Today is Sunday which is a nice reflective day of the week, or at least is meant to be.Sadly, the reflecting about today was pretty much along the lines of the lament.Now, I muck around a bit with the music at my little church, and we like the kids to take part as some of…
Author: Joanne Hill
Indie author of sweet romance and romantic comedy. www.joannehill.com
Last week I went to a fabbo talk at the Auckland Writers Festival featuring Nalini Singh. Here’s a link to my write-up of it: http://albooksinthecity.blogspot.co.nz/2015/05/awf15-nalini-singh.html Hmmmm. Just thinking about all that paranormal fun, I may have to go back and start reading the Psy Changeling series all over again….
So Frenchy So Chic
The French! I am a bit into things French at the moment, partly because.. well, why not? There’s a lot to like (she says, avoiding looking English people in the eye…)Plus I’m meant to be spending a few days on a certain French Pacific island in a few months, so am brushing up on sixth…
In which we talk about writing stuff…
Just back from a fabulous writerly retreat down in the King Country. We talked writing, plotting, marketing, social media, and had a great time in the process. Looking out over Te Kuiti One of the best parts of a few days away with a couple of old friends is of course just the yakking. Drinking…
Other stuff
A sample of other writing on other blogs.
iBooks banner-love
iBooks rock! Here is a screenshot of the most gorgeous banner on the iBooks Store here downunder promoting the exclusive pre order for Return to Frazier Bay. It’s just lovely, don’t you think? and, just quietly, it’s not too shabby sitting next to La Nora either! The release date for Frazier Bay is May 3rd. All…
My Holiday Travelling Tips
Don’t you just want to roll your eyes when you see articles about Travel Tips from so called celebrities who are swanning off all around the planet as if it’s the most natural thing in the world to do, telling you about their holidays in Bali and New York and Singapore, and stuff like that?…
Favourite Movie Couples
Movie couples! Who is your most romantic movie couple? It’s a tricky little question because there are just so many gorgeous movie couples. Like Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy. But when I was thinking about this for a Valentine’s Day blog, I decided I’d go with a movie from back in the day – Sixteen…
Casino Royale this August
Romance Writers of New Zealand have announced the schedule for the upcoming August conference August 14-17th, and there is a stellar group of authors taking part. I’m keen to hear indie superstar Marie Force especially and she’s offering some great seminars during the weekend on topics such as author branding. Karina Bliss will be talking…
Loving the iceberg
The iceberg lettuce that is. The lettuce that is so trashed these days. The lettuce that remains my fav, in spite of me growing attempting to grow other lettuces, red and green lettuces, in spite of buying bags of lettuces that someone else has grown and washed and packaged. I adore the iceberg.Back in the…
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