Cue the party poppers and streamers and the big band!
Pop the champers!
BUSTED IN BOLLYWOOD is officially launched today, woo hoo!
This book has a long history and to finally see it published is so satisfying.
One day I'll share the road to publication with you.
Today's not that day.
Today I'm par-tying!
You can find me happy dancing at SAVVY AUTHORS and BOOKTHINGO.
Showing posts with label interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interviews. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Thursday, December 01, 2011
BOLLY-BITES recipe 2: lassi
SISTERHOOD OF THE JAUNTY QUILLS (thanks to Kristan Higgins for inviting me to blog!) where I share my next Bolly-Bites recipe, for refreshing lassi (best summer drink ever!)
ROMANCE WRITERS OF AUSTRALIA
I AM A READER NOT A WRITER
Come and leave a comment for a chance to win BUSTED IN BOLLYWOOD at each stop.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Another big book giveaway!
I'm a featured author over at Small Blogs, Big Giveaways today.
Go check out my interview for GIRL IN A VINTAGE DRESS.
And yes, I'm giving away books!
(check out the other books on offer too!)
In addition, I'm giving away 2 signed copies of Girl in a Vintage Dress right here!
To be in the running:
-Follow my blog
-For a bonus entry, 'like' my Facebook author page (link in sidebar.)
Good luck!
Sunday, August 07, 2011
I'm in the news...
Following an interview I did with uber journalist Neil McMahon recently, his article FEEL THE LOVE is in THE AGE newspaper today.
It's a positive look at romantic fiction.
Well worth a read.
And here's the result of my 90 minute shoot with the photographer.
(Photo: Craig Sillitoe, The Age, 7/8/11)
It's a positive look at romantic fiction.
Well worth a read.
And here's the result of my 90 minute shoot with the photographer.
(Photo: Craig Sillitoe, The Age, 7/8/11)
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Saturday, December 20, 2008
THE WRITE WHISPER: Romance PR
If you read or write romance, I want you to go outside right now, stand in the middle of your street, fling your arms in the air and shout "I love romance!" Shout it loud and proud. Make sure every person for miles hears you.
Okay, okay, I'm exaggerating but as romance lovers, I think that's what we have to do.
We have to be proud of the romance genre.
We have to hold our head up and meet gazes head on when people ask what we do and we respond 'romance writing.'
We have to proudly display that cover of a bare-chested hero in a steamy embrace with a gorgeous heroine while we're reading on the train.
We are romance ambassadors, every single one of us.
Last night, I was interviewed by several journalists in India to coincide with Harlequin Mills and Boon's 100th anniversary and the writing competition they've just launched there (more about that on Monday.)
The interviews went for 50 minutes total with a wide array of questions and the one thing that struck me, that has struck me repeatedly when I've done library talks or been a guest speaker elsewhere, is how fabulous romance is and how lucky I am to be part of it.
It's a genre that generated $1.375 billion dollars last year, with the biggest seller being contemporary series romance (Mills and Boon series romances), with 25.7% of the romance pie, followed by contemporary romance 21.8%, historical romance 16%, paranormal 11.8%, inspirational 7.1%, romantic suspense 4.7% with other subgenres to follow.
Harlequin sold 130 million books worldwide, equating to 1 book every 4 seconds and is the biggest romance publisher in the world.
These are statistics to be proud of.
These are statistics we should know as romance ambassadors.
Say it loud and say it proud.
"I love romance!"
That's my 'write not-so-whisper' for the day.
Okay, okay, I'm exaggerating but as romance lovers, I think that's what we have to do.
We have to be proud of the romance genre.
We have to hold our head up and meet gazes head on when people ask what we do and we respond 'romance writing.'
We have to proudly display that cover of a bare-chested hero in a steamy embrace with a gorgeous heroine while we're reading on the train.
We are romance ambassadors, every single one of us.
Last night, I was interviewed by several journalists in India to coincide with Harlequin Mills and Boon's 100th anniversary and the writing competition they've just launched there (more about that on Monday.)
The interviews went for 50 minutes total with a wide array of questions and the one thing that struck me, that has struck me repeatedly when I've done library talks or been a guest speaker elsewhere, is how fabulous romance is and how lucky I am to be part of it.
It's a genre that generated $1.375 billion dollars last year, with the biggest seller being contemporary series romance (Mills and Boon series romances), with 25.7% of the romance pie, followed by contemporary romance 21.8%, historical romance 16%, paranormal 11.8%, inspirational 7.1%, romantic suspense 4.7% with other subgenres to follow.
Harlequin sold 130 million books worldwide, equating to 1 book every 4 seconds and is the biggest romance publisher in the world.
These are statistics to be proud of.
These are statistics we should know as romance ambassadors.
Say it loud and say it proud.
"I love romance!"
That's my 'write not-so-whisper' for the day.
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