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Interview: Barry Richman Says Great Writing Compels You to Return to It Time and Again
Christina Boyd interviews author Barry Richman. He crafts an alternate universe with known and new characters within Pride and Prejudice.
Christina Boyd
1 day ago5 min read
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WHY WE READ AND OR WRITE ABOUT JANE AUSTEN by Janet Todd
WHY WE READ AND OR WRITE ABOUT JANE AUSTEN by Janet Todd, critic, novelist, editor, and biographer.
Janet Todd
Mar 185 min read
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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.
Christina Boyd
Feb 114 min read
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INTERVIEW: An ADHD Diagnosis in Her Fifties Helped Alice McVeigh Write Fiction Again
Christina Boyd interviews award-winning author Alice McVeigh.
Christina Boyd
Feb 46 min read
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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.
Maria Grazia
Jan 214 min read
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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.
Christina Boyd
Dec 17, 20245 min read
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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 ...
Christina Boyd
Dec 3, 20244 min read
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Why We Read and or Write About Jane Austen by Cristy Huelsz
Cristina Huelsz, translator, shares WHY WE READ AND OR WRITE ABOUT JANE AUSTEN
Christina Boyd
Nov 19, 20244 min read
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WHY WE READ AND OR WRITE ABOUT JANE AUSTEN by Samuel Keele
Jane Austen fan Samuel Keele shares his perspective on Why We Read and Write About Jane Austen.
Christina Boyd
Oct 15, 20244 min read
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Review: THE CHALLENGE OF ENTAIL by Jann Rowland
Guest Sophia Rose guest reviewsJann Rowland’s “The Challenge of Entail.” New hope arrives for the Bennet family when Mr. Bennet discovers…
Sophia Rose
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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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...
Sophia Rose
Oct 3, 20243 min read
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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...
Christina Boyd
Oct 1, 20248 min read
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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.
Christina Boyd
Sep 17, 20244 min read
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INTERVIEW: Gabriela Graciosa Guedes Borrows Personality Traits from People Around Her for Characters
Christina Boyd interviews Brazilian Austenesque author Gabriela Graciosa Guedes. Besides making a living off reading and writing stories
Christina Boyd
Sep 10, 20243 min read
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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.
Christina Boyd
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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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.
Christina Boyd
Apr 30, 20245 min read
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Edit Tip: What is Going On in Their Head?
Quick Editing Tip about INTERIORITY by Christina Boyd: Keeping Austen’s characters recognizable to the reader is vital to make the story…
Christina Boyd
Apr 28, 20241 min read
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Why We Read (Or Write About) Jane Austen by Joana Starnes
Joana Starnes: I think I was about twelve when I began to read Jane Austen. I started with Pride and Prejudice. It was love at first sight.
Christina Boyd
Apr 16, 20245 min read
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INTERVIEW: Kelly Miller Draws On Past Experiences in Her Writing
Christina Boyd interviews award-winning author Kelly Miller, a native Californian and Anglophile, who made her first visit England in 2019.
Christina Boyd
Apr 2, 20243 min read
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Why We Read (or Write About) Jane Austen by Harry Frost, Narrator
Why We Read (or Write About) Jane Austen by Harry Frost, Narrator: Jane Austen's novels offer a glimpse into English society and culture ...
Christina Boyd
Mar 14, 20246 min read
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