Congratulations to the Australian Romance Readers Association and its organising committee who staged another successful awards night at Cello’s Restaurant in Sydney last Saturday. It’s always wonderful to catch up with readers and writers and celebrate our genre in style! Congratulations also to the winners: Favourite Cover: The Horse Thief by Tea Cooper. Strongest Heroine: Continue reading
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Haul out the wet-weather gear…
Today was all about patience…The rain showers gifted us more rainbows this morning and just enough sunshine to complete the sanding of the hulls. By midday the sky was leaden and the rain had settled in for the day. We’ve almost run out of small jobs to do so I snuck in a couple of Continue reading
Busy day at Boat Works
It’s been a busy day at Boat Works! Sadly the beautiful rainbows we were treated to all morning slowed down the sanding works. Luckily Roobi came out of the water surprisingly clean despite being last lifted 18 months ago. Weather permitting we’ll start painting the anti-foul on tomorrow afternoon, but we’ve pushed back our lift Continue reading
The rest of our lives starts now.
So here we are, it’s Day 1 of the rest of our lives. Capt G and I sailed out of Manly Marina in the dark, heading south instead of north, to do a couple days quick maintenance down at Boat Works. The wind was a brisk southeasterly that grew stronger as the day progressed. I Continue reading
Talking Books Post – Final day of the blog tour!
We’ve finally reached the end of the NORTHERN HEAT Pre-release Blog Tour. Talking Books Blog invited me over to chat about writing and NORTHERN HEAT so drop by and leave a comment or share the post to go into the running for one of the 6 prize packs that Penguin Books Australia is giving away! Continue reading
How Big’s Your Backyard?
I’m visiting the Australian Rural Romance blog today and talking about backyards! How big is yours? Find us at Australian Rural Romance and don’t forget to enter the giveaway! 5th May: http://bookdout.wordpress.com 7th May: http://auslit.net 10th May: http://deannasworld1.blogspot.com.au 12th May: http://www.jennjmcleod.com 14th May: http://ausromtoday.com 17th May: https://1girl2manybooks.wordpress.com 19th May: http://writenotereviews.com 21st May: https://australianbookshelf.wordpress.com 24th May: https://nevendbookshelf.wordpress.com/category/reviews/ 26th May: http://teddyree-theeclecticreader.blogspot.com.au
Music to my ears
Are you a music lover? Do songs or music change the feel of your day? The Northern Heat Pre-release Blog Tour is visiting 1Girl2ManyBooks today and I’m sharing the songs that made a huge difference to Northern Heat. Bree runs a wonderful review site and I’ve discovered many new authors via her insightful reviews. So Continue reading
Northern Heat Pre-release Blog Tour and Giveaway
May is an exciting month with the release of my sixth book, NORTHERN HEAT, on 27th May. To celebrate I’m going on a BLOG TOUR and giving away 6 prize packs at the end of the tour. Today you can find me visiting one of Australia’s foremost on-line reviewers – Shelleyrae from BOOK’D OUT BLOG. Continue reading
And the heat is building!
Cooktown’s forecast to have a balmy 30 degrees celsius and blues skies today. What’s it going to be where you are? Hope you enjoy the trailer for Northern Heat! Thanks to Trailermade Production for capturing the heart of the story.
Happy New Year!
As many of you know, I’m something of a sunrise, sunset kind of woman. The sense of anticipation as the sun cracks the horizon is tempered by a certain regret as night overruns the day. New Year’s eve has a similar effect on me. Have I made the most of the year that’s been? Have Continue reading