Greetings, dear readers! I'm over at My Jane Austen Book Club today with an interview and a giveaway. It goes into the writing process for The Crimes of Elizabeth Darcy as well as some of the interesting legal things I learned while researching that aspect of the story.
After a bit of an 11th hour snafu with KDP, The Crimes of Elizabeth Darcy is live in both Kindle and paperback formats!
My author review is posted on Goodreads, but if you want a little (spoilerish for A Generation's Secrets) extra insight, part of the idea actually came from me ruminating over a what if for AGS, which was what if Captain Stanton had been missing for a whole lot longer and came back to find his wife married. I found that premise interesting and realized it could work for Elizabeth and Darcy just as well, provided I could find a setup that would put Darcy on a ship. I can't remember in what order that idea combined with my enjoyment of amnesia tropes and the knowledge that bigamy was a hanging offense at that time, but that was the trio of things that spun into this plot.
I'll be posting a bit more on it and doing some promotion, but for me a book release soon enough means it's time to get back to writing, and I'm very excited about that. Up next is the 5th book in my series, A Dangerous Connection. I'm hoping it's not going to be as long as AGS, but that's not really saying much.
To those of you who've helped give feedback on Crimes, I thank you deeply and hope you enjoy the finished product. For those who are new to the story, I hope you enjoy reading it!
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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.
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