I am an author and Austen aficionado, and last year, I wrote a novella called Aided By Austen -- solely to soothe that gnawing ache we readers sometimes have inside us, to live and breathe in Austen's world.
Would LOVE your thoughts on the story! Might you give it a try?
Vaishnavi
PS: The blurb of the novel follows --
For readers - both new and familiar with Austen's works - comes a stylistically old-world and tenderly insightful story of friendship, hope and second chances -- entwined with the ageless charm of Austen's words.
At twenty-seven, Jane Cotton cannot identify with any literary heroines, except one - Anne Elliot of Persuasion, whom she has long loved. Jane however, with her executive job, is no Anne; there is no lost love nor long regrets and at least Anne in Regency England did not have to deal with the small town gossip of Summerfield, where everybody knows everybody. Cautious Jane can only take comfort in her art of staying low! But when she is unexpectedly persuaded into the Annual Summerfield musical, Jane must realize that heroines become so, not as they watch from the sidelines, but as they wade knee deep into life’s hubbubs… perhaps her chance now with trials, confidantes (even suitors gasp!) and Austen-esque triumphs, might finally make for a life worthy of a novel?!
I am an author and Austen aficionado, and last year, I wrote a novella called Aided By Austen -- solely to soothe that gnawing ache we readers sometimes have inside us, to live and breathe in Austen's world.
You can find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0754KXRRS; it's free to read if you've Kindle Unlimited.
Would LOVE your thoughts on the story! Might you give it a try?
Vaishnavi
PS: The blurb of the novel follows --
For readers - both new and familiar with Austen's works - comes a stylistically old-world and tenderly insightful story of friendship, hope and second chances -- entwined with the ageless charm of Austen's words.
At twenty-seven, Jane Cotton cannot identify with any literary heroines, except one - Anne Elliot of Persuasion, whom she has long loved. Jane however, with her executive job, is no Anne; there is no lost love nor long regrets and at least Anne in Regency England did not have to deal with the small town gossip of Summerfield, where everybody knows everybody. Cautious Jane can only take comfort in her art of staying low! But when she is unexpectedly persuaded into the Annual Summerfield musical, Jane must realize that heroines become so, not as they watch from the sidelines, but as they wade knee deep into life’s hubbubs… perhaps her chance now with trials, confidantes (even suitors gasp!) and Austen-esque triumphs, might finally make for a life worthy of a novel?!