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Elizabeth Bennet Made Me Write a Trilogy

by Diane Morris | Apr 30, 2022 | Anne de Bourgh, Disease, Pride and Prejudice, Publishing

Nearly everybody has heard of Elizabeth Bennet, the spunky young lady in Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth is so popular that she has her own Wikipedia page, where curious persons can read a detailed analysis of her character. Known for...

Rosings Park: A New Look for My First Book

by Diane Morris | Feb 25, 2016 | Anne de Bourgh, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Publishing

Having had great success with the designers at CreateSpace, who developed the cover for my new novel, Cousin Anne, I decided it was time to make some changes to my first book, Rosings Park. I added a discussion section for readers and hired the CreateSpace design team...

Who Directs the Story: the Writer or the Characters?

by Diane Morris | Feb 11, 2016 | Anne de Bourgh, Pride and Prejudice, Writing

Following on my previous blog post about Anne de Bourgh, I wish to address a quirky topic. Who controls the story? The writer or the characters? My first introduction to the idea that characters were in control of their stories occurred some twenty-five or thirty...

Let’s Talk about Anne de Bourgh

by Diane Morris | Jan 28, 2016 | Anne de Bourgh, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Writing

My new novel about Anne de Bourgh is nearly live—it’s being processed by Amazon for both its website and Kindle store as I write. Today seems like a good day to write about this fairly minor character in Jane Austen’s popular novel Pride and Prejudice. One...

Finding a Good Cover Image: An Indie Publisher’s Challenge

by Diane Morris | Jan 14, 2016 | Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Publishing

I’m thrilled with the cover for my second novel—Cousin Anne—which is a prequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The cover, shown at left, was designed by a team at CreateSpace. I love its colors, its ornamental border, the faded roses in the background, and the...

Cousin Anne: A New Novel for the New Year

by Diane Morris | Dec 30, 2015 | Anne de Bourgh, Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice

My new novel, Cousin Anne, is due out in January — a new novel for a new year. The book’s cover is shown at right. Cousin Anne is a prequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The story focuses on three characters from Austen’s most popular...
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Characters on the Steyne, 1825. Source: Wikimedia Commons (Robt. Cruikshank, caricaturist and illustrator, public domain).