Category Archives: writing

Writing About the “Senses”

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This article comes from The Editor’s Blog: It’s All About the Words, and it is excellent!!!! To read the complete article and to pick up some excellent pointers, please visit http://theeditorsblog.net/2012/09/09/the-eyes-dont-always-have-it/ Maybe I should say, the eyes shouldn’t always have it. No, the title isn’t … Continue reading →

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Building Characters That Sell

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This article comes from Karen Lamb’s Blog. Ms. Lamb has some excellent choices such as Anatomy of a Best-Selling Novel and How Personal Should Writers Get On Social Media. To read this one on Developing Characterization, please visit http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/great-characters-the-beating-heart-of-great-fiction/ Today we … Continue reading →

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Universal Themes and Jane Austen: First Impressions

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

Have you ever met someone with whom you have corresponded several times (Facebook, Twitter, phone, or the old-fashioned way by a letter) only to be surprised by his/her appearance? He/She looks nothing like what you anticipated. First impressions are hard … Continue reading →

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How a Minor Character Controls the Story’s Action: Jane Austen’s Use of George Wickham

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

Yesterday, on Austenesque Extravganza, I interviewed our favorite bad boy, Mr. George Wickham. Actually, I held a celebrity intervention, but as an afterthought to that momentous event, I thought we might take a closer look at George Wickham’s importance to … Continue reading →

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An Intervention with Mr. Wickham

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

(Applause) Voice Over: Welcome to the Doctor Richard Belton Show. Please place your hands together for our resident psychologist, Doctor Richard. (Applause) Doctor Richard: Good Afternoon and Welcome. We have an interesting program planned for you today. Our guests have … Continue reading →

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Do You Speak Jane Austen? Part 3

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

The last third of the alphabet was a bit of a challenge. The letters “x” and “z” were less than cooperative. I searched Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Mansfield Parkfor the letters, but was, generally, unsuccessful. “X” was impossible to … Continue reading →

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There’s an App for That! Add Widget to Your Website to Increase Book Sales

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This article comes from GalleyCat. To learn more (including the 4 step process to installing the widget on your site), please visit http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/add-a-buy-this-book-widget-to-your-website_b55129 Add A ‘Buy This Book’ Widget To Your Website By Dianna Dilworth on July 30, 2012 5:23 PM … Continue reading →

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Austen’s Transition to Modern Adaptations

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

Jane Austen’s works are often classified as “romances.” The assumption comes from the premise that if the heroine meets a handsome man in Chapter One, he must be the hero. Fitzwilliam Darcy is the romantic hero of Pride and Prejudice, … Continue reading →

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Ed Gein: The Real-Life Norman Bates

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

Of late, I’ve spent a lot of research hours on grave robbing, especially as it was practiced during the early 1800s. The need for medical schools to rob graves of “fresh” corpses to use as cadavers is common knowledge, but … Continue reading →

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The Real Murder Behind William Boyd’s “Any Human Heart”

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

In 1943 the richest man in the Bahamas was bludgeoned to death. Who was the murderer and what was the involvement of the Duke of Windsor? Intrigued by the case, William Boyd included it in his novel Any Human Heart, … Continue reading →

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