Abigail Reynolds

“People feel incredible ownership over Jane Austen. Always have, always will,” longtime JAFF author Abigail Reynolds told @bookshop.bsky.social in our latest feature. “People have very fixed ideas of what Jane Austen is and what Jane Austen isn’t, and get very, very angry.”

Talk about a book hangover! When I finished @freyamarske.bsky.social brilliant Bodies of Magic, I went straight back to the beginning and read it again so I could catch every detail I'd missed. And then I did it *again.* I'm already missing those characters! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

I don't have any art to share, but I adore this brilliant picture, which is now my mental picture of Cerridwen, the blue and bronze dragon in my series Fitzwilliam Darcy, Mage. Beautiful work!

I’m so embarrassed that I started this book like, “UGH a canon text, let’s see what’s the fuss,” and now I’m quietly weeping with joy to myself and filled with goodwill and optimism toward humanity and its capacity to love. How dare you, Jane Austen!!!

There's still time! Pride & Prejudice meets dragons and magic: 4 paperbacks, 2 dragons, and a book dragon sticker, plus your name in acknowledgments. And lots of other @romancingthevote.com goodies for voting rights! www.32auctions.com/organization...

I'd like to connect with more Disabled Writers this Disability Pride, but I figure many of us may be low on spoons. So; who'd like to be tagged in a Disabled Writers Thread? Open to neurodivergent (broadest meaning), chronically ill & other disabled writers -especially invisible illness!

Want a signed & personalized copy of my Alone with Mr. Darcy? It just went up on @romancingthevote.com as a Buy It Now for $25! You can support voting rights & get Darcy, Lizzy, and a kitten stranded together in a blizzard. #JAFF #Austen www.32auctions.com/organization...

Woo hoo! My 'Fitzwilliam Darcy, Mage' book series is up on @romancingthevote.com! Signed, personalized, and with two 3D printed dragons to set the mood. www.32auctions.com/organization...

I must keep to my own style & go on in my own Way; and though I may never succeed again in that, I am convinced that I should totally fail in any other. - from Jane Austen's letter to the Reverend James Stanier Clarke, librarian to the Prince Regent (April 1, 1816) #janeausten #nationalwritingday

I love this game of identifying where artifacts in the Met come from. Definitely brushing up some old art history skills! #anthropeum

When nature imitates watercolors. Sunset over Buzzards Bay, no touch-up, no AI. #capecod

A heartfelt thank you to the people of Hungary! You've given the rest of us hope. We're celebrating with you in spirit and applaud your courage to make changes.

If you don’t stop in mid-sentence to check a thing and then three hours later you’ve learned the entire history of canned food but not finished the sentence, why even be a writer?!

Premiere starting in a few minutes - @nationaltheatre.org.uk's The Importance of Being Earnest is free on YouTube for 1 week only. I've been wishing for ages I could get to London to see this! Fantastic reviews. Link at www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/take-your-se... #OscarWilde

Age verification? I learned to type on a manual typewriter.

Brilliant. In every way. Not only astonishing how Shakespeare can speak to every age, but also hearing Sir Ian McKellen brilliantly interpret this rarely heard speech. We need this. Now.

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: Celtic Civilization History of Theatre Russian History Marine Ecology Set Design

Mohawk River, with a nod to the Erie Canal.

I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.

This 🧵 has a great suggestion about a simple way to quantify the effects of AI on a story. Say, for example, when considering award eligibility.

Writing a scene where a fae enters my character's dreams, and I'm drinking Faerie Queen tea from @fridaytea.com on a day when the boundaries between Faerie and mortal is supposed to be weakest. Am I asking for trouble? #JAFF

"You are all to come to Pemberley at Christmas..." - Jane Austen. In 1812 there wouldn't have been any Christmas trees there and Wrest Park wasn't built yet, but I can imagine Darcy and Elizabeth here. Image of Wrest Park library. #JAFF #Austenesque

I appreciate @sfwa.org's board 's apology, but I'd like some transparency. Who was involved & what were they were thinking? They made an opaque decision to support people who stole from their members. If I'm going to trust them to defend my work, I need to know what went wrong this time. #NoGenAI

How can I believe @sfwa.org will stand up for its writer members when it's willing to give Nebulas to people who plagiarize from us? If you do this, you're no longer a writer's association - and I for one won't be renewing my membership. Please rethink this, @sfwa.org.

