Jane Odiwe Jane Austen Sequels

Here are some pictures from my lovely weekend with P and P Tours . The sun shone, and the views were stunning! Everyone had a wonderful time - there's nothing nicer than spending time with like-minded people! I did a reading from Willoughby's Return, and I bet you can't guess what film we watched on television. I slept like a dream - I like to think it was all the exercise I did, though I think the odd gin and tonic or glass of wine may have helped. There are wildflowers everywhere - if you want to be Marianne for a day, this is the place to do it! A side view of the house. Here am I standing in the doorway of the house - notice the columns are not there-they were added for the film, as were shutters on the windows to give Georgian proportions. In the room where Emma Thompson does her sewing and bemoans the price of beef! Mrs. Dashwood sat here! A view over the estuary. Waiting for Willoughby to sweep me over the threshold!

This weekend I'm off on a special trip with  P and P Tours  to South Devon to celebrate 200 years of Sense and Sensibility. I'm looking forward very much to meeting everyone and to staying in Barton Cottage! I'll tell you all about it next week!

When writing Mr. Darcy's Secret, I had a lot of fun with the character of Caroline Bingley. I wondered how she might change if she really fell head over heels for someone, and whether her personality might also be temporarily affected! I decided she might fancy herself capable of all sorts of things if she were to be influenced by cupid's arrows, and when she becomes part of a new painting and poetry circle led by the enigmatic artist and writer, Lord Henry Dalton, Caroline finds she is willing to embrace a whole new world! I decided to have her completely smitten with all things literary and artistic, and far from snubbing the countryside as she has done formerly, she finds a new passion for wild and romantic landscapes, and a desire to experience a simpler, rustic way of living. The Darcys are staying in the Lake District when Caroline and her sister Louisa are bent on following Lord Dalton along with Lady Catherine de Burgh, and a host of others to sample the delights of poe...