January 21, 2013
January, Jane, Deadlines, and Tea!
What does a person do when they’ve forgotten their regular blog date? Why, they panic! And...
By Vera Nazarian
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January 16, 2013
“His” ~ Two Novellas From Regina Jeffers in Time for Valentine’s Day
“His Irish Eve” ~ I began this story in response to readers’ requests to know...
By Regina Jeffers
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December 24, 2012
Christmas Traditions: Now and Then
I love Christmas traditions. When my husband and I married, back in the Dark Ages I think, we got...
By Maria Grace
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November 19, 2012
Maria Grace Debuts: Blame it on the kids
When in doubt and you live with teenagers, blame it on the kids! I remember being a ten year old...
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November 13, 2012
P&P200: “Reader, How Shall I Marry Him?” ~ Banns and Licenses
Until 1823, a single person under the age of one and twenty could not marry without his/her...
By Regina Jeffers
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October 17, 2012
The Pleasure of a Walk
I’ve always enjoyed the simple pleasure of a walk. It’s a little escape from a...
By Alyssa Goodnight
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October 15, 2012
The Brooklyn JASNA AGM: A View from the Stage
I’m just back from the overwhelming, stupendous, kaleidoscopic Annual General Meeting of...
By Diana Birchall
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October 12, 2012
Dare To Stop Bullying!
When I was 10 years old and I first moved from Los Angeles to San Diego, I immediately became a...
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October 12, 2012
Dare To Stop Bullying!
When I was 10 years old and I first moved from Los Angeles to San Diego, I immediately became a...
By TFGeekGirl
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September 26, 2012
Must Be the Season of the Witch
This beast would gladly undermine the earth And swallow all creation in a yawn from “To...
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September 20, 2012
How I Spent My Summer Vacation!
Fall is in the air and what fall would be complete without that dreaded first writing assignment of...
By Susan Mason-Milks
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September 19, 2012
Live and Learn
Tonight I learned something. Now, learning something is a common event for me…my work as a...
By C. Allyn Pierson
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September 14, 2012
“Passionate” in Pasadena
On Saturday Syrie James and I once again played Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte respectively, in...
By Diana Birchall
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September 12, 2012
Girls in Paris
In the nearly three decades that I have been a registered nurse I have done a fair amount of...
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August 29, 2012
Of Mothers, Mermaids, and Jane Austen
This month, on August 19th, my mother turned eighty. It’s an amazing milestone for anyone, but...
By Vera Nazarian
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August 28, 2012
It FIGures
I am a serial hobbyist. I take on a hobby full-speed ahead until I completely burn out on it and...
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August 17, 2012
A Theatrical Turn
As Austen Authors we have quite a few experiences in common, but I’ve just had one that’s...
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August 16, 2012
Illness and the Elusive Cure
My father-in-law has been ill since last November. He had a horrible cough and trouble breathing...
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August 12, 2012
Afternoon Tea at Queen Mary’s Tearoom
What happens when five authors who love Jane Austen get together in the same city? They have...
By Susan Mason-Milks
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August 3, 2012
Austen on my Mind
Having major surgery and the long healing process afterward is definitely taking up most of my time...
By Vera Nazarian
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July 24, 2012
Jane Austen in Alaska
  Of course Jane Austen didn’t go to Alaska. She probably never even heard the name, as...
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July 18, 2012
What Can I Say?
When I began researching and writing Pulse and Prejudice, I stopped cooking and cleaning. You see,...
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July 17, 2012
Who delivered all those babies?
This is an extra post to follow up on my Monday blog. I shared some of what I learned about...
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July 11, 2012
Jane Austen and the Were-Platypus in the Wild…
As I am writing this, I am getting ready for surgery. As you are reading this, I am hopefully...
By Vera Nazarian
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July 2, 2012
How to Tour Bath in 90 Minutes or Less
My husband works for Boeing and he occasionally travels with his job, jetting off to exotic...
By Shannon Winslow
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June 29, 2012
90 Percent Inspiration
My daughters are adults now – thank heavens. I don’t mean they have turned eighteen; I mean...
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June 25, 2012
It’s Summer in Seattle…Almost!
  Seattle – the home of Starbucks, Microsoft, Amazon…and me! Seattle has been my home now...
By Susan Mason-Milks
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June 14, 2012
How to Unleash Your Inner Austen Bad Girl
Villainess. Is it just me or does the word “villainess” just sound better, more...
By Karen Doornebos
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June 4, 2012
Confessions of a Fan Fiction Convert
I confess: I was a Fan Fiction snob. When my daughters were teenagers, they wrote stories based on...
By Colette Saucier
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May 31, 2012
Transition – A Place of Growth
“We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ...
By Susan Mason-Milks
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May 28, 2012
On Turning Forty-Six
Yesterday was Memorial Day in the US, a somber noble day of remembering the brave men and women in...
By Vera Nazarian
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May 27, 2012
Something Serious From Karen? Yes. A Memorial Day Tribute & A Book Review of “Wooing Mr. Wickham”
I know. Nobody expects anything serious from me, do they? Yes, I can be serious. Just ask my kids!...
By Karen Doornebos
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May 17, 2012
Departing Austen Author Tells All
No, I was not fired from Austen Authors. I am retiring from this fabulous blogging association in...
By Cindy Jones
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April 26, 2012
What Is Steven Tyler Doing In My Office?
Steven Tyler walked into my office just as I was opening an 800 page biography of Gustav Mahler,...
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April 22, 2012
Nothing at All to Do With Jane Austen
I slipped up and forgot my post on Austen Authors. So, it was either try and cobble together...
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April 20, 2012
Monica’s blog: Flowers, Flowers Everywhere? Not in Jane Austen
With spring in full swing I thought it would be fun to look at Jane Austen’s spring flowers....
By Monica Fairview
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April 13, 2012
Titanic’s 100th Anniversary
It all started 100 years ago today. At 11:40pm, April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg. ...
By Susan Mason-Milks
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April 10, 2012
Sharon Learns a Valuable Lesson
Jane Austen was smart. When faced with a blank page and deciding what she was going to write, she...
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April 6, 2012
The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles
Pugs at Pemberley? Greetings, everyone. The Cajun Cheesehead and the Sexy Muse wishes to introduce...
By Jack Caldwell
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April 5, 2012
Jane Austen and Bathing-machines
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By Diana Birchall
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