Jayne writes contemporary romance filled with fashionable and fun heroines and hunky heroes. She holds a Bachelor of Design and spent 12 years working in the Fashion industry before hanging up her stilettos (temporarily) for life as a mum. She currently resides on the picturesque south coast of NSW with her two young daughters and her own real-life gorgeous hero Jayne’s hobbies include drinking coffee and wine, depending on the time of day, and adding shoes to her already ridiculously large collection. She spends her days working as personal assistant to her two delightful girls (and writing happily ever afters …
Volunteer of the Month | Kristine Charles
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 …
Volunteer of the Month | Elizabeth Squire and Jennifer Brassel
This month we thank and celebrate not one – but two of our dedicated volunteers! Elizabeth Squire is our Professional developments manager and sits on the RWA committee. She not only spends a lot of her time developing, researching and sourcing professional development packages and courses for our members, but also volunteered her time this last weekend (24 &25 November) to represent RWA at the Wollongong Writers Festival. Thank you for your hard work and dedication, Elizabeth! Our second thank you goes to— Jennifer Brassel who volunteered her time on the Saturday at the Wollongong Writers Festival to assist Elizabeth …