My World of Books
My World of Books
Welcome to my news updates, where I spill the beans on what keeps me scribbling away in the world of books.
You see, books are like the secret passageway to a reader’s soul, and I know you’ve all been secretly wondering what in the world makes me tick.
Back in my […]
Nomad Writing
I’m currently living Cape Town, South Africa experiencing my Nomad Writing Adventure.
If there’s WIFI, I can go there on my Nomad Writing Adventure and enjoy almost uninterrupted writing of my next new book.
Being here has been an interesting and confronting experience in equal measure. There’s still a special X-Factor energy here, a hum and beat that uplifts your […]
Foster Mother Reviews
My new psychological thriller, The Foster Mother, was published two weeks ago.
The good news is that The Foster Mother has reviews in the USA with a rating of 4.5 stars.
Because the story is set in NZ & Australia, across three of their main cities, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, I ideally need to attract more readers in both […]
Confessions of Love
I wrote, Confessions of Love, while overseas at the end of last year.
My husband said I should call it, “What Your Lovers Told Me,” and in hindsight, I think his advice was more catchy and true to the content.
Struggling with intermittent WI-FI along with the interruptions of traveling, eating and drinking, meant I didn’t advertise or promote this book air […]
The Foster Mother has Its Official Cover!
After much book-cover angst over my new psychological thriller, The Foster Mother, I bit the bullet.
I put the job out to professional cover designers in USA.
Three weeks later they returned with their concept mockup. It immediately took my breath away!
Giving them the brief put me on the spot. They asked all kinds of questions about the plot, the characters […]
The Foster Mother Flying High
Flying High After Finishing, The Foster Mother, my new Psychological Thriller.
I won’t be flying high for very long as the completed manuscript for, The Foster Mother, is already out with a team of eagle-eyed Beta Readers and a professional editor who will all have much to say!
So I’m braced for their very valuable advice and for lots of red […]
Starting 2023 with a new psychological thriller
I’m starting 2023 with a new psychological thriller, not literally darlings, although it’s tempting!!
This first newsletter for the year has updates about my new psychological thriller, Valentina, (the name of a neglected and abandoned baby). It’s only a working title at this stage.
I’m about a third into it and there’s much more meaty stuff to write.
The basic story outline, […]
Step Away from Social Media
I’m stepping away from Social Media.
Moving away from social media is big move after years of involvement. I’ve been mulling over this shift for some months and now seems like the best time. A clean start in 2023!
I don’t know about you, but nearly everyone I speak to both here and overseas, has the same sense of the world spiralling our […]
Duplicity Award Winning Fiction
Award Winning Fiction?
I’m about to head off overseas in 11 days and have been decluttering my email inbox!
The last thing I expected was Duplicity being named as Award Winning Fiction runner up in the USA.
The last thing I need is spending my holiday answering 6000 emails. Well maybe not that much, but if feels like it some days! I had […]