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10 Inspirational Romance Book Heroines: Good To Read While Changing Your Life! #TuesdayBookBlog #Bookish
Read more: 10 Inspirational Romance Book Heroines: Good To Read While Changing Your Life! #TuesdayBookBlog #BookishThrilled that Sarah from One Summer in Santorini is featured in this fabulous blog post by Lucy Mitchell, author of Instructions for Falling in Love Again. Sarah suffers from anxiety attacks and her self-esteem has taken a beating. Her trip is about falling back in love with life again.
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How to create a book #blogtour
Read more: How to create a book #blogtourPractical tips Read more How to create a book #blogtour
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Where the winds take you
Read more: Where the winds take youOriginally posted on Sandy Barker | Author: A year ago, Ben and I were about to embark on a journey back to the Greek Islands, revisiting some of the places we discovered together in 2006 – when we met. Our skipper from the sailing trip in ’06, Patrick, would be at the helm again. We’d…
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Celebrating the Launch of my #RomanceBook #IFFILA #NewAuthor
Read more: Celebrating the Launch of my #RomanceBook #IFFILA #NewAuthorA huge congratulations to one of my dear writer friends, Lucy Mitchell, on the launch of Instructions for Falling in Love Again. I read an advanced copy of this wonderful drama-comedy-romance. It’s beautifully written and it will lift your soul – highly recommended.
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A revisited meme
Read more: A revisited memeI first published this meme in March 2008, borrowed from the Sunday newspaper supplement. So little has changed that I’m re-posting it almost intact. Anything in blue is new. My earliest memory is being in hospital. I was 18 months old, and was there because I had stopped breathing. I was sitting at a small wooden…
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15 books in 15 minutes
Read more: 15 books in 15 minutesOriginally posted on Sandy Barker | Author: I love to read. In fact, I have discovered that my desire to write is affected greatly by whether or not I am reading regularly. When I read less, because I am too busy to carve out the time, I write less. When I make time to read…
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La La Land Made Me Do it
Read more: La La Land Made Me Do itThat one scene in that one film changed my life…Read more La La Land Made Me Do it
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Settling back in
Read more: Settling back inIt’s been four months since Ben and I moved back to Melbourne post-sabbatical, and it has been anything but dull. Since arriving in late January: We apartment hunted for the perfect rental and were elated to get a place in the heart of the city with an incredible view. It has an office for me,…
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My name is Sandy and I am an author
Read more: My name is Sandy and I am an authorI met with a financial advisor once – once. When he asked about my long-term plans (career, finances, retirement), I replied that I would probably never truly retire, because one day I’d be an author and I would continue to write ’til the day I stopped breathing. He laughed at me. Out loud. Then he…
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A Grand Adventure: Sabbatical Life
Read more: A Grand Adventure: Sabbatical LifeA wrap up of our year-long sabbaticalRead more A Grand Adventure: Sabbatical Life
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Romance Must-reads
Read more: Romance Must-readsSome of my favourite romance novels across the genreRead more Romance Must-reads
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A love letter
Read more: A love letterHow do you thank someone for being the love of your life?Read more A love letter
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New Year’s Absolutions 2019
Read more: New Year’s Absolutions 2019Those who have followed my blog for a while will know I don’t write New Year’s Resolutions. I do set goals from time-to-time, but the pressure we place on those resolutions can be stifling at best and paralysing at worst, and I refuse to start off a sparkly new year by tainting it with pressure.…
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The home stretch of sabbatical life
Read more: The home stretch of sabbatical lifeApproaching the end of a year-long sabbaticalRead more The home stretch of sabbatical life
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So, what exactly is #chicklit?
Read more: So, what exactly is #chicklit?I published my first novel nearly a year ago and I’m about to publish my third. Something I’m often asked—and something I need to define as an author—is what genre I write in. The long answer is ‘Contemporary Women’s Fiction’, but as this broad category also includes authors like Liane Moriarty and Jodi Picoult, whose…
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Character Description Must-Haves
Read more: Character Description Must-HavesOriginally posted on K.M. Allan: There’s a lot of elements that go into writing a book, and each one has their own set of must-haves. Take character descriptions, for example. Obviously, the easiest way to create a picture in someone’s mind is to list the physical characteristics. Often it’ll be something like; “She was tall,…
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A desk with a view
Read more: A desk with a viewBeing on sabbatical means being able to work anywhere…Read more A desk with a view
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Could be anywhere…
Read more: Could be anywhere…Long-term travel and ordinary days…Read more Could be anywhere…
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Traveller vs Tourist: Things that make you go, hmmm
Read more: Traveller vs Tourist: Things that make you go, hmmmSometimes – only sometimes – I am a tourist not a travellerRead more Traveller vs Tourist: Things that make you go, hmmm
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Guest blog post on Highlands2Hammocks
Read more: Guest blog post on Highlands2HammocksMy guest blog post about Ireland for Highlands2HammocksRead more Guest blog post on Highlands2Hammocks
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Mid-way through our mid-career sabbatical
Read more: Mid-way through our mid-career sabbaticalHere are some reflections and lessons learned from the mid-point of our sabbatical.Read more Mid-way through our mid-career sabbatical
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Book giveaway!
Read more: Book giveaway!To celebrate the release of book 2 of the ‘Someone’ series, book 1 is available FREE on Kindle until July 25. Read more Book giveaway!
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You can go home again
Read more: You can go home againWhat’s it like to visit a place you lived in for years after a long absence?Read more You can go home again
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How to write a sequel
Read more: How to write a sequelA tongue in cheek look at the secret sauce for writing a sequelRead more How to write a sequel
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Don’t (not) look down: walking in Bali
Read more: Don’t (not) look down: walking in BaliWe’ve been living in Ubud for 7 weeks now (one week to go before we move to the US). We opted not to get a scooter for the duration of our stay and walking most places has been transport, sight-seeing and exercise. For longer journeys, we’ve grabbed taxis, but according to my FitBit, we’ve clocked…
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Bali: what to bring, what to buy here
Read more: Bali: what to bring, what to buy hereWhen we decided to spend two months in Bali as the first leg in our year-long sabbatical, I read as much as I could find about what to bring and what to buy when I got to Bali. The information was scarce, scattered and often dated. Hmmm. I did my best, but over-packed some items…
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The new normal
Read more: The new normalWhen you’re living abroad, there are things that were initially obvious to you – or even jarring – that over time become your new normal. Here are some from living in Bali over the past couple of weeks.Read more The new normal
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Living La Vida Local
Read more: Living La Vida LocalAfter a week of living in Bali, I’m settling in just fine.Read more Living La Vida Local
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Wherever I lay my head…
Read more: Wherever I lay my head…The expression, ‘wherever I lay my hat, that’s my home’ has never been as relevant for me as it is now. As I only wear a hat on occasion, however, I think of it more in terms of wherever I lay my head. Since we handed over the keys to our apartment on Feb 2nd,…
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Taking stock…
Read more: Taking stock…Ben and I have now been in my home state, Western Australia, for 3 weeks of our 4-week visit. The time has gone quickly, but we have crammed in a lot of time with family and friends, and have celebrated both of my parent’s 70th birthdays. As we are over the hump of our time…
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