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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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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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INTERVIEW: MK Scott Started Writing in Middle School Much Like Bridgerton’s Lady Whistledown
Christina Boyd interviews M. K. Scott, the Morgan and Scott cozy mystery writing team of The Painted Lady Inn Mysteries, The Talking Dog...
Christina Boyd
Oct 29, 20244 min read
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Why We Read (And Or Write About) Jane Austen by Lona Manning
Why do I read and/or write about Jane Austen? by Lona Manning
Christina Boyd
Jul 18, 20245 min read
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Austenesque Free Book Bonanza
Download 58 Jane Austen fan fiction novels, including my multi-author anthology ELIZABETH: OBSTINATE, HEADSTRONG GIRL. Feed your Kindle
Christina Boyd
Jun 28, 20241 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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INTERVIEW: Laurie Viera Rigler Says Character Rules Throughout Writing Process
Christina Boyd interviews Laurie Viera Rigler. Rigler’s best-selling Jane Austen Addict novels have been published in North America, the UK,
Christina Boyd
Feb 27, 20249 min read
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INTERVIEW: Nicole Clarkston Published Her First Book Before Telling Her Family
Interview: Nicole Clarkston is a book lover and a happily married mom of three. Originally from Idaho, she now lives in Oregon...
Christina Boyd
Nov 21, 20239 min read
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INTERVIEW: Jessie Lewis Says Life is One Long Research Trip
Interiew: Jessie Lewis enjoys words far too much for her own good and was forced to take up writing them down in order to save her family…
Christina Boyd
Nov 14, 20239 min read
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Review: IT HAPPENED ONE FIGHT by Maureen Lee Lenker
Christina Boyd reviews "It Happened One Fight" I liked the Old Hollywood vibe and the play on fake relationship and enemies-to-lovers trope
Christina Boyd
Nov 1, 20234 min read
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INTERVIEW: M. Leigh Writes Women's Fiction Horror
Interview: Melissa Stewart writes women's fiction horror under the pen name, M. Leigh. She's been published with Flame Tree, BlackHare Press
Christina Boyd
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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INTERVIEW: Joana Starnes Spills the Tea on Writing Darcy
Joana Starnes has been living in Regency England for decades in her imagination and plans to continue till she lays hands on a time machine.
Christina Boyd
Oct 3, 20236 min read
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INTERVIEW: Karen M Cox Writes Stories Brushed with History & Romance
Karen M Cox is an award-winning author of four full-length novels that adapt Jane Austen to other eras: 1932: Pride & Prejudice Revisited...
Christina Boyd
Aug 15, 20237 min read
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INTERVIEW: Laaleen Sukhera is Fearless in Life and Writing
Interview: Laaleen Sukhera is the founder of the Jane Austen Society Pakistan and the Emirates, now the Jane Austen Society MENAP.
Christina Boyd
Jul 4, 20233 min read
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INTERVIEW: How Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder Inspired Maureen Lee Lenker
Maureen Lee Lenker is an award-winning journalist who has written for Turner Classic Movies, The Hollywood Reporter, Ms. Magazine, and more.
Christina Boyd
Jun 27, 20234 min read
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INTERVIEW: Patience, Persistence, and a Little Luck with Katie Oliver
I have been a fan of Katie Oliver's since first reading Prada and Prejudice.
Christina Boyd
May 30, 20234 min read
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To Celebrate RATIONAL CREATURES 4th Book Birthday
To celebrate the upcoming fourth book birthday of RATIONAL CREATURES anthology, I am giving away a $50 AMAZON GIFT CARD and all 5...
Christina Boyd
Sep 16, 20221 min read
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REVIEW: Wanderings — A Collection of Short Stories by Kenneth G. Bennett
Haunting, disturbing and surreal. As in his bestselling “Gaia Wars” series and sci-fi eco-lit thriller “Exodus 2022,” Kenneth G. Bennett...
Christina Boyd
Apr 6, 20221 min read
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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Seasons greetings! Ornaments are my favorite things about dressing the house for the holidays—all the remembrances associated with each.
Christina Boyd
Dec 17, 20211 min read
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