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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

SARA News - The 'Whoa, is it August already?!" Edition

Dear SARA readers, 

Welcome to the latest edition of the well-overdue news!  Grab a glass of your favourite winter beverage and maybe a tim tam or two, and dive into the latest SARA happenings!


ROBBY DENNIS has released her first book in the last few days.  Love in Speranza is available now from Amazon AU.


When passion and culture collide, secrets from long ago are revealed, forever changing lives in the sleepy town of Speranza.

Australian author Gabby Craven travels to Speranza, Sicily, immersing herself in its culture. Enchanted by its beauty and friendly people, she quickly becomes entangled in their colourful lives. Especially that of the town’s sexy doctor Nic Ravisi. He’s the complete package, sending her temperature soaring. If only he didn’t keep retreating from her…

Dr Nic Ravisi is driven by his duty to care for the people of his home town. Turning his back on a promising career as a surgeon in the city, he chooses to live a humble life, costing him his first love. Despite the underlying pressure to marry from the well-meaning community and his mother, it’s the last thing on his mind. 

When his path intersects with Gabby’s, he finds it hard to concentrate on his priorities. She’s too hard to ignore. What good can come of a short-term fling?

After a chance meeting with a mysterious older woman, Gabby uncovers a tale of lost love and a secret that could turn lives upside down. Can Gabby help her to reveal the truth and set into motion the destiny that awaits, before she returns home?

Love in Speranza takes you on a journey of love in its many forms. Love, hope and second chances. 



SARAH GATES talks about her 'dream run' and everything you need to know to win a grant at The Writers Bloc.   This is the story behind her 2016 release, Love Elimination, and her winning the Carclew Colin Thiele Scholarship.  

Sarah is also excited to tell us that her Writing for Publication and Peace of Mind Workshop Series  at the Cove Civic Centre is SOLD OUT!  



LIANA SKRZYPCZAK has just had a short story accepted in the spring edition of Meanjin, entitled "Leaden Heart".  We look forward to checking it out!


AISLINN KEARNS' Station Alpha is just 99c now at Amazon AU.


A single phone call shatters her life…
Christine Ramirez’s phone rings in the dead of night. A man’s voice – unfamiliar and urgent – tells her to run.
She flees, but deadly, unknown assailants pursue her through the night. Her only saviour is the gruff stranger on the other end of the line.
Paul has a secret. He’s been watching her – maybe a little more than the assignment strictly requires. He shouldn’t reveal himself, but he can’t let anything happen to Christine. Even if it costs him the job that means the world to him.
With the mysterious villains still pursuing Christine, Paul whisks her away to a Soldiering On safe house. There, passion flares between them, hot and undeniable. And they are powerless to resist its lure, even as the villains get ever closer to finding them…
Check our VICTORIA PURMAN'S latest Tule Publishing novel, Long Hot Summer (Hot Aussie Knights Book 3).


It's going to be a long, hot summer in Reynolds Ridge… 

Hannie Reynolds has returned to the town she grew up in because no other place feels quite like home. But living in the stunning Adelaide Hills comes with risks--from the threat of bushfires that destroy everything in their path to the heart-stopping return of her high school crush. 

Firefighter Dylan Knight has come home too, and old memories flare when he sees Hannie again. Have they waited too long to rekindle their love? 

When they discover they were driven apart by a lie, they’re more determined than ever to fight for their second chance… until a bushfire threatens to destroy all they might share together and the very foundations of Hannie’s life in the hills. 

Has she lost everything … and has Dylan lost her forever?




Speaking of Knights, take a look at TRISH MOREY'S latest, Burning Love (Hot Aussie Knights Book 4) from Tule Publishing!

Caleb Knight’s ex accused him of being married to his firefighter job, and maybe she was right. He’s given up looking for happy ever after and finds what he needs between Ava’s scorching sheets. But lately, he’s wondering whether this thing with Ava might become more permanent…

Artist Ava Mattiske's ability to trust was shattered long ago. Her steamy fling with Caleb is perfect until he starts talking long-term. She puts on the brakes, but when a bushfire threatens her studio and Caleb is on the scene, Ava realizes that there is one man she can count on... But will it be too late?







