you want to read it? Here’s what the publisher has to say about...
New release-The First Moment of Their Acquaintance
I love a good short story, especially at this time of year when reading time gets more scarce! I hope you all do, too, especially when you see what great company my little tale finds itself in! An Inducement Into Matrimony was released today and includes the First Moment of Their Acquaintance, in which Darcy is persuaded by his cousins to attempt to recreate a first impression with Elizabeth Bennet. A happily ever after is guaranteed!
For sure, there’s a giveaway!–I will send you a paperback of ...
October 31, 2022
Halloween and a Forgotten Scene: Darcy & Elizabeth visit Lady Catherine
I started writing a Pride and Prejudice Halloween scene for this blog earlier this month, and then, as I was sorting out some of my older folders, I discovered a prologue I had written and forgotten about completely! I had a folder full of notes and possible directions the story could take, but had no recollection of writing any of it! So, as I went through the sketch, I felt like a reader reading it for the first time. Luckily, it slowly came back to me, and I didn’t have to start worrying abo...
October 27, 2022
Dispelling the Gloom, Part 3
Happy end of October! Below you’ll find Part III of the story I began here and continued here, in honor of this month’s theme, Which Witch: Magic and Malevolence in Austen.
Many years ago, when I was posting regularly on one of the fan boards, I claimed to be the Wickham of my own life—and that remains true, even to this day. Oh, I am not a fortune hunter, nor do I spread ill-founded rumors about my former friends. No, my Wickham-ness comes in my inability to see projects through on the timelin...
