Author: Jenn J McLeod

Australia's nomadic novelist living on the road a purple and white caravan called Myrtle the Turtle. Come home to the country: House for all Seasons (#5 top selling novel in 2013), Simmering Season (2014), Season of Shadow and Light (2015), The Other Side of the Season (2016), A Place to Remember (2018), House of Wishes (2019)
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Book Review: The Cattleman’s Runaway Bride

Book Review: The Cattleman’s Runaway Bride by Karly Blakemore-Mowle
Ready to sit back, relax and enjoy something a bit different.
This is not your usual run-of-the-mill romance in which the author drags – out ad-nauseam – the old a ‘will they or won’t they’. Nope! This heroine, Rilee Henderson, lives in the real world. In fact, this story has real people with real issues; a refreshing change from other romance genre reads.
The author’s easy-going style, beautifully balanced with just the right amount of detail, had me right there with the very determined Rilee and her bloke, Trey Delacourt. From the opening chapter I was totally hooked and wondering where the story would go.
The journey didn’t disappoint; and just when I thought it was going to end all happy ever after, the author surprises me again.
This is a nice read and a great way to spend a few hours away from the everyday.
You can find out more about this author and her books on http://www.karlenelane.com/
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Philosophical (not photogenic) @ 50

Yes – happy birthday to me tomorrow. Do you like my celebratory wine glass?????

September 19 is the beginning of my 5th decade of living, loving and embracing a second chance. (In case you don’t recognise those words, they are my mantra, my tag-line, my writing platform on which my novels are based.)

I have no idea what the coming 50th year will bring, but I do know it will be MY year. Don’t ask me how I know. Let’s just say I can feel it in my water! (Unless that’s just one of those what-do-you-expect-now-you’re-fifty problems!)

Is my dream of publication going to come true? I sure do have everything crossed. (Which is probably also something to do with that 50 year-old bladder issue above!)

It’s said a picture paints a thousand words.
Today (my last as a 49 year old) I took a break from the computer and hit the highway. Our little road trip took in the charming towns of Ulmarra and Brushgrove, where I took photos (my inspiration for my fictional town of Calingarry Crossing). I’ll have pics of the town next time.

For now though, in anticipation of this being MY year, I found some lovely locations to play around with some promo shots (getting in practice for that professional author picture!)

Tell me which one you like (ie which one makes me look NOT yet 50!) Be kind LOL

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It’s – a fetish of mine

I discovered a fetish recently and it’s (oh, there I go again!) using too many ‘its’.

An e-publisher recently requested I submit a full manuscript and in the process of preparing the 90k word ms to send, I did a FIND and HIGHLIGHT.
Thousands of the little buggers lit up. (My ms looked like the Harbour Bridge on NYE.)
So I’ve spent the week de-itting the ms.

It amazes me when it… (Oops! Let me try that again)

I am amazed how replacing an ‘it’ can improve clarity and flow in a manuscript.

Not long ago I overcame my ‘ly’ fascination. I remain confident that this fetish (no doubt I will discover more) can be controlled without any intervention or drugs — other than caffeine as I attempt to de-it my other two completed manuscripts.