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What to write next…
I was that kid who, at nine years old, said I wanted to be an author when I grew up. I wrote a mostly-finished sci-fi fantasy when I was fifteen (okay, I didn’t quite finish it, which probably says something about the psychology of writing). I wrote my first romcom at twenty-one (it has some…
ANOTHER Publication Day
This year has been a wild ride, with three books out in quick succession, plus one getting a paperback print run within those same months. On top of all of that, I’m back ‘home’ in Australia for the first time in seven years. It’s been a lot to process. Well, today is the third of…
Why ‘RomCom’ can be a reductive word…
I’ve seen it lots of times from readers on social media: ‘Why is this book called a RomCom? I didn’t think it was very funny.’ Or the opposite: ‘This book was so funny, but I didn’t feel the chemistry between the love interests.’ Why the current obsession with coupling romance with comedy? Obviously, it does…
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