Re: “A man of the world”- intimacy before marriage?
MichelleAnne Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------most everyone's thoughts> on Darcy's morality are directly tied personal> beliefs about intimacy before marriage....
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This post is partly in response to the previous thread about an agent's comments on JA fanfiction trend being on the wane, but it's more general than that topic.The majority of JAFF is centred on...
View ArticleRe: “A man of the world”- intimacy before marriage?
I came across an excerpt of a book where it had a brief mention of some fathers of the gentry in that era would use their maids to 'orient' their sons in this particular area... I read that couple...
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However, in stories where the main characters are a minor JA character and an OC, or where there are too many OCs, I tend to feel that it's more a Regency romance, rather than JAFF.The problem is that...
View ArticleRe: ED, other PP and non-PP fanfics
You are right that writing E&D fanfic is very challenging if one wants to be original, but from a reader's POV, and especially if I consider potential marketing aspects, not all potential buyers...
View ArticleBernadette E, I miss your story!
Hi Bernadette, I hope you are all right. Can you give us an idea of when you can post an update of An Even Path? I was hoping to eventually get to the part described in ABF, and more than anything, to...
View ArticleWhat will sell vs what we think will sell
Some personal comments first about my own tastes. That is where we all have to start, right? As to whether something is OCC, well, it is all a matter of interpretation, so one writer's OCC may be...
View ArticleRe: The trend she was talking about ...
Yes, I am aware that it was Austen fanfic she referred to. That does not alter my response. There have been published Austen 'sequels' for one hundred years, even when the market hungry publishers...
View ArticleRe: ED, other PP and non-PP fanfics
I personally like to read about the non-romantic relationships between the characters...well especiallyDarcy/Bingley/Fitzwilliam/Wickham (and maybe some other cousins in the mix, that are not named in...
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Oh and forgot...also something like Darcy and Darcy Senior/ Anne Darcy (childhood/ youth stories) or Darcy and Fitzwilliam Senior/ wife of that guy, after Darcy´s mother/father died.... well Darcy and...
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Truly?Like: "Looking for a new maid. You should dust the house, wash the laundry, be of service when my sons need sexual education, tidy the rooms ..."How strange.... especially because those maids...
View ArticleRe: What will sell vs what we think will sell
Mainly, judging public taste is hard to do and predicting where it will go next is darn near impossible. That is why the entertainment industry gives us more of what we wanted yesterday and is often...
View ArticleWe miss you, Bernadette!
You have been sorely missed, Bernadette! I hope you're doing well!
View ArticleNo offense intended to Trekkies, Potterheads and the like...
... but being an Austen groupie requires more of you. Even if you come to it for the romance, the power of Austen's ideas and system of ethics are likely to infect you. It's more than thinking Spock...
View ArticleRe: ED, other PP and non-PP fanfics
I am relieved to read that there is some interest in seeing Austen characters cross over in stories, and in seeing details about some of the people who had to exist in canon, but were never introduced...
View ArticleRe: For Those Who Like Chronology --
Carol,Thanks for the link; I gave it a quick look, but couldn’t spend enough time to comment yet. But that’s good, because there’s obviously some meat there.Stan
View ArticleRe: For Those Who Like Chronology --
I sort of wish someone had edited the P&P one. Aside from the spelling errors, there's at least one point where the date goes from Thursday the 19th to Friday the 18th or some such. All in all,...
View ArticleRe: For Those Who Like Chronology --
I read through the Lady Susan one, just out of curiosity, and glanced at P&P. There's one point in Lady Susan where she treats a fortnight as eight days, which I didn't get (going from 30 Dec to 7...
View ArticleRe: ED, other PP and non-PP fanfics
Now that sounds interesting! Does Lady Susan try to seduce Darcy? He would be just her type, I suppose--young, handsome and very rich. Only problem is that he's not very dupable.
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