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I just finished watching the third and final season of Penny Dreadful. If you haven’t seen it yet, go watch it before you read this. There will be spoilers. As a writer of love stories, I understand the happily ever after doesn’t always happen as it’s supposed to. But, writing romance, happily ever after, and […]

      Writer’s Toys is a series of blogs outlining a bunch of different literary devices. I’m writing it as much for my benefit as yours – while I know I use some of these things, I have no idea what they are!! I’m hoping to educate both of us, so we can use […]

“Mocha! Come here girl!” My cat zoomed across the front lawn and in the door like a coffee-coloured bolt of lightning. I went to close the door, but was arrested by an irritated sounding, “Hey!” Looking around, I found my gorgeous new neighbour coming in my direction. He’d been loads of fun to watch move […]

I’ve recently been doing a little bit of title-and-cover updating for my Perth Girls series. While I liked my titles and covers, I wasn’t sure they properly conveyed the intent of the series, that it was a romance series, and that it was about individual relationships. I also updated blurbs and meta-data, so that searching […]

  I’ve been overwhelming myself with marketing and PR information over the past couple of days, to the point where I’m sure I look like a deer in headlights. Today, I decided what Australia’s indie novelists need is a resource to help them get their career off the ground. It will start with a book. […]

Whoever it was who said writing a romance novel is easy needs to spend a week in my shoes. I am around 5000 words (two writing days) away from penning the final words in The Defiant One – the second book in my Perth Girls series. Its been a mission. I’ve had to dig deep, […]

Like every other worthwhile endeavour, writing a book takes effort. Writing a whole bunch of books takes a whole bunch of effort. Writing a shitload of books… well, you get the picture. Building a career as a bankable author is a daunting task. Ask any bankable author. Apart from the very rare overnight sensation (EL […]

They say you put a little piece of yourself into every story you write. With my Perth Girls series, each of the three heroines definitely got a piece of me, or should I say, I gave them a piece.   They are my ‘write what you know’ stories, so it made sense to give those […]

Writer’s Toys is a series of blogs outlining a bunch of different literary devices. I’m writing it as much for my benefit as yours – while I know I use some of these things, I have no idea what they are!! I’m hoping to educate both of us, so we can use these devices on […]

You’re probably a busy person. We all are these days. So much stuff needs to happen in such a short period of time – it’s easy to blink and find that it’s already tomorrow, and all your plans for today have gone bye-bye. Some experts say you should ‘write every day’. Others say you shouldn’t […]