Jane Austen Made Me Do It, an Austen-inspired short story anthology, arrives in stores today! In honor of the JAMMDI release, I’ve posted some Q&A I did for the JAMMDI “extra” portions below. Q. How did Jane Austen make you do it? What inspired you to join this anthology? Really, Laurel Ann Nattress made me [...]

In honor of the release of Jane Austen Made Me Do It tomorrow, I decree this a special Jane Austen-themed “if you like”. If you like modernizations of Austen stories, you’ll probably like: – Melissa Nathan’s Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field and Persuading Annie; – the movie, Clueless (aka Emma in LA); – Shannon Hale’s [...]

If you like Jane Austen-inspired stories, you’ll probably like… … excerpts from Jane Austen Made Me Do It, now up on Scribd! Among them, you can find the first few pages of my short story, “A Night at Northanger”. I’ll be writing more about that, and how the heroine, Cate, fits into The Garden Intrigue, [...]

With so many books out over the next few months, I keep forgetting what’s happening when. Here’s a little Pink publication refresher for me and for you: – September 27: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, special “Read Pink” edition in support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. – October 11: “A Night at [...]

Between August 29th and February 16th, we have Pink-mania, Pink, Pink and more Pink, as far as the bookshelf can stretch. Here’s the Pink publication schedule for the next few months: – August 29: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, UK edition. – September 27: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, special “Read Pink” [...]

Every now and then, I have to stop and remind myself what’s happening when. Here’s the Pink publication schedule between now and January: – October 11: “A Night at Northanger” (Jane Austen Made Me Do It). – November 1: The Mischief of the Mistletoe trade paperback. – early January: The Orchid Affair trade paperback (date [...]

All the entries are in… now it’s time to vote! Which short story will make it into the Jane Austen Made Me Do It anthology? It’s up to you to decide. You can find all the entries at the Republic of Pemberley (including a few by members of the Pink community!). Just follow the rules [...]

Actually, Austenprose made me do it. I am thrilled to announce that the short story anthology, Jane Austen Made Me Do It, is slated for publication on October 11, 2011. If it has an Amazon listing, it must be true, right? My short story, A Night at Northanger, features a character we’re going to meet [...]

Just in time for Jane Austen’s birthday on Thursday (happy 235th, Jane!), Austenprose has announced the Jane Austen Made Me Do It short story contest. As some of you may know, I have a short story, “A Night at Northanger” coming out this summer, in an anthology edited by Laurel Ann of Austenprose. What you [...]

I can now officially announce that I will be contributing a short story to an Austen-inspired anthology to be published in 2011. The anthology contains contributions from such well known Austenites as Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club), Stephanie Barron (the Jane Austen mysteries) and Elizabeth Aston (Mr. Darcy’s Daughters), among others. I [...]