CARLA CARUSO has welcomed a new book baby in recent times. Run For The Hills comes to us from Escape Publishing.


The Belshaw brothers are back in Balkissoch...

Bridie Porter is wearing her Vera Wang gown and veil in the back of her wedding limo when she receives a compromising text about her hotelier groom. Panicked, she tells the driver to keep going and she flees from Melbourne to the small town of Balkissoch in the Adelaide Hills.
It’s the perfect pit-stop to hide from her ex and the press and to earn enough cash to stay out of sight. Unfortunately, the admin job she gets is for a wedding photography business and she’s had her fill of weddings lately. But it’s slim pickings on the work front in a town so teeny. And her new boss is strangely compelling...
After the rush and adrenaline of his job as an LA paparazzo, the last place Cody Belshaw wants to be is back in the small town where he grew up. But thanks to a clause in his father’s will that amounts to blackmail, Cody and his two brothers are stuck running a wedding business for at least a month. If there’s one thing that he’s learned in LA, however, it's to keep business and pleasure very, very separate. Which makes his new admin employee the definition of temptation.

Bridie is desperate to stay anonymous. Cody seeks out secrets for a living. As they delve into the world of brides, boutonnières and dogs-as-best-men, both Cody and Bridie will have to decide if this is a fling...or forever.

Happy reading,
Emmeline.  x

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

SARA News ~ a long time between drinks


Well not really drinks. I'm sure our SARA authors have been nipping at a glass or two or perhaps, three. (Moscato, anyone?)

But life kind of imploded for me and for other members of the blog. I have to thank Emmeline Lock for keeping us going with those Reading Adventures!  Also I'd like to thank our two regular bloggers, Carla Caruso and Khloe Wren who are leaving the blogging team (I will not cry, I will not cry). We'll still bring you their news but they are off being busy little bees.


Now we've got a Bumper Romping Issue of SARA News today, so get your cuppa or a cuppa filled with some wine and read on...




Kyoko Church

STOP PRESS - book launch Thursday 24th September - tomorrow!

Kyoko will be launching Diary of A Library Nerd tomorrow!

Where: Dymocks Adelaide
Location: 135 Rundle Mall, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
When: Thursday 25th September
Time: 6pm
MC: Victoria Purman

Strictly over 18s!

Here is the Facebook Event page





Carla Caruso

Carla is wearing a new hat - editor in chief. Well, technically  co-editor in chief as she has become the co-editor of Romance Writers of Australia's monthly journal, Hearts Talk.


Better late than never-


Carla appeared in the Sunday Mail in June... with model in tow!




Pre-order Carla's new book!

If you love amateur sleuths, from TV shows Devious Maids (where a Latina maid goes undercover) to Castle (about a crime-solving mystery novelist in the vein of Murder, She Wrote), then you might just like Carla's new one, A Pretty Mess: An Astonvale Novel # 1 (HarperCollins/Harper Impulse)


The first in a series, it’s set in the fictional well-heeled South Australian suburb of Astonvale, known for its infinity-edge pools and Wimbledon-worthy tennis courts (inspired by Adelaide’s real inner south, including Unley Park and Springfield!)

The second book also takes the characters on holiday to Robe, dubbed “The Hamptons of South Australia”.

The series follows a neat-freak professional organiser – Celeste Pretty – who gets caught up in messy mysteries with a sexy builder (Lenny Muscat)!

From Carla:
Some of it’s a little inspired by my own experience. I’ve moved to the inner south from the far south – Seaview Downs – went to a public school, live in a renovator’s delight, and until recently drove a fourteen-year-old Holden Astra, like Celeste. So it provides that outsider’s perspective while still displaying a fondness for the area. 



