It’s easy to think that a strong sense of community only exists in small towns in rural and regional places, but in recent weeks I’ve been reminded that communities spring up where ever they are nurtured. Those of you who are regular visitors to my blog know that GW, Zeus and I are embarking on Continue reading
Tag: Australian Romantic Suspense
Busy times!
I’ve left GW and Zeus tucked up on the boat and I’m off for a writerly weekend. (It’s good for the boys to bond in a confined space! Shame about the rain…) Yesterday I spent time with the rest of the RWA committee – a day full of laughs and hard work. At lunch I Continue reading
A cover make over for Burning Lies
BURNING LIES is being released as a ‘B’ format in late April, a month before HALF MOON BAY hits the shelves. As always with a reprint there’s usually a little tweaking of covers and blurbs. Penguin Australia have gone one better and given BURNING LIES a complete cover make-over. What do you think?? I love Continue reading
A day in the new office
Well howdy folks, it’s the Salty Sea dog, Zeus, here. This sailing caper is nowhere near as glamourous as my silly humans would have you believe. They dragged me down to the boat, didn’t bother with the mandatory safety equipment and just tossed me aboard! Then they kept cooing about how well I was handling Continue reading
New beginnings and vertical learning curves
Wow, what an exciting week it’s been. I’ve had some great news on the publishing front, but those details will have to wait for a little longer 🙂 (Love teasing!!) I’ve seen the drafts of the new covers for Burning Lies and Half Moon Bay. Obviously Penguin has had a visit from the cover fairies Continue reading
When old is new again
We’re doing a bit of a clean out today and hiding in the bottom of one of our sailing bins I uncovered GW’s wetsuit. It’s a tatty old thing that 37 years ago was state of the art neoprene – a newfangle fabric regarded with a high degree of suspicion. At the time GW was Continue reading
Logan Library Lovers
What a fabulous evening! The Logan Library welcomed Romance with arms wide open and embraced us all in a great big warm hug last night. Thank you to Chris Orpen and her fantastic team for putting on such a wonderful evening. It was fun to spend time with fellow writers Amy Andrews and Denise Rossetti, Continue reading
Hotting up?
It’s warm in North Queensland today, although according to GW it was much hotter last week… I thought he may have been angling for some sympathy since I’m sat inside editing Half Moon Bay, with the fans whirling fast enough to take off, while he’s painting the outside of the house. Clearly I didn’t make Continue reading
All in a day
My day started early in Mildura with clear blue skies and a chill in the air. I love country towns and their mile wide streets with pretty flowers and gangly palms. This was the view from my breakfast café. By lunchtime I was winging my way across Bass Strait, a first for me at the Continue reading
Matching hard hats
Went for a walk this morning to check out the new Penguin Australia offices – the pilot part of my personality had to make sure I didn’t get lost this afternoon… Not only were they cleaning the outside of the building (what a warm welcome), but the window cleaners had hard hats that matched the Continue reading