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Seven Myths About Novelists

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What do you love most about Mr. Darcy? Cast your vote.

• What do you love most about Mr. Darcy?

  "his beautiful grounds at Pemberley"His kindness to his sister."Every savage can dance" (Take that, Sir William!)"You must allow me to tell you..." (fainting couch, please!) "Dearest, loveliest Elizabeth! What do I not owe you! (smelling salts, stat!)He rescued Lydia (and her tool of a husband) for the woman he loved.I think I love Colin Firth more than the real Mr. Darcy. (the one and only)I think I love Matthew MacFadyen more than the real Mr. Darcy. (upstart)I think I love David Rintoul more than the real Mr. Darcy. (showing our age)I think I love Laurence Olivier more than the real Mr. Darcy. (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) Everything: There is no substitute for the Darcy of the page.

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JANE AUSTEN MADE ME DO IT

• An anthology of Austen-inspired fiction by Stephanie Barron, Lauren Willig, Alexandra Potter, Laurie Viera Rigler, and many more, & edited by Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose,
• Listen to the NPR interview with two JANE AUSTEN MADE ME DO IT authors, Frank Delaney and Diane Meier.
• Here's what reviewers are saying about Laurie Viera Rigler's story:
• "A hoot."--Bellingham Herald
• "Really clever concept...reminded of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series."--Bookworm 1858
• "Playful...tongue in cheek...too smart for words!"--One Literature Nut

Take the Austen Movie Poll

• What's the next Austen movie that should be made?

  Mansfield Park: Will somebody pelase get this one right?Pride and Prejudice: Though my heart will always be true to Colin Firth.Pride and Prejudice: Though my heart will always be true to Matthew MacFadyenPride and Prejudice: Thought my heart will always be true to David Rintoul.Emma: Please scold me some more, Mr. Knightley.Northanger Abbey: Take me away, Henry Tilney.Sense and Sensiblity: Can somebody please run my heart over with a chaise and four again?Persuasion: Though my heart will always be true to Ciaran Hinds.Persuasion: Though my heart will always be true to Rupert Penry-Jones.

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Calling all Reading Groups

• Click on the BOOK CLUBS menu above for Reading Group Guides, Favorites, and a Contact page.
• Laurie Viera Rigler would love to chat with your group via speakerphone or Skype. Contact her to arrange a time.
• Request a personally inscribed bookplate for your copies of Confessions and Rude Awakenings.
• CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT is in Reading Group Choices, is a Pulpwood Queens Book Club selection, has been featured in DearReader.com, and is an About.com Paperback Book Club Pick.
• RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT is a Pulpwood Queens Book Club selection, a Romantic Times Top Pick, and a Fresh Fiction Pick.

Which Austenesque Heroine Are You?

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WARNING: Living in Regency England Can Be Habit Forming. Even If It's Only Inside Your Head.

• Are you an Austen Addict? You know you are.
• Ever thought about dancing at a Regency ball in full regalia?
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• Indulge.