Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts

Here are a couple of interesting links to news about Jane Austen on the net which discuss Jane’s books being heavily edited and there is even a suggestion that she was a bad speller. How can they say such a thing?! Here’s one from the Guardian which does at least try to defend our Jane! [...]

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News! Oh! yes, I always like news. (Emma)

Whilst I pause on the lower slopes of Beechen Cliff, I bring some most exciting news! On Austenprose this week the announcement was made that a new Jane Austen short story Anthology will be published in 2011 by Random House. I am so very thrilled and honoured to have been chosen to contribute a story. [...]

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Editing with Lizzy and Darcy

I’m at the editing stage of my latest work in progress. Surely this has to be the most trying and difficult part of writing a book. It’s when I feel I’m completely on my own – and I feel a little bit lonely. I start to read it through, feel quite pleased with how it’s [...]

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Editing with Lizzy and Darcy

I’m at the editing stage of my latest work in progress. Surely this has to be the most trying and difficult part of writing a book. It’s when I feel I’m completely on my own – and I feel a little bit lonely. I start to read it through, feel quite pleased with how it’s [...]

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My Writing Life

I’m very excited at the moment because my second novel, another Jane Austen sequel is almost finished. I think I’ve got about another week’s work to do on it and it will be completed. I normally work quite slowly, spending a lot of time thinking as much as writing, but when I get to this [...]

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My Writing Life

I’m very excited at the moment because my second novel, another Jane Austen sequel is almost finished. I think I’ve got about another week’s work to do on it and it will be completed. I normally work quite slowly, spending a lot of time thinking as much as writing, but when I get to this [...]

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