Music to my ears

Are you a music lover? Do songs or music change the feel of your day? The Northern Heat Pre-release Blog Tour is visiting 1Girl2ManyBooks today and I’m sharing the songs that made a huge difference to Northern Heat. Bree runs a wonderful review site and I’ve discovered many new authors via her insightful reviews. So Continue reading


At home with me – somewhere in the Coral Sea!

Today the NORTHERN HEAT Pre-release Blog Tour welcomes Jenn J McCleod aboard Roobinesque.  We’re over at Jenn’s fabulous blog having a yarn with the Barcoola rig parked out the back on the pontoon. Drop by for a chat and another chance to go into the draw for one of the 6 prize packs from Penguin!! Continue reading


Northern Heat Pre-release Blog Tour

Today on the blog tour I’m visiting AusLit – a site run by writer, Steve Rossiter, for writers and offering a whole lot of excellent writing advice. I’m sharing my advice about how to plot, or not in my case! Of course the chance to win prize packs of books continues and the good folk Continue reading


Northern Heat Pre-release Blog Tour and Giveaway

May is an exciting month with the release of my sixth book, NORTHERN HEAT, on 27th May. To celebrate I’m going on a BLOG TOUR and giving away 6 prize packs at the end of the tour. Today you can find me visiting one of Australia’s foremost on-line reviewers – Shelleyrae from BOOK’D OUT BLOG. Continue reading


Pre-release Blog Tour!

To celebrate the upcoming release of NORTHERN HEAT I’m going on a blog tour to visit some of my favourite reviewers and bloggers. I hope you’ll join me as I chat about the story, the inspiration, the music, the setting, as well as writing craft and the mysteries of voice overs – love the sound Continue reading


And the heat is building!

Cooktown’s forecast to have a balmy 30 degrees celsius and blues skies today. What’s it going to be where you are? Hope you enjoy the trailer for Northern Heat! Thanks to Trailermade Production for capturing the heart of the story.


Charles Darwin and the new Brisbane runaway

So what does Charles Darwin have to do with building the new parallel runway in Brisbane? It’s the name of one of the world’s largest hopper dredges which is currently improving the depth of the East Channel leading into the Port of Brisbane. In 2 – 3 hours it fills its 30,500 cubic metre hoppers Continue reading


Black Cats are good luck!

We had a fabulous evening at Black Cat Books and Café on Thursday celebrating SAFE HARBOUR’s release. A huge thank you to Steph, Hadley and the team. Lovely Meg Vann, CEO of the QWC, kindly agreed to launch the book and do an ‘in conversation’ piece with me which was fun. QWC is so wonderfully supportive Continue reading


Richard Dinnen, Far North ABC

I know I’m not alone when I say I love the velvety voice of ABC Far North’s Richard Dinnen because he has a legion of fans. He kindly came along to SAFE HARBOUR’s recent launch in Cairns and then recorded an interview at the end of the evening. If you’ve never heard him on radio Continue reading