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#RWAus17 #LoveGoneWild

It’s been almost A MONTH since #LoveGoneWild wrapped up and, thanks to a little family stuff and a little work stuff that all hit the fan when I arrived home, it’s taken me that long to wrap my head around the whirlwind! But never fear, I’m now here, with a delayed recap of a fewContinueContinue reading “#RWAus17 #LoveGoneWild”

It’s 19 days to #LoveGoneWild

OMG! Squee! T -19 days and counting until we all go wild at #LoveGoneWild #RWAus17 and… well, I’m just a little bit excited. Love Gone Wild is my third conference, so I’m now an ‘old hand’ – ha! I remember how nervous I was at my first conference (Get Fresh in Melbourne in 2015) andContinueContinue reading “It’s 19 days to #LoveGoneWild”

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Recently I entered a five thousand word story in the inaugural Romance Writers of Australia Spicy Bites competition. The competition required a romantic short story, with a ‘happy ever after’ or a ‘happy for now’ ending, and a sexually explicit storyline. It also required writers to include the specified theme of ‘tattoos.’ I wrote aContinueContinue reading “Winner winner chicken dinner!”

Romancing the Page – a course with Anne Gracie

Like most writers aspiring to be published, I attend a few courses and conferences throughout the year. Some are, of course, better than others but, when the opportunity arose to spend a day with Anne Gracie at the New South Wales Writer’s Centre I knew I’d be mad not to take it. Even if itContinueContinue reading “Romancing the Page – a course with Anne Gracie”

I think I can… the next Sunday Snippet

I’m here. You’d be forgiven for thinking I was dead… well, maybe not dead but otherwise indisposed or kidnapped or taken by aliens or locked in the Red Room with Christian Grey (actually, that last one could be a maybe, yes please?!) because I’ve missed weeks #2 and #3 of the Sunday Snippet. But noneContinueContinue reading “I think I can… the next Sunday Snippet”

Sunday Snippet #1

Well, hello. Welcome to Sunday Snippet #1. My initial week’s effort on NaNoWriMo has been… shall we say… pathetic? I’ve managed a paltry 87 words. But I now have 87 more words than I had on 31 October so I’m taking that as a (minor) win. Today, there’s been a lot of looking at the computer,ContinueContinue reading “Sunday Snippet #1”

NaNoWriMo

Hello. So, we all know how incredibly good I am at updating my website, right? <insert sarcasm sign here> And, because I don’t have enough to do in the month of November, I thought I might set myself a November Website Updating Goal. A NoWeUpGo if you will. My NoWeUpGo is a series of Sunday Snippets. EachContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo”

Master Procrastinator

I’m supposed to be working on my WIP. I say supposed to be because, instead, I’m on the couch (in the air-conditioning… it’s been SO hot today!) with my laptop on my lap, watching Carols in the Domain. And reviewing the sarcastic tweets… It’s hilarious (there is not enough wine in my house to makeContinueContinue reading “Master Procrastinator”

Is it Friday yet?

It’s probably a bit of a sad reflection on my life that, about 7.45 am every Monday when I walk into the office, I ask a colleague: ‘is it Friday yet?’. Shortly after asking the question, I regularly observe that we spend more than half of our lives, wishing life away. Monday through Thursday weContinueContinue reading “Is it Friday yet?”

W for Warm

Today’s A to Z Challenge inspiration is brought to you by the letter ‘W’ and the word ‘warm’. It’s a little more of Gabriella and Antonio. If you haven’t caught up with them, the beginning of their story started in the post for ‘E’ and continued with ‘I’. Warm. I felt warm from the topContinueContinue reading “W for Warm”