Blurb:
Sometimes, to come clean, you've got to get your hands dirty ... Celeste Pretty, a self-confessed neat freak, has found the job she was born to do: a professional organiser, de-cluttering people's homes and workplaces. Her new business gets off to a cracking start when she lands her first client, health and fitness guru Natalia Samphire, in the well-heeled suburb of Astonvale. But things get messy at Natalia's mansion when Celeste finds a blackmail note and other mysterious items. And then there's Lenny Muscat, the sexy builder renovating the place, whose constant presence is muddling Celeste's usually organised brain. When things get decidedly suspicious at the mansion, she and Lenny have to team up to investigate. But will Celeste emerge with her heart and professional reputation unscathed? This is the first in the Astonvale series.


You can pre-order your book here.

If you're a reviewer, you can get your copy at NetGalley.

I totally need someone to organise me! Maybe I can get a few tips.





More cover love... 
This is the second in the Astonvale series, called Pretty Shore, and is due out by Penguin in December. Ah, it is indeed a pretty Shore..







Suzie Hindmarsh-Knights

Super stars!

Suzie and Pattington were in the Adelaide Hills Magazine.



Isn't Pattington a star?!!. Of course, our Suzie is as well but you can't pat her on the head and go 'good girl'. Or can you?




Short story selected!



Run from the Sun has been selected for for inclusion in the romance collection ‘By My Side’ from publisher Alfie Dog Fiction. The collection brings together some of the best short stories from 20 authors across the globe.


The collection is available for download for about $4.00 and can be bought direct through
Alfiedog or other online retailers.


Peta loves her life in the desert and wants her fiancée Alex to experience her love and passion. As a photographer, he loves the colour and diversity of life, but an encounter with a snake leaves not only his life in the balance, but their future. -  See more at AlfieDog






More promo for Suzie as she finds herself in the Mount Barker Courier.




Definitely star quality!






Khloe Wren

A crazy busy release schedule - I'm just tired thinking about it...

Khloe has been a busy busy author with four books in her best selling Dragon Warriors series hitting the an e-reader near you!   

Out now from Evernight Publishing are these smoking hot menage reads!


Book 1: Enchanting Eilagh - Dimitri, Max & Eilagh


Eilagh and her four best friends escape their jobs and lives for a few days to go camping. Fate intervenes and they get whipped away through a portal to The Land of Feury while hiking.

The Land of Feury has a problem. A virus killed off all their females years ago and Dimitri, their leader, has no idea how to solve the issue. When Dimitri’s twin, Max, finds a group of five unconscious females he can only hope of what might happen. When Dimitri and Max realize one of the females, Eilagh, is their Desired they are overjoyed.

But there is trouble brewing, and an uprising against Dimitri causes two of the women to be kidnapped. Will they be able to rescue their Desired and her friend in time? Will these five females prove to be the saviors their race has been praying for?


Buy links: 



Book 2: Binding Becky - Drake, Savren and Becky


The Land of Feury has a problem. A virus killed off all their females years ago and a solution is yet to be found. When a group of five unconscious females are found, hope for survival amongst the Dragon Shifters runs high.

Becky and her four best friends are escaping from their stressful everyday lives to go camping in the bush. Fate intervenes and while they are hiking they get whipped away through a portal to The Land of Feury.

Brothers, Drake and Savren, discover one of the females is their Desired. They excitedly set about wooing the strong willed, independent Becky. Their plans do not go smoothly, Becky is kidnapped by rebels and taken from them. Will they be able to rescue their Desired in time? Will they be able to convince the ever independent Becky that having bonded mates is a good thing?



Buy links: 





Book 3: Claiming Carina - Denver, Phelan, Hart and Carina


When Carina goes camping with her friends she's hoping her friends can help her heal from the horrific attack she suffered ten months ago. The day after she confesses all to her friends around a
campfire, all five of them are blown through a portal to The Land of Feury.

