UPDATE: The Kindle book just went live! Phew!
Is the lesson I have unfortunately learned. I submitted "The Crimes of Elizabeth Darcy" yesterday for publication and KDP came back with an email saying they thought it was in the public domain. There are a couple of reasons why this could be and I've responded to them, but until I get this resolved the book is unfortunately in publication limbo.
Fingers crossed this gets resolved quickly and easily!
We are getting VERY close to publication of The Crimes of Elizabeth Darcy, so close I thought it was time to finally share the cover.
As you can see, this is quite different from my usual covers! With a title this provocative, I wanted a cover that was going to be a provocative match. And I liked the idea of using something very much of the period, a silhouette, in a different way.
You may have noticed the adjustment in my name, as well. I have been considering doing this for quite some time, as you may have noticed I am decidedly not the most famous Sophie Turner out there, hahaha. Given I just crossed the halfway mark for my series, that was what gave me pause. So I decided that I will continue to use Sophie Turner on the covers of those books but begin to introduce the C. in any standalones, with the plan being to completely shift over to that completely once the series is done.
Those who are on ff.net and Archive of Our Own may also have noticed that I have removed all but a preview for those books. This is because I cannot have the story up in full on those sites and also participate in Kindle Unlimited.
One more thing: I am now on Instagram, so if you'd like to give me a follow there, I'll be posting periodically with book covers as well as images from my travels.
Watch this space for news on the final publication of the book!
Hello, dear readers!
I know I have been quiet lately, and that is because I am editing away at The Crimes of Elizabeth Darcy. Below you can see the first paperback proof!
Right now it is looking like an April release and things are far enough along that I am ready for a typo squad! If you are a newer follower, basically what this means is I'll send you a nearly final draft of the book, and you just read it as you naturally would (ideally before the end of March), letting me know about any typos that you see.
If you are interested, email me at sophieturner1805 [at] gmail [dot] com and we'll sort what format you want and get it to you.
I'm excited to be getting this closer to publication so I can share it with more readers, and also that means I'll be getting back to writing on my series. As much as I've enjoyed writing TCOED, I've been missing my other characters and it will be lovely to get back to them.
Hello, dear readers! The Reader-Writer Get Together is coming up quickly now! It is this weekend (Nov. 11-13).
I will be participating in the Historical Accuracy panel as well as doing a presentation on English country houses and Jane Austen. I've been prepping on and off over the last couple of months for this presentation and I am super excited to share it with you all.
Registration is only $12.50 for the virtual conference so even if you can't make the whole weekend it's still a good value, particularly since it comes with virtual goodies provided by the authors.
I hope to see some of you there!
Hello again, dear readers!
I am very excited to tell you that I've started online beta for The Crimes of Elizabeth Darcy. I still have quite a bit of minor edits to do on the later portions of the story, but it is far enough along that I can begin to post.
I would be remiss if I did not note that the scenario is COMPLETELY BONKERS and I am well aware of this. There are tropes. Lots and lots of tropes. I had fun with it, and I hope you will as well. In a way, it's as though A Generation's Secrets and Mistress had a fiction baby. If you enjoyed both of those and you don't mind a trope or four, I think you'll like this one. If not, this may not be your cup of tea, and I understand that.
You can read the first three chapters at either Fanfiction.net or Archive of our Own. I expect to start out with weekly posts and then hopefully ramp up to more frequently once more of the story is edited.
Hello, dear readers, it's been a while! I have been neglecting my blog for two reasons.
The first is that I finally made it back to England again earlier this year. It was so wonderful and inspiring to be back again after two years away during the pandemic, and I was fortunate to time my trip so that COVID case rates were low there and I could travel about pretty freely. More to come in the future, but for now here's a photo of Lacock, to whet your appetites. You may recognize it as a filming location both for the 1995 Pride and Prejudice as well as the first Downton Abbey movie. I stayed there several nights and it was wonderfully atmospheric.
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The second reason for my quiet time on the blog is I have been focused on getting a first draft done for The Crimes of Elizabeth Darcy, which I finally completed yesterday and ugly cried a bit upon doing so. It still needs a lot of work before it will be ready for online beta – in addition to the usual gaps for names and such that I need to fill, there are sections relating to time on a packet boat and all of the legal bits that need me to refresh myself on my research and try to write them through accurately.
I did not think it would take this long to complete, but my original estimate was that it was going to clock in between 125,000 and 150,000 words, and I am sure that it will come as a surprise (eye roll) to you all that it's come out at nearly 170,000 words instead. I've got some weekends coming up to devote to writing, however, so I'm hoping to work through the edits as quickly as I can and have it into online beta by this autumn.
Hi dear readers, if you haven't seen it already, I wanted to let you know about a wonderful fundraiser JAFF authors are doing for Ukraine. There is a Facebook fundraiser and also an Austen Variations page (different items are listed on each) for it but also flexibility if you wish to donate to different organizations. And there is a HUGE list of things you can get in exchange for donations of different amounts. Scroll down to Melanie Schertz's post in the Facebook fundraiser on March 2 to see the full list, which is continuing to be updated.
I have 10 ebooks ($10 donation) and 10 audiobooks ($15 donation) available, but more exciting is that I'm offering a cameo in my next book for a $50 donation. I can share with you here that it will be in The Crimes of Elizabeth Darcy and I already have the female or male characters identified that would have your name (you'll be a Lady, Lord, or Sir!). There is flexibility in terms of whether you want your first, last, or full name listed.
So if you'd like to see your name in print AND help an important cause, this is your chance.
For this blog post, I thought I would share a National Trust property, but a very different one from the country houses I usually show here....
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