The writings and ramblings of Colette Saucier

Good morning, dear readers!   Today, I am excited to welcome back one an Austen Variations Authors and fellow Louisianian Jack Caldwell. I had the pleasure of being with Jack at the Jane Austen Literary Festival in Mandeville earlier this year (where I got an autographed copy of The Plains of Chalmette, the War of 1812 being my favourite war), and he told me about his upcoming Crescent City Trilogy, which revolves around Hurricane Katrina while blending together our beloved Jane Austen characters like coffee and chicory. I find it hard to fathom that it has been almost a decade since that horrible time in our lives. I went back to New Orleans two weeks after the storm, and it looked like a nuclear bomb had gone off, so silent and eerie without even birds in the sky. But she is tenacious and, although bloodied, remains unbowed. Who better to write about that sultry lady New Orleans and why she matters? Jack also has an excerpt for your enjoyment, in which the men in our he...

Good morning, dear readers!   First of all, allow me to apologize for the "Content Warning" - I assure you it has aught to do with my guest for Coffee this morning! I felt obligated to add it because of  "My Sexy Saturday" last week with an  excerpt from Alicia's Possession , which as the name implies IS sexy . So if you're cool with that but want to be heated up, you can check it out. Today, I am absolutely thrilled to introduce one of my fellow Austen Variations Authors as well as a displaced Louisianian and New Orleans Saints devotee (we'll ignore that he occasionally has the poor taste to pull for Green Bay), Jack Caldwell! That's right: It's a man , baby! His motto is "It takes a real man to write historical romance;" and he is a wonderful writer of Austen-inspired fiction, including his latest release, The Companion of His Future Life . Once you have had a taste of THIS re-imagining - oh boy! - I know you are going to want...