Category Archives: Jane Austen Quotes

By the Sea

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Shannon Winslow

 I spent the weekend at a small writer’s conference that was held on the Washington State coast, near Longbeach.  As you can see, the weather was beautiful – something we don’t take for granted here, especially in March.  Saturday’s schedule was … Continue reading →

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Show and Tell

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Shannon Winslow

I’m teaching a class this weekend at a small writers’ conference.  The topic of my little one-hour workshop is “Show, Don’t Tell.”  I doubt Jane Austen ever worried about it, but most modern writers have heard this criticism enough to hate the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Shannon Winslow

She was looked at however, and with some admiration; for, in her own hearing, two gentlemen pronounced her to be a pretty girl.  Such words had their due effect; she immediately thought the evening pleasanter than she had found it … Continue reading →

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