Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

My week is over - sob - but I had a wonderful time sharing a bit of myself with the fabulous visitors here at the 2005 P&P Blog . Thanks again to Jeane for hosting me. You are the bomb, girlie! Now, it is my great pleasure to announce that out of all the ladies who responded to the interviews, excerpts, essays, and quizzes during the week, the name chosen from the hat by my wonderful son was...... Rachie G!!!!!! Congratulations, Rachie! I have emailed you, so as soon as I have your snail mail address your signed copy of Loving Mr. Darcy: Journeys Beyond Pemberley will be on its way. Hope you love it! I'll be anxious to hear what you think. To the rest of you: Bear in mind that The Darcys at Year's End will be released in January. There will be a whole new burst of fun and games and giveaways across the blog-o-sphere then. Whoo Hoo!

Continuing the fun Darcy Saga Week here with the last Trivia game for you all to play and enjoy. Thanks to those of you for participating and taking previous P&P Trivia (games #1-2) and all the P&P Quizzes previously posted here. Hope you had fun taking them as much as I had fun making them here for you. Have fun on this last one. If you did very well on the previous ones, this one should be a lot more fun and easy for you to play/try taking on. Though I thought I'd make them a lil' harder and more challenging for you all to take and see how much you know or remember some facts, scenes, locations, the title tracks from the soundtrack, etc. from this amazing film. The answers, of course, are posted here (as well as the previous trivia game #2) after each part of the quizzes/questions. Ok, without further ado, enjoy and have fun taking the following... Pride & Prejudice Trivia (Game #3) Matching Match the following P&P movie locations to their actual location...

For my final day as a guest on Jeane's fabulous blog for all matters P&P 2005 related, I have decided to share an excerpt from my newly released novel, Loving Mr. Darcy: Journeys Beyond Pemberley . Since I unabashedly admit that my initial inspiration was the movie version of Austen's classic novel, I judge that the readers of this blog will readily visualize the characters and setting of this portion. In one of a handful of flashback moments that occur within my novels, this passage finds Lizzy, now Mrs. Darcy and visiting Hertfordshire with her new husband, strolling to a favored secluded location and then recalling two very different encounters she had with Mr. Darcy in this same spot prior to their marriage. So, with a book and a small basket of edible treats and lemonade, she headed toward a copse of willows she had, when a young girl, christened Willow Bench. On a small rise located at the fenced boundary of Longbourn, where Netherfield abutted, grew a cluster of six ...

Continuing the The Darcy Saga Week here with... First, check out Pride & Prejudice Trivia (game) for the first part. See correct answers for them at the end of this post too. Answers for this one will be on the next Trivia (game #3). Pride & Prejudice Trivia (Game #2) Scavenger Hunt Post/Comment here and tell me which character and scenes in the 2005 movie are the following P&P quotes/lines from. 1. "Look at her, she's blooming!" 2. "They're being so kind to me, I feel such a terrible imposition." 3. " His father liked me best." 4. "Oh, for heaven's sake, Lizzie, don't look at me like that." 5. "Quite well is not very well. I'm satisfied." 6. "A little unpatriotic, don't you think ." 7. "Go back now and say you've changed your mind!" 8. "I do not have the talent of conversing easily with people I have never met before." 9. "They're excellent company...

Darcy Saga Week marches on and today Jeane turned the focus onto yours truly. Hope you all find this interesting! Jeane: First of all, Congratulations!!! The launch of your first novel ( Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One ), volume 1 from the Darcy Saga series was a big success back in March. How did it feel to be one of the many accomplished authors with your books published and on display in major bookstores nationwide and various online retailers? Sharon: I am finding that I use the word surreal a great deal these days! I don’t think I have ever used that word in relation to anything in my life before now, but it sure is apropos. I joke that the first time I saw it sitting on the shelf at Target I half-expected angelic heralding from above. LOL! It was a huge moment for me, but I ended up there alone with a camera that had a dead battery! Talk about ironic. And humbling! I am still such a total nerd about it. I take pictures and know I am smiling ridicu...

