GUEST POST: On Being a Jane Austen Author by Nancy Kelley
Siri here. I’m very pleased to introduce our guest blogger for today, Nancy Kelley. Nancy is a friendly Tweeter, a hardworking writer, and an indie author with a twist. Here she is to explain… — I write Jane Austen sequels. My new book, His Good Opinion, is Pride and Prejudice from Mr. Darcy’s point of view. The novel I wrote this year during National Novel Writing Month is a sequel to P&P, focusing on Colonel Fitzwilliam and Georgiana Darcy. I have two additional Austen novels turning over in the back of my mind, waiting for their turn. A humorous conversation plays out many times when I tell people I’m an author. “Oh really! What’s your book called?” “His Good Opinion. It’s a Pride and Prejudice sequel.” (Long pause, often accompanied by a blank look) “Oh. People do that?”