Ever wondered how authors create those quirky, vivid small towns that I for one love to read about? Today I have a master of this art as my guest. She’s had a very busy month blogging all over the blogsphere, but she’s made time to come and chat about the differences and similarities in small 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.
Crimance at SheKilda
Say what? Crimance? SheKilda? You don’t know what either of those words mean? Shame on you. Clearly you’ve been living under a rock for the last month. In 16 days time I’m heading to Melbourne to rub shoulders with the elite of Australian female crime writers at the Sisters In Crime convention aptly named – Continue reading
Silver Dawn
Don’t be late for training on the ski – the boys don’t wait!
Yungaburra Book Fair
The Yungaburra Book Fair The annual Book Fair is once again being held in the historical village of Yungaburra on September 10th from 10am-4pm. This year the theme is ‘Books & Cooks’ – A feast for book lovers looking for a good read, rare treasure or special find with 1000s of books for sale from many of Continue reading
Promises to be won!!
Thanks to Ali Watts from Penguin I have a copy of PROMISES to giveaway! To be in the running you need to either leave the answer as a comment or send me an email via the contact form. And the question is?? Drum roll, please!! Cathryn’s first horse was called? The answer can be found Continue reading
Perfect Promise
My guest today is debut Penguin Australia author Cathryn Hein. I met her in person at this year’s RWA conference and snaffled one of the last copies of Promises at the bookstore!! It’s a wonderful story. I hope you enjoy learning more about our latest Australian Rural Romance Author. Cathryn, congratulations on your debut novel, Continue reading
Looks can be deceiving…
When a friend dropped around this morning for his weekend triple-shot-expresso we told him we were headed to Port Douglas for lunch. ‘Try the services club,’ he advised us. GW and I looked at each other and smiled politely. Services club in Port? If it was any good we’d have heard about it before now Continue reading
Kathy Mexted – Interview with Helene
Kathy Mexted, Freelance Journalist, published an interview with me in AOPA magazine. Find it here – http://kathymexted.typepad.com/files/aopa-pilot-pages-18-to-19-1.pdf
Desert Island Craft Book?
Today I’m a guest over at Rachael Blair’s blog – RAMBLINGS OF A ROMANCE WRITING MAMMA. Find out what craft book I’d take to a desert island (along with chocolate, hubbie and Zeus the wonder staffiie!)
Cairns Post Article – Romantic Book of the Year Winner
CAIRNS author and pilot Helene Young revisited a windswept Trinity Beach yesterday to recall the inspiration for her novel, Wings of Fear, which won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year award. “When I found a dead body on Trinity Beach in 2003, it started me thinking,” Ms Young said about her book, which centres Continue reading