November 20, 2007 – 12:31 pm
It hasn’t. Letter writing has just gone a bit techy, that’s all. But now you can send lovely “handwritten” notes straight from your computer with the help of www.fontifier.com. The Fontifier is a web-base program that creates a computer font that reproduces your own handwriting. Just print out the template, fill in your ABC’s and 123′s, scan it and upload it to the site. You can preview your own personal font for free, then download it to your computer for about $9. The perfect solution for all twenty-first century Jane Austens.
By Kathryn
August 21, 2007 – 10:33 am
If you were a Regency heroine from one of Jane Austen’s novels, who would you be? Will you be Marianne Dashwood? Lizzy Bennet? Fanny Price? Take the test and find out!
By Kathryn
Buy a 1 foot square plot of land and become a Highland laird. It’s true, for about $70 USD, you can purchase a small plot of land known as Glencairn in the historic Scottish Highland County of Caithness at www.scottishhighlandtitles.com. In return for helping to preserve Scotland’s open land for future generations, you will receive legal documentation and a land title proclaiming you Laird of Glencairn. I’ve bought parcels of land for loved ones, being the sucker for Scottish heroes that I am, and the documents I received about three weeks later were absolutely lovely. And ’tis verra cool to be a Highland “laird” or [...]
By Kathryn
August 29, 2006 – 5:57 pm
Interested in Regency fashion and history? Then this site is a must. Not only is Austentation filled with fascinating period costuming information and resources, but it is also a fabulous boutique for Regency accessories and millenary–made to order.
By Kathryn
November 1, 2004 – 3:02 pm
Get the inside scoop on getting published at WritersBreak.com, a fresh new website dedicated to “Educating Writers Everywhere.” From no holds barred interviews with big name New York Times bestselling authors, to how-to articles from top publications, writers and editors in the know, this site has it all. Check it out! (Oh, if someone locates the secret author hand shake on this site, would you teach it to me?)
By Kathryn
