I finished War for the Oaks in three days after ArmadilloCon. I had the same feeling that I had when I read it more than 15 years ago. I was brought back into this fantastic world of music, magic, fashion, food, where glamour was just around the corner and out Read more…
Welcome to all guests from the Austenesque Extravaganza. Thank you for visiting — please look around, stay awhile, make yourselves at home. As part of this week’s Touring Thursday, I decided to talk about what Austen has come to mean to me and why her body of work endures. The Read more…
Two articles in the New York Times, and news of a (new to me) portrait of Jane Austen, continue to shed light on the author most recently known as “not as good a writer as V.S. Naipaul.” The portrait is interesting; I had only ever seem the one of her Read more…