P&P/Darcy Saga Fans , to continue with our The Darcy Saga Week fun activities here, here are more P&P '05 Trivia (game) for ya'll to play and see how well you know or remember each characters' lines from the movie. I'll post the answers (on the next trivia game). Be sure to have your speakers on to listen to the P&P soundtrack here as well while you try/play this game here. Enjoy and have fun! Pride & Prejudice Trivia (Game) Who Said This? Match the following P&P characters with the following lines/quotes from the 2005 movie . A . Elizabeth Bennet B . Mr. Darcy C. Jane Bennet D. Mr. Bingley E. Mary Bennet F. Kitty Bennet G. Lydia Bennet H. Mr. Bennet I. Mrs. Bennet J. Mr. Wickham K. Caroline Bingley L. Mr. Collins M. Charlotte Lucas N. Lady Catherine O. Mr. Gardiner P. Mrs. Gardiner Q. Georgiana Darcy R. Mrs. Reynolds S. Colonel Fitzwilliam 1. "Oh, shocking! How shall we punished him for such as speech?" 2. "Oh, ...

Hi all! Well, it is official: Loving Mr. Darcy is a fully released novel. Hopefully it is on bookshelves all across this fine land. All the various online retailers have stock sitting in their warehouses ready to be shipped. Reports are flowing in as pre-orders are delivered and anxious readers locate my shiny novel in a Barnes & Noble or Powells. If you get yours, let me know! My website has been buzzing with activity for the Launch Fete. The chance to win a signed novel will continue until midnight tonight, so come on over to chime in: The Darcy Saga . Here on the only blog exclusively dedicated to the outstanding 2005 Pride & Prejudice , The Darcy Saga Week marches on! I will be answering Jeane’s questions about my latest novel, volume two in the series. Don’t forget that a comment will earn your name being placed into the hat for a signed copy! Here we go…. Jeane: Can you tell us about your latest release, Loving Mr. Darcy , the 2nd volume (and follow up to Mr. ...

Something happened some four years ago that affected both Jeane and myself in a profound way: We watched a movie that touched us . Movies have a remarkable way of doing that, which is why the medium is so powerful a force. Jeane took it upon her shoulders to follow the various actors and the director, Joe Wright , who brought this wonderful story to life. I chose to write a sequel! Uniquely we have shown our love for this movie and Jane Austen, and along the way forged a friendship. Our purpose is the same, that is to keep the movie experience alive and to pay homage to all the people who created this story. Jeane has been astoundingly supportive of my novels. It is in the true Austen-spirit that she continues to kindly encourage me and respect my endeavors to give Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth the future they deserve. There is no way I could ever repay her generosity. And now she has graciously invited me to personally share my feelings and thoughts while highlighting the release ...

P&P fans / readers / visitors , just a lil' announcement to let you all know that this week will be The Darcy Saga Week here at the P&P Blog . To help promote my very good friend Sharon Lathan 's book release for her latest book: Volume Two: Loving Mr. Darcy ~ Journeys Beyond Pemberley (in stores starting today in some major books stores and nationwide tomorrow!), there will be some fun P&P / Darcy Saga related posts and activities going on here as well as at Sharon 's website / Blog (She's doing a 3-day Launch Fete , which started yesterday). So, be sure to check out both our blogs for fun and entertainment all this week to celebrate the launch and book release of Sharon 's Loving Mr. Darcy . Speaking of Sharon Lathan ... she will, once again, be my special guest blogger here as I did another interview with her (a new one) and she will be posting the interview herself here all this week for you to read. Also, she'll be doing another book giv...

As previously posted here , Carey Mulligan made her New York Stage Broadway debu t last night with The Seagull 's opening night. Carey has gotten rave reviews from her performance as Nin a. Read The Seagulls Reviews here. Celebrities such as Maggie Gyleenhaal (The Dark Knight), Olympia Dukakis, Josh Hamilton, Sam Rockwell, Steve Van Zandt, Forbes March (One Life To Live), and Harvey Weinstein (of Miramax Films) to name some were seen arriving at the opening night. See their arrival photos here. Here are Carey 's photos from the opening night's curtain call , and the afterparty . First here are... Photos of The Seagull @ Walter Kerr Theatre [Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd] Curtain Call [Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd] More cast curtain call and afterparty photos here . Carey Mulligan @ the After Party (1st Photo ^ by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd) and (Photos by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images North America)