tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80733418927991118842024-03-14T20:29:06.500+11:00Annie Seaton-Women's Fiction AuthorExciting stories in Australian landscapesThe Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-30615832636217032942017-12-04T20:30:00.000+11:002017-12-10T12:58:09.987+11:00Twelve Days of Christmas<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The story behind Christmas With the Boss.... the shack, the beach, the ghost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the Twelve Days of Christmas promotion – twelve ‘down under’ authors who are each giving personal prizes away, plus we have a $50 Amazon Gift Card to finish with a flourish. Here’s the schedule so you can see who’s taking part. Don’t miss your favourite authors!</span></div>
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Day 1 – <span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="http://www.krispearson.com/blog/2017/11/first-off-the-block">Kris Pearson</a></span></span><br />
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Day 2 – <span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="https://wp.me/p70XmO-mz">Joanne Dannon</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Day 3 – <a href="http://cassandraolearyauthor.com/12-days-of-christmas/">Cassandra
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Day 4 – <a href="http://annieseaton.blogspot.co.nz/2017/12/twelve-days-of-christmas_4.html">Annie
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Day 5 – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TraceyAlvarezAuthor/photos/a.474325999314319.1073741828.472161042864148/1578388555574719/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">MoniqueMcDonell</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Day 6 –<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TraceyAlvarezAuthor/photos/a.474325999314319.1073741828.472161042864148/1578388555574719/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"> <span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-NZ">Kate O’Keeffe</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Day 9 – <span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="http://www.leeannamorgan.com/12-days-of-christmas.html">Leeanna Morgan</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Day 10 – <span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="http://wendyvella.com/giveaway.html">Wendy Vella</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Day 11 – <span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="http://www.charmaineross.com/single-post/2017/11/22/The-question-I%E2%80%99m-often-asked-the-most-is-%E2%80%9CWhere-do-you-get-your-inspiration%E2%80%9D">Charmaine Ross</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Day 12 – <span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="https://aislinnkearns.com/2017/11/27/christmas-post/">Aislinn Kearns</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I closed my laptop, threw off the writing clothes, put on a summer dress and headed for the stores. Yes, it was the day to do the Christmas shopping. I am one of those rare souls who loves venturing into a crowded shopping centre, mingling with the crowds, and lining up at the cash register while I listen to Christmas music. Finding the perfect Christmas present for everyone is a quest for me each year and a part of the festive season that I really enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my best buddies, Kris (not Kris Pearson... she lives across the ditch in NZ) often comes on these shopping expeditions-there's nothing to beat a girls' shopping trip- is the friend who gave me the inspiration for Christmas With the Boss. We've been on many shopping trips together and last year we shopped Italy and France together!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In fact when I think about it, this story is a celebration of female friendships... it has a little bit of a few different girlfriends in the story!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i> </i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>“Always check out the size of
their feet girls. Big feet, big—”</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>“Sharyn!”
The giggles that had gone around the office were in contrast to the corporate black
suits and classy chignons of the executive assistants on the tenth floor of the
bank building in George Street. Between the bouts of frantic activity that
happened on the trading floor twenty four hours a day, Jilly spent most of her
work day shaking her head at Shaz’s antics and advice. Shaz always managed to
come up with a dry comment to break the tense atmosphere of trading. The one
about checking out the size of a guy’s feet before accepting a date had the
girls howling with laughter. Until the boss had lifted his head and frowned
through the glass wall of his office.</i><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But I digress! A few years back, Kris turned up at my house one Sunday morning, pale and visibly shaken. She had been staying at her partner's house (a house at the beach two doors up from mine) while her partner was away. She was pleased to wake up in the middle of the night when he came home unexpectedly and climbed into bed with her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But there was no unexpected arrival of her partner, she was alone... and you can read exactly what happened in <i>Christmas with the Boss... </i>word for word.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Her story still gives me goose bumps today. Jilly's experience in <i>Christmas With the Bos</i>s is based on a true story!</span></div>
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Jilly woke with a start it was pitch dark. She lay there for a moment listening
and wondering what had woken her. She shivered; there was a chill in the room.
Goose bumps rose on her bare skin and the hair on the back of her neck lifted.
Her mouth dried as the other side of the bed dipped and she rolled toward the
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<i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Dominic?”
Her throat was dry and the words came out raspy and sleepy.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">“Heh
heh.” The same soft chuckle she had heard on the veranda turned her blood to
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all her courage together, she swallowed and reached over. Taking a deep breath
and trying to stay calm she placed her hand on the warm fingers that still rested
lightly against her hip.</span></i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So throw together a jaded banker, a sexy surfer boss, a true ghost story and a beach shack, and <i>Christmas with the Boss</i>, was born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a special offer for this Christmas blog, I have put three of my beach stories into an anthology called <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/BEACH-LOVE-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B078C5J27V" target="_blank">Beach Love</a>, and I have five e-copies to give away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So come and tell me about a ghostly experience you have had.. or the best ghost story you have heard or read.</span></span></div>
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group are authors and readers who love reading romance by the water, whether it
be the ocean, a lake, a tropical island or any other body of water where our
heroes and heroines fall in love and live happily ever after!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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combined their resources and planned this Christmas blog hop. Once
the blog begins you have the opportunity of winning by going to
their blog post for the day (Each author will post until
Christmas Eve) and commenting on their post to go in the draw to win
a book. Then by clicking on the raffle copter link below, you will be entered
in the grand prize draw for a $150 Amazon gift card.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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So what are you waiting for? Come visit, get clicking, commenting and enter
EVERY day. <br />
You will discover some wonderful new authors and some awesome books
too!<br />
It's like an advent calendar so bookmark this page and open a blog every day on
the calendar below until Christmas! The more blogs you read, the more entries
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One of the greatest pleasures in life is snuggling up with a good book and immersing yourself in another world.</div>
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It could be a contemporary story set in a familiar environment, it could be a journey into the past, or it could be an exploration of an imaginary world. As an author I love creating these worlds for readers to explore.<br />
When I was growing up I used to lie on the grass with my favourite books. I explored Anne of Green Gables and travelled to Prince Edward Island from my own back garden. I solved mysteries with the Famous Five in England. Then when I grew into my teens I discovered historical stories and I visited medieval castles, and met kings and queens.<br />
I discovered time travel, and fell in love with the concept, and my latest release Come Back To Me combines my love of history, seventies music and England through a time travel perspective.<br />
Wouldn't that be awesome!<br />
I'd already explored it in one of my earlier books, Adventures in Time</div>
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But no matter where we chose to sit and read we can explore different times and worlds.<br />
