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June 29, 2022
Austen’s World Wrap Up. May 26, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
Drawers and Pantalettes, Oh My!One of the questions that seems to come up a lot when I ask what people want me to blog about is underpants. Did they? Didn’t they? Didn’t they feel naked without them? When I asked on FaceBook what topics … Continue reading →Simplify*For many readers I suspect that one of the most appealing aspects of Regency life is its simplicity. In fact the day-to-day life of the well born may have been annoyingly busy but, in the fantasy world that most of … Continue reading →Digest powered by RSS Digest
Originally posted 2016-05-26 06:20:06.
June 28, 2022
Austen’s World Wrap Up. May 19, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
HellsRecently, I got to the point in the WIP (Surrender to Ruin, Sinclair Sisters Series, Book 3) where I really did have to research gaming hells since the hero of that book owns several and made an independent fortune in … Continue reading →On Tea and Good IntentionsI had planned a lovely post for you today. Really. But I’m hosting another Facebook party this weekend (well, actually Sunday and Monday, it lasts 32 hours!) –a “virtual Tea Party” –and I’m also running a “real” Tea Party on … Continue reading →Digest powered by RSS Digest
Originally posted 2016-05-19 06:20:52.
Austen’s World Wrap Up. May 12, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
The Lives of a Roman FortAs I have surely already mentioned in an earlier post, one of the settings of my upcoming Roman romance EAGLE’S HONOR: RAVISHED is based on a real fort at the Upper German-Raetian limes: the Saalburg, which today is a renowned … Continue reading →Oh to be in England Now that Spring is here Oh to be in England drinking English beer –English Drinking Song By the time you read this, I will be in England (or on a plane getting ready to land … Continue reading →Digest powered by RSS Digest
Originally posted 2016-05-12 06:20:10.
June 27, 2022
Austen’s World Wrap Up. May 5, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
Servitude: a Poem written by a FootmanRobert Dodsley was popularly known as the footman poet! Wikipedia explains: In 1729 Dodsley published his first work, Servitude: a Poem written by a Footman…and a collection of short poems, A Muse in Livery, or the Footman’s Miscellany, was published … Continue reading →Diane Rehm Interviews “Eligible” Author, Curtis SittenfeldIn 2011, The Austen Project approached best-selling author Curtis Sittenfeld to write a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, which she entitled Eligible (out in bookstores now). On Thursday, April 21, 2016, Diane Rehm, one of my favorite radio hosts, interviewed Sittenfeld regarding her new novel. As the interview wore on it became obvious to […]
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Originally posted 2016-05-05 06:21:36.
Austen’s World Wrap Up. April 28, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
A Duchess in Her Own RightThis is a topic that always gets people talking and scheming. HOW can we pull this off!!!?!!! Is there a way to make my heroine a duchess in her own right? The answer is yes, but you’d have to model … Continue reading →Research Ahead, Plus Book NewsI’ve been head down working on book three in my Sinclair Sisters series and am at the point where I think the basic plot is in place and a few interesting themes and developments have emerged. I’ve only just begun … Continue reading →Digest powered by RSS Digest
Originally posted 2016-04-28 06:20:17.
June 26, 2022
Austen’s World Wrap Up. April 21, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
Emma Woodhouse’s Surrey Inquiring readers: Here’s another delightful contribution from the ever creative Tony Grant. If you can’t get enough of his work and photographs, visit his blog, London Calling, where he shares his images from his many trips all over Great Britain. A little over 200 hundred years ago (December, 2015), Emma was first published. This […]
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Originally posted 2016-04-21 06:21:51.
Austen’s World Wrap Up. April 14, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
Regency Woman’s Work: Painting When studying a woman’s role in the Regency era, one truly appreciates the great strides today’s Western women have made in making personal choices and leading interesting and independent lives. In Jane Austen’s day, women from all walks of life were constrained by their family, society’s mores, and unfair laws that prevented all but […]
Pondering Primary Sources, and Spring Cleaning!How many of you researchers love primary sources? Is anyone’s hand NOT raised? One of the things I love best about researching is that moment when you stumble across some telling tiny detail that just resonates…. Diaries, letters, and other … Continue reading →Digest powered by RSS Digest
Originally posted 2016-04-14 06:20:34.
June 25, 2022
Austen’s World Wrap Up. April 7, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
And the winner is …Kira, congratulations! You have won a free download of Ingrid Hahn’s To Win A Lady’s Heart. Thank you, everyone for visiting and participating. Interesting things that probably don’t have anything to do with writingHere are a few discoveries from around the web today. First, two of the few remaining seventeenth century houses in London have been given Grade II listings. They’re on Denmark Street in Soho, and would first have been middle class … Continue reading →Digest powered by RSS Digest
Originally posted 2016-04-07 06:21:30.
Austen’s World Wrap Up. March 31, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
Debut author Ingrid Hahn visits the Riskies!Today I’m very excited to welcome debut author Ingrid Hahn to the Riskies with her book To Win a Lady’s Heart. Welcome, Ingrid and congratulations! England, 1811. When John Merrick, the Earl of Corbeau, is caught in a locked storeroom … Continue reading →Jane Austen Day 2016 in PhiladelphiaJane Austen Day will be celebrated in Philadelphia, Saturday, April 16, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., the Union League of Philadelphia, 140 South Broad St. Click here for more information. Theme: Join JASNA Eastern Pennsylvania Region at the exquisite Union League for a day celebrating the bicentenary of the publication of Emma in Philadelphia, the […]
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Originally posted 2016-03-31 06:20:45.
June 24, 2022
Austen’s World Wrap Up. March 24, 2016
Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency
Ridicules and RiticulesI asked in a reader group what topics people were interested in having covered on blogs these days and got a whole list of things that I’ll be tackling in the coming months, but the one that seemed the most … Continue reading →Jane Austen and Dialect by Tony GrantInquiring readers, It’s time to lay Downton Abbey reviews aside and return to Jane Austen, since that is where my passion lies. Tony Grant, London Calling, has been a contributor to this blog for many years. He has written a piece that is quite original – how would Darcy’s first proposal to Lizzie sound if […]
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Originally posted 2016-03-24 06:20:18.
