Bestselling Australian author
My head is full of the strangest facts – and it’s all my parents’ fault. When I was a kid, they brought a never-ending stream of books into the house. The types of books were often surprising – I think a lot of the time my parents got them because they were cheap (we didn’t…
The other day, webmaster John and I were walking around the Rockefeller Centre, looking for a restaurant. We were planning to take friends from the UK to dinner, before going to the Top of The Rock. We saw a new restaurant – and wandered over – intrigued by the fact that there were people…
Last weekend, I was lucky enough to spend a day in the Florida Everglades. Wow! I’d read about the Everglades as a kid and always wanted to see them. From an air boat of course – there’s no other way. I have this dreadful habit of researching every place I visit – I fill…
The best thing that’s happened to me this week was learning the Girl Racers is a finalist in the 2011 Aspen Gold Reader’s Choice Awards – run by the Heart of Denver Romance Writers. I’m so pleased that Girl Racers has been selected – this book has a special place in my heart. The idea…
In London last week I caught up with my friends at the Romantic Novelists’ Association London chapter. We had lunch and a good chat – and they asked me to share some of my experiences with the US romantic fiction scene and last month’s RWA conference. When I arrived in New York last year, I…
I’ve just staggered out of the RWA conference here in New York. The staggering part is due to exhaustion – not anything else!! Although there was a bit of that too… So much happened this week that I’m going to take a little while to process it all in my head. But a few things…
This week is the RWA conference here in NYC. The fun started today with the Literacy signing event. This is what 500 romance writers look like raising funds to promote literacy. The books were all donated by the publishers – the authors donated their time a good will – and writing hands. Something over 2,000…
A comment from a friend of mine set me thinking about first lines. Great first lines. Lines that hook the reader and drag you into the story so quickly that by the end of the first page, you would die rather than close the book (well – it feels like you will die if you…
I’ve just returned from the most fabulous weekend – camping on the banks of the magnificent Hudson River – and singing along with one of my heroes – the amazing Pete Seeger. Most people know Pete as a great folk singer. As a child at school, I had folk singing classes – and learned If…
The results of the Valley Forge RWA Sheila award are in – and I’m third in the paranormal category, with a Manuscript called Graveyard of the Immortals. This was my first attempt at writing a paranormal romance, and I’m really chuffed to have done so well with it. Congrats to all the winners and finalists…