I live in a small town. I’ve lived in my small town of less than ten thousand people for the past twenty years. Before that I lived in another small town. And while there are some advantages to living in the city (and hey, I’ve written books set in cities from NYC to London) there’s […]
Romantic Relationships in Christian Fiction
A little while ago I asked a question in some groups about how Christian characters pursuing relationships in romance books are portrayed, a question which met with some interesting responses. It led me to wondering how Christian readers like to see Christian characters demonstrate their faith in Christian books, and how this relates to romantic […]
Fiction and Keeping it Real (& Release Day for Muskoka Blue!)
Do you like reading realistic fiction? Have you ever suffered from depression, or gone through a traumatic experience that makes you want to escape, or makes you question whether God is real? Sometimes there’s a tricky line in writing fiction that feels real, where we want to offer an ‘escape’ through a story that feels […]
Are you a Library Lover?
So, come on. Confession time. Who else is a lover of libraries? (I see you in the back there, waving your hand!) I’m sure I’m not the only one who has fantasised about what it must be like to work in a library. Yes, I know it’s not ALL about the books and spending hours reading, […]
Bad Boy Redemption Stories (& Release Day & sale!)
One of the things I LOVE about writing Christian fiction is being able to explore some of the challenges of life, to delve into some of the nitty gritty aspects of things like financial and family pressure, relationships and estrangement, physical and mental health issues, faith and fears. I love that we can read fictional […]
Honest Author Talk
The other day I went to a book festival event near my hometown. This secular event had a number of high profile Australian authors speak, include Tom Kenneally (author of Schindler’s Ark which became the film Schindler’s List) and Candice Fox, who co-writes with James Patterson and has had TV shows made of her books. […]
Learning the Language of Love
For my upcoming release, Hearts and Goals, (oh look, it’s out tomorrow!) I had a lot of fun with the Montreal setting, a city I visited a number of years ago with my husband. As Aussies, we loved the historic downtown and French vibe, and especially the botanic gardens (my husband is a horticulturalist, so […]
Checked Impressions Release Day (& Giveaway)
Greetings! Well, it’s another month, so that means another book release – yay, Checked Impressions releases tomorrow! Last month saw the release of my Winter Olympics-based story Love on Ice, which I’d originally set in Chicago, another of the cities of the Original Six hockey teams my romance series is based on. But when an editor […]
Love on Ice Release Day
Wow! I can’t believe it but it’s finally release day for Love on Ice, the second book in my new Original Six contemporary romance series, about players from the original six teams of the National Hockey League and their paths to romance. This book has been over a decade in the making (and actually kicked […]
New Year Resolution and Romance (& a Preorder)
Amid all the rush and tinsel of Christmas it can seem a little odd to be thinking about New Year’s. But for me, a lot of my attention this year has been focused on what’s happening at the end of the year. Why? Because next week sees the launch of my first independently published book, […]
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