I love reading, and I'm lost if I don't have a book or my kindle by my side. I love to read in my swinging chair in the cool summer breeze. I love to read lying on a tropical beach listening to the waves. Or in front of a roaring fire with a glass of wine.</div>
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Tell me in the comments where your favourite reading spot is.<br />
I will draw a winner at the end of the month<br />
Win an ecopy of my latest release<br />
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I've arrived home from a fabulous two week holiday in the beautiful tropical north, just in time for a new book release tomorrow! The weather was gloriously warm and I enjoyed taking a break and refilling the creative well.<br />
Sailing, eating out, and reading lots of books... I discovered a new-to-me author Erica James and had a binge fest of reading!<br />
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And it's back to the desk tomorrow, working on the next and final Prickle Farm book, attending to edits for Prickle Creek Book 3 and then continuing the research for my 2019 Harlequin Mira book set in a very interesting location.<br />
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<span data-offset-key="fdnjt-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On 28th January this year I wrote the first chapter of <i>Whitsundays</i>, my first historical single title. The book wasn't contracted when I began my story, but by March, my wonderful agent, Haylee Nash of The Nash Agency had sold it to Harper Collins, for the Harlequin Mira imprint.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Today, seven months later, I wrote the last words and I cried.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I believe this is the best story I have written yet.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqXwV8Fyai8A5tKASOGWsnfOvLDXajhzgzTYKdIWehW35r55Z0-y-EwjAYM2oogDp-XAOxfidZrK2Sfz-limbtkriQKh7umIkB9CDMedTTUnbO3USVuEsuS9fehG30fyZ0DgFfcc7Crg/s1600/P6100078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqXwV8Fyai8A5tKASOGWsnfOvLDXajhzgzTYKdIWehW35r55Z0-y-EwjAYM2oogDp-XAOxfidZrK2Sfz-limbtkriQKh7umIkB9CDMedTTUnbO3USVuEsuS9fehG30fyZ0DgFfcc7Crg/s320/P6100078.JPG" width="320" /></a><span data-offset-key="fdnjt-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> I've loved each character, and I've loved every word as I wrote the story. I loved researching the history, the landscape and the contemporary issues I've explored. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I've shared some of my photographs of my research with you here.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is the longest it has ever taken me to write a book. The research was painstaking, and I enjoyed each minute of it, especially talking to the older fellows at Airlie Beach who were there as children in World War 11.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> Taking photographs of the island landscapes that haven't changed since the 1940s, and climbing over a Catalina flying boat was as much fun as</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">writing the story.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now the long process of edits, and cover creation, and publicity planning begins in tandem with my publisher, Harlequin Mira.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">During the writing of this story, I have learned so much about the impact of World War 11 on families, and I have learned more about the dangers to our beautiful Australian environment in contemporary times.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I hope, you, my reader will love it as much as I do and learn more about the beautiful country that is Australia, more about our history, and the events that shaped the people we have become. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And recognise the dangers that today, threaten our country under the guise of development.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Stay posted. At this point, release day is 20 August 2018. One year and two days away! </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It will be available for pre-order a few months before that.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I'll keep you informed.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now to start the next one!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">The more experienced you become at writing, the more you learn and the journey becomes easier. Ha...that's what they say!</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">As I write more, my inner editor intervenes and tries to take over my voice. She wants to be heard, she wants to call the shots. The challenge is finding that fine line of keeping her under control and letting her develop my work.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Last week I set myself two strict deadlines. I am taking two completed and perfectly edited manuscripts to a meeting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Yeah, sure I am!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Well... that was the plan. Thanks to that pesky inner editor I ended up with too much polish and not much finishing.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Three days of writing for six hours each day early last week and I gained one thousand words in one story.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">My inner editor would not leave me in peace and insisted I go back each morning and revise each chapter. So, I wrote three thousand new words and pruned two thousand off earlier chapters.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">I am usually a ‘put my head down and go for it panster’ and then I come back and edit when I have finished. Last week when my inner editor was constantly at my shoulder my productivity slowed to a crawl and frustration consumed me. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Writer’s block started to creep in...and then it wasn’t long before creativity flew out the window.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">But, self reflection is a marvellous thing!</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Instead of giving up and bemoaning this constant nagging voice, I took control and analysed the changes I had made.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What did I find? </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">My chapters were stronger and the plot was a lot tighter. Dialogue had improved. Reading back over my changes I realized that my inner editor had stepped in, in a timely fashion and saved me hours of work at the end. And then I was able to put my fingers to keyboard and start flying again</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">So a good lesson. The more you write, the more savvy you become when dealing with that pesky inner editor.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">In February 2011, I left the world of full time work. I had always yearned (I do love that word) to be a published author, but had not written one creative word for over twenty years. I decided to see if I could do it and in March 2011 I put fingers to keyboard. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">I dipped my toes in the waters of steampunk romance, writing <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Passion-Flower-Vargas-Family-ebook/dp/B00AVMTEG8" target="_blank">Winter of the Passion Flower</a> </i> now published as part of a bundle called <i>Adventures in Time.</i> When this, my very first novella, was picked up by Lyrical Press( now a part of Kensington) I was ecstatic. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">In my first four years of writing, I produced 22 books. I guess coming late to writing, I saw the need to produce a credible back list. I fell in love with writing and discovered my happy place. After a career in the education sector, I was fortunate in that I was able to stay home and write full time, supplementing my lack of income with freelance editing.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I wrote my first contemporary romance, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Holiday-Affair-Novel-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00BCFYN6E" target="_blank">(<i>Holiday Affair</i></a>) in the RWA sprint room and secured a contract with Entangled Publishing just before Christmas 2011. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Even though my time travel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rock-Entangled-Covet-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00I6ZS6IE" target="_blank">Hot Rock </a>hasn't sold well, it remains my favourite book. Maybe it's the cover? The title? All I know is, it is a very different story!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">In 2013 and 2014 I experimented with self publishing, and wrote historical, paranormal, rural romance and coastal romance, honing my craft with every word.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Valley-Witch-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00QO2BRAU" target="_blank">Silver Valley Witch</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In December of 2015, </span><i style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kakadu-Sunset-Porter-Sisters-1-ebook/dp/B016CQ8DKO" target="_blank">Kakadu Sunset</a></i><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kakadu-Sunset-Porter-Sisters-1-ebook/dp/B016CQ8DKO" target="_blank"> </a>hit the bookshelves in Australia and New Zealand, and the e-book shelves internationally, followed by </span><i style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Daintree-Porter-Sisters-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B01LEOF5EG" target="_blank">Daintree</a> </i><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">in November 2016.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">So what's ahead for 2017? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the past two years, I have rediscovered life balance , and I learned how to relax again as well as finding time to read, but that is another whole blog post!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I pulled out my diary to write up my schedule for this year, and realised I have six, maybe seven books being published in the next twelve months! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As well as writing and editing those books, I have two research trips, including another trip to the Whitsundays to finalise the research for my current historical </span></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">manuscript. At the moment, the destination for the second trip in June is up for discussion...however we will begin the journey at Winton at the Outback Writers' Festival. It could be the Tanami desert... it could be the Dinosaur trail... it could be Cape York!</span></span><br />
