I attended a meeting of our local chapter of Romance Writers of New Zealand and it was sobering to realize that I am now a senior member of our local group and RWNZ too - not quite the oldest, but not far off - but you won’t hear me say that out loud. Our Coast […]
Revisiting an old post… How to Create Emotional Tension in your writing. Often writers get rejections that say in essence not enough emotional tension. So what is strange creature “Emotional Tension”? It is the No 1 essential ingredient in a book, any book. Emotional tension is what hooks your readers…and keeps them turning the page. Write […]
What is the best way to say… I love you. Valentine’s Day can put a lot of pressure on couples. Is there a perfect way to say those three simple words that mean so much. Is the generic “I love you” along with a bunch of flowers enough? Or should lovers prepare a deep meaningful speech before a big kiss? […]
Coming Soon The Farmer Takes A Wife : Book Three in The Mulleins of Katherine Bay Excerpt Heath Mullein swore as ice hit bare skin. Hail clumped and tipped off the brim of his sou’wester and slid down his neck. A fitting end to a rotten day. This morning he’d found the stud Angus […]
Something about beginning a new year makes one re-assess one’s goals. I’ve never been one for making New Year’s Resolutions. Life is far too short to waste on meaningless rituals and for many folk this is exactly what NYR are. I prefer to quietly set myself a goal, and this is the important part, an acheivable goal, and work […]
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Looking Back It is at this time of the year that we as humans, tend to look back at the past year and assess the highs and lows. This is especially so for me as I celebrate yet another birthday on Boxing Day (26th) December. A few days before last Christmas I received a rejection letter from a […]
One Hour to Midnight My next release available pre-Christmas Ten years ago Veronica Langdon thought relinquishing her infant son was the toughest choice she would ever have to make… turns out she was wrong. Jordan is dying and to save his life she has to re-visit her painful past, the child she gave away…. and […]
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NaNoWriMo is over for another year. One Hour To Midnight was verified at 77, 500 words on 25/11/2012. Now I have this sense of being at a loose end. It was a great boost to know that to reach a goal I had to put in so many hours each day to acheive the word count I’d set […]