Kiss and Tell | John Purcell

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Welcome to 2019, and the first Kiss and Tell in our genre diversification series. I’ve loved bringing you interviews with our fabulous romance authors over the last twelve months. Like many of my fellow RWA members, I delight in reading both inside and outside of the romance genre, so I’m excited to shake things up in 2019 and speak with a wide variety of Australian writers.

Simply Writing | NEW YEAR Q&A

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Welcome to 2019! Thanks so much for joining me so soon in the New Year. I hope you’ve had a fab Summer and are ready to face an exciting and productive year of writing. So, last month we looked at what YOU wanted to know, and in this, my first post for 2019, I’d love to continue with more of the same.

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How to set up a Weebly website in 4 easy lessons

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Presented by Sara Hood Course Dates: 4 February — 3 March 2019 Cost: RWA Member—$55. Non-RWA Member—$88. Venue: Facebook Booking link: www.trybooking.com/ZOIH About the course… As writers, we need to have a website. It doesn’t need to be complex, but it does need to exist. How do we do that with limited resources, both financial and time? Easy! Weebly. A simple, drag and drop online website builder and host that requires minimal technical knowledge to set up. And I do mean minimal. If you can fill your car with petrol, you can make a Weebly website. This course will show …

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OWL: Edit Your Own Romance Novel

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Presented by Ebony McKenna Course Dates: 4 February — 3 March 2019Cost: RWA Member—$55. Non-RWA Member—$88.Venue: Online – RWA Moodle PlatformBooking link: www.trybooking.com/ZOEH About the course… In the dark about editing? Let Ebony McKenna show you how to edit your own romance manuscript and deliver a great story for your readers, with this intensive online course. These are the same techniques she used for her self-published novel, The Girl & The Ghost, and it won the RuBY! The course will run for four weeks. Lesson material will be made available on Moodle at the start of each week in the …

Cover Crush | December/January

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Twelve months has come and gone since I began this blog and it has given me such an insight into the importance of visually appealing covers for our great work. A series of unexpected end-of-year events has meant this month will feature both December and January’s Cover Crush nominations.

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Volunteer of the Month | Kristine Charles

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An avid reader since before she could walk, Kristine Charles loves telling fairytales. Sure, they started out as stories of gnomes and elves and pixies, but now they’ve morphed into tales of contemporary romance in which successful women live the ups and downs of their lives, and generally find a fabulous man (or two!) along the way. When she’s not writing you can find Kristine working (in employee relations) or managing the RWA Ripping Start contest. She’ll usually have coffee, wine, or whisky by her side. And chocolate. Lots of chocolate. She also loves talking to newbie authors, paying forward …