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The Prickle Creek Farm Series</h3>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I have created a new author name- Melody Edmonds- for my new line of rural romances, the Prickle Creek Farm series. The first book, Coming Home to Prickle Creek will be published by Entangled Publishing in June, followed by three more over 2017-and early 2018</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In my commercial fiction persona, Annie Seaton, I am currently immersed in my first single title historical</span> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and I will have more information about that very soon.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Today is Australia Day. For my non -Aussie readers, o</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">n Australia Day we come together as a nation to celebrate what's great about Australia and being Australian. It's the day to reflect on what we have achieved and what we can be proud of in our great nation. It's the day for us to re-commit to making Australia an even better place for the future.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Australia Day, 26 January, is the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It is 2000 words underway and set in one of my </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">favourite</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> places in Australia!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It is set in the </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">beautiful</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> East Kimberley region of Western Australia and I am looking forward to seeing what wonderful cover the clever </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">designers</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> at Pan Macmillan create for this final book in the series.</span></div>
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and two days after coming home I attended the above festival...so there has not been a lot of time for staying up to date! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/whitsundaywrite" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="text-align: start;"> to see more about the great weekend and some gorgeous photos of the location at Lure at Airlie Beach.</span></div>
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I am spending some much needed time at my desk. My next book, <a href="http://bit.ly/2c8KPkS" target="_blank">Daintree</a>, will be released late November, and I am immersed in writing the following book, Kimberley.</div>
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #232323; font-family: "Droid Sans", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #232323; font-family: "Droid Sans", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #232323; font-family: "Droid Sans", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #232323; font-family: "Droid Sans", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cliff Cottage, Ana’s house, was six miles south of Nebbiton, and Thelma and Mitzi lived on the edge of town, so it was only a short while before she turned the truck onto Main Street, past the BB Hardware store, to where Main Street turned into an unpaved road and meandered through the vegetable farms.</i></div>
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<i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It’s like being out in the country,” Liam commented, as Georgie parked the car on the road outside the old farmhouse. She pulled on the handbrake and turned to him with a smile, determined to keep her cool. “You are in the country. Even though we’re not far from the city or even from Half Moon Bay, the Nebbiton Chamber of Commerce does all it can to preserve the old feel of this town.”</i></div>
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The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-46681181074793441482016-03-11T09:09:00.001+11:002016-03-13T09:38:43.797+11:00Cooking with the Muse: an anniversary<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 11.25pt 0cm;">
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.15pt;">Four years ago today, I became a published author.</span></span></h2>
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will never forget the feeling of that day as a lifetime dream came to fruition.
Because coincidentally, on March 12 2012 </span></span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">two</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.15pt;">
books were published as I made a double </span><span style="line-height: 17.5333px;">début</span><span style="line-height: 13.15pt;"> with two different publishing
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Time-Bundle-Vargas-Family-ebook/dp/B00K2MY5Z2" target="_blank">Winter of the Passion Flower</a> with Lyrical Press,
and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Holiday-Affair-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00BCFYN6E" target="_blank">Holiday Affair</a> with Entangled Publishing, hit the e-book stands on the same
day and my writing career began.<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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enduring e-book, going to print on demand, audio and reaching #33 on all of
Amazon US</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Over the past four years I have written twenty
stand alone e-books, had two books go to audio book with Audible, and fifteen
of these books are available on print on demand. I have one book in traditional
print and available in books stores in Australia and New Zealand, and in e-book
internationally. Two more print books in the same series are contracted for
publication with Pan Macmillan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">My e-books have been included in three boxed sets:
the very successful Love Down Under and Christmas Down Under sets and the
upcoming Men of the Zodiac which includes my Ten Days in Tuscany<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF9KxBXl8sxiI2bVtFExZHLAU5RqfzovCsaY_166gyPfbcPmYzNPn4vCaw00_EHzOGxM0NZCotw_XLUPnO993cXZE5Niu9rBhkdHr_yXSO6-dehQEc3I39eRhVbh0KnIkqIdeSh76Y8s/s1600/rab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF9KxBXl8sxiI2bVtFExZHLAU5RqfzovCsaY_166gyPfbcPmYzNPn4vCaw00_EHzOGxM0NZCotw_XLUPnO993cXZE5Niu9rBhkdHr_yXSO6-dehQEc3I39eRhVbh0KnIkqIdeSh76Y8s/s1600/rab.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">Other books have been bundled in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Romance-Abroad-Bundle-Entangled-Indulgence-ebook/dp/B00H6EOMD4" target="_blank">Romance AbroadBundle</a></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;"><br /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Time-Bundle-Vargas-Family-ebook/dp/B00K2MY5Z2" target="_blank">Adventures in Time.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Annie-Seaton/e/B007M3YNFQ">http://www.amazon.com/Annie-Seaton/e/B007M3YNFQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFymC2MnOTzT8fRg4w1qzI7av3Vlq-dcEn4MKy-wlCLEEjyaXd06L4O1NPYcFBhX4KlO8iM6isqABNsilizJHy2nx28YXamK0IKW09nNzTqsK0-FpbrZiCektp_xp1twLNhoPaqS4RjI/s1600/FINALFRONT_c-small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFymC2MnOTzT8fRg4w1qzI7av3Vlq-dcEn4MKy-wlCLEEjyaXd06L4O1NPYcFBhX4KlO8iM6isqABNsilizJHy2nx28YXamK0IKW09nNzTqsK0-FpbrZiCektp_xp1twLNhoPaqS4RjI/s200/FINALFRONT_c-small.jpg" width="130" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yV5ymxFZday15Gia2YaEnyVpXyRHp-D0ujKGPJjIHwScHZCcF1SS-0XcLwmLQRnHHkcknllqZmAMyvBqlXkiNH0xmA8zE4f2c3gEllCI1WlrsQOHaSX2dVlX6Q_PxDPihCmvEYnjIKw/s1600/LLAS_C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yV5ymxFZday15Gia2YaEnyVpXyRHp-D0ujKGPJjIHwScHZCcF1SS-0XcLwmLQRnHHkcknllqZmAMyvBqlXkiNH0xmA8zE4f2c3gEllCI1WlrsQOHaSX2dVlX6Q_PxDPihCmvEYnjIKw/s200/LLAS_C.jpg" width="129" /></a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">I have experimented with genres moving to contemporary
romance, through steam punk with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Time-Bundle-Vargas-Family-ebook/dp/B00K2MY5Z2" target="_blank">Adventures in Time </a>bundle, through historical
