Category: Australia
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A new venture
I’m about to start on a new venture. I teach writing, and run workshops and retreats. In my day job, I do online training for a technology firm. So I now get to combine the two and launch my first Online Writing Lab This course is being carried out under the banner of the Romance…
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Jane, Elizabeth and Me.
My relationship with Jane Eyre goes back to 1943. No – I’m not that old. That’s when the black and white film of the book, starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine was released. I saw it many years later – and the part that really moved me was the time young Jane spent at the…
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The Other Wife
Somehow I’ve managed to release three books this year. One has been as Janet Gover and two as Juliet Bell, which is the pen name for my collaborations with my friend Alison May. Juliet Bell has an interest in misunderstood classic literature, and classic heroes who are maybe not so heroic… especially by today’s standards.…
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A second award nomination.
I’m absolutely over the moon .. because Wedding Bells by the Creek has just received its second award nomination. It’s a finalist in the Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year Award. Wow. The first book in the Coorah Creek series was also a finalist in this award and it’s so lovely now…
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My Number #1 Royal Wedding Fantasy
Are you sure you are ready for this? This is the first time I’ve been in this country for a big royal wedding. I was in New York when William and Kate married, and watching a royal wedding in the US is a whole experience in itself. They love a royal wedding over there almost…
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Royal Wedding Countdown #2
Hats. It’s all about the hats. We have hats in Australia of course and I’ve worn a few. But mostly the hats I’ve worn have looked like this… Here in the UK – my hat wearing has mostly been at music festivals… and might not have been done in a ‘proper’ fashion.
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Royal Wedding Countdown #3
The strangest royal wedding souvenir ever almost topped my royal wedding chart… almost I was born in Australia remember, and Australia is a Vegemite nation. You either love or hate Vegemite. Personally, it’s my go-to food when I need a bit of cheering up or if I can’t be bothered making a ‘proper’ meal. It…