How to Write Your Own Jane Austen Novel

So, you want to write a Jane Austen novel?  But where to start?

My article, Deconstructing Jane is now available at Maria Grazia's blog, My Jane Austen Bookclub !  And lucky you...it comes with a giveaway just in time for Christmas of Letters of Love & Deception, a collection of Austenesque stories sure to please fans of all of her books.

In Deconstructing Jane, you will learn all about the:
Heroine (spunk a plus; strength a necessity)Hero (a man of upstanding and outstanding virtue)Foils (those who steal the hero away, and those who steal the audience)Clergy (from silly to serious, a must in any Austen novel)Military (often luckless in love, but happy to help!)Nobles (inadvertent assistants to Cupid's designs)And much more!
 
Maria recently joined us for the Teatime Ten , and was good enough to host me on her blog Talking Austen .  Maria, along with Katherine Cox, and over thirty other Austen bloggers, will be hosting a Jane Austen Birthday Soiree this Friday - I hope to see you there!