Laurel Ann posted a lovely review on her blog, Austenprose, this morning. I was thrilled to read it — and completely understand her skepticism about self-help books. I never feel more like Lydia Bennet when someone recommends a self-help book to me. Remember in Pride and Prejudice when Mr. Collins reads from Fordyce’s Sermons and…
Over the weekend, Vic posted an interview on her lovely blog about The Jane Austen Guide to Life: What were your reasons for writing this book as your follow up to A Walk With Jane Austen? You know, I didn’t expect to write another Jane Austen book, so this book, which was actually my editor’s…
As part of the blog tour, today I wanted to share a little excerpt with you. There are so many parts of The Jane Austen Guide to Life that I’d like to post, but this is one of my favorites–a few bits from the chapter on Finding Joy and Laughter. Enjoy! Finding Joy and Laughter…
The lovely Jane Austen Today blog is hosting a giveaway for The Jane Austen Guide to Life. For a chance to win, simply enter a question you would ask Jane Austen if you could. Enter by May 15. I’m loving the responses: Oh goodness, I would ask her so many questions! At the top, though,…
Many thanks to Vic at Jane Austen’s World who posted a lovely review today and gave The Jane Austen Guide to Life 4.5 out of 5 Regency tea cups: Lori Smith’s The Jane Austen Guide to Life: Thoughtful Lessons for the Modern Woman continues to inform us about our lives through the lessons that Jane Austen…
Second stop in the blog tour today is over at Austenesque Reviews, where Meredith gave me the chance to do a guest post — and we’re giving away another copy of the book. Just comment on the post to be entered for your chance to win. One area that I know Austen would want to…
So the official release day for The Jane Austen Guide to Life is here! Excited to see this baby go out into the world. This day has come faster than I thought it would. Amazon’s actually been shipping for a couple of weeks, and some bookstores may not yet have the title on shelves (sometimes…
Wonderful to start my blog tour this morning with a post over at Laurel Ann’s lovely AustenProse blog, sharing the inspiration behind The Jane Austen Guide to Life, what I hope people will take from it, and how it’s been a gift to me. Laurel Ann is also giving away three copies of the book!…
Excited to release this today – on the official release day for the book! Just a fun (silly) little video to get things going. (It’s not really about the Real Housewives…)
Did you know? Jane Austen was self-published. Yes! Can you imagine? Jane Austen — one of our Best Writers Ever — could not get a publisher to take a chance on her. And not just for her first book. Three of the four books published during her lifetime were self-published. (I must thank Juliette Wells…