Tag: #janeausten
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I know I haven’t posted my writing in a while, but since I didn’t get much engagement when I did my previous excerpts. Now that I have this nice new format and more user-friendly site, I hope there will be more comments. If you want to see more excerpts and bts of my work in…
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When Charlotte Kinder treats herself to a vacation at Austenland, she happily leaves behind her ex-husband and his new wife, her children, and the rest of her recently upended life in America. It’s been a long time since Charlotte has felt hopeful, let alone loved. Maybe doing something as outrageous as donning a bonnet and…
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Jane Hayes is what some might call a hopeless romantic. Normal life (and men) continuously disappoint her. Why can’t she find anyone remotely like literary heartthrob, Mr. Darcy? Why can’t real life feel like a novel? When a wealthy relative bequeaths Jane a trip to an English resort for Austen superfans, Jane’s fantasies become realer…
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I got to go to my first Ren Faire in college, and it was such a fun experience seeing the acrobats, the amazing costumes of other guests and of course, the funnel cake. I wanted to give the same experience to Kitty, so onward to Camelot.
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Despite being the forgotten middle sisters, Mary and Kitty get on each other’s nerves the most. Kitty thinks she’s a snobby nerd, and Mary believes she’s flighty, superficial and too ignorant to amount to anything. Passive aggressive sniping has been their mode of conversation pretty much their whole lives. But Mary’s still home-bound as she…
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I think someone once said in the many Pride and Prejudice discussion boards I perused that Kitty is an introvert trying to copy an extrovert, ie. her sister and mother, and that’s the interpretation I carried through in my own novel. She’s someone who wants to be part of the party and have a good…
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I mentioned previously that I finished writing my novel and might start posting excerpts, photo boards, and other stuff if readers wanted. I didn’t get any comments saying yes or no, but I’ve decided to go ahead anyway. Featuring Kitty Bennet is set in modern day after contemporary events of P&P, featuring characters from various…
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that every bookworm secretly wishes to be Lizzie Bennet. A less acknowledged truth is that Mary Bennet might be a better fit. For seventeen-year-old Marnie Barnes, who’s convinced she is the long-suffering protagonist of her life, this revelation comes at the end of a series of self-induced disasters that…
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