Dragon shifters call The Land of Feury home. Brothers, Denver, Phelan and Hart, the clan's farmers, are excited when they discover Carina is their Desired; their destined mate. But can they help her
heal from her from her past hurts? Will Carina ever be able to  accept the attention of three men after being attacked?



Book 4:  Seducing SkyeCalix, Owen, Axel and Skye


Only three of Skye’s four friends have woken up after they were transported through a portal to the Land of Feury, leaving the traumatized Carina still unconscious. Skye vows to not leave Carina’s side until she has recovered... no matter how irresistible her three sexy guards are.

Dragon Warriors, Calix, Owen and Axel are excited to discover one of the five human females the Great Wind delivered to their land is their Desired, their one and only destined love. Their only problem is getting her alone long enough to seduce her.

Buy links : 









And coming 30th September is book 5!!!


Book 5:  Believing Binda - Baxter, Zane & Binda


Clan healers, Baxter and Zane have their work cut out for them when five human women appear in the Land of Feury. Instantly they recognize one of the women as their Desired, but with the other four women continually getting injured they struggle to find the time to convince Binda she’s precious to them.

Binda battles to find her place in Feury as her friends all find love with their Dragon Warriors. Convinced she doesn’t belong on Feury she sets about finding a way back to Earth. But when she
attempts to leave, things don’t go as she planned.













Contract news!

Virginia has been offered a contract for two more historical romances by Kesington's Lyrical Press. They are titled Ella and Charlotte.





Great review for latest release

A 5 star review for Losing Patients from Long and Short Reviews!

"It was amazing to watch how the relationship between Bree and Sam developed. From jilted lovers to friends with a lot of unresolved sexual tension between them, to utterly in love with each other – all written in a way that made it natural, believable and a delight to follow. Their relationship progressed smoothly and at a pace that made it possible to watch them develop deep feelings for each other, without it being too drawn-out."

Read the full review here


Losing Patients has also been put up as Book of the Month by the site.





Ignite your reading!!

Claire's latest release, Down Among the Dead Men, is out now from Entangled Ignite.


Caitlyn needs to find her estranged father or her mother will be thrown out of the home she loves, so Caitlyn ventures into the rough, tough world of the Australian opal fields. After rescuing a teenager from an attempted assault she learns that the girl, Max, is her half-sister.
Their father is missing and suspected of stealing opals – an activity that could place both Max and Caitlyn in danger. Attempting to locate their father without alerting the police, Caitlyn enlists the help of Dale, a city lawyer turned lapidary, hiding out in the town to protect his
daughter from death threats. Together they investigate, but progress is slow until Caitlyn stumbles upon a link between her father and organised crime, and into an investigation by the Federal Police.


After offering herself as the go-between in a ‘sting’, Caitlyn realises that she’s put Dale’s life at risk and in order to save him, she does the one thing she’s sworn never to do. She battles crippling claustrophobia to descend into the darkness of an underground opal mine where her father’s dead body is lying. With the criminals either arrested or dead, Caitlyn accepts that she’s found more than she went looking for. She’s fallen in love with Dale, but there’s no way he’d consider moving back to the city, not when a move would expose his daughter to danger. He doesn’t ask her to stay so she makes a new life for herself and her sister in Adelaide...until the death of the man threatening his family allows Dale to confess his
feelings for her.



Buy links:
Amazon | Kobobooks | iBooks |





SASSY blogger, Maggie has had a good run of news...

Seek and ye shall find...


Blood Oath, Book Two in The Seeker Chronicles is out now with Rogue Phoenix Press

We discover more about the Rogue, Seeker world in Australia. This is the story of Cassie and Matt, based in Tasmania. Matt kills a rogue vampire who wanted Cassie. This sets up a course of events where the rogue’s twin has sworn in a blood oath to avenge his brother’s death. Throw in a bunch of vampire hunters as well and you have trouble. Things become even more complicated when Cassie’s sister is kidnapped as bait. The only option may be that Cassie will have to give up her own life to save them all.


Buy links:

A top review

Hidden Mortality received a 5.5 star review from InD'Tale Magazine.

