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Julia L Miller

@juliamiller.bsky.social
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Retired academic. Writer, reader and dictionary lover. My humorous Jane Austen pastiche, Crime and Prejudice, has just been released. julialmiller.net

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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Sharing this link because I believe in the sentiment, but also so we can see the hero who disarmed one of the Bondi gunmen has a Middle Eastern name. I hope this will do something to combat incipient racism caused by this terrible incident. petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/ah...
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Ahmad al Ahmad for Aussie of the Year
His actions disarming a gunman are the actions of a naturally heroic person.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Very classy mash up of real-life criminal cases given a waspy Jane Austin framing - Julia Miller hits the right note for cosy, cackling crime
Could you tell us about your story in one sentence? An absurdist coming of age story about a hapless young man and a beleaguered pig on the run.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Absolutely delighted to have made the CWIP shortlist!
Image shows the covers of six books shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize self-published category.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The local anti-immigration march yesterday prompted me to share this story I wrote a while ago. Nothing’s changed. bookhip.com/LMRJHRS
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Seeking Asylum
But who seeks asylum? And where do they seek it?
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
RIP Jane Gardam, one of my favourite novelists. This review of her work is a few years old, but it gives an excellent overview. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/04...
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There Are No Minor Characters: On Jane Gardam by Susan Minot, Alice Gregory, Stephen Sedley, and Sadie Stein
April 11, 2022 – “She reminds us that we don’t truly know anything, but it all remains endlessly interesting.”
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
😁 She inadvertently starts a riot while agitating for women to be allowed to study at the University of Cambridge.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I did not intend to start a riot, but I am proud that some reference to our story appears in the records of the Old Bailey law-courts. (Elizabeth Darcy’s opening words in my humorous Jane Austen pastiche Crime and Prejudice)
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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What's in a name?
I wrote Crime and Prejudice as a pastiche, but what does that mean? The Oxford English Dictionary defines
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Sunday is Mother's Day in the UK. To celebrate, I've written a new Crime and Prejudice story entitled "The Importance of Being Wickham". The story is set in Regency England and the word "handbag" wasn't in use, so practise saying in your most outraged tone, "A reticule!" dl.bookfunnel.com/7f2ar969d1
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The Importance of Being Wickham
This light-hearted story continues the humorous, subversive tone of Crime and Prejudice, which imagines a deliciously seamy underside to Jane Austen's world. Crime and Prejudice is available in eBook...
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Angela G. Williams @agwauthor.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
✨ New Author Spotlight! ✨ Ever wondered what would happen if Jane Austen's characters were criminals? 🤔 Julia L. Miller explores that very idea in her hilarious book, "Crime and Prejudice"! Read all about it in the link below. #AuthorSpotlight #JuliaLMiller #CrimeAndPrejudice #NewBlog
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Author Spotlight: Julia L. Miller - Giving Jane Austen Characters a Criminal Twist | Angela G. Williams
IntroductionIn today's "Author Spotlight", I'm excited to introduce you to Julia L. Miller, an author who's putting a delightfully mischievous spin on classic literature. Her debut book, Crime and Pre...
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Thank you very much for sharing my work. It’s a great encouragement!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Did you know that the Ukrainian word for ‘suit’ sounds like the English word ‘costume’? The ones wearing costumes at the White House meeting with Zelenskyy were the two clowns* who attacked him. (*Substitute your own word - the more creative the better.) And here’s another leader without a suit.
Churchill wearing a boiler suit to the White House during World War Two.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The place to donate to Ukraine. u24.gov.ua
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UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Looking forward to it. Just heard you at Writers’ Week. Excellent! Good to wake (some) Australians up to the terrifying situation we’re facing. Thank you for emphasising the reality of the situation.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Thank you very much for sharing this!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I do hope you enjoy it. I definitely need distracting from the terrible news unfolding every day.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
@books.overlordshop.com
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
#StandWithUkraine
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
If you’re interested in Regency fashion, or would like to know about Molly Houses, there’s a little on both in my latest blog post: julialmiller.net/blog/a-dress... #polari #janeausten
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A dress fit for a queen
The chapter ‘A dress fit for a queen’ in my book Crime and Prejudice delves into the world of fashion – and Molly Houses. Jane Austen took a practical interest in clothes and hairstyles. She wrote ...
