I am thrilled to welcome Jessica Grey to my blog today-she has a new book out called, "Attempting Elizabeth". It sounds fascinating and I asked her if she would tell us all about it! Pride and Prejudice through the looking glass...or how a writer creates problems for herself. Attempting Elizabeth started with a basic idea - what if an Austen fan found that she could jump into characters in Pride and Prejudice? Kelsey, the heroine, is living every Austen fan’s dream as she get to experience what it’s like to be in her favorite story. Writing Kelsey’s quest to finally “become” Elizabeth Bennet was loads of fun, but the book couldn’t be only about jumping in and out of Pride and Prejudice. We have to care just as much about Kelsey’s real life as we do her novel-jumping abilities. And so the romance between Kelsey and Australian Mark Barnes was born. I wanted their romance to mirror the story of Pride and Prejudice. However, as my character is s...