inspiration + perspiration = invention :: T. Edison ::
I have a real soft spot in my heart for Austen's spoof of gothic novels, and her most adorkable couple ever.
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NA FF Author Interview: Laura SimonsSep. 02, 2021 | Comments Today's author is Laura Simons, who I discovered on Archive of Our Own a few years back when she began posting in the little updated Northanger Abbey section. |
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NA FF Author Interview: Shannon WinslowSep. 01, 2021 | Comments Shannon Winslow is the author of Murder at Northanger Abbey, one of the rare Northanger Abbey fan works in existence, let alone published. |
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Northanger Abbey in Other MediaAug. 31, 2021 | Comments This little satire of Gothic novels has received few adaptions, which may explain why it gets so little love from fandom in general. |
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Announcing a New Series: My First Novel!Aug. 30, 2021 | Comments When "the world ended" last year, I returned to writing after being furloughed from my job. During this time I finally completed my first full-length novel. |
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Austen Fairytales: Northanger AbbeyAug. 28, 2021 | Comments A compilation of my Jane Austen fairytale vignettes for the novel Northanger Abbey, in chronological order. |
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A Lonesome Two-StepOct. 31, 2020 | Comments Written for JaOctGoHoNo 2020 at the Derbyshire Writers' Guild. Partly inspired by an American folk song. During the summer of the Spanish-American War, Clementine Morse fears the worst when letters to her loved ones go unanswered. |
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Husbandry"What is there to be done?" he finally asked, giving up all pretense of wisdom, at a loss for how to proceed. |
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HusbandryTurning to explore the countryside, Henry found it impossibly beautiful: all was bright, airy, peaceful, and alive with color. |
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HusbandryYet though words had often been his closest companions and comfort, they offered no balm for Henry's present suffering. |
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HusbandryPart 1 (Jun. 26, 2020) | Comments A mashup of Jane Austen, Virgil, and Aristophanes, with Henry Tilney in the dual roles of Orpheus and Dionysus. Bordering on crackfic, beyond meta. Now available as an eBook via Draft2Digital (bundled with Trifles Light as Air). |