Hello , I'm Madeline Courtney and I write Jane Austen inspired romances. My first novel,  Abhorrence and Affection , has just been p...

(guest post by Victoria Grossack) I always want to play “what-if” with stories.  Juliet should not have faked her death; Romeo shou...

Mr Darcy to the Rescue  When the irritating Mr. Collins proposes marriage, Elizabeth Bennet is prepared to refuse him, but then she l...

The Ross Poldark Blog Tour has concluded but there is still time for you  readers to leave comments and enter the giveaway contest unti...

Thank you, Maria, for inviting me here today to tell your readers a little about Miss Georgiana Darcy of Pemberley . I can hardly belie...

I blame Ross Poldark for ... I hadn’t read any of the books from the Poldark saga before the new adaptation started on BBC1, though I...

Very little is known about the young man that Jane Austen met during a seaside holiday in 1800. Her sister was later to say that she beli...

Dear Maria and Readers at My Jane Austen Book Club, Thanks for hosting a stop on the A Will of Iron Blog Tour. The excerpts I have...

“If Jane Austen met Charlotte Bronte and they drank too much port,  the Poldark Saga would be their literary love child.” — Poldark...

Thanks so much Maria Grazia for hosting my on your blog to talk about Inspired by Grace ! I have always loved being your guest.  Most...

When I began writing The Prosecution of Mr. Darcy ’ s Cousin: A Pride and Prejudice Mystery , I thought to use the actual Regency era cas...

Colonel Fitzwilliam is an intriguing figure in Pride and Prejudice .  He appears for a rather short time in the novel, and his main funct...

“So each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in…” —Thomas Hardy If you desire a little heat, a summer flirtation, or an e...

Mistaking Her Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation  (The Queen of Rosings Park Book 1) Lady Catherine de Bourgh is prepa...

You may have heard authors say that there are times when in the middle (or beginning or even towards the end) of writing a manuscrip...

Second Chances - guest post by Sarah Price Oh Anne! How could you possibly have let so many people persuade you to deny Frederick ’...

When a simple accident is misinterpreted and threatens Elizabeth Bennet's reputation, her fate seems sealed as Fitzwilliam Darcy...

Mrs Bennet is my favourite of all the mother characters in Jane Austen’s novels. I do not think she is the sort of person that I, or an...

2 years ago I hadn’t even heard of fan fiction, let alone Jane Austen fan fiction. If I had seen the acronym JAFF written down, I might ...

I came to real admiration of Jane Austen later, rather than sooner, in life. In high school I found her books boring, irrelevant, and imp...