Today I welcome Elizabeth Martin to my blog. Another North Queensland writer, Elizabeth’s debut novel ‘The Coffeeholic and the Cafe’ was released by Booralong Press a couple of months ago. I had the pleasure of meeting Elizabeth at the wonderful Yungaburra Book Fair in October when she and Barbara Hannay very kindly chatted about their Continue reading
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Disney Downunder – (This is for Sandy and other fish lovers :-)
Following on from a blog post earlier this week, Bron sent me a photo of the three storey castle in the fish tank Wolfie’s goldfish call home. Try as I might I couldn’t upload it into the original post, but I was so impressed I decided it needed a post of its own. Being more Continue reading
Yungaburra Book Fair 18th September
Tomorrow I’m heading up the Gillies Range to the Yungaburra Book Fair. The historic village of Yungaburra perches on top of the Great Dividing Range with Tinaroo Dam at its back door. It’s a beautiful spot with some wonderful eclectic shops for browsing around and coffee shops serving delicious Tableland treats. I’m chairing a panel Continue reading
F111s and River Fire
Last Saturday night we joined the stream of people heading to the Southbank parklands under an overcast and threatening sky. A chill wind curled in off the river swirling the smells of cooking through the crowd. For those that had been camped out since lunch time the relay run to facilities was turning into a Continue reading
Forbidden – the lucky winner
Sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of Christina Phillips fabulous new book FORBIDDEN…. The delay is all mine… It was very close, and indeed two people had nominated the same hero by another name, so we resorted to the random draw option. And the lucky winner is Louisa Cornell! Yay, Louisa!! Send me Continue reading
Forbidden
I’m very excited to welcome Christina Phillips to my blog today. Her new book FORBIDDEN will be released Tuesday, 7th September. FORBIDDEN is an Ancient Historical Romance that’s hotter than hot. I’ve always been a bit of a history nut and the Romans just seem to encapsulate the essence of powerful warriors. Christina’s hero, Maximus, Continue reading
Family
My elderly mum (she’s 88!) is visiting from Brisbane. She was unwell at the start of the year and couldn’t be in Cairns for the launch of Border Watch. I missed having her there as she and Dad were so integral in developing my love of books and writing. Today we had coffee at Glaskins Continue reading
Coogee – My husband’s perspective of the RWA Conference
Page Three Girls
How wonderful! RWA made it to page three of the Sydney Morning Herald!!! I know my fellow romance writers and readers will already have read this article, but for those of you who might not have seen it here’s the link. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/daniel-puts-the-man-in-romance-20100815-1253f.html The story, by journalist Sacha Molitorisz, complete with some lovely innuendos :-), gets Continue reading
Despair – a necessary angst?
And so we come to the final instalment of Robb’s thoughts on writing. It’s been an interesting week and I’ve loved reading other people’s take on the process. A huge thank you to Robb for giving so generously of his time and wisdom! 3-D Writing, Part 3 3-D writing is the art of surrounding readers Continue reading