Tara Sharp rocking the bike racing!
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The whodunnit will be posted here as soon as the new site is up and running, which I hope is in about a week. Here’s a sneak preview … Tara and her cousin Crack decide to sneak out together for a night on the town while Crack’s *overly-managing* girlfriend is away. Three quarters of their way into a bottle of tequila they accidentally witness an art theft. Things are all downhill after that. Who knew the Perth art community could be so dangerous and desperate?
Wait until you see the design, Austin Designworks have come up with for this site revamp. I LOVE it! We’ll be going live on the new site, all going well, in about a month. If you have any suggestions for things you’d like to see on the site, now is the time to speak up! Aust D have created some memorable sits but my two favourites are Keri Arthur’s and Diana Peterfreund’s. Yes, I’ve changed theme again. I’m currently getting a custom made site designed and until that happens I’ll keep experimenting with free templates. The custom header feature drives me crazy though. It never seems to work! Over at my YA site there’s a frabjuous new interview up with Australian author, Kate Forsyth. Don’t miss Kate’s thoughts on the compulsion/obsessive nature of writing. I’ve just finished my proposals for Tara Sharp books 3&4, so finger crossed everybody likes them. Now… tell me what sorts of things you’d like to hear me blogging about to make this site worthwhile for you to visit. Happy Friday! Janette’s hilarious ‘past the post’ monologue to help me through the dying stages of finishing Tara Sharp book 2 has earned her, her own character.
And in case you missed it: A-a-a-a-a-and they’re racing….. For the early lead … that’s Great Plot Points first out of the gate, Engaging Characters away well out of the gate, Supanova Distractions under the whip to move up alongside. Sentient Aliens settling in nicely on the rail by Socio-Political Intrigue and Feminist Treatise moving through between. A length and a half behind, it’s Medication, Multiple Deadlines and Teetotal running neck and neck, with Tara Sharp boxed in behind a wall of horses. Moving down the backstretch, Great Plot Points and Engaging Characters holding well, but Supanova Distractions is dropping back, he’s making a shambles of this race, he’s gonna have to wait until next year for another look in. Sentient Aliens, Socio-Political Intrigue and Feminist Treatise keeping well in behind. And Tara Sharp has found a gap. She’s in top gear now, as she ducks past Medication and Teetotal, giving them the slip under the rail. And now she’s past Multiple Deadlines, eating up the course with her giant strides. The pace is wicked! Tara Sharp on the outside now, flying past Sentient Aliens, Socio-Political Intrigue and Feminist Treatise. This beaut little filly has taken third, and STILL she’s flying for the finish! Great Plot Points and Engaging Characters are keeping up the pace, they’re making her pull for all she’s worth, but she’s gliding around this track now! On the final straight now, and Tara Sharp’s taken second place, she’s ahead of Engaging Characters as they come up the last half furlong, and she’s neck and neck with Great Plot Points! It’s Great Plot Points! Tara Sharp! Great Plot Points! Tara Sharp! Great Plot Points! Tara Sharp! Oh, there’s no way to call it, ladies and gentlemen! The crowd have gone wild! We’re waiting on the photo finish now… and… it’s Tara Sharp! The clever filly from Perth has made it by a nose, and I’m sure her owners and trainers will be delighted with this result.
I’m in the home stretch of Tara Sharp book 2. Crossing the finish line on Friday. I need to hear the spectator shouts to get me home. Whoever shouts the loudest and bestest encouragement gets a character named after them in the next book. I’m listening … I’ve just added a new page in the sidebar which links directly to three of my free online short stories. All three are reprints of previously published stories. Enjoy! Hope to have a Tara Sharp one to add there soon. Tara’s been flirting with some motorbikes in her new book and Mona isn’t happy.
Thanks to Brett and the Borders Chermside Bookclub for having me in for a chat. It was fun. Now I’m home watching Christian Kane on Angel. Always a pleasure CK … The next whodunnit diary will begin in May. I’m keen to hear if there are any characters in the whodunnits who you’d like to see make it into the novels. In Fully Dead we met PI Marriage, Cousin Veno (aka The Toad)and Lady Venom.
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