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Thank you. That’s helpful. I didn’t know about the dopamine effect from completing small tasks. Good to know!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
One of my favourite children’s authors.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Wow. That’s amazing. Such a huge difference in surface level.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Fascinating article about the origins of the title ‘Ms’ in English. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Mistress, Miss, Mrs or Ms: untangling the shifting history of titles
In a paper published in the autumn 2014 issue of History Workshop Journal Dr Amy Erickson unravels the fascinating history of the titles used to address women.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
That’s beautiful. Thank you.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I like this idea.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
A very interesting article. Thanks for sharing it.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Are you in the mood for a free Pride and Prejudice-inspired contemporary short crime story? Finders Keepers introduces you to amateur sleuth Ms Maple, as she navigates the murky waters of online dating in the company of Mr Bingley, Jane, Lydia and the mysterious Wicky. BookHip.com/QRPCAZB
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"Ms Maple turned to the online profiles on Finders Keepers. Mr Bingley. 22. Netherfield. Very affluent. Likes parties and period dramas."
If you enjoy this story and want more Austen-inspired crime, check out my book Crime and Prejudice: A playful peek behind the scenes of Jane Austen's world. Available online and through local librarie...
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I’d love to be there, but it’s a long way from my home in Adelaide. It sounds like a really interesting event!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
What a great idea!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Writing the references sometimes takes me almost as long as writing the article!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Brilliant! The best use for a table!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I’ve had fun with the Canva video creation tool!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
She’s done that really well. It’s very effective.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
All the best with your recovery. Glad to see you’re able to write - wonderful therapy!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I haven’t seen The Holiday, but I love Love, Actually - funny and moving, and so many different types of relationships.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I love the cover!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Definitely!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Crime and Prejudice. “Delightfully, devilishly funny” julialmiller.net
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Home - Julia L. Miller
What if the beloved characters in Pride and Prejudice were lawbreakers? Crime and Prejudice imagines a deliciously seamy underside to Jane Austen's world.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Thanks to the surprising and wildly delightful response to this post, we're going to start offering recipes via Patreon. Good recipes that just work. No fuss. Opportunities to ask questions from @buttonlass.bsky.social, who knows how good food happens. Please share. www.patreon.com/posts/117563...
a lovely blue and white tiles backsplash over a five burner gas cooktop. There's something on the stove (it's chocolate of some sort)
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
My new favourite gin!
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Fresh from my excitement at hearing from Mr Bingley (aka Crispin Bonham-Carter), I’ve written a blog post about smuggling in Jane Austen’s time. There's a link in my blog to free story about Mr Bingley’s imagined brush with smugglers. julialmiller.net/blog/smuggli...
Mr Bingley from the BBC 1995 series of Pride and Prejudice. He's a cheerful young man with curly brown hair and a big smile, wearing Regency clothes. Head and shoulders in this photo. White shirt with the collar poking out above a brown coat. A deserted beach with cliffs in the background and some old, tall houses in the foreground. The nearest house is white and I think it's Georgian. There are some barrels on the beach that suggest smugglers have left casks of rum.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
This is great. Thank you !
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
And they sometimes pretend to be famous authors. I’ve just reported two.
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 356 Silvius parvum exemplum rangiferi in taberna ornamentorum invenit (Silvius finds a little model of a reindeer in a decoration shop). aptus est ad vectationem, si musculus es! (It's suitable for riding, if you are a little mouse!)
Photo of Silvius, the little Latin mouse, stealing a ride on a painted metal reindeer that's part of a festive decoration.
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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Is YOUR child texting about P.G. Wodehouse? Get to know the signs: BRB = Bertie’s Rum Bother LMAO = Lest Maiden Aunts Occur JFC = Jeeves Favours Caution BTW = Bold Tie Warnings WTAF = Well Then, Augustus Fink-Nottle STFU = Sir, That Fedora’s...Unfortunate
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I am AILÜJ, an oak-stained version of the Billy bookcase with simulated first editions of Jane Austen’s novels on the shelves.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Yes. I think some are fake profiles.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I’ve just reported one for impersonating a well-known writer. So disappointing.
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Wow. Is that a thing?
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Too many books, too many holes. I think I need some of those chest staples surgeons use. 😁
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