It’s here. Winter has joined us and we celebrate the change in the season with another fantastic line-up from our Members with their New Releases.
Pitch Like A Professional: A Conference Primer | AJ Blythe
Gearing up for the Romance Writers of Australia conference in August? Excited but silently terrified about the opportunity to pitch your book? “Pitch Like a Professional” is a four-week conference primer designed to get your synopsis, query letter, in-person pitch (and you!) glinting with readiness.
Behind the Scenes: The Recording of an Audiobook | Heidi Wessman Kneale
Interested in DIY audiobook production? Learn what is required to produce good-quality audiobooks at home.
Self-Editing: a Four-Step Approach to Polishing Your Novel | Janet Gover
Give your work the best possible chance in the increasing tough world of publishing. Learn how to self-edit your work. Polish your work and present it to others at its very best.
Tips from and Industry Insider | Marketing Strategies for New Releases
Now that I’m an author as well as a publicist, I know why everybody groans when the word ‘marketing’ comes up. It’s a hungry monster with a never-ending appetite. How do you know what to feed it? And how do you plan meal times so that it doesn’t take up every minute of your writing, leisure and family time? The key is to not give in to demand feeding.
Simply Writing| A Four letter word called PLOT by Ebony McKenna
Welcome everyone! A while ago I asked what topics you’d like covered, and Toni mentioned she’d love a post on plotting. As a pantser, I don’t believe I’m the best person to offer advice, so I’ve asked Ebony McKenna, author of Edit Your Romance Novel, to give us a rundown on her process of plotting. I hope you guys find this post as interesting and helpful as I did ☺
Cover Crush | May
May has arrived and so has the winter chill. We have said goodbye to summer dresses, long days filled with sunshine and the background reverberation of cicadas at night. Winter is almost here, but that’s okay, because our Member’s New Releases will keep us warm.
The ‘U’-word | Nikki Logan
Author Branding: Why You Need it Before You Sell presented by Nikki Logan. Online, May 6 – June 2
How to be creative | Sarah Gates
In Year 2, my class was given a homework assignment: a self portrait. I, like every other seven-year-old except for one, drew a picture of my face. But one girl took a different approach. She sculpted her likeness out of Playdough.
Setting and Context |A PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES WITH STELLA QUINN
Episode 3 Australia’s Great Southern Land Rural romance is always popular, and I wonder what makes it so? Is it the history of rural settings? The rugged outdoors, the smalltown cosy factor, the sense of life being lived at a slower, more meaningful pace? The appeal of RuRo no doubt varies from reader to reader, but it is indisputable that setting and context must play a leading role in that appeal.