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Hibernation

It has been a little while since I posted last. It’s winter here in Melbourne, and while it’s not cold enough for snow or anything, it’s still cold enough for me to want to stay inside with a knee blanket. I had a small launch celebration with some friends for the release of Carter and Carter Detective Agency. We did a murder mystery game that I bought from an Etsy store. It was set in a ski…

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Introducing: The Carter & Carter Detective Agency

You heard it here first: I’ve written another branching narrative, in the style of Choose Your Own Adventure novels, and this time it’s a mystery! Louise and Megan Carter own and operate the Carter & Carter Detective Agency. They’re also sisters. Most of the time they work on affairs and insurance claims, but this story follows the sisters as they try to find missing person Penny Bean. What’s a…

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Pillion for a Police Officer - available now

Last October, you will remember that my novella, Pillion for a Police Officer, was released as part of the antholoy, Winds of Change. The anthology is no longer available (it was a strictly limited release), but my novella is now available as a stand alone book, in both ebook and print versions. If you’d like to order an ebook copy, use the link here. If you would like signed print copies,…

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A Triumphant Return to Confest

It feels like it’s been a while since I checked in with this blog (though it was only a bit over a month ago). In the last few years I’ve been doing NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) in April. NaPoWriMo, led by Maureen Thorson, is inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) which traditionally happens in November, and the idea is to write a new poem every day in April. This year…

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Clunes Booktown: Here I come!

I’m excited to tell you all that I’ll be attending Clunes Booktown this weekend. Clunes Booktown started in 2007, and currently offers 100 books stalls as well as author talks and other various other entertainment. I’ll be setting up on Fraser Street, near the corner of Templeton Street to sell my wares–to be clear, I’m only selling books, with or without my signature on them, as per the buyer’s…

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Book on Sale!

This is a quick post to tell you my anthology collaborators and I are offering a fabulous special on the paranormal romance anthology, Winds of Change: A Steamy Paranormal Romance Collection–we have a BookBub Deal for Australia, Canada and the UK! And we’ve also reduced the price in the US because we don’t want American readers to feel left out! The ebook is only 99c on Amazon for a very limited…

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Calling all Geelong readers!

Well, really I’m calling any readers who might like to come to Geelong to meet a bunch of lovely authors (including me) at the Barwon Heads Indie Book Fair. It’s happening on 12 January (that’s next Sunday) from 9:00am – 1:00pm at the Barwon Heads Community Hall. The event is an opportunity to meet indie authors and support them by purchasing their books. I’m going to be there, along with my…

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2025 - I'm almost afraid to look

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It's been a year: 2024 wrap up

So as has been my style for the last couple of years, my last blog post for the year is a revision of my goals from the last twelve months. In my post in January I had this list of goals for 2024. Publish Morgana, My Queen Finish and publish anthology story NaPoWriMo 2024 (April) Keep up the blog Craft projects, including crochet, painting, etc. Read 5 books Play music Travel/have a…

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First Draft Completed: Check

Friends! Readers! I’m so pleased to tell you all that I have successfully finished the first draft of my branching narrative/choose your own adventure style detective novel: Carter and Carter Detective Agency. I have also successfully achieved the goal I set for myself for NaNoWriMo this year: 30,000 words. Awkwardly, I finished the first draft on 28 November, and therefore had to start a whole…

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November Writing Challenge

Some of you who may have been following my blog for a while will know that November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. The full challenge is to write 50,000 words in a month, and while I’ve done this several times, in the last couple of years I’ve been more modest in my goals. This year I’m aiming for 30,000 words. I’m well on my way to getting there, and as long as I keep it up…

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31 for 31

It’s possible that many of you are looking at that title and asking yourself what on earth I’m talking about. I am fairly sure it was taken from a podcast of the same name, which was a recommendation list of 31 horror movies that would provide one per day for the whole month of October. So I did that; watched 31 horror films over October. Some were very good, others were aggressively bad. Here’s…

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Launch Day: Winds of Change

It’s out in the world, Winds of Change: a steamy paranormal romance collection. I’m very pleased to be part of the anthology of ten authors that’s not available on Kindle Unlimited and Amazon. We had a fabulous book launch on Halloween night in Melbourne at the Wheelers Hill Library, I wasn’t able to attend because I have a dumb cold; unfortunately germs are everywhere and sometimes they get…

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Meet the Authors: Winds of Change Launch Event

In my last post, I revealed the cover for the steamy paranormal romance anthology in which my novella, Pillion for a Police Officer, will be appearing, Winds of Change. Today I’m here to invite you to our book launch event! Celebrate Halloween with your favourite Melbourne-based authors, hosted at Wheelers Hill Library. Join us from 6:30pm, Thursday 31 October, 2024 for a fun-packed book…

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Winds of Change: A Steamy Paranormal Romance Collection

I’m going to be in an anthology! I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for the upcoming Winds of Change collection, in which my novella, “Pillion for a Police Officer”, appears. You can see below the gorgeous cover image, put together by the talented Charmaine Ross. This collection contains ten books, by ten different authors, all taking place in the fictional Californian town of San Destino. The…

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Week 4 - Photo a day Challenge

Week Four - Photo a day Challenge

Week four is the last week for the photo a day challenge I signed up for. I’ve had a lot of fun trying to find something everyday to photograph in line with the daily theme. I admit some days I didn’t get very close, some days the connection was tenuous to say the least, but other days I think I really nailed it. As with the others in this series, these are all photos taken with my smart phone…

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Meet the authors: Fleur Blüm and Efthalia

Are you living in Melbourne or Victoria? Do you want to come to a fantastic free author talk event in the eastern suburbs? Then I’ve got just the event for you… Meet the authors is being hosted by Knox Library, and will feature myself, and Efthalia in conversation with Savannah Blaize. We’ll be talking about myth, writing, romance, fantasy, adventure and more! We’ll also be signing books, and…