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I only have two left! I need you to write more! When? XOXO
Mary Kingswood Lol, Sybil! I'm writing as fast as I can, believe me. In fact, there's a new one out today, Stranger at the Villa. And have you read all my novellas, which are free to subscribers of my mailing list? There's one companion novella for each series, and a stand-alone. If you don't have them yet, hop over to my website at marykingswood.co.uk to sign up.
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Mary, that was honourable of you to owning and notifying us about the error in titling Nell in The Widow. Lots of respect to you for that. I consider mis-titling Nell very minor to some obvious unresearched mis-titling I've often seen. When it's throughout entire story, for all the titled characters, should a writer feel obligated to make any corrections and release another version of the book?
Mary Kingswood I'm such a stickler for historical accuracy, especially titling errors, and I've criticised authors for not getting it right, so it would be hypocritical of me not to own up to my own errors.

As to being obliged to make corrections, I will always try to fix errors in my own books, and I've already corrected The Widow, but it's not always easy to do. Being self-published, I can upload a new version of an ebook or paperback very easily, but many of my books now have an audio version, and making changes to those once they're live is not easy (or cheap!). For any author with a regular publisher, there's no way they will agree to changes, unfortunately. In those cases, all an author can do is to learn from their mistake, and try to get things right in future books.
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Hello Mary--I've now read all your books and am eagerly awaiting The Companion! Can you recommend a read-alike author for me to enjoy while you write? I am a lover of Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen novels as well. Many thanks!
Mary Kingswood This is a great question! I can't judge comparisons to my own books - I'm just too close to them. As for Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, well, nobody quite writes like either of them. But there are a few authors who have something of their characteristics.

For that sparkling dialogue that GH was so famous for, I've enjoyed books by Alissa Baxter, Joyce Harmon and Jan Jones. For something very close to the writing style of Jane Austen, I love the Regency murder mysteries of Anna Dean (if you like Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, it's a Regency version of that). I don't read much Jane Austen fan fiction but one I enjoyed that captured the language perfectly was Clara Benson's The Lucases of Lucas Lodge (her other books are Christie-era murder mysteries, but this is a straightforward Regency romance).

You can read reviews of these on my website, and they're also on Goodreads under my real name (Pauline M Ross).

I hope you enjoy The Companion - only a little over two weeks until release day!
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Mary, so far including The Earl of Deveron, book 0, I've read up to Book 2 of the Sons of the Marquess series. Does Sharp's story gets resolved before the end of the series or does it goes on to the very last book 5?
Mary Kingswood It goes all the way to book 5. There's a bit of progress in each book, but the final resolution is in book 5 (Lord Gilbert). I realise that's a bit frustrating - sorry!
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I am nearly done with the book, Amy, and am pleased. You had stated that you "wrote Regency historical fiction". Is that in reference to the historical era, or the brand?
Mary Kingswood Hi Stacy! I call myself an author of 'traditional Regency romances'. That means that they are firmly rooted in the historical era of the Regency in Britain (1811-1820). Nothing to do with a brand.
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