This is an exciting new venture for Aussie romance lovers. The inaugural ARRC will be held in Melbourne from Feb 20-22, 2009. I received the registration form and brochure yesterday and it looks like being a blast! Plenty of name authors have already signed up to talk and sign books or just be there to chat to readers and each other.
Dh and I are planning a fun weekend away in Melbourne. What a good excuse!
Here's the link for information
http://www.australianromancereaders.com.au/
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
War and Peace
ABC 2 showed War and Peace last night. A 3 and a half hour marathon starring Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda who sounded and looked rather out of place as a Russian. What a massive cast. The battle scenes were extraordinary and remember this is pre computer enhancement. There must have been tens of thousands of people re-enacting the cavalry charges and infantry fighting. And the winter scenes! Absolutely freezing, struggling knee deep in snow with horses and artillery when Napoleon was forced to retreat from Moscow.
Seeing that movie made me pick up the book and continue my marathon read. I can put faces to the names now and some of the characters are clearer. All the Russian officers seem to be Princes or Counts and it gets rather confusing especially with their triple barrel names. It's a surprisingly accessible writing style though and I am enjoying it. I haven't reached the part where flighty and beautiful young Natasha pledges her allegiance to Prince Andrew, he goes off to fight the French and in the interim she is swept off her little feet by the caddish womanizer Anatol. Audrey Hepburn was so young and lovely in the role. I'm looking forward to that part.
Seeing that movie made me pick up the book and continue my marathon read. I can put faces to the names now and some of the characters are clearer. All the Russian officers seem to be Princes or Counts and it gets rather confusing especially with their triple barrel names. It's a surprisingly accessible writing style though and I am enjoying it. I haven't reached the part where flighty and beautiful young Natasha pledges her allegiance to Prince Andrew, he goes off to fight the French and in the interim she is swept off her little feet by the caddish womanizer Anatol. Audrey Hepburn was so young and lovely in the role. I'm looking forward to that part.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Short story
I've just been notified that my entry in a jazz short story contest run by magazine Jazz Planet , has been shortlisted. Woohoo! Don't know how many entries went in or how many are shortlisted but hey . . . making the first cut is great. The winning three authors will be notified by the end of July.
This isn't a romantic story at all. I've been married to a jazz drummer for thirty five years, my son is a bass player and my brother's 3 children are jazz musos as well--I've had plenty of experience to draw on.
This isn't a romantic story at all. I've been married to a jazz drummer for thirty five years, my son is a bass player and my brother's 3 children are jazz musos as well--I've had plenty of experience to draw on.
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