What a fabulous evening in Taree! I know that country Australia has a well deserved reputation for its warm welcome, but Taree outdid itself last night. Thanks to Shelleyrae (of Book’d Out fame) and Danielle, Margie and Cheryl from Greater Taree Library for organising the evening. Nikki from Manning Valley Books provided a lovely display Continue reading
Author: Helene
I live by a beach just north of Cairns – my own tiny slice of paradise in North Queensland. When I'm not writing, you'll find me flying Dash 8 aircraft for QantasLink around regional Australia.
I write romantic suspense with feisty, confident heroines who (not surprisingly) work in the aviation industry. My stories are set in the top end of Australia – a wild and wonderful, larger-than-life environment just begging to be showcased in anticipation-filled novels.
The Power of Women
International Women’s Day – a celebration of how far we’ve come and reminder of the road that lies ahead. Aung San Suu Kyi – because she conducts herself with dignity and has never given up hope. Debbie Wardley – because she won the battle against Ansett before most of us even knew it needed to Continue reading
Bella’s Run
My guest today is debut author Margareta Osborn who I met for the first time in person at the RWA conference last year and she’s as bubbly in person as she is on the page. Her novel, BELLA’S RUN, is already earning rave reviews as a fresh voice in Australian Rural Fiction. Enjoy! Margareta, welcome Continue reading
Word in edgeways?
I once had a boss who maintained that a woman is issued with a set number of words per day and god help the man who doesn’t allow her to use them all… I think he was trying to say I talked too much… Who me? Whatever the truth, Lisa Heidke and myself are using Continue reading
Dodging storms
Kaitlyn’s country
My new book, Burning Lies, is set largely on the Atherton Tablelands, to the west of Cairns. The landscape is different to the coast – the light’s softer, the greens are more olive, the earth a richer red and the sky is a paler blue. GW and I wandered around up there a couple of Continue reading
Pardon my absence…
My blog’s a little quiet at the moment so I hope you’ll forgive me. I haven’t forgotten you, but I need to clone myself to get everything done in the next few weeks, including page edits for Burning Lies! Meanwhile I’m being diverted by our search for the perfect catamaran so we can start the Continue reading
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2011
Oh my, what a wonderful evening celebrating romance. Readers and authors flew in from all around the country to attend the Australian Romance Readers Association’s gala dinner at the Castlereagh Hotel in Sydney. Apart from having fun – and that’s obligatory – the evening is to announce the ARRA awards for 2011. Members of ARRA nominate Continue reading
National Year of Reading – 2012
It’s almost here! The launch we’ve all been waiting for. Tuesday 14th February is the start of National Year of Reading 2012. This wonderful initiative has been embraced by libraries and all levels of government right around Australia. Last Tuesday I went to a ‘meet and greet’ for the reading champions in Cairns – there Continue reading
Good news day
Yesterday was a very good day. Started well when both GW and I remembered it was our 24th wedding anniversary – who could believe we looked so young when we married all those years ago… Unfortunately we both had to work, so that put a tiny dampener on the day. Celebrations were very low key Continue reading