New Austen Authors Blog Launches!
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love Jane Austen. I remember my mother sharing Sense and Sensibility with me as a teen, first in movie form and then in the book itself. From then, I was hooked—mainly on Colonel Brandon—but I eventually I moved on, dipping my toes into Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey.
It’s been a roughly fourteen year love affair, and the sparks are still there. My love has taken me time and time again back into Regency England to mingle with my favorite characters but I’ve also developed a love for the abundance of Austen sequels, or fan fiction, that are available these days. So when I received an email about a new Austen authors blog opening, I knew I had to share it with you all——
Today, September 6, marks the official launch of AustenAuthors.com, a labor of love started by two Sourcebooks Landmark authors, Sharon Lathan and Abigail Reynolds. Noticing the success of group author blogs in the romance genre, they decided to gather up some of their fellow Jane Austen Fiction comrades and start a group blog!
After putting together some initial plans in August, Sharon and Abigial began to contact Austen authors from all publishers and the final list of 20 contributors is very impressive:
Susan Adriani, Marsha Altman, Marilyn Brant, Skylar Burris, Jack Caldwell, Carolyn Eberhart, Monica Fairview, Regina Jeffers, Cindy Jones, Sharon Lathan, Kara Louise, Kathryn Nelson, Jane Odiwe, C. Allyn Pierson, Abigail Reynolds, Mary Lydon Simonsen, Heather Lynn Rigaud, Victoria Connelly, J. Marie Croft, and Lynn Shepherd
Staring on today, daily blogs posts will be put up, celebrations of new books going into stores will be had, and for the launch month of the blog, many giveaways and contests will be held!
