AUSSIE MONTH: Tea Cooper

Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who ever got into trouble for scribbling on the walls :o)

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AUSSIE MONTH with Tea Cooper

Describe yourself in one word:
Capricious (I love that word!)

What is your background with regard to writing?
It began with crayons on my bedroom wall (I can still remember the belting!) then I started my working life as a journalist, became a teacher (English and History major), dabbled in PR, completed my Masters in Literacy and Creative Writing, taught Reading and Writing and English as a Second Language, retired and did what I had always wanted to do – write! Everything revolves around writing.

Tell us about Forgotten Fragrance your latest novel:
Forgotten Fragrance is the first in a new Australian historical series – FROM THE OCEAN TO THE OUTBACK. It releases in February with Escape Publishing

What inspired this novel?
A love of sailing, a trip aboard the magnificent three-masted tall ship Southern Swan and an over active imagination.

What are you reading…

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AUSSIE MONTH: Louise Roberts

If I have to re-blog, it should be this one. I can’t have anyone saying that I don’t support my own alter ego? :o)

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AUSSIE MONTH with Louise Roberts

Describe yourself in one word:
Intricate

What is your background with regard to writing?
I have always enjoyed history and literature from as far back as school days. I expect it was due to my teachers giving me immense encouragement. This was particularly expressed in art and drama classes in the way their professionalism nurtured my creativity. As a teenager I loved painting landscapes and seascapes, as well as writing short stories and poetry most of all. It wasn’t until adulthood when I wrote my first romance novel Beneath Southern Stars in 1994 but it didn’t get published until released as an e-book on Smashwords in 2012.

Still in the 1990’s I tried working on different genres rather than giving up on writing. I wrote a few children’s short stories mostly for my young son’s entertainment. Later I selected three of his favourites and…

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AUSSIE MONTH: Alissa Callen

From one Chocoholic to another…wishing you a successful 2015 and beyond :o)

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AUSSIE MONTH with Alissa Callen

Describe yourself in one word:
Chocoholic

What is your background with regard to writing?
I’ve always written and loved messing around with words.

Tell us about Down Outback Roads. What inspired this novel?
The setting and plot for Down Outback Roads much grew out of the things I see every day. The small town of Glenalla, and the surrounding red earth countryside, is based on central western NSW, in particular the Cobb and Co station at Molong and the murals at Eugowra. Some of the events that feature in the story are then drawn from my own farm.

What are you reading right now?
Allison Butler – The Healer

Number one thing to do on your bucket list?
Take my children to Paris.

Best thing about being an Aussie?
The intense blue of our sky.

What you want readers to know about the romance…

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