Here's a snippet. 

"This well-written novel has a solid plot, smooth pace, plenty of emotion and depth, and all the elements needed for a great novel. The characters are engaging, the chemistry between Cara and Seth sizzling, and the sex scenes scorching hot. This paranormal romance is a definite page-turner, not to be missed!"


Buy Hidden Mortality from Amazon







An upcoming release with muscle tattoed man on the cover!



Maggie starts of a new series - The Midworlder Trilogy with Unknown Protector - due for release October 1st from Soul Mate Publishing


Angels and demons are not what you think , and neither will be able to save Nicole from a painful death. She will have to rely on her own skills as an ex cop turned detective, and those of a handsome rogue called Ridge. He may have wings but he's no angel.


Who can resist a muscled tattoed man. Not I?





An Interview


Maggie was interviewed at  at Susana's Morning Room


.99c deal 
We all love a deal don't we. 

To celebrate the release of book 2 (Blood Oath) in the The Seeker Chronicles, Book 1 Blood Scent is at .99c on Amazon!






Emmeline Lock


Our reading Adventurer has some great news

Emmeline's short story has been published in Sci Fi Quarterly. Check out Liberating Clemency

Assassin Clemency is on a mission to find the Herz des Mondes, a moonstone of great and mysterious power, which will help her get her life on track. When she is out-thieved by the appealing mercenary L'Arc, is she beaten, or will they both reap the stone's rewards of the heart?



You can download it in a number of different formats.
















Sucking face...or so that's what the book should be called from the US cover. 


Anne has a new release this month from HM&B with The Party Dare. 
When beauty therapist Breanna Black encounters the sexy new owner of the house next door, she's attracted, but she's more concerned his intended renovations will impact on her heritage home. His curt manner when she questions him doesn't disguise the hot desire she sees beneath his cool demeanour.


A confident flirt, when Brie next sees Leo Hamilton, she all but dares him to attend her party.


With his environmental management business, Leo's too busy to be attracted to the stunning, flirtatious Breanna. But he loves a challenge and can't resist, just for a little while...



Buy links: 



Ebook cover




Finalist Trish!!!


A Price Worth Paying was a finalist in the Short Sexy category in Romance Writers of Australia's Ruby Awards held in Sydney in August.





Gorgeous cover love...

Stone Castles is coming out 25 November by Pan MacMillan Australia





Out this month!


Trish's Tycoon's Temptation  is part of a continuity series called The Chatsfield from HM&B.


When the black sheep doesn't get his way!

Franco Chatsfield never lived by his family's rules, and he isn't going to start now. But The Chatsfield's new CEO needs Franco to secure a partnership, and he can't say no. He'll seal the deal and leave. But one woman stands in his way….

Holly Purman has devoted her life to her family's vineyard, and she won't risk it all for a Chatsfield, so she'll give Franco six weeks to prove himself. But working together sends their senses reeling, and when one taste isn't enough, they quickly discover the price of temptation!

Welcome to The Chatsfield, Sydney!


Buy links:




Beck Nicholas


Fantastic news for all YA fans

Beck Nicholas' Fake is here from Harlequin Teen.


Seventeen-year-old Kath McKenny has a date to the end-of-term party with her since-forever crush. He publicly messaged her to confirm, but there’s been a recent status update: he’s taking the new girl — giggly, pretty, well-developed Lana Elliot — instead.

After being thoroughly humiliated in front of half the school, best friend Chay talks Kath into revenge: a scheme to create the perfect — and very fake — online guy for Lana. Once she falls for him, they’ll show her what it’s like to get brutally dumped.

Everything is going to plan until Kath starts spending more-than-just-friends time with the other new kid in town — Lana’s dreamy older brother, Sebastian. Kath finds herself getting in deep — in love and drowning in guilt, she tries to put an end to her prank, but it’s taken on an unstoppable momentum of its own, with very real consequences.

