Now 2020 is upon us – holidays are over, kids are back in school and we’re ready for a head down bottoms up back start to the year. But it’s still summer and the living is easy! Welcome to blog contributor Janet Gover! Janet is an award winning novelist who loves writing books about the Australian outback and joins us here today to tell us about three things she learned while writing ‘The Lawson Sisters’.
February OWL | Backstory Timing: When to Release the Past for Best Effect by Sandy Vaile
The Write Backstory with Confidence workshop is for fiction writers who want to avoid information dumps and use backstory to provide character motivation that resonates with readers!
February OWL | The Rhythm Method by Abigail Nathan
The RWA OWL: ‘The Rhythm Method’ will guide you through different techniques to tighten your text, improve your pacing and find the rhythm in your writing.
Kiss and Tell | Megan Mayfair
Victorian author Megan Mayfair is making a fabulous splash in the romance world, with her work receiving accolades galore from both readers and writers. Megan was shortlisted for an impressive five nominations in this year’s Australian Romance Readers Awards and last year scooped the pool with the Romance Writers Association’s Romantic Book of the Year award for her novel Tangled Vines. What a way to kick off a career in romance writing!
The RuBY Monologues | Penelope Janu
Welcome to our 2019 RuBY winners spotlight – first up – Penelope Janu! Penelope won the RuBy in the contempory category. The story follows Golden Saunder’s, who’s life becomes distinctly messy when United Nations diplomat (read: spy) Tor Amundsen, enters her life. This delightful contemporary rural romance is warm hearted and full of emotions to pull our heart strings!
Red Hot Summer Reads
2020’s romance reads are heating up! Today we feature Elisabeth Rose and Vanda Vadas, their books, and their favourite place for summer reading.
Simply Writing | JUST WHEN WE THINK WE’RE SHOWING . . .
First up, I’d like to apologise for the absence of a December post. Life got suddenly crazy in that month, with a heap of family visiting from overseas and end of school craziness. I hope you’ve all had a safe, happy and healthy festive season and new year. I’d just like to send my love and thoughts out to those in fire torn areas. For those of you on Twitter, you may have seen some great support through #AuthorsForFireys. I’d like to thank each and every one of you who shared posts or bid—please know that everything you do, no …
Member New Releases | January 2020
Billionaire’s Wife On PaperMelanie MilburneHarlequin PresentsDigital, PrintLearn More Close to the TruthShona HuskEscapeDigitalLearn More The Train GuyMichelle PrakMichelle PrakDigital, PrintLearn More Breaking IceAnnie De SousaAmazonDigitalLearn More In the StarsElizabeth JayneElizabeth Jayne BooksDigital, PrintLearn More The Sinful ScotMaddison MichaelsEntangled PublishingDigital, Print, AudioLearn More The Lawson SistersJanet GoverMira – AUDigital, Print, AudioLearn More TemptationCamille TaylorIndie PublishedDigitalLearn More Murtairean. An Assassin’s TaleJenn LeesJennifer LeesDigital, PrintLearn More A Twist of FateErin Moira O’HaraErin Moira O’Hara PublishingDigital, PrintLearn More PrueAnneMarie BrearDigital, PrintLearn More Little Blond LiesJosie BakerExposed PublishingDigitalLearn More
Red Hot Summer Reads
Are you ready for a fabulous 2020? Get your romance reads off to a red hot start with some of our members new releases. Today we feature Jayne Kingsley and Samantha Marshall, their books, and their favourite place for summer reading.
Three things I learned while writing… One Summer in Santorini
We hope you are all recovered from Christmas and have some time to relax. And just in time for summer holidays, welcome our last blog contributor for 2019 – Sandy Barker. Sandy joins us to today to tell us about three things she learned while writing ‘One Summer in Santorini’.