TV Interview - Close Up

Close Up Current Affairs interview is here

Holy Cow - have you ever tried pitching to an editor - with TV cameras on you? The pitch goes out of your head - in fact, all words go out of your head. :-) Thank goodness for Alex Logan (Grand Central Publishing) - she understood!

The interview was conducted at the Romance Writers of New Zealand conference and features:

Me :0)
Toni Kenyon
Abby Gaines
Soraya Nicholas
Emily Gee

Maree Anderson

Alex Logan (Editor)
Laura Bradford (Agent)

RWNZ Annual Conference

The Romance Writers of New Zealand Annual Conference was on last weekend.

One word - Superb!

From the minute I arrived on Thursday night I was immersed in the romance genre and didn't surface again until three days after I returned home.

Workshops with Chris Vogler (Hollywood Script Guru), Stephanie Laurens (Historical Romance Queen), Natalie Anderson (Sexy Sensation), Nalini Singh (Paranormal Extra-ordinaries) , Dianne Moggy (HM&B), Laura Bradford (Agent), Alex Logan (Editor, GCP). Absolutely inspiring, approachable and generous with their time.

Successful pitch with Alex Logan for my urban fantasy and a successful cold read with Dianne Moggy (first chapter of medical ms has now been sent to HM&B - nervous wait - will they like my story arc???)

I'm on a high! Membership in such an incredible organisation is mandatory if you want to be a success in the romance genre. You can't beat 'face time' with the best of the best.

(Also spent the 'spare time' at conference brainstorming with my critique partner, Kamy Chetty. We have a big year ahead of us.)