As her plotting begins to unravel, so do the people Kath thought she knew:
Her mother has a secret online life.
Her father has a whole new family.
Her best friend is barely recognisable.
Her boyfriend has a disturbing hidden past.
And her enemy is more familiar than she knew

Pre orders available from here.



Get your signed copy!

Collins Bookstore Edwardstown will be hosting a book signing with Beck on 3rd October at 1pm!


It has it's own Facebook page - check it out here.






Coming in December!

Lifer coming from Month9Books.


Asher is a Lifer, a slave aboard the spaceship Pelican. A member of the lowest rung of society, she must serve the ship’s Officials and Astronauts as punishment for her grandparents’ crimes back on Earth. The one thing that made life bearable was her illicit relationship with Samuai, a Fishie boy, but he died alongside her brother in a freak training accident.

Still grieving for the loss of her loved ones, Asher is summoned to the upper levels to wait on Lady, the head Official’s wife and Samuai’s mother. It is the perfect opportunity to gather intel for the Lifer’s brewing rebellion. There’s just one problem—the last girl who went to the upper levels never came back.

On the other side of the universe, an alien attack has left Earth in shambles and a group called The Company has taken control. Blank wakes up in a pond completely naked and with no memory, not even his real name. So when a hot girl named Megs invites him to a black-market gaming warehouse where winning means information, he doesn’t think twice about playing. But sometimes the past is better left buried.

As Asher and Blank’s worlds collide, the truth comes out—everyone has been lied to. Bourne Identity meets Under the Never Sky in this intergalactic tale of love and deception from debut novelist Beck Nicholas.

Don't miss out - iTunes free copy
Victoria's Nobody But Him is free this month on iTunes thanks to Harlequin Australia.



And coming November 25th
Our Kind of Love is the third in Victoria's Middle Point series from Harlequin Australia

The best thing to happen to her… or her biggest mistake?

Anna is… unexpected… unbelievable… unstoppable. And unavailable.

Will what happened in Middle Point stay there?

Dr Anna Morelli rarely makes mistakes. But this one is big, bordering on huge. Somewhere between sunset and sunrise at the simple beachside wedding of two old friends, she’s cried in the ladies bathroom, danced to too many ABBA songs and survived the best, knock-your-socks-off one night stand in recorded history. Has she gone crazy? She’s supposed to be running from the disasters in her life, not creating more.

Award-winning journalist Joe Blake is back in Middle Point to lick his wounds after being dumped by his wife and sacked from his Sydney job on the same day. But after one incredible night with Anna, he finds he’ll need all his investigative skills to figure out why she won’t give in to their sizzling chemistry….


Pre-order from:






Our Facebook coordinator extraordinaire goes to print!

Bronwyn's first book with Harlequin Australia, The Road to Ruin comes out in December!



When the most desperate of times calls for the most scandalous of measures.

James Trelissick, Marquis of Lasterton, has but one plan: to get his sister and mother back from the notorious pirate who stole them from their ship bound for the Americas, without creating the scandal of the season. After months of fruitless searching, his family name and his sister’s reputation hang dangerously by a single thread. So, taking matters into his own hands, he kidnaps the one woman who must hold some of the answers: the daughter of the pirate captain.

Daniella Germaine’s only wish is to be reinstated to the decks of her father’s pirate ship. She will do whatever it takes to regain his attention after he decides she needs to be a real lady and ships her off to London to find a husband. With disgrace her last option, she tries everything she can think of to scandalise: riding at breakneck speed through the park to win a gentleman’s wager and swimming naked in the moonlight. It’s during another of these deeds of daring that her plans fall to pieces and her future lands in the hands of a man with not a lot left to lose…

Somewhere along the road to ruin, when lives are at stake and hearts are torn, Daniella and James must each decide between what they want, and what they actually need, to really live…

A feisty, sexy historical novel of daring, lust, and finding love in the most unlikely places.



Preorder is available now from Amazon






Wow, I'm exhausted compiling all this but exhilirated to see all this wonderful news come from our SARA authors. 

