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Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop
I’m thrilled to be part of the Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop hosted by Book’d Out and Confessions from Romaholics. My Australia Day celebrations include gifting one lucky person anywhere in the world a stash of Australian art bookmarks and a digital copy of my Australia Day short romance, Mistaken Engagement. Just leave a…
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Family history & fictional pasts
I’ve gone visiting again — I know! Some people are never home 😉 I took a photo of my great-granddad and dashed over to the Darkside Down Under hangout of Australian speculative fiction romance authors to talk about the strangeness of writing an alternative history of a time and place where I know my great-granddad…
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Finders Keepers by PG Forte
I was fortunate enough to read an early draft of Finders Keepers by PG Forte, so when I saw the cover I could appreciate how brilliantly it captures the essence of the story: the season, the futuristic setting, the love tangle and the hope. PG’s writing constantly challenges me. I say: Ugh, I hate vampires.…
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Australian Women Writers Challenge
The Australian Women Writers (AWW) Challenge started this year, and I signed up early. It’s not for writers, it’s for readers. You commit to reading a certain number of books by Australian women writers, and you challenge yourself to read outside your usual genres. Libraries are a huge help in browsing for different, new-to-you authors.…
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Halloween Party
Big hugs to my lovely fellow Here Be Magic authors. Even as you read this, they’re choosing the (out of date) music for a month-long party. We mightn’t be hipsters, but we’re fun, our conversation is loud and improper, our laughter is worse 😉 and there are PRIZES! Details below: The Carina Press authors at…