News & Updates

Don’t you love the start of a new year? All those exciting opportunities waiting in the coming months to be grabbed. All that time stretching out ahead of you to do all the things you want to do. Ha ha. I know exactly how this year will go- just like every other one- FAST! I …[ read more ]

I am winding up the year with some revisions on a book and then I’ll be taking a couple of weeks off to plan next year’s schedule. I hope your Christmas and New Year is wonderful and that 2016 is a stellar year for you all. Best wishes, Melanie

Hi everyone, I am having a short break on a cruise in the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland. The weather is glorious and the scenery stunning. It is lovely to relax and unwind and I’m sure I will be setting a book here very soon. It’s such a romantic setting with deserted beaches and wonderful island …[ read more ]

I am looking forward to attending The Melbourne Writers’ Festival this month as a guest panelist on Losing It- a discussion about virginity in romance novels. Running concurrently is Romance Writers of Australia which is always heaps of fun. Just before RWA, I am attending a five day Immersion class with the amazingly wonderful Margie …[ read more ]

I am so thrilled to announce I have been declared the 2105 winner of the HOLT Medallion Award for At No Man’s Command. I got the phone call while I was conducting a workshop on writing romance. I put the phone on speaker so everyone could share the moment. It was such a wonderful experience. …[ read more ]