I'm thrilled to announce that my rural romance manuscript has made the longlist in Queensland Writers Centre's manuscript development program PUBLISHABLE.

Publishable is a program in which we submitted the first fifty pages of our manuscripts, along with a synopsis and answers to other questionnaires. The pages were read to form the longlist. We now undergo further assessment before the shortlist is announced in August.

Congratulations and good luck to the other finalists!

I'm pleased to announce that my short story Goldrush Cupcakes has been published the The Outback Volume 6. This anthology is the result of the Outback Writers Festival's short story competition, which provides writers an opportunity to see their work published and helps the festival attract Australian authors to Winton.

Goldrush Cupcakes is a sweet romance featuring a heartbroken heroine, a grieving hero, an adorable little girl, and many mouth-watering cupcakes.

I'm thrilled to announce that my manuscript Reunited with the Millionaire has won the 2020 Emerald Award for best unpublished romance manuscript with Romance Writers of Australia! Tonight, I attended the virtual awards dinner at home in Townsville with my mum and the puppies, Isabella and Jacob. I threw a tropical themed party to keep in theme with the Whitsunday setting in the novel.

I am equally thrilled that Reunited with the Millionaire came highly commended in RWA's Valerie Parv Award and RWNZ's Pacific Hearts Award.

This weekend, I attended Romance Writers of Australia's virtual conference Love in Isolation. I had a great time attending conference warm and safe up here in Townsville. A big thank you goes to the conference team for their perseverance to bring us this opportunity. It was great to stay in touch and have the chance to learn from each other amongst this current chaos.

Due to the Covid 19 pandamic, the Romantic Novelists' Association - the United Kingdom's romance writers organisation - hosted a mini virtual conference online. I was thrilled to take part in this opportunity from the other side of the world and was especially excited to attend a 'Creating Conflict' workshop presented by the editorial team at Mills and Boon. It was a long night, but well worth it.

I'm is pleased to announce that my short story Father of the Bride has been shortlisted for the Outback Writers Festival's Short Story Competition and will be featured in The Outback: An Anthology of Short Stories Volume 5.

This book is a collection of short stories that celebrate the vast Australian Outback. All proceeds go towards the Outback Writers Festival.

I'm pleased to announce that I've been named a finalist in the 2020 Valerie Parv Award with Romance Writers of Australia.

A big thank you goes to the dedicated judges for their consideration and feedback.

​Best of luck to all the finalists!

Reunited with the Millionaire is a finalist in the Pacific Hearts Award with Romance Writers of New Zealand!

Thank you to the dedicated readers who have taken the time to read these full manuscripts and provide feedback. 

Best of luck to all the finalists.

Reunited with the Millionaire is a finalist in the 2020 Emerald Award with Romance Writers of Australia!

Thank you to the dedicated readers for their feedback.

​Best of luck to all the finalists!

After submitting the first 10,000 words of my latest manuscript, it has reached the second round of Romance Writers of Australia's Emerald Contest!

Thank you to the judges for their first round feedback.

​Congratulations to all the second round winners!