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Modernizing Jane Austen is, surprisingly not at easy feat. In attempting to keep the spirit of the original, I had a lot of reading and rereading to do. Tons of research and trying to figure out how to modernize some of the aspects that won’t work today. Notebooks of notes, potential scenes, questions, and timeline plotting.
I have to thank a captive audience from the gym for their knowing and unknowing help. First, Mackenzie for her help in figuring out how to bring William Walter Elliot into the present; it wouldn’t do to have cousins interested in cousins. Secondly, Corey for some of the ‘stolen’ conversations that helped make the first and second parts. Third and Fourthly, Taylor and Anthony for listening to me ramble about this story for months.
Meri for her writer’s ear before, during, and after the various drafts, revisions, and beta reads. Summer, and Chastity for their excellent Beta reads, comments, and putting up with my questions after their readings.
Without these people’s support, Persuaded would not be the book it is today.
Thank you, all so much.
Also Available by this Author:
Standalones
The Secrets Between Us
The Magic Chronicles
Half-Moon Manor (Olivia and Henry’s Story)
The Hastings Sisters Novels
The Consequences of Being Aiden (Ainsley’s story)
The Trouble with Chasing Aileen
The Problem with Finding Ashlynn
Untitled Aiden’s Story (Coming 2021)
The Enchanted Forest
Into the Enchanted Forest
The Cursed Garden
The Bewitched Tower
The Runaway Princess
The Frog Princess
The Enchanted Forest: Wonderland Omnibus
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The Jane Austen Variations
Persuaded (Persuasion)
The Pride and Prejudice Trilogy:
First Impressions (Coming 2021)
Second Chances (Coming 2021)
Third Time Lucky (Coming 2021)
About the Author
Alicia Chumney has her B.A. in English Literature and her 7-12 English teacher certification. Since middle school she has been scribbling in notebooks, on scrap paper, even in a restaurant ticket book one time (she still has the ticket book).
She lives in Tennessee with her cat, Molly, and a stack of books that she doubts she will finish reading in her lifetime. This is mostly because she spends a fair amount of time rereading her favorite books: Anne of Green Gables and Pride and Prejudice.
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