with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Capturing-Pirates-Heart-Emerald-Quest-ebook/dp/B00P0J334G" target="_blank">Capturing the Pirate’s Heart</a>, and paranormal with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Rock-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00I6ZS6IE" target="_blank">Hot Rock</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Valley-Witch-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00QO2BRAU" target="_blank">Silver Valley Witch</a>. (both of the paranormals are two of my favourites)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5333px;">I've explored Australian coastal romance with </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Holiday-Affair-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00BCFYN6E" style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 17.5333px;" target="_blank">Holiday Affair</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 17.5333px;">, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Seductive-Secrets-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00OEXSMXG" style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 17.5333px;" target="_blank">Seductive Secrets</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 17.5333px;"> and </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Desire-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00EGJ33YG" style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 17.5333px;" target="_blank">Dangerous Desire</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 17.5333px;">, and </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beach-House-Bondi-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B00WPV06TM" style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 17.5333px;" target="_blank">Beach House</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 17.5333px;">, and ventured into Australian rural romance with </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Loving-Lucy-Prickle-Farm-Romance-ebook/dp/B018QPPZNW" style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 17.5333px;" target="_blank">Loving Lucy</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 17.5333px;">, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outback-Affair-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00FCRBEB0" style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 17.5333px;" target="_blank">Outback Affai</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 17.5333px;">r and of course my first single title, </span><a href="http://www.annieseatonromance.com/kakadu-sunset.html" style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 17.5333px;" target="_blank">KakaduSunset.</a></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">I've learned that I love to write and have settled comfortably into the genre of romantic suspense.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">I’ve visited, researched and written books set in
exotic locations. Two Italian set books: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Days-Tuscany-Men-Zodiac-ebook/dp/B00V3C3DMG" target="_blank">Ten Days in Tuscany</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Italian-Affair-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00CNTTEAI" target="_blank">Italian Affair</a>. Half Moon Bay in Northern California
for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tangling-CEO-Half-Moon-Novel-ebook/dp/B00GQ6FODK" target="_blank">Tangling with the CEO</a>, Brushing Off the Boss, and Guarding His Heart are
three more favourites which have been popular with US readers too.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">Discovering RWA. I could not have done it without the support and climbing the steep learning curve that RWA </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 17.5333px;">introduced</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;"> me to</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">Making friends across Australia and the world who
understand the world of an author.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">Meeting readers at book signings and receiving
emails from readers.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">Working with Eloisa James in a garden in Tuscany</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">Selling three books to Pan Macmillan Australia</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">Seeing Kakadu Sunset in the brick and mortar book stores</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 13.15pt;">Signing with a US agent-Fuse Literary!</span></li>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking with the Muse:</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ingredients<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">1 cup of inspiration<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">1 cup talent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">2 cups of passion <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">2 cups of belief in yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">2 and a ½ cups of determination<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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let the product mix until it rises. Let it stew in the passion and add frequent
pinches of determination. When the mix is right, turn out the words and let
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The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-47140659568531552622016-02-11T10:18:00.000+11:002016-02-11T10:22:23.230+11:00Happy days!Being an author is hard work, but despite the hours spent at the computer, meeting deadlines, spending hours doing promotion and time on that evil time suck of Facebook, I wouldn't have it any other way.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1RAtqhE" target="_blank">Kakadu Sunset </a>has been out for a couple of months now and the response since publication has overwhelmed me. Not a day passes that I don't receive an email or a Facebook message telling me how much the reader loved the story and asking when Book 2 will be out! Good news... Daintree Sunrise will be out at the end of the year and I am sure it will have another spectacular cover from the creative souls at Pan Macmillan Australia!<br />
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The experience of having a print book in the stores has been totally different to my past five years as an e-book author, and for me, it gives credence to the assumption that yes, many, many readers still prefer to hold a print book in their hand. I guess when you are immersed in the e-book world.. reading and
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reading Clive Cussler, Lee Child, James Patterson, Vince Flynn, Daniel Silva,
David Baldacci, Matthew Reilly. Kakadu Sunset took my eye on the new release shelf in a bookshop, read the back
cover and thought I would give it a try as something different. Phew, very glad I did as I did not want to put it down, it had me right from
the start and finally read it through sitting up in bed at night over only 4
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It truly was a edge of your seat suspense filled story &
a love story to top it of. You should be very very proud of your first book.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It has been wonderful receiving feedback and seeing the great reviews going up on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kakadu-Sunset-Annie-Seaton-ebook/product-reviews/B016CQ8DKO/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=helpful" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27311653-kakadu-sunset?from_search=true&search_version=service" target="_blank">Good Reads</a>. I love to hear from readers and you can contact me at annieseaton26@gmail.com</span></span></div>
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The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-78994578592187280352015-12-15T13:38:00.003+11:002015-12-15T14:44:32.116+11:00Forget the 12 days of Christmas... there are 7 days till sunset!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">That makes me smile...I am an avid sunset photographer much to the amusement of my husband. As I hover on the verandah each afternoon, waiting for the golds and pinks and oranges to light up the evening sky, and capture that magical moment when the sun slips behind the mountain. . . oh I could wax lyrical for hours... DH rolls his eyes and says drily... there'll be another one tomorrow, dear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here are the six sunsets for the countdown... until the release of my 'seventh' sunset and a draw of goodies for the winning entry in the rafflecopter. An international winner will win a basket of gift e-books and an Amazon gift card. Australian winners will receive a gift basket filled with Christmas goodies and an Amazon gift card!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Scroll through the sunsets to the bottom of the post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: small;">This week I have released my first Australian rural (western) romance under my rural pen name: Melody Edmonds. It's funny what names can mean to us...over the past five years I have really become Annie Seaton, but Melody Edmonds is special to me. Edmonds was my family name and my darling mother (who sadly passed away last year) had always wanted to call me Melody!</span></span></h1>
