I think it’s not only because it’s escapist fiction but also because it reaffirms positive values and always ends hopefully. It never fails to surprise me how lighthearted romance fiction can give real comfort to people battling with tough life issues. What ’ s the most surprising thing you ’ ve ever heard or read about yourself ? The year my first novel was picked up, I was told it was one of 11 books contracted out of more than 20,000 submissions. In other words, write to create emotion and tension in the reader. The worst? I was given this advice by several people in the local writing world: ‘If you want to make any money writing in Australia, write romance – there’s a formula you can use and it’s dead easy.’ The best (in fact, the only) writing advice I knew when I first started was, ‘Make ’em laugh, make ’em cry, make ’em wait’. What ’ s the best (or worst) advice you ’ ve received about writing? All that remains is the tragic conviction of their utter brilliance. The number of brilliant ideas for stories I’ve had but forgotten is staggering. It got the book noticed, and resulted in my being published in the USA and other parts of the world. When my first book was a finalist in the Best First Book category at the the Romance Writers of America RITA Awards – they’re the Oscars of the romance writing world.
What ’ s been the most significant moment in your writing career so far? I constantly fret about whether the book is good enough, whether readers will hate it, and whether it’s even going to work.Īlso deadlines – though I probably couldn’t do without them. What ’ s the worst part of your job?īattling with doubt. Those moments are few and far between, but they keep me going. That’s when I can’t stay away from the work in progress, and the words pour out of me. People say it’s a lonely job, but I have friends all around the world – real friends – purely because of writing. The other ‘best part’ is when a book finally starts to come together and I realise it’s going to work. The friends I’ve made in the writing world. It was originally published by Harlequin in the UK. What was the first piece of writing you had published?
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