Hi All! Here is the more complete list of talks! They will be Meet the Author sessions, and I’ll be talking about History, Writing History, A Long Trail Rolling, and doing some readings from some of the books! If all goes well tomorrow, there will be some footage shot during my ride in the Pony …
Hello Everyone! I’ll be on the road in June and July and wonder if any of you could please give me any leads you might have on bookstores, libraries or the like which might be interested in hosting Lizzi Tremayne for a book talk and signing? I’ll be in Salt Lake City, Utah (To ride …
I have indeed been remiss! I posted on FB but not on to here! At the annual 2015 RWNZ Conference a few weeks ago, A Long Trail Rolling placed in two sections of the Koru Award for Excellence, winning the Best First Novel and placing third in the Best Long Novel. I’m especially pleased because …
Hi All, I’m blogging today over at The Romance Studio! Come on over to The Romance Studio hear a little about the Secession Menace in California in the 1860’s, A Long Trail Rolling and The Hills of Gold Unchanging! See you there! XXX Lizzi
Just for a bit of fun, here’s one of the blog posts I’m posting on the 21st of this month on The Romance Studio’s End of Summer Bash… Hello All! Welcome back! Here’s another excerpt… with Scotty, horses and sparks flying between Aleksandra and Xavier… ~ ~ ~ ‘Oh no, the Furs! And …
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 …
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 …
June 20, 3:54pm PDT (today in the States, for those of you in NZ!) “The mail just left Lingle,WY at 4:45 pm, mountain time, headed towards Ft Laramie.” Patrick Hearty & Joseph Hatch The Pony Express Stations in Utah Well done to all of you out there riding! You might get a bit tired, but …
Yesterday’s post detailed the Pony Express 20th Anniversary Re-Ride. I have posted some handy links for you to follow the ride’s progress! Thanks to Pony Express History –18253400.nhd.weebly.com The Re-Ride continues! The “mochila,” (the leather pad with the mail pockets, below), which is transferred between riders on the Pony Express) has made it from Elwood, …
Yesterday, the RWNZ C2C (Coast to Coast!) Chapter was lucky enough to have Jenny Argante, the Editor in Chief at Oceanbooks as our guest speaker. Oceanbooks is a cooperative publishing company in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. We met at Deryn’s (writing as Virginnia De Parte) home in Papamoa for a fantastic shared luncheon followed …
Happy Saturday… We’ve had some drizzle for about 3 hours now, not a lot, but it’s not running off either! Hope all of you in NZ are getting some rain as the drought is not helping anyone! (Yes, to those of you in faraway places, it hasn’t rained properly for more than a month or …