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A dark, creepy, strange sort of love story

A dark, creepy, strange sort of love story

I returned from the recent Romance Writers of New Zealand conference with a heap of books to read in a range of genres. That’s one of the things I love about our conferences:...

It’s a doggy dog world out there!

When we get a lot of email and field a lot of phone calls, inevitably we’ll become hyper-aware of grammar boobs — both of the written and verbal variety. (Unsurprising,...
Freaks in the City giveaways!

Freaks in the City giveaways!

AND THE WINNERS ARE…. 1) JOYCE REECE 2) SAHARAI Congratulations, ladies! ~~~~ Hi all, You may have guessed that my latest book, Freaks in the City, launched a bit earlier than...
Organ measurement

Organ measurement

I’ve been saving up this particular Word of the Week for a while now–so long, in fact, I can’t remember where I first came across the word! I suspect it was in the...
Freaks in the City is live!

Freaks in the City is live!

Hi all, I’d planned to launch the sequel to my YA, Freaks of Greenfield High, at the end of this month. But my wonderful hubby has come through for me–again!–and done...
Freaks in the City – excerpt

Freaks in the City – excerpt

Counting down to the release of the sequel to Freaks of Greenfield High — woohoo! All going to plan, FREAKS IN THE CITY will be available from 31st August 2012 at Smashwords,...

Quote of the week from Mark Coker

Quote of the week–or perhaps year–comes from the uber-discerning and marketing-savvy Mark Coker of Smashwords: “Pay attention to romance.  Study it.  Read it. ...

They’re heeeeere!

Gotta love a guy who’ll put aside working on his own project to help you with yours — and without you even having to nag or not-so-subtly hint ask, either *g* What am...