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March 16, 2022
Being Mrs Darcy Anniversary Post
It’s hard to believe, but my first book baby is now a toddler. Being Mrs Darcy was released two years ago this month, and to celebrate, it is getting a new (lower) price.
Since this month’s theme is merriment, I decided to post a merry–okay, what should be a merry–scene from Being Mrs Darcy: Elizabeth and Darcy’s wedding night. This is the prologue to the book. If you haven’t read the book, I promise it does get much merrier, after Darcy is given a wake up call by Elizabeth.
Prologue
29th Augu...
March 14, 2022
Ch 1 – That Perfect Someone
We’re gearing up for a release! That Perfect Someone is edited and the final touches and proofreading needs to be done, but we’re all ready to go. I know I posted this last month, but it’s undergone a couple of small changes so I’m posting it again. I’ll post Chapter 2 on my blog (lldiamondwrites.com) on Thursday, so make sure you stop by and check it out! So without further ado…
Chapter 1
Henry stared at her with the most mournful eyes while Lizzy tilted her head and scratched behind the B...
March 10, 2022
A Cameo for Ukraine – excerpt from the Darcys and Lord Byron in Venice by Diana Birchall
At Austen Variations we are overjoyed that our fundraiser for Ukraine has been so wildly successful, with over $10,000 raised so far! Our authors are offering readers cameos in their forthcoming novels, as well as signed books and other Jane Austen-related treasures, in exchange for a donation. Here is my own first contribution, a chapter from my forthcoming novel The Darcys and Lord Byron in Venice, featuring reader and donor Michelle d’Arcy. (You’ll agree that’s a most fortuitous name to wor...
March 9, 2022
Raffle Winners!
We did it! We managed to raise over $10,000 for humanitarian relief in Ukraine!! I’m so incredibly proud of our JAFF community.
We had some very generous donations for our raffle, ranging from $5 to $400. Winners were chosen using a random number generator. This prize list doesn’t include the bonuses for donations of $100+, as I’m still sorting those out.
Here’s the list of winners:
Grand Prize: $50 Amazon gift card donated by Nicole ClarkstonJessica K-H
10 winners!!! An audiobook of c...The Darcys’ 15th Anniversary
Hello everyone!
I wrote the following short story earlier this year and posted it online at A Happy Assembly as part of their 15th anniversary celebrations. I thought I would post it here too. In it, the Darcys celebrate their 15th anniversary at Pemberley. The story is entirely from Darcy’s perspective, and he is a bit grumpy until he realises that—to borrow from a film my family likes to watch every Christmas—love is all around us. I hope you enjoy it!
Derbyshire, December 1826
“I cannot beli...
March 7, 2022
The Beauty of Escapism
“People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.” Barbara Kingsolver
Photo: Courtesy of Bluestocking Bookshelf
For the last several years, we have done our best to find beauty and peace in a world which has seemed devoid of it. From politics and war, to health and wellness, our ‘give a darn’ has been depleted. Now more than ever we seem to be searching for that thing to help us escape from our reality.
With the physical inability to travel as we would like, we have ‘run away’ through book...
March 4, 2022
JAFF Loves Ukraine update
Wow! Our Austenesque community is so amazing!!! Between 35 authors and hundreds of readers, we’ve already raised over $6000 for humanitarian aid to Ukraine on our original fundraiser post! Give yourselves a big hand!
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But the need is far too great to rest on our laurels, so our authors have pulled out even more rewards for donations! NEW: Our Raffle ($5/entry) already had 45 prizes (see below), but now donating $100+ to the Raffle will automatically get AL...
March 3, 2022
Merriment: It’s not always what you expect!
“MARCH MERRIMENT” has been selected as the theme for this month here at the blog, which we author members are each free to use as inspiration or ignore completely when we write our posts. I often take advantage of the monthly themes, but I wasn’t quite sure what to do with this one. And so, where did I turn for answers? To Jane Austen, of course!
I conducted a word search for “merriment” throughout her body of work, expecting to find lots of fun and happy stuff. Obviously! Because this is the ...
March 2, 2022
JAFF Loves Ukraine Fundraiser
Like most of the world, we’ve been feeling heart-heavy over the tragedy in Ukraine, even more so as Elizabeth Adams, one of our authors, lived in Ukraine and is married to a Ukrainian. We want to do what we can to help out, so we’re turning to you, our beloved readers, to help us raise money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine. Ever wish you could be a character in one of our books? Make a donation, and you can be. Books to read? A raffle? We’ve got it all for you, both here and at the Facebook...
March 1, 2022
A Match Made at Matlock-New book coming soon!
Good morning to all and yay we all made it to March. Spring can’t be far behind, right? This month’s theme at JAV is March is for Merriment and the project that I am bringing to you today fits it perfectly!
Almost two years ago, a group of author friends (Jan Ashton, Jessie Lewis, and Julie Cooper) and I set out writing a story that we knew would bring us a good time, and that we *hoped* would also yield a great story. The plan was to write the love stories of 4 couples, interwoven together as t...
