Archives by Tag 'Bernadette Foley'
Romantic Book of the Year
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Pitch perfect
Are you heading to the RWA conference in August? Do you have one or more pitches booked? If so then this blog is for you! I’m the living proof that pitching can work. In 2008 I pitched to Bernadette Foley. In 2010 the book I pitched hit the shelves as Wings of Fear (Border Watch). I [...]
It’s all in the timing
Phew, what a week! Monday I hit ‘send’ and the latest draft of Burning Lies, book three in my Border Watch series, hurtled off through cyberspace to my agent. I’m waiting to hear her verdict, trying not to be too anxious… Tuesday I packed my bags, mowed the grass, and passed my yearly aviation medical. [...]
To ARC or not to ARC
In the world of publishing an Advance Review Copy or ARC is the first time a novel is put out for public consumption. Sometimes it has the completed cover design, but most times is has a different jacket as a way of differentiating between it and the finished book. But what about the words? How [...]
Room to edit!
Phew… I’ve just walked back to my hotel in Sydney after slotting my latest edits for Shattered Sky into the Express Post Letterbox! I’m relieved, I’m excited and a little sad. There’s still work to be done, but it means that my friends in Shattered Sky are about to get shunted sidewards for my new [...]
Bronwyn Parry – Finding the heart of Dungirri
I’m very excited to welcome award winning author Bronwyn Parry to my blog today. Bronwyn was recently awarded the Best Romantic Suspense Novel in the ARRA awards. She’s also a finalist in the RWAmerica RITA and the Daphne Du Maurier Award (go Bron!). Helene, thanks so much for inviting me to ‘visit’! It’s been wonderful being [...]
Bron Parry’s visiting the blog tomorrow!
Bronwyn Parry, author of award winning novels ‘As Darkness Falls’ and ‘Dark Country’ will be dropping by my blog tomorrow. Come and learn more about where Bron draws her inspiration from and get some sneak peeks into First Light, her new novel due out early 2011. We’ll also find out which dish is Bron’s favourite [...]
Definition of Perfection
Incomparable nature! Why would we try to improve it?
Phillipa Fioretti is visiting tomorrow and I’m giving away a copy of Border Watch!
To celebrate Phillipa Fioretti being my first fellow Hachette author to guest blog on my site, I’m giving away a copy of Border Watch to one lucky person! So drop by tomorrow, meet Phillipa and read about her debut release, ‘The Book of Love’.
Storm clouds do have silver linings
Hard as it is for me to imagine, because in my world every cloud has always had a silver lining, sometimes life can smack you right between the eyes. If you see it coming, it may be possible to duck and minimised the pain. If you don’t, then best case, you only get egg on [...]