Hello All! I’m blogging right NOW on over at TRS, in the UK, so they should be waking up to it, at this link… The Romance Studio Blog– TRS Come on over and take a look! Please Share? Thanks so much! FOR any of YOU from Polska!!! Plenty of Polish bits, including my …
Hello All! Here’s a bit of the story from when Aleksandra and Xavier have just met… and clashed, just a little… 🙂 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She saw the men exchange glances over her head. ‘Aleksandra, is that safe? You know about the unrest between the Pah-Utes and the settlers’ army, don’t you?’ Xavier brushed his hair back from his face …
FARMLANDS HORSE OF THE YEAR 17TH-22ND MARCH 2015 What is it, you say? Farmlands Horse of the Year Show is the largest equestrian event in the Southern Hemisphere hosted annually at the Hawke’s Bay A&P Showgrounds in March, which has been held for 16 years.Equestrians from 17 Equestrian Disciplines compete for the title of Farmlands Horse of the …
Hello All, Hop on over to SONZA’s site http://sonza.co.nz/book-launch-giveaway-a-long-trail-rolling/ for a Zee’s interview of me and her report on my NZ Book Launch! Enjoy! Regards, Lizzi
Hello All! A Long Trail Rolling is finally live. BUY LINKS: For those of you who have asked, here are the best buy links! Softcover: CreateSpace Ebooks: Smashwords Ebooks and paper: Amazon BOOK LAUNCH: Come along to our USA BOOK LAUNCH of A Long Trail Rolling! 14 January 2015 in Placerville, CA! please RSVP at Eventbrite: https://eventbrite.co.nz/event/15130485690/ Looking forward …
If you’ve ever met me in person….. (grinning sheepishly…), I probably don’t have to tell you how excited I am that NaNoWriMo (nanowrimo.org) starts this Saturday, 1 November. NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, which happens every November. I’ve started a Facebook page for those who wish to be in a NaNo group and …
A big Thank You to Annie Featherstone, aka Sophia James, for mentoring me, my award for winning the Pacific Hearts Award. Thanks to Annie, A Long Trail Rolling is on its final edits, and the balance of The Hills of Gold Unchanging should be completed by end of November during NaNoWriMo! A Sea of Green …
The best news of all is that… Ta Da….. Patrick Hearty, my Pony Express Expert, is going to write the Forward for A Long Trail Rolling! Patrick and Dr. Joseph Hatch wrote a book about the Pony Express Stations in Utah, called…. you guessed it! Patrick Hearty The Pony Express Stations in Utah Patrick explains …
Yep, we did it! My first novel, A Long Trail Rolling, has won the 2014 RWNZ Pacific Hearts Award! To say I’m pleased is a bit of an understatement! The big one I get to keep for this year, and a smaller version, inscribed with 2014, forever! The conference was fantastic, with amazing speakers from New …
Yes, you heard me right… I’ve given in… Some of my fantastic beta readers have told me things like….. “Too much has happened between A Long Trail Rolling and its Epilogue.” (Hmmm… I didn’t really think so, but your other comments were well-received, Kate…) Thanks, Kate L. Matt’s been a bit more blunt… “You need …
Hello All! Thanks for stopping by! A couple of bits of news for you today! I’ve just heard I’ve been selected as one of three finalists in the RWNZ Pacific Hearts Award 2014 with A Long Trail Rolling (previously called Express Desire). The Pacific Hearts Award is a full-novel competition, the only one run by RWNZ! …
Here’s a post I wrote for Bethanne Strasser’s Through the Heart Shaped Glasses blog earlier this month. I thought some of you might appreciate it! What draws us to history? Is it the romance of a different time from our own? Is it what history can show us about ourselves? How we’re different from or …
It happened on the way to St Cath’s Faire, an SCA reenactment event, last Sunday near Clevedon. A massive change in the direction of my new novel, A Sea of Green Unfolding. It came to me while I drove past the Waihou River (Called the River Thames by Captain Cook when he first landed …
Hello All! Well, first day, I didn’t make my goal of 1700 words on the new novel I began on 1 November, A Sea of Green Unfolding, the sequel to Express Desired, wherein Aleksandra and Xavier are still reeling from the death of their first newborn child when they discover that they have lost Rancho …
A new signature, thanks to my son Elliot and his awesome skills with Photoshop! For NaNoWriMo! The new short synopsis… This sequel to Express Desired is about a young couple’s journey to adventure in the turbulent wilderness of 1861 New Zealand. Tragedy strikes in Aleksandra and Xavier’s newly found paradise on their California Rancho …