It’s International Chocolate Day! I have a thing about chocolate. I have such a thing about chocolate that I have written it into my bio which appears inside every book I release. I am not the only romance writer who has a passion for chocolate. When the erotic romance publisher, Ellora’s Cave, was still in […]
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I was not aware that Australian rules football was as old as that. It is the oldest of the world’s major football codes. The first AFL match was played in 1858 between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. The game was developed for adult players, with rules suited to the conditions. For example, smooth turf was
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It must be because I grew up hearing the stories about what Australian and New Zealand troops achieved (and died achieving) during the First and Second World Wars, that Anzac Day tends to register in my consciousness more than Remembrance Day ever does, even living here in North America. Plus, too, this year I have
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Throughout the years I was working a day job while writing on the side, I was always an admin assistant. When I first started working, straight out of high school, I was a “female clerk”. (Oh, how times have changed!) So, as I do every couple of years or so, I’m pausing to acknowledge all
Change In Facebook Live session times and Ask Me Anything (Really!) Tomorrow, I’m switching things up for a bit. I often get emails expressing regret because the Facebook Live sessions are scheduled at a time when readers can’t tune in live. As 2pm MDT on a weekday suits the majority of readers, in all time
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The Heroine Who Wouldn’t Behave Herself If you watched last Monday’s Facebook Live, you’ll know that this week’s discussion is one I’ve put off for a couple of weeks: Military Careers When Soldiers Wore Swords. We love to adore the red-coated soldiers parading through our historical romances — just think of Rupert Friend in Pride &
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It’s pretty common and far easier to think of the “Victorian Era” as one unchanging snapshot in time, where the women wore pretty things and the men were all gentlemen and lords. The Victorian era, though, lasted 64 years, from 20 June, 1837 until Queen Victoria’s death on 22 January, 1901. In that time, the world
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If you’ve read even a little King Arthur fiction, then you’ve probably noticed that every second companion and lord in King Arthur’s court is a king. Yet they’re all bending the knee for Arthur…who is also a king. So how does that work? Is it just more of the messy half-truths that got stuffed into
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Monday’s Facebook live session was a doozy. 1) Comments worked! I cannot tell you how awkward it felt, the week before, when I couldn’t see everyone’s comments. I had not realized how much the FB live sessions were a two-way street until then. So I was very relieved when the first comment showed up. (I think that
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If you live in a western, democratic nation, you likely think that violence against women is comparatively low in your country. You are almost certainly underestimating how much violence women face, even in your country. A 2013 study on violence against women in Australia discovered that one in three women are victims of violence in
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