My Magical PBS SANDITON Lawn Party & Screening Event!

Syrie James with Sanditon Poster

  I enjoyed the most thrilling evening sponsored by PBS and Masterpiece Theater to celebrate Season 2 of SANDITON, their most popular TV series. I’m giving away SWAG from the event, so keep reading to learn how to enter! SANDITON is a British historical drama television series inspired by an unfinished manuscript by Jane Austen,…

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What Inspired “The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen”?

My Inspiration for The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

Hello dear readers! My writing inspirations have often come from unexpected places. Such was the case for The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen. Who would have thought that re-watching two of my favorite films, Shakespeare in Love and Emma Thompson’s version of Sense and Sensibility would trigger my desire to create a story around a…

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