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Loving Lucy is the first of a series about four cousins. Lucy, Jemima, Liam and Sebastian.<br /><em><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The four Peterkin cousins have been called home to Prickle Creek for Christmas, and suspect their grandmother has an ulterior motive. </span><br style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">First home is Lucy, advertising art director who is about to land a contract that will launch her career. Lucy counts down the days until she can get back to the city, away from the red dust, the flies and the prickles underfoot. But in the city there is no Garth, the man she left behind when she was eighteen. </span><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> </span></em><br /><br />The great news is that readers are loving...Loving Lucy!<br />You can find it here:<br />US <a href="http://%20http//amzn.to/1XriE49" target="_blank"> http://amzn.to/1XriE49</a><br />Aus <a href="http://%20http//bit.ly/1PnaqWn" target="_blank"> http://bit.ly/1PnaqWn</a><br />UK <a href="http://amzn.to/1IuHt2I" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/1IuHt2I</a><br /><br />There is also a little taster <a href="http://bit.ly/1PquPcV" target="_blank">here</a> but be prepared... Melody writes a little hotter than Annie!</div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">It is less than two weeks ...12 sleeps...not that I'm excited... until Kakadu Sunset hits the stores! Real and ebooks! Last week Pan Macmillan Australia put it on a pre release special for pre orders.</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Kakadu Sunset is a little bit of Erin Brockovich mixed with Crocodile Dundee for those of you who like adventure mixed with your romance.<br />You can read more about it <a href="http://www.annieseatonromance.com/kakadu-sunset.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />Each week from now leading up to release day I will be giving away a set of one of my e-book series to two lucky subscribers each week. Email me at annieseaton26@gmail.com with the subject line </span><strong style="background-color: #f4f4f4; font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Kakadu Sunset Countdown</strong><span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> to go in the draw. I will draw two lucky winners each Saturday until release day</span></div>
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The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-3855755422399776522015-11-10T07:57:00.002+11:002015-11-10T09:36:38.645+11:00An exciting new voice in Australian fiction! Pinch me!<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #3b546a; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;">Four years ago...</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; text-indent: 1cm;"><span style="color: #666666;">I was new to the world of fiction writing. An inexperienced
and unpublished writer with little knowledge of critiquing, editing or the
publishing process. In fact, I had little knowledge of digital publishing and
I didn't even know what a CP was!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia" , serif; text-indent: 1cm;">As a high school principal, I hadn't even
heard of Romance Writers of Australia, however I joined and the world of the
craft of writing fiction opened to me</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;">Now I receive emails daily from authors seeking
advice from me! The journey over the past four years has been amazing, and I
have learned so much about the process and the industry. It has taken me over
editing hills, through deadline tunnels and into the ocean of euphoria on each
release day. It has helped me establish <a href="http://www.annieseatonromance.com/editing-service.html" target="_blank">a successful editing </a></span><span style="line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.annieseatonromance.com/editing-service.html" target="_blank">business</a></span><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;"> where I mentor new writers in between writing my books. My clients have had success in </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">gaining</span><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;"> contracts and getting to publication too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;">Just over four years ago I timidly asked a friend
to read my first book - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Time-Bundle-Vargas-Family-ebook/dp/B00K2MY5Z2" target="_blank"><i>Winter of the Passion Flower</i> </a>and it was almost like handing over my </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">first-born</span><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;"> child.
The thought of someone else reading the words I had put down made me shiver. Would they come
back and say it </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;"> make sense? Would they say it was a story that </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;"> engage them? Would they laugh? I had no doubt about the structural quality of
my work. It was the process of handing over <i>my story </i>that concerned me. My private
thoughts, my emotions and my words being read by another person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It has been a journey and a half...<a href="http://www.annieseatonromance.com/my-books.html" target="_blank">I now have eighteen books available digitally and all are also available on Print-on-Demand.</a> My first traditionally published print single
title, <a href="http://www.annieseatonromance.com/kakadu-sunset.html" target="_blank">Kakadu Sunset</a> will be in the stores in 42 more sleeps!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am an obsessive compulsive ranks checker and like
all authors…I am delighted when someone buys my books. I have moved a long way from
dreading that first feedback from a person who I eventually learned was called
a ‘critique partner’ to now reading daily reviews of my books from readers all
over the world. It has been a magnificent journey. I am fulfilled when readers
read my work. I take the bad reviews on board along with the good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The more experienced you become at writing, the
more you learn and the easier the journey becomes. The major impediment to my
writing productivity each day (aside for the evils of social networking) is
that pesky inner editor who sits on my shoulder all day long and slows me down.
The inner editor who makes me go back to the beginning of my book each morning
and edit it from the first word before I commence writing can give me great
joy, yet can be extremely frustrating. My steepest learning curve has been how
to keep that voice under control and when to give me inner editor free reign.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So how is it possible to move from a solid 2000
words a day to a much greater total when a deadline looms? The answer for me is
to turn off that pesky inner editor. That editor is the most time consuming
part of my writing life, but also the gate keeper who ensures that the
manuscripts that leave my computer to go flying through cyberspace to my editor
are the best I can produce.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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my output is grammatically correct, my descriptions are detailed, my dialogue
is sparkling but my productivity slows to a crawl. I become frustrated and then
it </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">isn't</span><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;"> long before creativity flies out the window.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Instead of giving up and bemoaning this constant
nagging voice, I analysed the changes I make as my inner editor talks to me
each morning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My chapters were stronger and the plot was a lot
tighter. Dialogue had improved. Reading back over my changes, I realized that
my inner editor steps in, in a timely fashion and saves me hours of work at the
end. And then I am able to put my fingers to keyboard and start flying again<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I read through my work with a fresh eye, as though
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I check my goal, motivation and conflict sheet as I
read and ensure that every action, reaction and word spoken by the characters
is in line with their GMC. I rewrite and strengthen as I go. As the chapters I
recheck every morning increase as the book progresses, this rereading and
tweaking is an excellent tool to strengthen characters. As I go along and check
the content, I am on the lookout for structural problems. I search for:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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words, cumbersome dialogue and action tags and jerky or unnatural
dialogue.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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over use of garbage words such as ‘that’, ‘just’ and ‘really’. Generally
you’ll find yourself using the first four as modifiers, trying to add
emphasis to a word. Example: it was really heavy. But “really heavy” can
be subjective. I might find lifting a large bag of fertiliser really
heavy, but you might find two litres of milk really heavy.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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words which puts a level between the action of the character and the
reader’s experience. These are words that you probably use, not even
realizing that you’re using, which filter the character’s
perceptions/experiences instead of delivering them directly to the reader.
Getting rid of some of these words can help make your writing richer. This </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">isn't</span><span style="line-height: 15.75pt;"> as simple as deleting words; however, it forces you to rewrite
sentences. It may also force you deeper into your character’s point of
view and make the reader feel what the character is experiencing<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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words and short words. Trimming your sentences of excess words can help
tighten your writing and help it appear more polished. Look for words such
as: the, a, an, of. These words are sometimes unnecessary and act as extra
filler within your sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By the time I go thought this process each day,
when my manuscript is complete my first draft is as perfect as I can make it.
