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A Good Memory is Unpardonable: New Book Excerpt

I suppose this post accidentally goes along with our June theme of Blossoming Love, because… well, that’s what’s happening. Oh, and there are flowers on the cover.

So, I was in the throes of another project, one that I’ve been super excited about for a few months, and I wasn’t quite ready to share. However, just as it always does, the dreaded “50-75% slump” hit, and I really needed something fresh to work on for a little while.  I’m not sure why, but starting another story when one hits a snag h...

P&P Dating Profiles

This month’s theme is “Blossoming Love.” I’m not sure this post fits, except that before love can bloom, two people have to find each other. Right? Today you might look for your perfect match online. Back in the day it was the personal ads of the newspaper.

A while ago, I came across a clever blog post you might enjoy (read it here at Bas Bleu). The author of the article has taken on the job of writing dating profiles (or personal ads) for some of our favorite literary personalities: Miss Havish...

Chapter 4 – Agony and Hope

Happy Tuesday! We’re up to Chapter 4! If you haven’t been reading or you missed a chapter, just lick on one of the following links to catch up (Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3). Now, one more chapter to go before things really start moving and shaking. Are you ready? Release day is a week away, so don’t forget to preorder your copy today! Just click away to ensure your copy is ready to go on June 15!

So, here we go for Chapter 4! If you want to check out my Pinterest inspiration page, just cli...

Blossoming Love from BSN

Blossoming Love – An Excerpt from Bourbon Street Nights, by Jack Caldwell

Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Sorry it’s been so long between posts. I don’t wish to bore you with what’s been happening down here in Louisiana, but I have been writing when not looking after one of my grandsons.

The trials of being me.

This month, Jane Austen Variations is doing “Blossoming Love.” Now, most of my stuff are either sequels or moderns. The moderns can get a little racy. But one couple came to min...

Blooming Love from BSN

Blooming Love – An Excerpt from Bourbon Street Nights, by Jack Caldwell

Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Sorry it’s been so long between posts. I don’t wish to bore you with what’s been happening down here in Louisiana, but I have been writing when not looking after one of my grandsons.

The trials of being me.

This month, Jane Austen Variations is doing Blooming Love. Now, most of my stuff are either sequels or moderns. The moderns can get a little racy. But one couple came to mine: Emm...

Being Mrs Darcy Deleted Scene

Hello everyone,

Back in March, the monthly theme here at Austen Variations was comeuppance. I had a perfect scene from Being Mrs Darcy in mind for it, but at the time I was sharing news about The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy and never got around to posting it. I thought that I would now.

This is a deleted scene; it was in the version of BMD that I posted online many years ago, but it did not make it into the published version. It takes place late in the story. Elizabeth and Darcy are reunited,...

Blossoming Love: “I am naturally indifferent to flowers.”

Hyacinths at Anglesey abbey. Photograph attribution, the wub

A Northanger Abbey story, and the myth of Hyacinthus

It was an awkward morning in Milsom-Street. It had been arranged that the Allens would deliver Catherine from their Bath lodgings to General Tilney’s superior ones, in time to join the family for breakfast, and then make ready for the journey to Northanger Abbey. This departure the General insisted would take place at ten o’clock and not a moment later.

For all her enchantment with y...

Tulips in Winter: An Excerpt from A Remedy Against Sin

Happy June to you all! When I was thinking about this month’s theme, “Blossoming Love,” I realized that I rarely set a story in summer. Nor do I have many flowers in my novels (or, when I do, I tend to put them in seasons not meant for those flowers)!

All of these thoughts brought to mind my first novel, A Remedy Against Sin, published in 2016, but written over many years. (I wrote the first chapter in 2008, abandoned the story, and then wrote the rest in snatches between 2011 and 2016.)

At the ...

Short Story Excerpt

This is the beginning of a little story I’ve been working on for a while now. Basically, what if Elizabeth left the inn at Lambton before Jane’s letters arrived? What would have happened? Take a look…

 

Lambton, Derbyshire

 August 1812

 

Elizabeth tied her bonnet ribbons in a jaunty bow to the left of her face. She did not think she was being too vain by recognizing the style to be rather flattering on her. They had plans to walk to the church this morning and call on an old friend of Mrs. Gardi...

Faults of Understanding – Release Day! by Jennifer Altman

Well, it’s finally happened. My second Pride and Prejudice variation is out in the world, TODAY! And what better way to celebrate than with another giveaway and one more excerpt from the book.

If you’ve been following along, I’ve already shared Darcy’s proposal (if you missed it, you can find it HERE), so today, I thought I’d share Elizabeth’s reaction, as she tries to puzzle out how to respond. This scene was a lot of fun to write, and I hope you have just as much fun reading it. Enjoy!

Fau...