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Marion Lennox & Trish Morey Edition #197 October 2009 The official journal of Romance Writers of Australia Coffs Harbour, NSW R♥BY Winners Setting................. p4 Marion Lennox / MarionMarion LennoxLennox Trish Morey Cont... p6 Writer’s Life: Writing && TrishTrish MoreyMorey with Babies......... p8 Bronwyn Jameson chats with two of RWA’s best-loved Har- lequin authors, Marion Lennox and Trish Morey, winners of Clayton’s Conf .... p9 2009 Romantic Book of the Year (R♥BY) Awards in the Short Sweet and Short Sexy categories respectively. Our RWA: The Emerald Marion Lennox has been writing romance since she was knee Award ................. p10 high to a grasshopper, which anyone who's met Marion will real- ize was quite some time ago. She's just sold her eightieth ro- Brisbane Conference mance, but continues with the belief that she has the best job in Report ................. p11 the universe. Marion's been nominated for the R♥BY every year since its inception and is now a two-time winner. She's won the Member prestigious US RITA award twice as well. Her books are fun, Spotlight ............ p12 lighthearted celebrations of the human spirit and the power of romance to conquer all, and her latest US release more than proves that after 2 weeks as #1 Series Bestseller on the Borders/Waldenbooks list. Member News & Releases ............. p13 Trish Morey always fancied herself as a writer, so why she be- came a Chartered Accountant is anyone's guess. In 1992 she Focus on: Sagas, spied an article saying Mills&Boon was actively seeking new authors and with two young children at home, this was her UK Style............... p14 Eureka moment—becoming an author for HM&B was her des- tiny! It only took 11 years to convince Harlequin to come to the Events ................. p16 party. Trish writes for the Sexy/Presents series, is a four times Borders/Waldenbooks #1 Bestseller and also had the immense Contest News ..... p17 honour of winning the R♥BY Award twice, in 2006 with The Italian Boss's Secret Child and now in 2009, with The Italian All About Boss's Mistress of Revenge. Twitter ................ p18 Congratulations on winning 2009 R♥BY Awards, the second for you both. I sensed from your acceptance speeches that the second time IS as good as the first... Market Watch..... p19 Marion: It's unbelievable. I try and read each new author in the lines I write for, and (Continued on page 6) RWA Inc Info for Members Team Hearts Talk Rachael Blair Romance Writers of Australia Inc WEB MISTRESS Member Announcements PO Box 1236, Neutral Bay NSW 2089 Kiki Lon [email protected] 0429 233 764 www.romanceaustralia.com WEBSITE PASSWORDS: To gain access to our members only section, email Romance Writers of Australia Inc ABN 30 075 [email protected] Carol Challis Layout 409 728 is registered in NSW as an Incorpo- rated Association the liability of whose mem- ROMAUS EMAIL LIST MODERATOR bers is limited. Diane Curren [email protected] RWA COMMITTEE To join ROMAUS, our online email group: Beverley Eikli PRESIDENT Alison Ahearn Go to http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ The Write Craft [email protected] romanceaustralia click on the ‘join this group’ button and follow the instructions. SENIOR VICE Louise Reynolds PRESIDENT [email protected] RWA SOCIAL MEDIA Clare Karacsonyi SECOND VP Rachel Bailey BLOG Proofreading http://romanceaustralia.wordpress.com/ SECRETARY / AJ Macpherson REGISTRAR [email protected] TWITTER www.twitter.com/RWAus TREASURER Bronwyn Turner FACEBOOK [email protected] www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53338877477 Helen Katsinis The Last Word & Web Liaison MINUTES Wendy Nichols MY SPACE SEC. [email protected] www.myspace.com/rwaustralia COMMITTEE MEMBERS MEMBERSHIP QUERIES Kiki Lon, Lis Hoorweg, Diane Curren, Rowena Plus if you’re not getting HT: Marion Lennox Lindquist, Lisa Barry [email protected] The Writer’s Life CONFERENCE CO-ORDINATORS For through- Kandy Shepherd & Carla Molino FACE-TO-FACE GROUPS out Australia, and queries on how to join an [email protected] existing group or start one yourself: Sandii Manning [email protected] For all current details and registration forms Member Spotlight for the 2010 national conference in Sydney see: www.romanceaustralia.com To register for a CRITIQUE PARTNER email Melissa Smith for more information. [email protected] PUBLISHED AUTHOR LIAISON Stephanie Mayne Annie West Layout [email protected] INDIVIDUAL WRITERS SUPPORT SCHEME For unpublished members. Pri- R♥BY CO-ORDINATOR ority given to those challenged by distance Louise Reynolds or unable to access creative support by [email protected] other means. Register for a one-off critique Serena Tatti of either 1 or 3 chapters by a published Proofreading HEARTS TALK EDITOR author / advanced unpublished writer. Sharon Arkell Rachel Bailey [email protected] [email protected] REPRINT