Please welcome today’s special guest, Jenn J McLeod, debut author of House for all Seasons! I’m delighted to have Jenn visit today as she’s been a writing buddy on this journey for quite a few years now. I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of her wonderful novel (thanks, Jenn 🙂 ) and Continue reading
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When old is new again
We’re doing a bit of a clean out today and hiding in the bottom of one of our sailing bins I uncovered GW’s wetsuit. It’s a tatty old thing that 37 years ago was state of the art neoprene – a newfangle fabric regarded with a high degree of suspicion. At the time GW was Continue reading
Logan Library Lovers
What a fabulous evening! The Logan Library welcomed Romance with arms wide open and embraced us all in a great big warm hug last night. Thank you to Chris Orpen and her fantastic team for putting on such a wonderful evening. It was fun to spend time with fellow writers Amy Andrews and Denise Rossetti, Continue reading
Book Reviews – by Zeus
Hello! It’s me. It’s Zeus. Â Miss me?? I’ve be planning to write this really witty blog about how I’m turning into a three-legged dog, but then Helene had to make a mad dash to Brisbane because her Mum’s in hospital (big wave, Grandma, sending you sloppy licks!) and my life got complicated… GW is a Continue reading
Simple notes
Sometimes the universe delivers lessons in the strangest of ways. We were invited to a friend’s house this afternoon to listen to a recital by two of her students. Marie is a retired concert pianist and still finds time to share her love of music with her students. Part of preparing them for their piano Continue reading
Choc Lit’s Australian Star!
Today’s blog guest is multi-published author, Beverley Eikli, who shares her writing life with her alter ego, Berverley Oakley. Beverley was the inaugural winner of Search for an Australian Star run by UK publisher, Choc Lit. Hope you enjoy our chat! Beverley, welcome to my blog. Congrats on your recent win. That’s a wonderful achievement. You’ve already Continue reading
I’d do it all again in a heart beat
Twenty-five years ago I married a man who held me close, who dried my tears, who made me laugh – even in the aftermath of a cycling accident in the middle of nowhere in the south of France… Nothing’s really changed, except GW’s hair isn’t quite so red any more and I may be a Continue reading
Hotting up?
It’s warm in North Queensland today, although according to GW it was much hotter last week… I thought he may have been angling for some sympathy since I’m sat inside editing Half Moon Bay, with the fans whirling fast enough to take off, while he’s painting the outside of the house. Clearly I didn’t make Continue reading
All in a day
My day started early in Mildura with clear blue skies and a chill in the air. I love country towns and their mile wide streets with pretty flowers and gangly palms. This was the view from my breakfast café. By lunchtime I was winging my way across Bass Strait, a first for me at the Continue reading
Matching hard hats
Went for a walk this morning to check out the new Penguin Australia offices – the pilot part of my personality had to make sure I didn’t get lost this afternoon… Not only were they cleaning the outside of the building (what a warm welcome), but the window cleaners had hard hats that matched the Continue reading