For those in the Essendon area, don’t forget I have a library talk tomorrow evening. Here’s the details:

Wednesday June 30, 6pm

Sam Merrifield Library

762 Mount Alexandra Road

Moonee Ponds VIC 3039

Free, but bookings necessary. Call (03) 8325 1950 or head over to the website

And here’s a pic of me and three of the gals who attended the Michael Hauge/Steve Kaplan Writing Romantic Comedyt workshop over the weekend (photo taken by the lovely Anne Gracie):

From left to right we have: me, Heather Rogers, Trish Morey and Fiona McArthur

this time, we have the UK/Australian covers for Destiny Kills and Mercy Burns. And, as ever, they are brilliant. I do love the Piatkus artists

(Click the covers for a large pic, and to read the backcover copy)

Destiny Kills will be out January 2011 in the UK and Australia. The release date for Mercy Burns is waiting confirmation, but is likely to be August, the same as the US.

Hey everybody, I’m over on my Facebook fan page right now, about to answer any and all questions about Riley. Head here if you want to join in

about getting some books signed please email me back. When my email system crashed, I lost all your contact details, including your address.

In writing news, Moon Sworn hit no13 on the NYT bestseller list (to be published June 13), which is awesome considering the list is crowded with some very major names  (Stieg Larsson, Nora Roberts, Julia Quinn, Lisa Kleypas, just to name a few). It also hit 40 on the USA Today bestseller list, which also rocks. Major thanks to you all for making this happen 

And finally, I’m going to be holding an ‘all things Moon Sworn and Riley’ discussion on my Facebook Fan Page this Saturday (12th) at 8pm US Central time. That’s 11am Sunday 13th for us Aussies. So, if you have a question about any of the books, pop along and ask it

The new computer just ate every single email I had and spat them out into some great unknown, never to be retrieved! You can imagine the swearing currently happening–the air is blue and unbreathable, I tell you. But the upshot is, if you’ve sent me an email in recent weeks and want a reply, please resend it.

So, what’s been happening in my writing world? Not a lot, to be honest. Those who’ve been following me on Twitter and Facebook already know that I’m alternating between writing Risa 2 and the ‘secret project’. ALthough the secret project isn’t so secret, because I was actually blogging about it last year. However, I’ve revamped the whole thing and totally changed the setting and direction, and I’m much, much happier with it. So, the current plan is to write Risa during the weekdays, and the secret project on the weekend and those weeknights I feel like writing. (in other words, when there’s totally zip on TV and I can’t be fagged putting a dvd or blueray on).

Other than that, I’m making like a bear and hybernating in my warm little cave (other than gym times). Man it is cold here in the hills!