And because I have become so immersed in the book through the daily editing
process, it puts my head where it needs to be to create the day’s words.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Often we blame the inner editor for a lack of
confidence and use it as a reason to procrastinate and not write. However,
there are times when the inner editor should be listened to and can direct your
writing in positive ways. It is a skill that comes with experience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b546a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So a good lesson learned. The more you write, the
more savvy you become when dealing with that pesky inner editor. Put it to good
use…but keep it in its place or you will find the writing process very slow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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we're giving away a <i>choice</i> gift basket of Down Under gifts
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New Zealand pohutukawa tote bag<br />
Caroline Mitchell hand-beaded pohutukawa change purse<br />
Airborne manuka& wildflower honey<br />
Devonport Chocolates Keith the Kiwi milk & dark chocolate rugby balls<br />
Set of 4 rimu&paua shell coasters<br />
Pewter thimble with inset paua shell kiwis<br />
Wild Farms manuka honey body lotion & soap in flax kete (basket)<br />
Whittaker’s Peanut Slabs (favorite Kiwi chocolate treat)<br />
NZ scenic calendar<br />
Iconic NZ images notebook<br />
Caroline Mitchell Collectibles hand-beaded kokako (forest bird) ornament<br />
NZ birds & flowers tea towel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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over $65!</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Escape to New Zealand Book 4) - Rosalind James<br />
Just My Luck (Escape to New Zealand Book 5) - Rosalind James<br />
Just Not Mine (Escape to New Zealand Book 6) - Rosalind James<br />
Know Your Heart (Far North Book 2) - Tracey Alvarez<br />
Ready To Burn (Due South Book 3) - Tracey Alvarez<br />
Christmas With You (Due South Book 4) - Tracey Alvarez<br />
Marrying Melinda - Joanne Hill<br />
Falling for Jack - Joanne Hill<br />
Blue Creek Bachelor - Joanne Hill<br />
Heartlands Boxed Set (Containing Melting His Heart, Christmas Holiday
Hearts, and Cowboy Wants Her Heart) - Kris Pearson<br />
An Uncommon Sense (Sensual Healing Book 1) - Serenity Woods<br />
Making Sense (Sensual Healing Book 2) - Serenity Woods<br />
Talking Sense (Sensual Healing Book 3) - Serenity Woods<br />
Hot Rock - Annie Seaton<br />
Tangling with the CEO - Annie Seaton<br />
Holiday Affair - Annie Seaton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-64008403369535503932015-10-09T08:35:00.005+11:002015-10-09T08:35:55.611+11:00Letting your imagination fly<br />
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A recent post on a writers' group forum got me pondering the authenticity of what we write. What gives us the knowledge to create different worlds?<br />
How much of our lives and experiences do we imbue in our characters?<br />
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I am sure our life experiences, our emotional connections, the people we love, and our friends all go into the mix of our stories.<br />
The places we have been, the settings we have seen in movies and travel brochures, and have read about in other books. I've never been on a pirate ship, met a rock star, been a carpenter or an artist, flown a helicopter, lived on an Italian island, worked on a luxury motor cruiser, been a witch librarian, worked in a Tuscan restaurant, been a massage therapist, travelled in time or invented cosmecuticals! But my characters have had these experiences.<br />
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<i>But</i> I have loved and been loved.<br />
I've fallen in love.<br />
I've been a my wife and a mother, and a daughter and a sister.<br />
I've been a friend.<br />
I've experienced happiness and sadness, and frustration with the world.<br />
I've taken risks. I've experienced the death of loved ones and I've cried for friends who have done it tough in many ways.<br />
I've worked in a variety of careers and I've travelled much of the world.<br />
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But most importantly as an author, I have read. I've extended my life experiences and emotions by reading.<br />
Widely.<br />
Across genres.<br />
Literary works.<br />
Romances.<br />
Women's' fiction.<br />
YA, NA.<br />
The classics.<br />
Shakespeare.<br />
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Reading has enriched my life and helped me hone my craft.<br />
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Last night I began to reread Anne of Green Gables...one of the first books I ever read, many, many years ago. As well as experiencing the life of Anne Shirley again, it took me back to my childhood and let memories and feelings surface that will influence my words as I write today.<br />
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As an author letting go of the real world and putting the stories in your head into words is liberating. You are able to bring your readers into worlds that they have never experienced and with careful research, you can create authentic worlds even if you have never been there. From your life experiences, you bring the emotions and the feelings that engage your reader.<br />
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Historical and paranormal genres require deep research and a vivid imagination. To be able to create authentic past worlds requires extensive reading. To be able to create imaginary worlds such as dystopian, steampunk or paranormal settings requires wonderful flights of imagination.<br />
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My latest release is dear to my heart. We had a sea change to the coast at a similar age to my characters, Dominic and Jilly. The beach I have used is where we still live today.<br />
Is there a ghost in the story or not? Or can all the events be explained?<br />
I'll leave that up to you.<br />
I have to go and create a new world!<br />
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Happy reading<br />
Annie<br />
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Out today:<br />
Christmas with the Boss<br />
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1RwzGXM<br />
Amazon AU: http://bit.ly/1L2ebvF<br />
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1P1gFyh<br />
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<br />The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-36887316458343364952015-05-06T08:04:00.001+10:002015-05-06T08:04:50.131+10:00The glamour and the grind...<br />
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Musings and ramblings on being an author in the twentieth first century…or the dreamy part of being a writer….versus the reality in today’s market place.</div>
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I am often asked why I write stories. Where do I get my ideas? And where do I get the inspiration for the exotic settings in my contemporary romances? How do I spend my...ahem... glamorous days as an author?</div>
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Readers and acquaintances look at you in awe and point and whisper…she’s an author.My gorgeous nine-year-old grandson tells his classmates that 'nanny' is famous... I wish.</div>
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I’d love to be able to say I have travelled the world…okay, maybe one day I will get to <i>all </i>of those places where I would love to set a romantic story. Machu Piccu, Marrakesh, Istanbul, Lake Como, Venice, Patagonia, Bora Bora…my list inspires my dreams, and I could fill the page with places I would love to see. But i have been blessed with a few research trip/holidays. Last year I was lucky to cross Tuscany off my list and write a book set there.</div>
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The reviews for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Days-Tuscany-Entangled-Indulgence-Zodiac-ebook/dp/B00V3C3DMG" target="_blank">Ten Days in Tuscany</a> have been lovely and I think I managed to capture the setting. From an Amazon review ...<i>"<span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">The way this Annie writes makes me feel like I'm in the story watching it unfold. I can picture things like the roads, the fields, Gia's cottage, and her family working in the restaurant. I love it when an author pulls me into their story so completely. I can't wait for the next book."</span></i></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">And I’d love to be able to say I have written my whole life. I have always dreamed of writing but for me, like most of us, life, family and career, generally make it a mammoth task to contemplate. As far back as I can remember I dreamed of being a writer, but many, many years passed between the little story I wrote when I was eleven years old and the contemporary romance Holiday Affair which I wrote some forty years later. In between that time, I wrote only one short story just after my children were born.</span></div>
