From the home office in Chawton, Hampshire, the top 10 reasons why posting on AustenBlog has been a bit spotty and distracted lately:

10. Busy plotting infiltration of Persuasion 2007 set

9. Sending Andrew Davies anonymous letters telling him that we can guarantee him an Emmy win for Northanger Abbey 2007 if he deposits £20,000 in our numbered Swiss bank account as a show of good faith.

8. Determining if our hotels in Arizona have wifi so that we can liveblog the JASNA AGM in Tucson, Arizona

7. Crocheting pretty camisole for JJ Feild so that his Henry Tilney doesn’t get a complex over Freddie’s frillies

6. Compiling exhaustive list of demands suggestions for Amanda Grange for when she writes Henry Tilney’s Diary

5. Practicing scales so can go on road with Austentatious…lalala! mimimi!

4. Basking in admiration of syncophantic minions, distributing chocolate

3. Arm-wrestling Heather L for title of Official Webmistress to Da Man

2. Lobbying Congress and Parliament for new law instituting harsh punishment for anyone who calls Jane Austen “the godmother of chick lit”

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And the number one reason that posting on AustenBlog has been a bit spotty lately….

1. The Editrix has been finishing up the final edits and rewrites for The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World, which will be published by Quirk Books in 2007. (Available for preorder on all the Amazons! 😀 And yes, this is our tongue-in-cheek way of announcing the book, which we’ve been working on in our Top Secret Writer’s Lair for some months now.)

We’re turning the blog over to the lovely and talented Tasha whilst we enjoy the beauties of nature and the beauties of JASNA next week! *waves hankie*