Happy Birthday Jane Event on Thursday, 16th December!

It wouldn’t be fair to neglect someone as important and dear to  us  as  Jane Austen  on her birthday.  She was born on 16th December 1775, it’ll be 235 years next week. We owe so many immensely pleasant moments to her that we decided she deserved a great B-day celebration.  My Jane Austen Book Club and [...]

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Austen Authors – a new blog!

Writers of Jane Austen fiction cordially invite you to the launch of ‘Austen Authors’, and to share in our passion for her world… because there’s never enough Jane Austen. We look forward to the pleasure of your company tomorrow on Monday, September 6, 2010, and daily thereafter.Throughout September, during our Launch Extravaganza, there will be [...]

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Christmas with Mr Darcy

Happy Christmas everyone! I’ve recently finished writing Mr Darcy’s Secret, which is to be published by Sourcebooks. Here’s a small extract with a festive theme. Elizabeth Bennet is married to Mr Darcy and is welcoming her family for the Christmas season to Pemberley for the first time, not without some trepidation! Christmas Eve and the [...]

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Christmas with Mr Darcy!

Happy Christmas everyone! I’ve recently finished writing Mr Darcy’s Secret, which is to be published by Sourcebooks. Here’s a small extract with a festive theme. Elizabeth Bennet is married to Mr Darcy and is welcoming her family for the Christmas season to Pemberley for the first time, not without some trepidation! Christmas Eve and the [...]

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Snow, Christmas Trees and a Review for Willoughby’s Return

Well, it’s feeling very festive here in England with all the snow we’ve been having! As I look out of my window I can see the world dusted with icing sugar – the sky is a beautiful iridescent pearl, which reminds me of the sort of day it was in Willoughby’s Return when Marianne and [...]

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Review of Willoughby’s Return from Austenesque

Thank you to Meredith Esparza of Austenesque Reviews for her review of Willoughby’s Return! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars ***** “Sense and Sensibility” is such a lovely, honest, and entertaining novel; it such a shame that not many authors have attempted to compose a sequel for it. I have greatly enjoyed “Colonel Brandon’s Diary” [...]

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Interview with Red Roses for Authors!

I was recently interviewed by Red Roses for Authors blogspot in celebration of the publication of Willoughby’s Return. It’s always an interesting experience being interviewed – I’m always surprised by how much I learn about myself as well as my book! Tell us a little about yourself I’m an English author, an artist, and a [...]

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Red Roses for Authors Interview!

I was recently interviewed by Red Roses for Authors blogspot in celebration of the publication of Willoughby’s Return. It’s always an interesting experience being interviewed – I’m always surprised by how much I learn about myself as well as my book! Tell us a little about yourself I’m an English author, an artist, and a [...]

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A Review for Willoughby’s Return from Book Eater

Here’s a review from Odessa at Book Eater. Sequels, prequels, paraliterature; we see it everywhere, especially in regard to Austen. I am often skeptical, but when I saw Jane Odiwe (author of Lydia Bennet’s Story) had a new sequel to Sense and Sensibility I thought I’d give it a read. I’m glad I did. Unlike [...]

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A Review for Willoughby’s Return from Book Eater

Here’s a review from Odessa at Book Eater. Sequels, prequels, paraliterature; we see it everywhere, especially in regard to Austen. I am often skeptical, but when I saw Jane Odiwe (author of Lydia Bennet’s Story) had a new sequel to Sense and Sensibility I thought I’d give it a read. I’m glad I did.Unlike most [...]

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