Abstract
In the summer of 2004, I created AustenBlog as a compendium of Jane Austen and her work in popular culture: movies, television, news, lifestyle, fan fiction, zombies—the blog’s catchphrase was “She’s Everywhere.” I chose this niche because I felt a need for it in the fandom, pre-Facebook and Twitter, and also because I thought I did not have anything to add to the public perception of Austen’s books. As the blog has evolved, so has my interest in the popular culture side of the Austen fandom, which for me was always led by the books. I feel myself being drawn into writing about the books now, and trying to persuade other people to read them, even as they consume other media related to Jane Austen and her work.
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Cassandra Claire, “The Very Secret Diaries of The Lord of the Rings,” https://cassieclaire.livejournal.com/. [Accessed 5 July 2021].
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Margaret C. Sullivan, “The Very Secret Diary of Henry Tilney,” AustenBlog. https://austenblog.com/2008/01/20/the-very-secret-diary-of-henry-tilney/. [Accessed 1 March 2019].
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Margaret C. Sullivan, “Pride and Prejudice to be Shown in the UK with ‘alternative’ ending,” AustenBlog. https://austenblog.com/2005/11/18/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-shown-in-the-uk-with-the-alternative-ending/. [Accessed 25 February 2019].
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Margaret C. Sullivan, “The Cluebat of Janeite Righteousness,” AustenBlog. https://austenblog.com/2006/01/06/the-cluebat-of-janeite-righteousness/. [Accessed 1 March 2019].
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Margaret C. Sullivan, “REVIEW: Two Guys Read Jane Austen by Steve Chandler and Terrence N. Hill,” AustenBlog. https://austenblog.com/2009/01/27/review-two-guys-read-jane-austen-by-steve-chandler-and-terrence-n-hill/. [Accessed 1 March 2019].
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Margaret C. Sullivan, “An Unusually Snark-Free Review of Becoming Jane,” AustenBlog. https://austenblog.com/2007/08/06/an-unusually-snark-free-review-of-becoming-jane/. [Accessed 1 March 2019].
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Margaret C. Sullivan, “The League of Austen’s Extraordinary Gentlemen, Part the Seventh,” AustenBlog. https://austenblog.com/2010/04/06/the-league-of-austens-extraordinary-gentlemen-part-the-seventh/. [Accessed 1 March 2019].
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Margaret Sullivan’s Review of Longbourn: Goodreads.com. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/755671750?type=review#rating_388019425. [Accessed 22 June 2021].
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“This Delightful Habit of Journaling,” https://habitofjournaling.com/. [Accessed 22 June 2021].
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Margaret C. Sullivan, “An Unusually Snark-Free Review of Becoming Jane,” AustenBlog. https://austenblog.com/2007/08/06/an-unusually-snark-free-review-of-becoming-jane/. [Accessed 6 March 2019].
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Sullivan, M.C. (2023). Blog Softly and Carry a Big Cluebat. In: Sinanan, K., Bautz, A., Cook, D. (eds) Austen After 200. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08372-3_11
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