Please note:
Regular fortnightly posting of the SARA News will begin Monday 13th October. See you then!


~Eleni




Friday, July 11, 2014

UP-CLOSE with short story queen Suzie Hindmarsh-Knights!


You’ve had a lot of success with your short stories on the Alfie Dog Fiction site. Why do you think they’re so popular?

I think the Outback content and horse scenes grab attention. Rosemary Kind (Managing Director – Alfie Dog) tells me I write them well, so I can only go by her feedback. Short stories help me on the journey to becoming published.

You once worked on a racehorse property below Victoria’s Great Dividing Range and lived in Hong Kong in the ‘90s. How did these experiences come about, and have you ever drawn on them in your writing? And… what made you move from the UK to Australia?

I left the UK when I was seventeen to work on a racehorse property north of Whittlesea. I was looking for adventure and when the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at the chance. I was a typical young girl in love with horses, in fact, I love all animals, but I had this crazy dream, about working with racehorses.


It was the hardest job I’ve ever done - 5am starts and 8pm finishes and physically demanding. I was pretty fit in those days. I definitely use my experience of the racing industry and our Outback travels in my books. Desert Wind and Desert Storm are based around the racing industry.

Hong Kong was an amazing five-year adventure. I attended my first creative writing class while living there. I became involved with the Belgian Society and wrote their newsletter. When we joined the South China Scuba Diving Club, I was voted as the “member's member”.


One of my roles was to write the newsletter. I had great fun with this as I was allowed a certain amount of creative freedom.

For your first manuscript, El Alto, you spent many hours researching the Peruvian revolutionary organisation, the Shining Path, and South America. What made you want to write about this particular area?

The Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)... well, there’s quite a story behind my interest in this organisation. My husband’s family went to live and work in the Peruvian oil fields after the war and had many fantastic adventures while travelling through the Andes.


They were geologists, looking for oil for a UK company. Their two boys were born there and went to a Spanish school in Lima. They’ve told me so many interesting stories that it aroused my interest.


The Sendero were extremely violent especially towards women, so there are many dark moments in this story. I loved researching their history and have woven their beginning in the first book to an incident where the Sendero take over the prisons in the second book. It’s an adventure love story that spans more than ten years.


When I wrote the first book it must have been well over two hundred thousand words. I’ve got it down to one hundred and ten thousand now; the sequel was the same. I hope one day they will get picked up. I feel it’s a story that needs to be told. I’m told by those who have read it, it would make a fantastic movie… I live in hope with that one!

What do you get up to in a typical day? Do you still ride or own horses?

I have a day job which curtails my writing at the moment. I make time in the evenings and on the weekends to write. I no longer ride. Although I often get the urge, my body isn’t up to it any more.


I’ve been one of those people who have pushed their body beyond what is probably reasonable: horse riding, wind-surfing, snow skiing, scuba diving, running, gym work, aerobics, kick-boxing… the list is endless, but I have no regrets. I feel I’ve done more than a lot of people and am grateful for that.

How long have you been involved with the South Australian Romance Authors group and why do you enjoy it?

I joined SARA over four years ago now. I was introduced to Trish Morey who invited me along to a meeting. I was struggling alone with my writing, and still am to a certain extent. Learning the craft has been the hardest thing for me; telling a story is the easy part.


I can see the development of my writing style since I first started but it’s sometimes a real slog getting past the over-writing, especially when you’re a wordy person.


I’ve found the group to be a fabulous support network and really there shouldn’t be any reason why we should struggle alone.

A birdie told me you were recovering from a knee replacement op. Not horse-riding-related, was it? And does it mean you’re getting lots of writing done while you’re ‘laid up’? 

Now, I wonder who that was? ;) Yes, unfortunately I seem to be prone to bone problems. Horse-riding probably hasn’t helped. I’ve had many falls over the years, but then I’ve thrashed my body in many ways and I guess it’s payback time.


