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Christina Boyd
Feb 114 min read
INTERVIEW: Austenesque Author Christina Morland Says Characters Need to be Unique and Recognizable
Christina Boyd interviews author Christina Morland. Morland spent the first 2 decades of her life with no knowledge of Pride and Prejudice.
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Christina Boyd
Feb 46 min read
INTERVIEW: An ADHD Diagnosis in Her Fifties Helped Alice McVeigh Write Fiction Again
Christina Boyd interviews award-winning author Alice McVeigh.
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Maria Grazia
Jan 214 min read
WHY WE READ AND OR WRITE ABOUT JANE AUSTEN by Maria Grazia
Italian blogger Maria Grazia, shares her perspective on Why We Read and Write About Jane Austen.
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Christina Boyd
Jan 145 min read
INTERVIEW: A.H.Kim Says Structure Matters
Christina Boyd interviews author A.H. Kim. Ann was born in Seoul, South Korea and immigrated to the U.S. as a young child.
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Sophia Rose
Dec 19, 20243 min read
Review: A DISGUISE OF THE WORST SORT by Sarah Courtney
Guest reviewer Sophia Rose reviews Sarah Courtney's DISGUISE OF THE WORST SORT, a light, entertaining, and fun historical holiday romance.
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Christina Boyd
Dec 17, 20245 min read
WHY WE READ AND OR WRITE ABOUT JANE AUSTEN by Denise Stout
Author Denise Stout shares her perspective on Why We Read and Write about Jane Austen.
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Christina Boyd
Dec 3, 20244 min read
Review: BELLE LISETTE by Jan Hahn
Christina Boyd reviews author Jan Hahn’s Belle Lisette: a masterpiece that expertly weaves together romance, suspense, and deep ...
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Christina Boyd
Oct 8, 20245 min read
INTERVIEW: Summer Hanford Says Her Favorite Novel is Always the Next One
Christina Boyd interviews author Summer Hanford. Summer writes swashbuckling Historical Romance, best-selling Pride and Prejudice retellings
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Sophia Rose
Oct 3, 20243 min read
Review: MR. BINGLEY: JUST AS A GENTLEMEN OUGHT TO BE by Brandon Dragan
Guest review by Sophia Rose: Mr. Just as a Gentleman Ought to Be is the previously untold story of a young man who unwittingly uncovers...
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Christina Boyd
Oct 1, 20247 min read
INTERVIEW: Brandon Dragan Gives Mr. Bingley Time in the Spotlight
Christina Boyd interviews Brandon Dragan, an attorney in Tennessee and winner of the American Bar Association Journal's 2021 Ross Writing...
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Christina Boyd
Sep 17, 20244 min read
Why We Read (and or Write About) Jane Austen by Heather Moll
Austenesque author Heather Moll offers her take on Why We Read and Write About Jane Austen some two hundred years after the author died.
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Christina Boyd
Aug 20, 20243 min read
Why We Read (And Or Write About) Jane Austen by Nikki Payne
Author and anthropologist Nikki Payne, self-proclaimed Austen's sassy Black friend, offers her take on Why We Read and or Write About Jane
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Christina Boyd
Aug 6, 20246 min read
INTERVIEW: Shannon Winslow's Passion for Writing Changed Her Life
Christina Boyd interviewed Austenesque author Shannon Winslow who says she was minding her own business—raising two sons...
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Christina Boyd
Jul 29, 20244 min read
Guest Review: THE BACHELOR MR DARCY by Julie Cooper
Sophia Rose guest reviews THE BACHELOR MR DARCY by Julie Cooper and says, "absolutely fabulous, touched all the emotions"
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Sophia Rose
Jul 18, 20243 min read
Guest Review: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mr. Darcy by Kelly Miller
Guest reviewer Sophia Rose read Kelly Miller's The Mysterious Disappearance of Mr. Darcy, historical mystery and part romance.
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Christina Boyd
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Austenesque Free Book Bonanza
Download 58 Jane Austen fan fiction novels, including my multi-author anthology ELIZABETH: OBSTINATE, HEADSTRONG GIRL. Feed your Kindle
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Christina Boyd
Jun 17, 20245 min read
Why We Read (and or Write about) Jane Austen by Jan Ashton
Why We Read and or Write about Jane Austen by author editor publisher Jan Ashton.
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Christina Boyd
Jun 11, 20243 min read
INTERVIEW: Melanie Rachel Says Her Characters Say the Things She Only Thinks About
Christina Boyd interviews Melanie Rachel, a university professor, long-time Jane Austen fan, and author.
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Christina Boyd
May 28, 20244 min read
INTERVIEW: Cat Gardiner Says Music Sparks the Soul to Words
Christina Boyd interviews Cat Gardiner, author of romance, happy endings, history, and comedy.
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Christina Boyd
Apr 30, 20245 min read
INTERVIEW: Indie Author Lory Lilian Prefers Control of Her Books
Christina Boyd interviews Austenesque author Lory Lilian, a Romanian who has been in love with Pride and Prejudice for more than 40 years.
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