Hey peeps! I will be participating in the Austenesque Extravaganza in August. What’s that? Why, it’s simply all thing Austen (and Heyer and the Brontes, and Alcott and…) from the site Austenesque. There will be giveaways, blog tours, twitter chats, and more. If you love Jane Austen and the myriad sequels to her work, hop over to Austenesque for your fix. I will be linking to the activities so you won’t miss out on the Read more…
I’ve an interview up at Jane Austen Prequels and Sequels. If you would like to know more about my thoughts on Austen and her work, please visit! 1) Your own favorite Austen character and why? Patrice: My favorite Austen character changes with the book I’ve read most recently, so currently it’s Emma Woodhouse. She’s very young and very meddlesome, but girls like her are so common nowadays. They are the leaders and sometimes the Read more…
Mark Shepherd, a fantasy author who was Mercedes Lackey’s secretary and co-author for a time, committed suicide in May. I just found out reading the obituary section of Locus, and was shocked and saddened by the news. Mark was the author who ran the ArmadilloCon writer’s workshop back in the late 1990s, before long-time Austin writer and workshopper Wendy Wheeler and Jennifer Evans took it over and ran it for years (it was then handed Read more…