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It’s an expression you’ll hear at romance writers’ conferences. You sigh with relief knowing everyone in the room is on a similar wavelength. You can talk freely. And if you ask what a “danger bang” is, someone will give you a straight answer—sex when the situation is perilous. Pick your own peril. So what didContinue reading “Finding your tribe”

A farmer’s daughter, with no passion to work the farm A swindle igniting a passion for justice A toddler—mother dead, father unknown An Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) news team—reporter, pilot and cameraman—killed in a fatal helicopter crash in Lake Eyre during a routine assignment A man whose private homage to his father includes sporting a ponytailContinue reading “Writing Taylor’s Law”

First printed in May 2022 HeartsTalk, the newsletter of Romance Writers of Australia (reprinted with permission). Every time I enter a competition I think, ‘this is it’. I play with the idea that I final, and then I win, and then I deal with the acclaim. I’m modest. I admit to anyone who’ll listen—it’s takenContinue reading “Self-Confidence?”

I’ve been thinking about this recently because I find that I return to this idea again and again in my writing. It matters whether my main characters are treating others fairly as well as whether my characters are being fairly treated. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Research suggests that almost from birth, toddlers recognise theContinue reading “Playing fair is romantic”

Yesterday I went for a walk in my neighbourhood. Walking helps me clear the cobwebs, sort out a plot problem or just find a way forward in a scene. Walking is an oft-cited activity for writer’s block, and I can understand why. Yesterday, I cut up a laneway to get into a street which finishesContinue reading “Walking the neighbourhood”