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Julia Gillard forces me to rewrite!

I’ve been joking lately that I need to get my latest ms published BEFORE Julia Gillard becomes PM because one of my fav scenes in the first chapter includes this:

You’ve made it.’ Max raised his glass to hers. ‘As of last night, she still has her nose firmly pressed against that glass ceiling — not you, Pop. I don’t doubt she’ll break through sometime soon but — ’
‘You know what? You men so piss me off.’ Poppy tried holding onto the growl stirring inside. ‘She’s Deputy Prime Minister for crying out loud. Does that not compute in your testosterone-fuelled brains that she’s made it already? Why is it not enough to be the best you can be? Why do we all have to win prime ministerial office or bloody awards to prove ourselves?’

Today Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female Prime Minister – and what a speech-maker. As a political speech and press writer some years ago, I obvioulsy did not understand the power of anaphora. But talk about anaphora overload.

OMG – I’m sitting here watching her press conference on TV just now and she just said:

“I didn’t set out to crash my head into any glass ceilings.”

Damn! Back to edits!!!!!

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Chicken, egg or book contract?

Which one comes first?

Sadly, I can confirm that it’s not the book contract 🙁

It’s the chicken.

I know this because my chooks, Benny and Flo, (that stands for Eggs Benedict and Eggs Florentine) came into our lives 26 weeks ago and today they presented us with their first eggs.

So what does this have to do with trying to get my novel published?

Well, after hearing the groans and cackles coming from the coop this morning I found footage of a chicken laying an egg on – you guessed it – U-Tube. Yikes!

Talk about an impossible feat – as impossible as getting published.

Still, I look forward to laying my novel before a publisher soon and cracking the big time before I become too scrambled in the head from all the brick walls I keep hitting. LOL

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Review: Lies and Seduction by Victoria Black

Tender and delicious is how I’d describe Victoria Black’s debut novella – Lies and Seduction. (This IS NOT, however, how I would describe the roast!).
It’s true. Captain Caruthers can’t cook to save his life, but he can save the life of the woman he loves.

The author sure knows how to cook though. She turns the heat up in the kitchen, in the bathroom and in the bedroom, cooking up a tantalising and sensual story set in romantic 1940’s war-time London.

This story has all the ingredients to satisfy those hungry for a quick bite of a lusty hero, a nipple – oops! – I mean nibble of a feisty heroine, and a little serving of history on the side.

Bottom line – who cares if Captain Caruthers can’t cook. Priorities please, ladies!

I was thrilled to win a copy of this book. Thank you Victoria. May there be many more.
Buy this book at Cobblestone Press or find out about Victoria Black on her website. http://victoriablack.htmlplanet.com/