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But I have no regrets. The breadth of my life experiences has enriched my writing. The places I have managed to visit have enriched my love of settings, and of giving deep description in my stories.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Desire-Entangled-Ignite-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00EGJ33YG" target="_blank"> Tropical islands</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tangling-CEO-Half-Moon-Novel-ebook/dp/B00GQ6FODK" target="_blank">the northern Californian coas</a>t, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Time-Bundle-Vargas-Family-ebook/dp/B00K2MY5Z2" target="_blank">Vienna, Scotland, </a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Entangled-Covet-Annie-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00I6ZS6IE" target="_blank">Glastonbury</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Capturing-Pirates-Heart-Emerald-Quest-ebook/dp/B00P0J334G" target="_blank">New Orleans</a>, and the<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outback-Affair-Entangled-Indulgence-Seaton-ebook/dp/B00FCRBEB0" target="_blank"> wild Australian outback</a>… all make an appearance in my stories. And in the last four years I have written nineteen books. Click on the place names above to 'travel' to those places.</div>
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So why do I write stories? The simple answer is I write because I have to, and my inspiration comes from many places I have visited, dreamed about or read about. Even though at times it can be difficult—the times when you have an idea or a scene developing in your mind and you have to be social and interact with family and friends and all you want to do is get it written down before it slips away. The joys of an iPhone when you can make a quick note!</div>
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Where do I get my ideas? My first source of ideas is people watching. Sometimes on a simple trip to the local supermarket, I will stand in a line and watch and imagine. By the time I get to the checkout, I may have a whole life and romance written for someone who may have been choosing the best tomato in the vegetable section! You can imagine the depth of inspiration that hits me in an Italian supermarket in a little Tuscan village</div>
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Many of my ideas come through dreams. Some nights I will dream a whole story with characters I have not met or thought of in my waking hours. These are the people you then meet in my stories.<span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> The hard part is holding onto those wisps of stories before you lose them in the reality of the next day</span></div>
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Much of my inspiration comes from nature. . The sound of the waves breaking on the sand, a fluffy cloud scudding across the sky on a windy day, the smell of fresh mown grass, a spectacular sunrise or sunset has inspired the many a scene or setting. I am fortunate to live by the ocean and have many opportunities for seeing spectacular sunrises and sunsets, and wild oceans in the winter. All of my books have sunsets, sunrises, calm seas and gardens somewhere in them!</div>
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How do I spend my glamorous days as an author? Now we move to the sub heading of this article…from the glamour to the grit.</div>
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Writing and editing deadlines, constant promotion, blog tours, and social media now fill my days. But I do love every minute of it. </div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Would I have it any other way? <i>No.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;">I have achieved my dream. I have written a book—actually twenty books now—to make up for all those years I was doing other things. I have been published… and I now spend my days (between edits, deadlines and promotion) talking to like-minded people across the globe. My latest book, Beach House was written for a boxed set with </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">author</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;"> friends in the US and New Zealand.</span></span></div>
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Yeah… I’ll take the grind with the glamour.</div>
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Don't forget to check out my latest book.. Beach House in the gorgeou<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Down-Under-Australian-Feel-Good-ebook/dp/B00X0J32G2" target="_blank">s Love Down Under boxed set</a></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Speaking of glamour, I have a <b>print</b> copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Days-Tuscany-Entangled-Indulgence-Zodiac-ebook/dp/B00V3C3DMG" target="_blank">Ten Days in Tuscany</a> to give away.</span><span style="color: red;"> Comment below to go in the draw...on 30 May.</span></div>
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If you could go anywhere in the world for a week...where would you choose?</div>
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The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-15478047859878132972015-03-10T15:48:00.001+11:002015-03-10T15:49:30.950+11:00The highs and lows of a writing journeyBeing an author is much harder work than I ever dreamed it would be. I am so lucky that I was able to give up my full time career and now have the luxury of writing full time. I really, truly, admire authors who work, and those who have a young family at home. And those who do both!<br />
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The past four years has been such a steep learning curve for me...coming in as a mature aged writer and plunging head first into this new career.<br />
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I had always been avid reader of many genres and I believe that truly honed my craft. But I was a raw recruit and I had to learn so quickly<br />
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Point of view? Yes I had one about most things...oh you mean point of view in a story...ah never heard of it.<br />
Filtering....showing and telling, wandering body parts... a whole new language and skill set for me to learn.<br />
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But it is easy to learn.. but it has taken dedication, structured working hours, patience and ... did I say...dedication.<br />
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<li>My very first publishing contract</li>
<li>The next nineteen contracts in four years</li>
<li>Holding my first book in my eager hands</li>
<li>Attending my first romance writers' conference in Melbourne</li>
<li>Making so many new friends who understood me!</li>
<li>Attending a writers' workshop in Tuscany</li>
<li>Meeting Eloisa James and helping her with a sticky plot issue over dinner</li>
<li>Meeting readers</li>
<li>Seeing my books on the shelves of the local library</li>
<li>Meeting my author friends in London for the first time</li>
<li>Attending a business meeting in Las Vegas</li>
<li>Signing a three book print deal with Pan Macmillan</li>
<li>Being taken out for lunch by my Pan Macmillan editors</li>
<li>Making best seller lists</li>
<li>Talking to beginning authors and showing them that hard work DOES pay off</li>
<li>My nine-year-old grandson telling his school that Nanny is famous because she writes stories</li>
<li>Thinking of a new story idea</li>
<li>Starting the first sentence of a new book</li>
<li>Working with editors to polish my work</li>
<li>Sending off the final edited version of a book</li>
<li>Being able to write anywhere...on the beach, in the car, in our boat</li>
<li>Release day... the joy never lessens... the excitement grows with each one</li>
<li>I could keep writing the highs forever... I DO love my writing life!</li>
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The release of the third and final book in the Half Moon Bay Series:</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bestselling author Liam Wyndham needed an escape, and Half Moon Bay, with its small town charm and beautiful ocean, is the perfect place to hide out from the scandal surrounding his estranged dead wife. A place where he can enjoy his writer's block in sweet isolation. But all of his plans to become a surly recluse disappear when carpenter Georgie Sacchi marches into his house…<br /><br />Georgie wants an adventure, and she has a plane ticket that promises her everything she needs—excitement, independence, and a way to escape the memory of her last ruined relationship. Still, she has one last job to complete before she can leave the country. The last thing she needs is a recalcitrant author with a gorgeous face (and a hot body) distracting her from her plans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But life doesn't always give you what you<i> think</i> you need…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Available</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> from all <a href="http://bit.ly/1EbnPLh" target="_blank">e-tailers here.</a></span></div>
