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For the love of romance
It’s the time of year when you might be able to hear a quiet buzzing among Australian romance writers. If you follow any of those authors, you might see an odd post or two online. Something about a costume? Or a party dress? Very uncharacteristic behaviour for a computer bound author…
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In defence of editing
Authors tend to carry on about editing. How it’s painful, laborious and generally unpleasant. I’ve been known to complain occasionally. Look: Oh, that's right. Editing. That thing you have to do after the good bit. Sigh. #amediting #thiswriterslife #tryingnottoprocrastinate — Belinda Williams (@bwilliamsbooks) July 14, 2015 But it’s not all…
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The importance of downtime
So I’ve gone a bit quiet on the ol’ blog of late. I knew it was coming. It was inevitable really. I was pumping out on average 10,000 words a week on Cate’s story, the final book in my City Love series, plus juggling work, parenting, and everything else. Then…
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Writing with one headlight
Anyone remember this great song? Haven’t listened to it a lot lately but the lyrics of the chorus keep going around in my head: There’s got to be something better than In the middle . . . We can drive it home With one headlight. Writing through the fog Sometimes…
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iBook of the Week: The Boyfriend Sessions
Australian, UK and Irish readers can pick up a copy of The Boyfriend Sessions for free this week on iBooks. Australian readers can find the special here. UK and Irish readers can find me under ‘What’s Hot’ in the home page of the iBooks store. The Boyfriend Sessions is the…
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