Tag Archives: Jane Austen

Jane Austen and Babies, a Guest Post from Alexa Adams

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on December 29, 2017. In it, Ms. Adams reflects on parenthood and children, as she has just delivered her second child two days prior to the post going live. Enjoy what she says … Continue reading →

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The Great Valley Road, Setting for My Novel, “The Road to Understanding”

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

When I began writing The Road to Understanding, I needed a perfect route to take my characters across the mountains between Virginia and Tennessee in the late 1780s. Who Traveled Across The Great Valley Road? The majority of the settlers in … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at “The Road to Understanding”

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

In my short eight years of writing fiction, I have written a variety of genres/settings: retellings, sequels, Regencies, paranormal, cozy mysteries, vagaries, contemporaries, and inspirational. I will admit many of my 34 novels fall under the big “umbrella” of Regencies, … Continue reading →

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Ladies Court Dresses 17th – 20th Centuries, a Guest Post from Gianna Thomas

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on December 25, 2017. Enjoy!!!  A few months back, I did a post on the Peacocks of the 18th and 19th Centuries showing the elaborate embroidery done on the men’s court suits. Am I still … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen’s Problematic Health, a Guest Post from Kyra Kramer

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors in December 2017. Predicting the due date of a pregnancy is a matter of guesswork, even in these modern times. Babies are notorious for following their own schedule rather than the convenience of … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Janeite

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

Anatomy of a Janeite Do You Fit the Bill?                                   In 2008, JASNA put together a survey of the “typical” Janeite. I was wondering … Continue reading →

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My Experiment with Regency-Era “Shampoo,” a Guest Post from Rebecca H. Jamison

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

One of my fellow Austen Authors conducted an experiment with the methods of shampooing one’s hair during the Regency era and reported on it during her November post. I hope you enjoy her tongue-in-cheek remarks as much as I did.  … Continue reading →

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In Quest of the Officers, a Guest Post from Diana J. Oaks

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

Below you will find another of the fabulous posts one might find on any given day on Austen Authors. Diana J. Oaks explores the “appeal” of a man (or woman) in uniform.  Lydia Bennet. She’s naughty, she’s loud, she’s determined … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Night Sale! Reduced Price on 30 of Regina Jeffers’s Titles! First, Fill Up Your eReaders with JAFF!

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

As of Friday, December 22, 2017, thirty (30)of my titles went on sale. The sale will continue through Friday, January 5, 2018.  Fill up your eReaders!!!! These 15 Austen-inspired titles should tempt you.      Darcy’s Passions: Pride and Prejudice Retold Through … Continue reading →

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The Taming of the Shrew’s Connection to “Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar” Excerpt + Giveaway

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

One of the main themes in my upcoming release of Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary is the use William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew as a basis of the interaction between Darcy … Continue reading →

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