How did you discover you wanted to be a writer? I’ve always written, either for fun because it’s something I enjoy, or for work. For many years I ran a blog reviewing movies and TV shows. I also wrote as part of my job as a TV producer, and that was far and away my favourite aspect of the role. I can find enjoyment in writing anything. Emails and memos, scripts about some show I would never usually watch. it all gives me a kick. But it was in 2018 when I decided I might have more than a 30 …
Member New Release – Amy Hutton
Title: Love from Scratch Author: Amy Hutton Date: June 5, 2024 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Format: Trade Paperback, eBook, Audiobook Blurb: Opposites attract in this laugh-out-loud rom-com about a heart-throb actor, the grumpy woman who minds his beloved dog, and the cat that steals his heart. Summary about the book: Ethan James has a problem: he’s about to start shooting a movie and he needs someone to mind his anxious dog, Harry. This film could make or break Ethan’s career, and he knows he has to give it all his attention, but Harry’s new minder turns out to be …
Members New Release – Annika Johansson
Title: Downstream Author: Annika Johansson Date: 30 April 2024 Publisher: Echo Publishing Format: Paperback, E-book Back cover blurb (longer): What happens when your great Australian dream gets washed away? And then tries to drag your marriage down with it? Lismore resident Rob – a happily married empty-nester, enjoying his late middle age – has always defined himself by the quality of the roof over his head and the state of his family life. Solid. Safe. Stable. But when the 2022 flood hits, he and his wife Sal find themselves homeless, their lives now the very opposite of secure and predictable. …
Author New Release – Sandra Carmel
Title: Sage Advice Author: Sandra Carmel Date: 25th June release Publisher: Totally Bound (part of the Totally Entwined Group) Format: Ebook and paperback Blurb: Two hearts in danger. One destiny… Sage, a psychologist struggling with a client’s suicide. Alexander, an ex-military man trying to adapt to civilian life. A stalker, who has terrorized Sage for months. Against Sage’s wishes, Chase, her overprotective older brother, recruits his best friend Alexander—her infuriating teenage crush—to help keep her safe. Forced proximity creates a second chance at love—a love neither believed possible. With danger growing closer, will Sage and Alexander survive the threat to …
Author New Release – Sandra Carmel
Title: The Best-Laid Plans (part of the Oh, Baby collection) Author: Sandra Carmel Date: 16th July release date – currently available for pre-order Publisher: Totally Bound (part of the Totally Entwined Group) Format: Ebook and paperback Blurb: What happens when the best-laid plans create an accidental baby? Archer Aldrich, a commitment-phobic, full-human CEO of his own company in Melbourne, Australia, discovers that he must marry by Valentine’s Day to inherit a shit-ton of money from his great-uncle’s will. His dilemma deepens when the woman he has the hots for—Temperance Elskelig, a part-Jade-Violet vampire, part-human—is slated to return to Norway because …
Author Spotlight – Joanne Speirs
How did you discover you wanted to be a writer? Always a voracious reader, I only started writing after my mum passed away. The couple of years after, I fell into a bit of a dark hole and a friend suggested I ‘write and get the sh*t out of my head’. Seven years later, my debut novel was released with Harlequin. What did you do to actively pursue writing? (Joining RWAus, Mentorship etc) I had to learn the craft of writing fiction and undertook Manuscript Incubator with Writers SA, where I met Victoria Purman. Victoria introduced me to RWA and …
Sally Thorne’s Top Tips for Making an Impression at Book Signings.
Do you want to meet your favourite authors and leave an ever-lasting impression but not sure how to? Well author of ‘The Hating Game,’ Sally Thorne, has shared what makes book signings so special for her.RWAus is excited to welcome Sally to Trope Actually next month, where she will be signing at Stamford Grand along with Christina Lauren, Morgana Best and Kat T Masen. If you love reading enemies to lovers or office romances, then you’ll love attending this event! A full range of signing authors can be found here. Sally shares that book signings are unique events where authors …
Author New Release
Current RWAus Member? Yes Title: Quinn, by design Author: Jennifer Raines Date: 18 June 2024 Publisher: Inkspell Publishing Format: e-book and paperback Blurb: She’s antiques royalty, he’s relentlessly modern Master carpenter NIALL QUINN’s passion is creating bespoke furniture. Everything else comes second until his ex-fiancé ditches him when he gifts another creation to a friend, and he discovers his brother has been carrying his dead father’s debts. Niall’s self-respect demands he pay his share. He’s landed a prestigious exhibition of his work with a top gallery, possible in part because of the support of an antiques dealer who’s been mentor, …
Author Spotlight – Keighley Bradford
How did you discover you wanted to be a writer? I liked guessing what would happen next in stories and was never right. It opened my eyes to the endless possibilities of storytelling, so I began writing and never stopped. What did you do to actively pursue writing? (Joining RWAus, Mentorship etc). I’ve been writing since I was 13. I joined the local writing club in high school and entered national writing competitions. Once I graduated, I started doing self-paced courses until I started uni, where I studied writing and publishing. During this time, I continued to learn everything I …
Author Spotlight – Ellen Read
How did you discover you wanted to be a writer? I have read books all my life. It seemed a natural progression. I had always written short stories and poems. I wrote my first novel at 18 years old and I kept writing books. What did you do to actively pursue writing? (Joining RWAus, Mentorship etc) I retired and moved from North Queensland to South East Queensland. I found myself with more time to write. What do you find are the advantages of being part of RWAus? I find there are some many opportunities, for competitions, and engagement. I haven’t …