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Sharing the Love of Austen

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My favorite opportunity for sharing the love of Austen so far. In the past five years  I’ve been writing, I’ve had a lot of really wonderful ‘Austen-adventures.‘ I’ve met a lot of wonderful friends. Traveled, attended conferences, spoken, costumed and learned to dance. Even better, my wonderful, if more-than-just-slightly-crazy, family has come along for the ride with me. Not even kicking and screaming mind you, but all in for the fun of it. This week, … Continue reading →

Jane Austen Regency Week, part 1

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Though Jane Austen Regency Week 2015 has drawn to a close, I just couldn’t wait to share it all with you! It was a very special trip for so many reasons. I got to meet up with six of the other authors from Jane Austen variations, the largest group of us to meet face to face to date! There is something pretty special about seeing friends you only rarely see in person and in meeting for … Continue reading →

To dance at a ball…

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Balls and assemblies form a regular feature of Georgian and Regency era historical novels. Often heroes and heroines meet, dance, flirt, fight, and even fall in love on the ballroom floor. But what was it really like to attend a ball? Recently I got to find out first hand. My husband, eldest son and his wife, youngest son and I joined an English Country Dance group, a couple of months before their big spring ball … Continue reading →

New beginnings

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You never know when new beginnings are in store for you. I certainly did not expect one. Sometime when you’re just minding your business, unexpected things happen. In this case a new beginning. I didn’t anticipate it, especially not one starting the way this one did. One person whispered some ugly, disgruntled gossip and someone else repeated it until those words blazed a path of destruction right over me. The whole thing left me wondering … Continue reading →

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