Kicking off my guest blogs for 2013 is Rachael Johns. Congratulations to Rach for being shortlisted for the Australian Romance Readers Awards. It’s a wonderful accolade and richly deserved. Please make her very welcome as she shares some of her writing process. Hi Helene – thank you so much for having me back on your Continue reading
Tag: ARRA
Flitting again…
What are your earliest reading memories? Were you a library junkie? Were books the only birthday presents you really loved? I’m over with the Australia Romance Readers Association today chatting about why I’m a reader. Find me at : http://australianromancereaders.wordpress.com If you are an avid reader, especially of the Romance Genre with all its fabulous sub-genres, Continue reading
Just hanging out
Apart from fighting off a cold that was doing its best to flatten me, and my webpage server having its own little unschedule break, I had a lovely weekend catching up with friends and even fitting in a couple of writerly things. Saturday morning I went to Mossman and chatted with readers and librarians as Continue reading
Burning Lies
Today is release day for BURNING LIES. For me it’s just another day in the office so I hope the gorgeous cover is catching the eye of readers all over Australia while I fly from Townsville to Mount Isa and home to Cairns:-) To help celebrate I’m visiting two of my favourite blogs today. On 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
Smell the roses…
Last night it rained and rained and rained some more – 190 mms in the rain gauge and the swimming pool is full again. This morning the sky is gunmetal grey with a pale blush of dawn, the grass is vibrant green, the plants are standing tall. Maybe the wet season has finally arrived?! I Continue reading
Love is in the air
Love is in the air and I’m guilty of mistreating John Paul Young’s song lyrics… (He’s no relation by the way!) Today, as the guest of the Australian Romance Readers Association, I’m talking about romance and St Valentine’s Day – since it is tomorrow after all 😉 Drop by for a chat and if you leave Continue reading
After the clean up
The pictures of volunteers lining up to help in flood-devastated Brisbane are wonderful and say so much about the generosity of spirit within our communities. RWA has a book appeal running. So many other organisations including ARRA are staging fund-raising events. It’s wonderful to see and every cent will be vital. But these communties will Continue reading
RWA Coogee 2010
So, here we are sitting at the airport (one of my favourite places) waiting to go home after four days overload of all things Romance Writing. My husband always makes the journey south with me. He loves being one of the few men in the room (not that he admits to that…) and he’s sat next to Continue reading
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 Continue reading