What Do Romance Writers Look Like?

Rowrrr!! What a bunch of gorgeous girlies : )

Nelson Branch of Romance Writers of NZ

L-R Sally Ash, Cherie Le Clare, LaVerne Clark, Annika Ohlson-Smith

This was meant to be used for an article our group starred in for a very beautiful, glossy Nelson magazine called Wild Tomato, with the caption being Romancing the Stones but they went for something a little more homely in the end. Shame. I think it's a pretty cool photo and probably suits us - we're all a little bit quirky!

What does a Romance Writer look like? Are they glamorous women dressed up to the nines on the off-chance a handsome hero will come and sweep them off their feet? Or are they greasy-haired women sitting around in house-coats, dark circles under eyes fixed on a computer screen with mind's a world away from the one they're actually inhabiting? I don't know about you, but I tend to agree with the latter unfortunately, which makes dressing up for the photo-shoot above a whole lot of fun. Doesn't matter that it was freezing cold and our walk to that spot was ridiculously dangerous in high heels and my daughter was crying the whole time just out of shot. We looked GREAT, we had a lot of giggles and we escaped the everyday routine to act as supermodels for a while. What fun!

Giveaway - Come visit me!

Come visit me at Terry Odell's blog where I'm guesting, talking about my journey and writing for the American market.

Leave a comment to be in to win a PDF copy of Guardian of the Jewel!

The winner will be announced on Saturday on Terry's blog

http://terryodell.blogspot.com/2011/04/alien-writer-in-american-world.html

Back again!

It's been a while since my last blogpost...sounds like the start of a confession : )

The last month has been both good and bad. I'll start with the bad to get it out of the way. I missed the deadline for Red Christmas - a Santa story for the Crimson Line of TWRP. Its the first time I've ever missed a deadline. Unfortunately, life got in the way, and a whole month went by when I was unable to write a line. Now to the good : ) Things are getting back onto an even keel and I'm loving every minute of my writing time again. Its so easy to feel that way when you get such great feedback like my latest review for Guardian of the Jewel. If you want to have a look, here is the link;

http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/guardian-of-jewel-by-laverne-clark.html

I'm revving up for a busy few weeks of promo too. Tomorrow I'll be featured on the author spotlight of Tory Richard's blog Sex Between the Covers. Here is the link:

http://sexbetweenthecovers.blogspot.com/?zx=5d1929fca1518b73

This is a great initiative by a wonderful author to show off our beautiful covers and stories in a short and snappy way.

I'm giving away an e-copy of Guardian of the Jewel during The Romance Reviews Grand Opening. Look out for the incredibly easy question, answer correctly, and be in to win on 29 March.

Next month I'll be doing a blog post on Terry Odell's blog. I've always admired Terry's posts and the quality of her guest's blogs as well. It has been a mine of information and if you've never visited her before, I encourage you to check it out!

http://terryodell.blogspot.com

It's nice to be back in the swing of things again and I look forward to seeing you all out and about in cyberspace! : )