Novelists don’t get out much. We spend a lot of our time on our writing place, talking to imaginary people in our head. So when we do get out and get to spend time with real people – we talk a lot. Or maybe I just talk a lot… My second week of Christmas was…
Oh my! Wow! And… and…. This week I learned two of my books are finalists for awards with AusRomToday. I spent the whole day doing … well, nothing of any use really – I was just so thrilled. Flight to Coorah Creek is nominated as Book of The Year, and Bring Me Sunshine is nominated as Cover of the Year.…
For the last few months, I have been madly in love with Dan Mitchell (please don’t tell my husband). Dan is the hero in my second Coorah Creek book – and until now I’ve been keeping him a secret. He’s an intensely private man – we have spent many days together in the far…
I’m very excited to say I have a new short story available in a wonderful new anthology – Kisses and Cupcakes. It’s a great selection of stories from the Choc Lit authors – many of whom are among my favourite writers. My story is called ‘A Piece of Cake.’ Regular readers will know I lived…
I seem to have collected more than 400 books on my Kindle. How did that happen? Add to that the eight – yes 8 – bookshelves in my house, most of which are layered two books deep. I guess you could say I like reading. I never get as much time as I…
I’ve been re-reading a few of my favourite old books. Well – not so old. Some were written in the 80s and 90s… and I was immediately struck by how much technology has changed the world. In particular an author’s world. I’m not just talking about how much time we spend on Twitter and Facebook…
According to ancient wisdom – we’re not supposed to… but we do it all the time. Book lovers will stick with a favourite author and just buy everything they write (hence the groaning noises coming from my bookshelves). But what about finding new authors – people we have never read before? Personal recommendations count for…
Can you imagine a whole weekend devoted to romantic novels – filled with people who love reading and writing them? The lovely market town of Leighton Buzzard was inundated with writers and booklovers this weekend – for the Annual festival of Romantic Fiction. What fun it was too!