tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post2671199264349834269..comments2023-10-23T23:05:43.506-04:00Comments on Darcyholic Diversions: Jennifer Petkus: Write What You Know!Barbara Tiller Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15237523278334072442noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-57931252308707768242012-07-29T11:59:03.598-04:002012-07-29T11:59:03.598-04:00Did you mention a movie deal for your next book is...Did you mention a movie deal for your next book is in the works? The book has not even been published and yet you're lucky.<br /><br />Barbara, please enter my name for the international drawing. Thank you very much.Lúthien84https://www.blogger.com/profile/15390711363301378521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-49993713769222958752012-07-27T14:20:42.743-04:002012-07-27T14:20:42.743-04:00Loved the article. Write what you know is good. Of...Loved the article. Write what you know is good. Of course being a music teacher, my ideas always come through that medium. Thanks for all of your writing. ~jen red~doremijenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028063685883516346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-6317401630158724362012-07-27T12:33:55.952-04:002012-07-27T12:33:55.952-04:00great thoughts Jennifer! lots of possibilities he...great thoughts Jennifer! lots of possibilities here :)<br />and glad you've taken the combo w/ sherlock route ~ looking fwd to more great reading with what you've created... tyFaith Hope and Cherryteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170392449995588653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-12725891437149647432012-07-11T19:24:23.721-04:002012-07-11T19:24:23.721-04:00Incidentally, I'm trying to trend a #AskJaneAu...Incidentally, I'm trying to trend a #AskJaneAusten hashtag at twitter, so if you have any questions to ask Jane when she appears at the JASNA AGM, please ask and I might use them in Jane, Actually.virtualighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544118423865170131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-36233552506631058192012-07-09T19:49:36.162-04:002012-07-09T19:49:36.162-04:00Thank you! I've added this to my "save fo...Thank you! I've added this to my "save for later" on Amazon (my birthday is coming up and I'm waiting for gift cards). I began telling my husband the idea and as I kept talking more ideas kept coming... so I think I'm going to try and write it. It'll be far different from screenwriting but I just love to write!!!<br /><br />Sooo... thanks for the inspiration too!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606881864044928664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-42854731215449483322012-07-09T14:48:14.649-04:002012-07-09T14:48:14.649-04:00Jane Greensmith in her collection "Intimation...Jane Greensmith in her collection "Intimations of Austen" has the short story "Heaven Can Wait" from the viewpoint of Jane Bennet the night before she is to wed Charles Bingley. She is reflecting on her previous love and whether her marrying Charles is a betrayal. But that's certainly no barrier to writing your own book about Jane.<br /><br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Intimations-Austen-Jane-Greensmith/dp/1435718895/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341859610&sr=1-1&keywords=intimations+of+austenvirtualighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544118423865170131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-34325893292930228702012-07-09T14:19:43.854-04:002012-07-09T14:19:43.854-04:00How true. This point can be driven home not only b...How true. This point can be driven home not only by Austen not using other perspectives from her characters, but also remaining within her own class circle. I enjoy reading JAFF that dives deeper into the other people in the story, or from another character's view, such as Darcy or Mary Bennett. I would love to read something from the perspective of Jane Bennett. Know of any stories like that? Jane is so internal that I'd love to know her observations, her true feelings and thoughts about Bingley and Caroline, and even Lizzy and Darcy.<br /><br />Hmm.... maybe I should just write the story myself!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606881864044928664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-5785560246836359132012-07-09T00:51:17.768-04:002012-07-09T00:51:17.768-04:00Very good point, June and Jamie. An Austen today w...Very good point, June and Jamie. An Austen today would probably not feel limited to the female perspective. I think that desire to see Austen from the other side explains books like His Good Opinion by Nancy Kelley, where we see P&P from Darcy's perspective. It's always been interesting to me that although Austen's novels are in third person, she really doesn't use the advantages of that perspective much. It's still always what the character can perceive; we usually learn of events as the heroine learns of them.virtualighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544118423865170131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-77465095962164617632012-07-08T11:39:42.792-04:002012-07-08T11:39:42.792-04:00Austen would write movies, television isn't bi...Austen would write movies, television isn't big enough to contain her stories! Great post!!JuneA**https://www.blogger.com/profile/09207979640749727941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-84710288713053796102012-07-07T13:45:37.441-04:002012-07-07T13:45:37.441-04:00She could do an anonymous blog (like Gossip Girl) ...She could do an anonymous blog (like Gossip Girl) commenting on people in her social circle. If it was Elizabeth commenting, she would say that Mr. Darcy seems very standoffish, bordering on rude.Michelle Fidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10285519745590239008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-13798563323712378432012-07-06T22:59:55.275-04:002012-07-06T22:59:55.275-04:00An excellent question and thought provoking post. ...An excellent question and thought provoking post. No matter what Austen would write today-- mysteries, fantasies, horror, fiction-- should would still write what she knew: people. Though I think (as June mentioned), with the ease of male/female friendships Austen would write more from the man's perspective as well. But she'd always have a strong female protagonist as she was such a strong female herself.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606881864044928664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-28182902425822817632012-07-06T02:13:33.487-04:002012-07-06T02:13:33.487-04:00I think Jane would have been astonished at the eas...I think Jane would have been astonished at the easy friendships between men and women. A present-day Jane could make friends with men and actually write about men's thoughts in her books. No more would her readers have to wonder: what was Darcy doing all those months between Hunsford and Pemberley??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-6268656483256470742012-07-06T00:33:37.982-04:002012-07-06T00:33:37.982-04:00Great post. You're right - subconsciously rank...Great post. You're right - subconsciously ranked by story not written word. Definitely got me imaging a modern day Jane and how her writing would be different. Thanks.Jenn Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10254318560778289717noreply@blogger.com