Last day for Mr. Darcy's Journey & The Darcys of Derbyshire! Be sure to grab The Darcy Brothers, too - it's a second edition, which meant we lost all our great reviews, but also it won't ever be in KU. Seize your chance to get these #JAFF classics! #Austenesque #JA250 #JaneAusten

Celebrating Jane Austen's birthday by giving away free #Austenesque books- and by indulging myself in my annual re-read of Pride & Prejudice. I learn something new every time!

Celebrating Jane Austen's birthday by giving away free #Austenesque books and JA ornaments - and by indulging myself in my annual re-read of Pride & Prejudice. I learn something new every time! 4 free books for everyone plus giveaway www.pemberleyvariations.com/2025/12/15/b... #JAFF #JA250

Merriam-Webster has chosen 'slop' as the word of the year. Couldn't agree more, M-W. "We define slop as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/wor...

Loving the Jane Austen ornament my daughter made for me with her 3d printer! Just the thing for the 250th birthday celebrations. #Austenesque #JAFF

Did Jane Austen really need to have a mid-December birthday? What made me think I'd have enough time at this time of year to put together a major celebration and book giveaway? It's always more work than I think. Oh, well, you're only 250 once. 😵‍💫 #JAFF

From Jane Austen's prayer of Thanksgiving. "Give us a thankful sense of the blessings in which we live, of the many comforts of our lot; that we may not deserve to lose them by discontent or indifference." Here on unceded Wampanoag land, Thanksgiving has many meanings. #DayofMourning #Austenesque

Forgive the self-promo! My cozy holiday novella, which I scribbled when the world was too dark to focus on my fantasy series, is out today. So unlike anything I've written in the last decade, but just what I needed now. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXJDB1Y1 #JAFF #PrideandPrejudice #JaneAusten

Remember, remember the fifth of November.... but gotta say, in the US this is a November 5th worth remembering! Lots to celebrate! If you want treason and plot, remember, remember the sixth of January. :)

A glorious sunset to celebrate No Kings Day!

When the cat upstages your unboxing of author copies... #PfeffernusseStrikesAgain #JAFF #Austenesque

Interesting piece of trivia for writers of #Regency or #JAFF - "Etiquette decreed that gloves were one of the few gifts which a gentleman could with propriety present to a lady who was not his wife." Plot bunny, anyone? #downtherabbithole collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O120114...

An amazing sunset over Buzzards Bay. Completely unenhanced. Pure glory of nature.

TFW you upload the final version of a book that's been eating your life - and then suddenly have no idea what you used to do when those characters weren't constantly chattering in your brain. Who me, lost? #phew #amwriting #JAFF #gaslamp

I'm much happier being an indie novelist than I was being trad pubbed. Except when it comes time to write the blurb. I'd rather write a whole new book! Sigh.

What a deal - 14 of @marthawells.com's fabulous books for $18 - in support of World Central Kitchen. Already have them all? Buy it and give them to your friends!

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Like crafty stuff? This auction to support a cancer survivor is ending soon and still has some real bargains! I'm in love with one of the quilts and a scarf. :) www.32auctions.com/organization...

I realise that reading vast amounts of fiction, and buying about three times more than even I can read, is neither a substitute for therapy nor a solution to everything out there. However, in my defence, just fucking *look* at everything out there.

We don't ask for much. All we really want is a good book, a pet sleeping at our feet, and some precedented times.

Elizabeth Bennet walked to Netherfield with her petticoats 6 inches deep in mud. Who cleaned them? I wish I could see this exhibit about Jane Austen's Working Women - including some real-life ones who inspired her. #Austenesque