The official online home of JANE AUSTEN MADE ME DO IT, the new Ballantine anthology of Austen-inspired fiction, is live at janeaustenmademedoit.com.
JANE AUSTEN MADE ME DO IT is a collection of stories by 24 authors and is edited by Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose.
Some details from the publisher:
In Lauren Willig’s “A Night at Northanger,” a young woman who doesn’t believe in ghosts meets a familiar specter at the infamous abbey; Jane Odiwe’s “Waiting” captures the exquisite uncertainty of Persuasion’s Wentworth and Anne as they await her family’s approval of their betrothal; Adriana Trigiani’s “Love and Best Wishes, Aunt Jane” imagines a modern-day Austen giving her niece advice upon her engagement; in Diana Birchall’s “Jane Austen’s Cat,” our beloved Jane tells her nieces “cat tales” based on her novels; Laurie Viera Rigler’s “Intolerable Stupidity” finds Mr. Darcy bringing charges against all the writers of Pride and Prejudice sequels, spin-offs, and retellings; in Janet Mullany’s “Jane Austen, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!” a teacher at an all-girls school invokes the Beatles to help her students understand Sense and Sensibility; in Jo Beverley’s “Jane and the Mistletoe Kiss,” a widow doesn’t believe she’ll have a second chance at love . . . until a Miss Austen suggests otherwise; and one story from a debut voice, the yet-to-be-revealed winner of the Jane Austen Made Me Do It Short Story Contest.
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy!! :)
Posted by: Annainenglish.wordpress.com | September 07, 2011 at 01:31 PM
So happy to have made you laugh, Laurel Ann! I'm really honored to be working with you and to be a part of this wonderful project.
Posted by: Laurie Viera Rigler | September 03, 2011 at 02:29 PM
Hi Laurie, thanks for the shout out. I loved your contribution to the anthology, "Intolerable Stupidity." Absolutely hysterical and a rousing finish to the anthology. Always leave 'em laughing!
Thanks again, LA
Posted by: Austenprose | September 03, 2011 at 10:44 AM