A couple of weeks ago I attended the Romance Writers of Australia annual conference. I had a ball. I caught up with friends, pitched my manuscript to agents, attended the fancy dress cocktail party (although this year I wussed on the costume and just wore a blingy tiara with my jeans for the tiara and…
Inspiration
Conference week
Every year I head off to the Romance Writers of Australia conference in August. This is that week. I always see the conference as a “recharge of my writing well”. I meet up with friends who I only get to see face to face each year in August and attend workshops with “aha” moments and…
Why worry?
As I’ve been chasing my tail all week thanks to a public holiday on Monday, I only started writing today’s post earlier today. Before it was finished I had to walk away from the computer to run some errands. Of course, when I came back I found my computer had updated. When it restarted, my…
Writing Retreat
Last Thursday I flew south and met up with two friends, authors Leisl Leighton and Marnie St Clair, for a 4-day writing retreat (although it was only two and a half of actual writing thanks to travel). We stayed in a holiday house on the Mornington Peninsula, just a short walk to the beach. Here’s…
How to celebrate publication?
Lots of my writing friends celebrate the publication of their books in some way, for example, a few of them buy a new charm for their bracelet – which they purchased to celebrate the publication of their first book. This is a lovely idea and I’d love to have something to celebrate the success of…