4 Jan 2016

Mary Crawford. The Original Cosmo Girl?

category Austenesque, Featured, fiction, Inspired, Jane Austen, JaneWithATwist, Sun-Kissed, Then Comes Winter | 13

Mary Crawford…a cosmo girl? That complex, charming, antagonist from Mansfield Park? Sure. And why not? To me, her tractable morals make a far more congenial drinking buddy, I mean, compelling literary character than the novel’s heroine, Fanny Price. Over the holiday break, … Read More
26 Nov 2015

Let’s Have a Ball!

category Jane Austen, JaneWithATwist, Linda Beutler, Pride and Prejudice, Regency | 1

Dateline Netherfield Park, 26 November 2015 or 1811 But what to serve your guests!? It hinges upon, one supposes, just how intoxicated you want them to become? On a cold night, we might at least serve negus to warm and … Read More
22 Nov 2015

A Cocktail for Mr. Bingley, or You Are What You Drink

category Jane Austen, JaneWithATwist, Linda Beutler | 2

Mr. Bingley’s Cocktail, or…You are what you drink. By Linda Beutler Now anyone who knows me well will tell you my unrepentantly lust-filled forays into Jane Austen Fan Fiction are in some part fueled by the occasional infusion of quantities … Read More