This is a review for the Australian Women Writers Challenge. The Fine Colour of Rust by P.A. O’Reilly. The genre? I’ll call it contemporary fiction with humour – truckloads of it. When we first meet Loretta Boscovic she’s daydreaming about dumping her kids in an orphanage and riding off into the sunset with her dream Continue reading
Tag: Helene Young
90 years young!
On the 31st March in 1922 Mum was born in the Townsville Hospital. Happy 90th birthday, Mum. You’ve seen the world change at an unprecedented pace and have done an amazing job of keeping up with it! Look forward to that telegram from the Queen (except it will probably be the King by then…) in Continue reading
And still the world turns
It was another glorious sunrise this morning and the first one in a few days I’ve been able to appreciate. I felt a twinge of sadness as it faded into the ordinary light of day. I know I’ll never see another quite the same. The golden intense light rippling over dark and troubled water will Continue reading
April’s treasures
Good things come in threes, they say. So April is definitely full of good things. My three writing buddies from Australian Outback Romances and Mysteries have all released new novels this week. Bronwyn Parry’s long awaited third book, DEAD HEAT, has been published by Hachette Australia. THE ROAD HOME by fellow Penguin author, Fiona Palmer, Continue reading
Suzanne Brandyn
My guest today is the lovely Suzanne Brandyn, a women who shares my love of flying and also romantic suspsense. It’s no surprise we’ve become cyber buddies! Suzanne has several books already available with more to be released this year. She’s dropped by to chat about everything from genres to school reading habits. Hope you Continue reading
Friday Feast – I’m famished!
I’m over chatting with Cathryn Hein on her fabulous Friday Feast blog. Drop by to see what puts a bounce back in my life 🙂 Oh and did I mention there’s an e-book copy of Shattered Sky to giveaway??
Procrastinator! Who me?
It’s a day off and I woke to the sound of rain tap-dancing on the iron roof. All I wanted to do was snuggle back down and sleep, but if I didn’t get out of bed and see GW before he went to work our paths would barely cross again until tomorrow evening – and Continue reading
Taree
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
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. Â 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