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For a copy of two of my earlier books from Audible.com... Dangerous Desire and Holiday Affair..comment and tell me what is your favorite book ever? It will be drawn at the end of the month.</div>
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Mine is Katherine by Anya Seton</div>
The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-26234088703082790992015-01-31T14:15:00.003+11:002015-01-31T14:15:39.562+11:00Swingin' in my chairIt has been a wonderful summer down under this year. And now it is a beautiful Saturday morning in paradise. I'm sitting in my swing chair on the verandah with my trusty laptop.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The sun is warm, the sound of the breaking waves (which you can just see at the end of the road) provides a soothing backdrop as I work on my edits.<br />
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Two blue butterflies just fluttered over my garden and I had one of the those moments of feeling truly blessed.<br />
Last year was huge for me and I didn't blog as often as I should have.<br />
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This year is shaping up to be productive, but over the summer break I have focused on getting a life balance back. Lots of reading...some wonderful books, and I have discovered some new favourite authors, Liane Moriarty and Kate Furnivall have given me some wonderful reading days.<br />
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But now to work... two books will be released by Entangled Publishing in March and April, including the book I researched in Tuscany last year. Guarding his Heart, a Bliss book will be released late March, followed by Ten days in Tuscany in April.<br />
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I am currently immersed in edits for Kakadu Sunset, my first print book with Pan Macmillan which will be released on 1st July in bookshops around Australia and New Zealand. It will also be available in e-book for the rest of my international readers.<br />
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One of my earlier books has just been released as an audio book, and it gave me goose bumps to hear my story being acted by a narrator. Dangerous Desire is available on <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00SWVMO5I&source_code=AUDORWS0130159CHD" target="_blank">Audible</a> but I have some give-aways below!<br />
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My writing journey has come a long way since it began with my little steampunk novella e-book <a href="http://amzn.to/18Jy8WA" target="_blank">Winter of the Passionflower</a> back in 2012.<br />
Since then I have lost count of my books but you can see them all looking pretty on my Amazon author page. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Annie-Seaton/e/B007M3YNFQ/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" target="_blank">Click here...</a> I love seeing them all lined up. I have certainly had some great cover artists. Which is your favourite cover of those on my author page? Tell me below to go in the draw for a copy of your choice of three of my e-books<br />
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I have now moved through e-book, print and into audio books! Also recently, I have been working with other authors to independently publish some great stories and collection.<br />
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Come on over and see what we have done at <a href="http://www.emeraldromance.com/" target="_blank">Emerald Romance</a>. We only publish QUALITY books by QUALITY authors!<br />
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For a give-away of two copies of an audio book of Dangerous Desire (worth $20 each) tell me what you prefer to read...or do you read e-book, print and listen to audio books. There will be a random draw to choose the two winners on 4th February.The Smithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911834522950833072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073341892799111884.post-87251080483012635172014-11-20T09:39:00.003+11:002014-11-20T09:41:56.702+11:00Christmas stories, childhood memories and good friends...<span style="text-align: center;">It has been several weeks (er...months) since I last blogged but I do have a good excuse...several in fact! </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">New books, edits and new releases have filled my days and nights. I have included them all at the bottom of this post for you! </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">However I have now given myself an early Christmas present and the best present for me is time! Yes... a few days off writing and editing.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I've written several blog posts about perseverance and following your dream. The last three years has been magic for me as my writing career has blossomed. (Love that word...it was one of my mother's favourites) Being grown up can be tough and I know many of my readers have sad times and difficult circumstances to deal with. This year, we lost our beautiful mother and memories of my childhood years have filled my mind for many months.</span><br />
One of my all-time favourite stories is <i>Peter Pan</i>. I guess the memories of being a child, and being carefree stay with all of us for much of our lives. Peter stayed a child and I love watching the movie, reading the book and losing myself in his world. (Another one to add to the holiday list)<br />
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Another of the joys of being an author is sharing your feelings and emotions with your readers. For me , a good story is one that makes me feel along with the characters: their joy, their grief, their happiness. To live in other worlds and to experience the lives of others, is a wonderful past time.</div>
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Another is spending time with like-minded people.Other people who make up stories in their head and talk to their characters as they do everyday things. I have made wonderful, wonderful friends all over the world over the past three years...both authors and readers and I count myself as truly blessed.</div>
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Five of those authors have contributed to my recently released holiday anthology.</div>
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I love this time of the year. I love Christmas and the holiday season. This year, I will make time to decorate the tree, send REAL Christmas greetings in the post, and wrap the presents.</div>
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So to celebrate Christmas have combined two of my loves and I have worked with five other authors to produce two holiday anthologies. The first one has been released and is available now.</div>
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<i>All I Want For Christmas </i>has been reduced to only 99c for a few days so you, the readers, can enjoy the spirit of Christmas and romance all over the world.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">When Madeleine Bellerose sets out from her English manor on her quest to recover a priceless family heirloom in New Orleans, the last thing she expects is to be held captive by the infamous pirate, Sebastien Le Clerc. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Will Sebastien mend his wicked ways and help Madeleine in her quest? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Can love overcome the lack of trust and the web of lies that is spun in the race to find the emerald necklace?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Artist Sienna Sacchi is about to have everything she’s ever dreamed of, when sexy playboy Jack Montgomery comes strolling back into her life as the owner of her gallery. Her plan to buy it herself ruined, she refuses to let him interfere with the most important thing—her debut exhibition. But Jack’s not just taking over her workplace, he’s also intruding on her art studio, her home, and maybe even her heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jack Montgomery has few rules for his carefree life, but never mixing business with pleasure is one he is determined to keep. He’d planned on finally satisfying the tension between him and Sienna, but discovering he’s her boss puts an immediate end to that. Unfortunately, being forced to share a tiny apartment with the gorgeous, tempting sculptor is pushing Jack to his limits. One brush with desire could ruin everything they’v worked for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Love is everywhere. Under the Tuscan sun, in tropical breezes and highland snow. Travel the world and discover yours in three delightful Christmas stories to warm your heart.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">So tell me what is your best Christmas memory? I will gift a copy of my recently released novella Seductive Secrets to three commenters. Drawn on 7th December.</span></div>
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