RIGHTS: Hearts Talk is the official publi- CONTESTS CO-ORDINATOR cation of RWAust Inc and no part can be repro- Malvina Yock Lis Hoorweg [email protected] duced or used for profit by RWA members or others Proofreading without prior permission from the Editor. Repro- All deadlines, entry forms and sample score duction rights exist between agreed parties on the sheets are at www.romanceaustralia.com in condition that appropriate credit is given to Hearts the members only section (you will need a Talk and the author of the article. Copyright re- Rachel Bailey Editor password), or in the Files section of the RWA mains with the author. The views expressed in Hearts Talk do not necessarily reflect the official Deb Bennetto Features Contest Alert yahoo group. policy of RWA. All care is taken to check details Suzanne Brandyn Front Page Member Photos For contest entry forms via mail, send re- produced in these pages but no responsibility can Frances Burke Proofreading quest with a stamped, self-addressed enve- be taken if they are inaccurate. Please let us know if we have published the wrong details and we will Pam Collings Market Watch and Proofreading lope to: RWA Contests, 20 Waller Crescent, do our best to correct the error in the next issue. Michelle Elms Layout Campbell ACT 2612 © Copyright 2009 Romance Writers of Australia Inc. Catherine Evans Contests & Proofreading To join Contest Alert, RWA’s email alert for Bronwyn Jameson Feature Author Interview contest entrants, go to Member photos on cover: (l-r) au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ AJ Macpherson The Biz RWAContestAlert/ click on the ‘join this Maxine Sullivan, Melissa Smith, Ingrid Rickersey Layout group’ in the right hand corner and follow Anna Hackett, Annie West, Bec Sampson Page Two the instructions. Sandie Hudson, Ally Blake, Doreen Sullivan Events Calendar & Features JUDGE CO-ORDINATOR Suzanne Brandyn, CC Coburn, Mel Teshco Member Spotlight Serena Tatti Mel Teshco. Tracey Turner Editorial Assistant [email protected] Michelle Wood Practicalities, Technicalities Cover Heart Photo: Jenn McLeod www.romanceaustralia.com 2 Hearts Talk - October 2009 From the Prez... dron of enthusiasm that Ghosts of Presidents Past… has embraced us all. So watch this space! Anyone who saw last month’s column probably got a Unfortunately, Robyn chuckle out of the pic snapped by our erstwhile HT Grady has had to step editor of myself and Kelly Hunter with Anne Gracie aside as minutes secretary hovering gypsy-style in the background. It’s a cute and we welcome Lisa photo and we were laughing like crazy while it was Barry (one of our fabulous being taken. Brissy conference team) But, it’s also a hell of a lot to live up to. in her place. I’d like to thank Robyn for her time Our wonderful organisation had thrived, come back on the committee. She will be missed. from the brink and flourished under the guidance of women such as these. Before I finish I’d like to especially thank my immedi- ate predecessor, Kelly Hunter – not just for her leader- Err….anyone for a cup of pressure? ship qualities, her grace under pressure and her quiet Luckily I have the perfect anti-dote for new- insightfulness (or her damn good books for that mat- presidentitis. A crack team of wonderful women— ter) but for setting such a high benchmark. The dedicated volunteers—committed to, and passionate growth of our volunteer culture, in particular, under about, RWA. Kelly’s guidance, has been a wonderful legacy. I only hope that I can continue to carry the blazing torch she W12 (writers twelve aka your national executive) has passed on and that together with the executive— have hit the ground running with an enthusiasm that and you, the members—we can make RWA all it can beggars belief. be. Already a series of think tanks made up of executive Until next month, may the Muse be with you. and non-exec members (targeted for their expertise in specific areas) of RWA have been mulling over issues AA involving sponsorship, media, scholarships, building Volunteer of the Month! relationships with libraries and ways in which we can Roseanne Smiles: National Con- “give-back” to the membership. ference Team. Rose- anne wins a copy of Our long range plans for the coming year involve Heart & Craft tackling things such as the constitution (which is in edited by Valerie dire need of an overhaul) and a comprehensive mem- Parv. bership survey. Congratulations Roseanne and All these things are bubbling away madly in this caul- Thank You. RWA’s New Judge Coordinator I recently took on the position of RWA Judge [email protected] Coordinator and am in the process of updating the list of volunteer judges. This is a new role in RWA Please include your name, email address, postal and I’ll be the main point of contact for all judges in address and phone number, likes and dislikes in each of the contests.
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