Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! Monica Fairview, Writer

A Serene Place like Jane
Facebook, twitter,cell phones bickerNoises, images, videos flickerStreams of dataFlowing byEverything happeningMy, oh, myNo time to pauseNo time to thinkNo time to fill your penWith inkSound bites frommy lifecome tumblingpastJumbled impressionsNothing can last.
A horse-drawn carriageNow enters the sceneAn elegant gentlemanSo calm, so very sereneHe descends with a flourishand a wonderful bow,Takes up my gloved hand and kisses it, wow, oh, wow.It’s Mr. Darcy, of course,I’m delighted to say,“So charming to meet you.I’m hoping you’ll stay.”
“Certainly,” he replies.
So I fetch my white parasolMy pelisse and my bonnetWe stroll on the verdure,He writes me a sonnet.He plays on the piano Oh, such harmonious sounds, We dance until morningWe ride to the hounds.I’m sure when I’m with himI’ll come to no harm
But then I’m awakenedMonica Fairview
Monica Fairview is an ex-literature professor who abandoned teaching criticism about long gone authors who can't defend themselves in order to write novels of her own. Monica can be described as a wanderer, opening her eyes to life in London and traveling ever since. She spent many years in the USA before coming back full circle to London, thus proving that the world is undeniably round.Monica's first novel, An Improper Suitor, a humorous Regency, was short-listed for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Joan Hassayan prize. Since then, she has written two traditional Jane Austen sequels: The Other Mr. Darcy and The Darcy Cousins (both published by Sourcebooks) and contributed a sequel to Emma in Laurel Ann Nattress's anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It (Ballantine).Originally a lover of everything Regency, Monica has since discovered that the Victorian period can be jolly good fun, too, if seen with retro-vision and rose-colored goggles. She adores Jane Austen, Steampunk, cats, her husband and her impossible child. If you'd like to find out more about Monica, you can find her at www.monicafairview.com, austenauthors.net, www.monicafairview.blogspot.com on Facebook and on Twitter @Monica_Fairviewa Rafflecopter giveaway