Check out the link for information about the convention. All your favourite Aussie authors, an awards dinner, book signing, discussion panels and more.
Come along and say hello.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Romance-Readers-Association/328481653871212?fref=nf
Here is the blurb for my new romantic suspense story Empty Heart. This idea came to me years ago on a visit to Manly beach in Sydney with my daughter. We talked about how disorienting it is to come out of the surf and not be able to find your gear on a crowded beach. But what if your things and worse, your companion, had really disappeared? Which begs the question, why?
Amazon often promotes one or more of my titles in the monthly e book bargains. Keep an eye on the prices. At the moment Instant Family and Love On the North Shore Line have been reduced to 99 cents during November. A real bargain! Coming Home and Outback Hero are only $1.99 until December 14th.
Why not try my more recent Escape titles while you're shopping? My latest romantic suspense for Escape will be release on February 1st. Watch out for Empty Heart.
Escape has contracted my very first romantic suspense, Evidence of Love, due for release on May 1st. I'm really excited to be venturing into this different subgenre.
Readers who enjoy my sweet family oriented romances won't be disappointed. The romance is traditional and although there's tension and danger involving a toddler, only the bad guys are harmed.
Here is the gorgeous cover for my November release with Escape. I love it! The first kiss scene.
Yet another interview with me! This one is an Author Spotlight on the Romance Writers of Australia blog. I'm talking about my recent release E For England and there's a short extract in which the heroine Annie crawls about in the shrubbery. Leave a comment and you could win a signed hardcover copy of my award winning book, Instant Family.
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I'm invited to tea on historical author Alison Stuart's blog today. Please join us.
Tea with Alison and me
I'm being interviewed on fellow Escape author S E Gilchrists blog today. Pop over and leave a comment to be in the running for a paperback copy of Eve's Passion.
http://www.segilchrist.com/blog/
Next week I'm presenting a workshop session at the Australian National Civil Celebrants conference here in Canberra. I'm actually taking part twice because my wind trio is playing at the opening night cocktail party.
In my capacity as a musician I've played at hundreds of weddings--some, absolutely beautiful with perfect weather, lovely couple, ideal setting--others, not so good. NB Choosing an outdoor wedding venue in the months before Christmas in Canberra is not a good idea. Musicians and guests have often shivered and on more than one occasion sprinted for shelter in a park as wind and rain descended on the not so cheerful assembly.
All that aside I love playing at weddings and am looking forward to the conference presentation. My session is called The Language of Love. We'll be exploring ways of using language and different words and phrases to help celebrants and their clients write services and vows in more expressive ways.
My book The Wedding Party was inspired by the brilliant civil celebrant who presided over the wedding of my niece, in beautiful Narooma on the NSW south coast. She did such a good job I was positive she must be a friend of the bride or groom but no, she wasn't. They were regular clients and she did all her weddings in the same personal way.
This expert woman was the basis for my heroine Phoebe, the girl who adores weddings and wants one of her own. Cue Brady, one of the two Best Men, who detests weddings and the whole concept of giving up his freedom to get married. A character also inspired by that wonderful wedding.
Opening the email containing the cover for my latest book is always the same--excitement and anticipation mixed with a little bit of dread that it will be a total dud.
I'm happy to say I think the artist has done a great job this time. The long dark hair and the sweet friendly face suit my heroine Annie perfectly. That wistful look sums up exactly how she feels about Hugh -- E For England Hugh -- her fantasy man living downstairs.
I invented a symphony orchestra --The City Symphony -- when I wrote The Right Chord, my first published book. It meant I had a vast supply of characters just waiting to fall in love.
The Right Chord: Grace, the heroine, plays in the first violin section.
The Tangled Web: Tess is the Principal Viola and her hero David is the Concert Master. Cameo appearance by Grace.
Love On the North Shore Line: Dimity is the second bassoon player.
Trouble In Nirvana: Primrose, the heroine, appeared as a subsitute second flute player in Love On the North Shore Line.
Minor characters make appearances in several of the orchestral scenes--Rob the trumpet player, Eric the trombonist and Ian, the orchestra's unflappable manager.
The story of principal clarinetist,Valentin, is waiting in the wings to be sent out in search of a publishing home and my first ever story, The Food Of Love, featuring the ultra passionate and talented conductor Viktor--a French trained Russian maestro who falls for Marnie, one of the cellists -- is lying in a bottom drawer gathering dust. One day they may rise again.
Trouble in Nirvana is available right now through Amazon's Kindle store as a pre release exclusive which is great news. The official release by The Wild Rose Press is in June.
Just go to Amazon and type in the title.
I am now officially an Escape Artist! I'm thrilled to have signed a contract with Escape Publishing -- HM&B Australia's new digital only imprint which focusses on Australian authors.
The Ripple Effect will hit the cyber shelves in April.
Escape Publishing
http://www.theromancereviews.com/romancehop.php
Romance Reviews are doing another giveaway contest. Check out the link. All sorts of prizes to be won. I have a Q&A in there somewhere with a very easy question.
I'm talking about me, me, me and my new release Love On the North Shore Line which will be out in a few days from Montlake.
Clean Romance Reviews
Pop over and comment on my interview on the RWAustralia blog. You might win a copy of Eve's Passion.
http://romanceaustralia.wordpress.com/
Montake have released 2 more of my Avalon backlist titles as E books.
Like every author I shamelessly pinch incidents and snippets of conversation from my life and those around me. Of course I'd never use or identify a real person but my family often recognises something in a book. My father is a great source of anecdotes and information. At 90 he, as one of my friends puts it, is a legend. Dad, along with my mother-in-law is my biggest fan.
In Stuck I used his knowledge of woodturning to give my hero Brad his expertise. The story about the mice Brad tells Gina while they're stuck in the lift is true and happened to my Dad.
He is also the source of the opening line in The Right Chord. One of his many friends said this to him once:
"It's hopeless having an argument with you. You always see the other person's point of view."
He thinks it's a very chuckleworthy comment and still has a laugh about it whenever he rereads the book.
Check out both stories The Right Chord and Stuck
Yang style Tai Chi takes its name from the Yang family who established the movements of the form six generations ago in China. The family has a motto for training and for life which is equally applicable to us as writers.
Diligence--Hard work and effort is a prerequisite for skilled development. Daily practice will be rewarded by beneficial results
Perseverance--It is important that a long enduring sense of purpose should be cultivated. This, combined with daily practice will achieve the results.
Respect --respect for your master, teacher and fellow man is important. Mutual respect serves to enhance a sense of community and solidarity in a society.
Sincerity -- Sincerity in attitude or motivation is a prerequisite for learning Tai Chi Chuan. Deal with others sincerely if you wish them to reciprocate. Maintain sincerity in the fore of your dealings with others and you will achieve a smooth flow in relationships.
I'm giving away an autographed paperback copy of Eve's Passion to one lucky person. Go to my website to enter.
Closes September 30th.
www.elisabethrose.com.au
Congratulations, Lis! I love the sound of this story.