How can a wounded young woman ever trust a too-flirtatious earl with her heart? With devastating scars in her past, Serena Winthrop is sure no man can be trusted—especially not a man like the too-smooth Viscount Carmichael. His reputation as a flirt and a gambler is everything she despises. And the young artist makes sure …
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When a bushfire starts the job of a fireman is to contain and control the blaze with containment lines. Eventually the fire will run out of fuel or finally be snuffed out by a change in weather conditions. That’s when containment lines are good. But what if you feel restricted and confined by the containment …
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It's Iola here. Welcome to our Australasian Christian Writers Tuesday Book Chat, where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today's question is: What's your favourite romance trope? First, what's a trope? Reedsy says: Tropes are plot devices, characters, images, or themes that are incorporated so frequently in a genre …
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Welcome to May's new releases and the announcement of monthly winners. Congratulations to all authors of the new releases and to all winners. Having Faith: One Woman's Nine-Year Faith Journey From Infertility to Motherhood by Nicole Zoch (Publisher Lionize Press: Date releases Mar 2019) Having Faith is a love story between an ordinary Aussie girl …
Cecily Paterson is out guest for Fiction Friday. Please welcome Cecily as we get to know her better. Cecily Paterson's new book is How Not To Be Popular. 1. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I grew up in Pakistan as the children of missionaries and went to boarding school in the Himalayan …
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In recent years I have become acutely aware that the Mother’s Day I celebrated as a child and my early years of mothering—breakfast in bed, flowers and home-made cards with hand drawn love hearts—was not a total representation of how all mothers spend this day. Situations close to my own heart have arisen in the …
It's Iola here. Welcome to our Australasian Christian Writers Tuesday Book Chat, where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today's question is: Do you buy and/or read books from debut authors? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation in a comment on this post …
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In this month's cross-post with Christian Writers Downunder, prolific author Roger Norris-Green discusses Westerns. Welcome, Roger! About 55 years ago I picked up a ‘Cleveland Western’ for 2 shillings in my local newsagent. I thought I could write one so I had a go. At that time I couldn’t even type so I wrote 40,000 …
How Not to be Popular by Cecily Patterson is a fun middle grade morality story that's all about doing the right thing, even when it's hard. Maddie is in her final year at Kangaroo Valley School. That means the chance to be voted Girl Leader of the school at the end of the year—something she's …
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I’ve always been involved in fundraising and charity work. My parents taught me that if you come across someone embarking upon a righteous cause, you should help them. Their influence and example means I have always looked for righteous charity projects I can contribute to. From huge fundraising events for cancer research to heading school …
