Romantic Comedy and the Dark Moment
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN Back in the day, I wanted to be a stage actor, so I’ve seen a lot of theatre in my time. But of all those...
Introvert, Extrovert, or a Little Bit of Both?
LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE COLUMN A couple of years ago, I left the Middle East, where I’d been working for three years, armed with a new...
Cover Loving
GUEST POST AT COPYWRITE1985 There are so many blogs out there about book covers – good covers, bad covers, cover trends, choosing covers...
Old Skool v New Skool: Embracing the Bodice Ripper
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN I’ve been on a retro reading binge over the past few weeks – ever since the Sydney Writers’ Festival, when the...
Male on Monday - Mark Strong
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN Mark Strong. If that’s not a name that screams ‘I am hot’, I don’t know what is. Oh, yeah, on second thoughts,...
Quirk Me Up: making characters surprising
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN Pink Heart Society regular, Avril Tremayne, is talking about how to quirk up your characters... I’ve spent a...
Spotlight on Harlequin Junkie
THE CONTRACT Please summarize the book a la Twitter style for the readers here: Having failed Sex 101, analytical economist Lane sees...
A bun is not just a bun...
LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE COLUMN I love food. In fact, it’s my favourite pastime. Pizza, pasta, cheese, cakes, biscuits, seafood, roasts...
Gotta love a man who collects art just for you...
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN I’m not sure why I’m so obsessed with collecting things – I only know that I am. Among other things, I have a...
Nine of the...Wrongest
GUEST POST AT RANDOM HOUSE BOOKS AUSTRALIA The more conflict in a romance the better, for drama-lovers like me. And some of the best...