Sweet Delights
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She wrote her debut women’s fiction novel Perfect Lives in stolen moments, while sleep deprived and negotiating life as a new mum. Perfect Lives is a novel about friendship, secrets and jealousy. It was inspired by the idea that people's lives are rarely what they seem from the outside; that there is more to us all than the lives we post online.
This story is Lauren's first foray into romance. While her writing usually falls within the contemporary fiction space with a strong focus on female friendships, she does love a little bit of love, and is looking forward to delving further into the romance genre in the future.
Lauren is currently working on her second novel while juggling a challenging day job, demanding children and a laundry pile that won't quit. Drawing from her own experiences of motherhood, this novel is a funny and dark character study of two ordinary and remarkable women in the trenches of motherhood. Set amidst a landscape of postnatal depression and divorce, the story explores the savagery with which motherhood can change a person’s life and the friendships that can save it.
You can follow Lauren on the following links:
www.laurenloos.com
www.facebook.com/laurenloosauthor
www.instagram.com/laurenloos
D.D. LINE
D. D. Line lives in coastal South Western Australia with her family, a curious cat, and two pups trying to dig their way back to Central Queensland—we're Sunshine State ex-pats.
Reading was her favourite childhood pastime. In her senior year, thanks to a crush on her English teacher and her desire to impress him, she developed a deep love of writing stories.
She writes Romantic Suspense, Paranormal Romance, Contemporary Romance and Speculative Fiction. Her short stories have featured and placed in KSP Writing Centre’s Spooky Stories Collections, Western Australia and Queensland Writing Group anthologies, RWA’s Little Gems Moonstone anthology and GEM – a 2014 Dr Liz Huf Memorial Tribute anthology.
She’s been a child wrangler, a mini lab photo developer, an admin assistant, a copyeditor, a proofreader, (no, she can’t edit her own work), and a wannabe baker who wishes she could sing.
D. D. Line is the Aspiring Ambassador for Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) and a member of the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA). She loves hearing from her readers. You can find her here.
You can follow D.D. Line on the following links:
https://www.facebook.com/ddlauthor
www.instagram.com/d_d_line/
ddlineauthor.blogspot.com/
MANDY MAY
Mandy May is a mother, children’s book illustrator, published author and international speaker. Her first introduction to romance novels was the Gumnut Press anthology, ‘Paw Prints of Love’, which inspired her to write her own romantic short story, ‘Welcome Home, Jemma Harlow’, set in her hometown of Loxton, South Australia and based around her love of the farming community.
Under her additional pen-name, Amanda Maynard-Schubert, she writes fantasy fiction for Young Adults, with her debut novel, The Bards of Birchtree Hall releasing in November 2020 through Daisy Lane Publishing. Part of a trilogy titled The Stormbringer Chronicles, the second book, The Vengeance of the Morrigan, is due for publication in 2021.
As an illustrator, Amanda has contributed to several children’s books through White Light Publishing, Serenity Press, and Footprints Publishing. Art has been a large part of her life, and she enjoys painting, drawing, and experimenting with new mediums, such as painting with coffee!
When she isn’t spending time with family and friends, she is busy writing and editing manuscripts, drawing or painting, designing book covers and drinking copious amounts of coffee and tea.
You can find Mandy at the following links:
www.amandaschubert.com/
www.facebook.com/amanda.schubert.771
www.instagram.com/amandaschuby87
JENNY LYNCH
Jenny Lynch has been a member of Gosnells Writers Circle since 2016. She has published flash fiction, rhymes and reviews in GWC’s Showcase magazines and has published two short stories (“Forgotten World” and “Rosemary”) in their 2017 anthology, Kaleidoscope as well as her short story “The Naked Truth” in their 2019 anthology, Pencilled Down. Jenny’s short story “Catching Curls” was published in the Gumnut Press anthology Paw Prints of Love in 2020. Another of her short stories, “Scout’s Honour” was short-listed in the KSP Writers’ Centre Spooky Stories Competition in 2020, and was subsequently published in the resulting anthology, Beneath.
Jenny has also self-published 12 children’s books and 2 adult books, all of which are written in rhymed verse and are sold online through her Pink Ribbon Books website. These books are all sold as fundraising books and all profit after printing costs is donated to the Breast Cancer Research Centre of W.A.
In 2016, Jenny very proudly won the Manjimup Bluegrass Festival song lyric competition, with her humorous song, Cranky Crocodile.
The song was performed by the Davidson Brothers and can be viewed on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39lEdt-t8o
Jenny has a great sense of humour and loves writing quirky rhymes. She has written and printed quite a few personalized books and cards for family members and friends for special occasions.
You can find Jenny at the following links:
www.pinkribbonbooks.org
www.facebook.com/jlynchperth
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