The Fine Art of Writing Romantic Comedy
A VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN THE MAY EDITION OF THE PINK HEART SOCIETY MAGAZINE Not all romances that make readers laugh...
Classic Love Stories. Are They Still Part Of The Romance Genre?
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN THE PINK HEART SOCIETY MAGAZINE If a classic love story is now considered "literature", does that mean...
Are You Okay? Not If You Keep Asking Me
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN A year or so ago, I was judging a writing contest. I'll confess that while I really enjoy reading competition...
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...
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...
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...
A new Poldark miniseries? Cornwall, here I come...
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN When I think of the perfect author quote (the one I’d love to see on my books one day), in the back of my mind...
Male on Monday - Matthew Macfadyen
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN Several years ago, on a Qantas flight, I started watching Pride and Prejudice – the 2005 movie version starring...
