Since I hit publish on my first novel almost 2 years ago. I’ve learned so much about the industry, both traditional and independent. In that time, I started part-time work in a bookshop as a marketer, I became Vice President of RWA, I wrote three more books… but published only 1. This was because I got a little sucked in to the appeal of being a traditional published author. But after stagnating during that time, I lost myself more than I found myself. After meeting a few awesome Perth writers, who all happen to be women earning over six figures … Read More
Do You Know the Difference Between a Romance and a Love Story?
If you want to write in the romance genre, there’s one thing you need to know for sure – the difference between a love story and a romance. Both deal in the relationship between two people, but only one has a happy ever after, or the HEA as it is affectionately known as by the romance community. Books by Nicholas Sparks and JoJo Moyes – or the movie La La Land – can tend to have a tragedy at the end of the relationship road, or the couple part ways. The happy ever after a romance reader looks for is … Read More


