It’s wonderful to see so many people rallying to help others. My publisher Hachette has made a very generous donation to the appeal and when I checked on the list of corporate donors on the website I was amazed at the extent of donations and the diversity of companies helping out. Lovely to see 🙂 Continue reading
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After the clean up
The pictures of volunteers lining up to help in flood-devastated Brisbane are wonderful and say so much about the generosity of spirit within our communities. RWA has a book appeal running. So many other organisations including ARRA are staging fund-raising events. It’s wonderful to see and every cent will be vital. But these communties will Continue reading
RWA Flooded Communities Book Appeal
FROM THE ROMANCE WRITERS OF AUSTRALIA We’ve all seen the devastation the recent Queensland floods have wrought and have wondered how we can help. We know that for many affected families, books will not be high on their priorities list for some time to come. But… We also know how valuable books can be in Continue reading
Barbara Hannay on ABC local radio NQ
A quick reminder that Barb Hannay will be doing a radio interview on ABC radio Townsville this afternoon at 2.20 pm. All the details are on her website. She’s running a competition for the best opening line for a Romance novel so get your thinking caps on and, if you’re around and listening, phone in for 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!!! Â 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
RWA Coogee 2010
So, here we are sitting at the airport (one of my favourite places) waiting to go home after four days overload of all things Romance Writing. My husband always makes the journey south with me. He loves being one of the few men in the room (not that he admits to that…) and he’s sat next to Continue reading
RWA Conference Bound!
My bags are packed, Beyond the Borders first round of edits is complete (I think…), and I’m off to bed for an early start tomorrow. Can’t wait to catch up with everyone in person at the RWA conference in Sydney. It’s always a wonderful motivating weekend where we celebrate Romance, writing and our collective love Continue reading
An importer with a sense of humour :-)
In our house there’s an ongoing obsession with boats, more specifically catamarans. Every couple of months my husband comes up with a new scheme to allow us to buy the dream cat (so far we’re still dreaming…). He came across this site yesterday and it provided me with the most entertainment I’ve ever had on Continue reading
The Dark Brethren’s Tracey O’Hara
Welcome to Tracey O’Hara. She writes Dark Urban Fantasy with fast paced plots. Her debut novel ‘NIGHT’S COLD KISS’ was released in 2009 to great reviews. DEATH’S SWEET EMBRACE is due for release January 25, 2011. They are part of her Dark Brethren series. Tracey and I met when we were finalists in both the Continue reading