I had a major neck operation a couple of years ago and seem to have been in the wars ever since. The knee is improving, slowly.


I must admit the first few weeks after the operation I couldn’t think, what with all the drugs. But the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on changes to Desert Wind and I must say it’s lovely having the daytime to write rather than slogging away during the evening when I’m tired.

Finally, tell us a little about the famous Paddington!


OMG… how long do you want this? Paddington, where to start with him? Well, first off he’s a Bearded Collie with attitude. Actually I’ve never met a Beardie that didn’t have attitude. He comes from a champion line of herders, although he has no idea how to herd, unless it’s humans along the beach.


Cows, nope, he doesn’t like cows! Sheep - well, he was bred to herd them, but as I said he only seems to like herding people. Paddington thinks he’s a bit better than his herding parents. If you can herd a bunch of humans, that’s pretty good in his eyes.

As you are probably aware he has his own blog on my website (www.suziehindmarshknights.com); he writes a diary of his adventures. He has quite a following around the world and I forever have to ask him for the next chapter. He’s the only Bearded Collie to travel the Outback as a puppy.


He wanted to cross the Simpson Desert with us, but, alas, we weren’t allowed to take him. He’s seen ghosts in the Outback. Scary stuff, he tells me.

Paddington is one hell of a character. He’s driven by food and wakes me every morning, nose in my face demanding breakfast. He doesn’t really care what he eats as long as it’s something I would eat. Dog biscuits are fine but not as tasty as an Anzac cookie.


He runs the house with precision. He thinks he’s in charge but he only manages to boss Pete around. I think he realises I’m the alpha bitch – so to speak! Or perhaps he lets me think that!

Paddington is a book waiting to happen. But until then, he demands I post his pictures on Facebook, keep his blog going and give him the love he deserves.

Monday, June 2, 2014

SARA News - talking romance....


Welcome to another edition of SARA News where everything is Sassy!


Roadshow Event - for lovers of writing and/or romance!

Don't forget the combined RWA and SAWC Event with SARAs making appearances front and centre...

full program

bookings


Remember you can attend only one day if you can't make the whole weekend.


COST:
1 day* = $130 SAWC and RWA members, $170 non members
2 days* = $240 SAWC and RWA members, $340 non members
QUIZ NIGHT: $20 per head

*Includes lunch, morning and afternoon teas

ROMANCE WRITERS OF AUSTRALIA MEMBERS - to obtain your discount, please book via 8223 7662 during Centre opening hours or email admin@sawriters.org.au 


An amazing line up and an amazing program! Don't miss out!









Talking Romance

The SAWC had a Meet the Group session on Thursday and seven of our members represented SARA, keeping the small audience of four enthralled! :) It's always great to talk about writing and romance!

Here is a photo of us after the meeting (thanks to Leesa Bow). It was so nice to catch up and have a chat.

Back: L-R - Danielle Belwater, Khloe Wren, Eleni Konstantine
Front: L-R - Anne Oliver, Bronwyn Stuart, Leesa Bow, Carla Caruso


There'll be a chance to talk to some of the SARA writers in the future...




Coming in July - a romance panel at the Tea Tree Gully Library

Some of our ladies will appear on a panel called 'Kiss Me, Thrill Me, Kill Me'.
More details as they come to hand.




Sales...



Virginia Taylor is happy to announce that she has contracted the single title historical romance, Starling to Kensington Books' Lyrical Press.  Starling is plain and poor but she has a work ethic second to none and something rare for a historical heroine, a sense of the ridiculous. She is not a typical historical romance heroine.  No details regarding publication date is yet to hand.

 

Trish Morey is happy to announce the sale of two books to Pan Macmillan Australia, the first entitled Stone Castles, a Womens' Fiction with a nod to RuRo (rural romance), to be published December 2014. The second TBA.





The Short of It

In April, Suzie Hindmarsh-Knights was the 2nd selling short story author over at Alfie Dog. Way to go, Suzie!

You can purchase Suzie's stories here







~see you next time for more news~