Greetings, Romance readers! I hope you had a wonderful holiday break and that this post finds you inspired and ready to face 2023 with a fresh heart and mind. I have taken some time these holidays to take stock of what it is I really want to achieve with my writing. I’ve been getting side … More Happy New Year. Bring on 2023!

I’ve just done the scariest thing in my life. I’ve submitted my manuscript to a real life editor. While I do love my story, I am quietly screaming inside. It’s a new level of terror to let a complete stranger see something that I’ve been working on for the past 18 months or so. Especially … More Submitted

Yes, it’s December. The madness has started. It’s easy to get caught up in all the hype this time of year and lately I’ve been rushing around like a mad chicken with its head cut off. With kids’ rehearsals for end of year performances, Christmas shopping, end of year prize giving’s, the odd Santa parade … More Take Time to Smell the Roses

Recently I attended the Romance Writers of New Zealand annual conference.  In one of the sessions we spoke about our characters and one term popped up. The “To Stupid to Live” characters. We all know them, they are the ones that we scream at in horror films because they have just run upstairs, or into … More To Stupid to Live

  There are days when the answer to this question is quite hard to figure out. Recently, I’ve been “researching” for three books that I plan to write over the next year or two.  I say researching but it’s really just been watching A LOT of V8 Supercars, googling past papers, and reading a lot … More What am I working on?

So I attended a local writers group this week. It’s held once a month at the local library. We’ll be putting together an Anthology of work prepared by members of the group for the Manawatu Writers Festival. I had been thinking about what to write for the last week, and as can happen from time … More Local Anthology