The lovely people at HarperCollins Publishers Australia have put together a collection of ten short stories, all with a cyber-dating theme, in ‘URL Love: From Texting to Twitter, the Hottest Online Love Stories‘. It’s out TODAY! Yay! I’m so excited, because my story, ‘The Tweetest Thing,’ is in the anthology. It’s the first time I’ve been published in fiction. You can purchase the e-book now from Amazon and iBookstore. Plus, there’s a Facebook fan page here. Check out this cute story-behind-the-story by Mel Saward, a fellow contributor to the anthology.
‘The Tweetest Thing’ was inspired by a Duran Duran concert that my boss took me to back in March. Mind you, this work is fictitious and any resemblance to events and real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental!!! From 2pm AEST today at the Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood site, I will reveal more about the story and how a simple retweet from DD’s Simon Le Bon turned me into a grinning fool for days on end. Apologies in advance for the agonising slowness of the Ruby site at the mo. Please hang in there! One lucky commenter will win an Amazon gift card for their trouble.
Speaking of Duran Duran, as I often do these days, John Taylor, arguably the world’s most photogenic bass player, has just released his memoir, In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran. I’m looking forward to finding out all the things about JT and the band that I was once too young to know!
It’s herrrrre!
One of the truly pitiful iPhone photos I took at the Duran Duran concert at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga, California, in August. (Yes, I saw them twice this year on two different continents!) That’s John on the left and Simon on the right. I’d used up the battery on my other camera the night before at the Chris Isaak concert, to which I had front-row seat.
Midi Matilda, Duran Duran’s two-man support act in Saratoga. They were fantastic. I listen to their songs ‘Ottawa’ and ‘Day Dreams’ every morning to put me in a good mood before work. They also connected with me on Twitter after the gig. Nice guys!
Don’t forget to visit me at the Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood blog later today for a lil’ release-day celebration!
Filed under: anthology, collections, Duran Duran, e-book, idols, Life imitating art, music, publishing, San Francisco, short stories, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged: Duran Duran, HarperCollins, John Taylor, Mel Saward, Midi Matilda, Simon Le Bon, URL Love
Congratulations, Ness! I’ve just downloaded your ebook and can’t wait to read it. Make sure you pop the champagne today or, at least, jazz dance with your favourite cat. I’m so happy for you
Thanks so much for your support and for buying the anthology, Cheryse! Yay! The cats have got their jazz hands/paws waving and I’m going to settle back with champers while I read the other nine stories. Xxx
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Can’t wait to read!!!
BTW – There has been a problem with your site today. Seems okay now.
Thanks, Penny! I hope you like it!
Yes, the Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood is verrrrry slow today. I’m sorry about that. Thanks very much for visiting me here, though!
Hey Vanessa!
I’m one of your co-authors in URL Love (Elizabeth Dunk) and more importantly, a mad keen Duran Duran fan! So HELLO!!!! Can’t wait to read your story, knowing Simon helped inspire it
Hi, Nicole! I’m so excited to “meet” you, and you’re a fellow Durannie to boot! Congratulations on the release of the anthology. Exciting, huh? Looking forward to reading ‘Silky Small Thing’!
Yay congratulations, Vanessa!
Hi, Eleni! Thanks so much!
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