One of the pleasures of an author’s life is to have the opportunity to speak about their work and I’ve been doing that lately, at Gatton and Laidley Libraries in the Lockyer Valley on Friday 3rd November and now today at the Indie Author Expo at Ipswich Central Library. What a great resource the public library network is in Australia …. I invariably find the libraries are run by outstanding, dedicated professionals who are conscious of serving their reading public. Top marks

One of the pleasures of an author’s life is to have the opportunity to speak about their work and I’ve been doing that lately, at Gatton and Laidley Libraries in the Lockyer Valley on Friday 3rd November and now today at the Indie Author Expo at Ipswich Central Library. What a great resource the public library network is in Australia …. I invariably find the libraries are run by outstanding, dedicated professionals who are conscious of serving their reading public. Top marks

The House of Secrets: Julia’s Story and To Love, Honour & Betray – book 2 of the Belleville family saga. OK so I confess – I’m still struggling to balance my day job and my life as an author but November will be a busy month for Library visits in Queensland and NSW. If you are interested in hearing me talk about my writing, the era in which my books are set, the social settings that shape the stories and how the story has developed, I look forward to meeting you at one of the

The House of Secrets: Julia’s Story and To Love, Honour & Betray – book 2 of the Belleville family saga. OK so I confess – I’m still struggling to balance my day job and my life as an author but November will be a busy month for Library visits in Queensland and NSW. If you are interested in hearing me talk about my writing, the era in which my books are set, the social settings that shape the stories and how the story has developed, I look forward to meeting you at one of the

It’s a great relief to have got to this point – having first been over optimistic about the timeframe for the release of book 2 of the Belleville family saga. I expect to have the real thing in my hands by the end of next week. First print run is in production. For those who buy via Amazon, To Love, Honour & Betray is now available at this link: CLICK HERE There is an Amazon preview screen to read the first chapter and a half here: CLICK HERE The next anxious period is waitin

It’s a great relief to have got to this point – having first been over optimistic about the timeframe for the release of book 2 of the Belleville family saga. I expect to have the real thing in my hands by the end of next week. First print run is in production. For those who buy via Amazon, To Love, Honour & Betray is now available at this link: CLICK HERE There is an Amazon preview screen to read the first chapter and a half here: CLICK HERE The next anxious period is waitin

To Love, Honour & Betray Book 2 of the Belleville Family saga ISBN 9780994327611 A$24.95 print paperback – pre-order & special price now available at  www.pmabooks.com ISBN 9780994327628 – ebook (except Kindle) – available soon Kindle edition will be uploaded in the next couple of days Well, I’ve finished the book …. no more tweaking now. The cover has been finalised. Just doing the final production phase heading towards printing and the e-book version being available. Wha

To Love, Honour & Betray Book 2 of the Belleville Family saga ISBN 9780994327611 A$24.95 print paperback – pre-order & special price now available at  www.pmabooks.com ISBN 9780994327628 – ebook (except Kindle) – available soon Kindle edition will be uploaded in the next couple of days Well, I’ve finished the book …. no more tweaking now. The cover has been finalised. Just doing the final production phase heading towards printing and the e-book version being available. Wha

I haven’t been very active on my blog of recent times …. my excuse: busy with the day job and then trying to find time to write Book 2 of the Belleville family saga. Plus getting a bad virus that knocked me down for a while. I attended the recent pop up bookshop in Caloundra organised by the Tamarind Book Club on Sunday 6 November – a successful day for authors, I believe. I wanted to sell down the remainder of Book 1 stock – and I did pretty well at that – the stack was much

I haven’t been very active on my blog of recent times …. my excuse: busy with the day job and then trying to find time to write Book 2 of the Belleville family saga. Plus getting a bad virus that knocked me down for a while. I attended the recent pop up bookshop in Caloundra organised by the Tamarind Book Club on Sunday 6 November – a successful day for authors, I believe. I wanted to sell down the remainder of Book 1 stock – and I did pretty well at that – the stack was much

It is a giant mistake to think you can give your website an update in half an hour. I tell you now that is impossible, so the several Sunday hours I should have spent with my characters, progressing their lives and loves, I instead spent updating my website and learning more about the capabilities of the CMS (content management system, for the uninitiated). I did achieve something though (I think). For anyone interested in my writing, you can get, for free, the first four cha

It is a giant mistake to think you can give your website an update in half an hour. I tell you now that is impossible, so the several Sunday hours I should have spent with my characters, progressing their lives and loves, I instead spent updating my website and learning more about the capabilities of the CMS (content management system, for the uninitiated). I did achieve something though (I think). For anyone interested in my writing, you can get, for free, the first four cha

So it’s Sunday and I’m back in Brisbane and reflecting on my author talks at Laidley and Gatton on Friday. Click on the links to find out where these towns are. Gatton is best known for its agricultural college. As we drove through the area we were impressed by the neat rows and rows of beautiful healthy vegetables. First of all a big ‘thank you’ to Nic in Laidley and Sue in Gatton – who made me feel very welcome. I was so impressed by the service these women and their collea

So it’s Sunday and I’m back in Brisbane and reflecting on my author talks at Laidley and Gatton on Friday. Click on the links to find out where these towns are. Gatton is best known for its agricultural college. As we drove through the area we were impressed by the neat rows and rows of beautiful healthy vegetables. First of all a big ‘thank you’ to Nic in Laidley and Sue in Gatton – who made me feel very welcome. I was so impressed by the service these women and their collea

The beautiful Botanic Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand The problem when you have a busy and intellectually demanding day job is that the writing life you’ve also committed to gets scant attention at times. Do I have the headspace to progress my writing career and steer a traditional print media magazine group through the challenging transition phase we’re currently seeing in the print media sector as well give my attention to my first love? Frustrated and confused, I went

The beautiful Botanic Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand The problem when you have a busy and intellectually demanding day job is that the writing life you’ve also committed to gets scant attention at times. Do I have the headspace to progress my writing career and steer a traditional print media magazine group through the challenging transition phase we’re currently seeing in the print media sector as well give my attention to my first love? Frustrated and confused, I went