Why I won’t survive a zombie apocalypse

If the zombie apocalypse ever happens, I’m a goner. When life gets down to survival of the fittest there are three things everyone needs: food, water and shelter. Although I’m reasonably smart, have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and reckon I could outrun any of those monsters, I would fail in one monumental way. Food. You see my …

Survivor: Submission Island – My call story

As an aspiring author I used to love reading about how other authors got ‘The Call’ – that phone call or email when a publisher tells you they want to buy your book. The one thing I learnt reading all of these stories is that the path to publication can be so different. Mine was no exception. In 2013 the …

Promo – Amanda Bridgeman: Aurora Centralis

I’m excited to be part of the Aurora Centralis Official Blog Tour. Aurora Centralis is book 4 in the bestselling Aurora series and the author, Amanda Bridgeman, is a West Australian author like me. She’s also published by my publisher, Momentum. When we discovered we both lived in Perth, we met for coffee and had a great time chatting about …

Best Childhood Game

I must admit the wedding I went to on the weekend has put me into a reminiscing mood. I was watching all my cousins’ children running around and it reminded me of doing the exact same thing when I was their age. It also made me remember one of my absolute favourite games, which was a slightly different version of …

The joy of weddings

I love weddings. I guess coming from a romance author it’s really no surprise, but I was reminded of the joy of weddings on the weekend when I attended my cousin’s wedding.  So the main reasons why I’m so enamoured with the tradition are: It’s a happy celebration – the promise of a future together It’s a family reunion It’s …

Promo – All That Sparkles

I’m so excited to show off my new cover! All That Sparkles is Book 2 in The Texan Quartet and it comes out on 23 April 2015. In actual fact I’m just finishing the copy-edits for it right now. Imogen Fontaine is living every girl’s dream. She is a fashion designer for her family’s haute couture label, lives in a …

RWA Conference – Melbourne

August 21-23 2015 I’ll be flying to Melbourne in August for the Romance Writers of Australia national conference. It’s a highlight of the year because I get to catch up with a whole lot of people I only see online, and I get to spend three days talking writing without boring anyone!

ARRA Book Signing

August 9 2014 I was at the Australian Romance Readers Association book-signing event in Sydney in August. It was held in conjunction with the Romance Writers of Australia conference, and ran from 5-6 pm at the Pullman Hotel in Olympic Park.