A Heart for Milton is ten years old! When I hit the ‘publish’ button on my story in October 2011, I didn’t really know what to expect. I was excited to make my story available to a wider world. At that time, self-publishing was really just starting to take off. It’s thrilling to know, ten years later, that thousands have read and enjoyed my romantic variation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s classic novel.
A Heart for Milton has the illustrious honor of being one of the first few North and South fan fictions to be published. Since 2011, more authors have published their versions of what could have happened between John Thornton and Margaret Hale. And I know that eager fans of Gaskell’s original tale would love to gobble up more!
To help celebrate this special fandom’s ten year publishing anniversary, Rita at From Pemberley to Milton will be posting a few North and South pieces this week on her blog. Keep an eye out for her reviews and an interview — with me!
Book Bundle Giveaway!
I loved writing A Heart for Milton and it has been my pleasure to get to know many of the other fan fiction authors. A few of us got together not long ago to publish an anthology of short stories entitled Falling for Mr. Thornton. And this lovely group of authors is joining me in celebrating ten years of North and South fan fiction by contributing to a book giveaway their own first published fan fiction story!
The bundle giveaway prize will include a paperback copy of the books below. (Exceptions: How Far the World Will Bend is an ebook prize. The Bennet Wardrobe series is a 4-part audiobook prize.)
To enter this contest, just leave a comment that indicates your interest and leave your email address so that we can contact the winner. (USA contest only)
The giveaway winner will be chosen December 10th.
Here are the links to each book in our prize collection:
No Such Thing as Luck by Nicole Clarkston — N&S variation
Margaret of the North by Evy Journey — N&S continuation
A Heart for Milton by Trudy Brasure — N&S variation/continuation
Collide by Melanie Stanford — modern N&S variation
The Gentleman’s Impertinent Daughter by Rose Fairbanks — P&P variation
How Far the World Will Bend by Nancy Klein — N&S time travel story
Common Ground by Elaine Owen — N&S continuation
The Whistle Echoes by M Liza Marie — N&S continuation
the Bennet Wardrobe series by Don Jacobson — stories based on P&P