There are times when you meet people you feel like you’ve known them for years – in some respects it’s like coming home.
So it waswhen I met authors Susanne Bellamy, Noelle Clark and Eva Scott. It was at lunch in April at a lovely restaurant that overlooked the Brisbane skyline. We’re all south-east Queensland locals, all authors and now great friends.
And, as these things happen, someone mentions, ‘oh wouldn’t it be great to do an anthology together’ and before you know it, a theme has been decided and we were on our way.
Out late November will be our debut short story anthology called:
A Season To Remember
Short and sweet, each story features three elements:
- Christmas
- The Sea
- Romance
Man, what a treat we have for you:
- A Touch of Christmas by Susanne Bellamy – Set 500 years in the future, are Colonel Nick’s efforts enough to give the Earth a second chance?
- All That Glitters by Eva Scott – Always the bridesmaid and never the bride? Molly, a hard-working Gold Coast nurse finds an unexpected ally in her plans to thwart her gold-digging step-mother’s plans for her sister’s society wedding from hell.
- Sands of Time by Noelle Clark – Christmas brings love, heart-ache and memories for Kitty. A beautiful and poignant story set in Brisbane, Queensland.
- And finally, mine Three Ships by Elizabeth Ellen Carter. Set in 1806, a wild storm on the Devon coast brings bootleggers and handsome Navy lieutenant to Laura’s lighthouse on St Joseph’s Rock.
You can find out more directly from the heroines in our story on Eva Scott’s blog over the next two weeks.
Catch up with Kitty from Sands of Time here: “I live in a blue, chamfer-board beach house on the cliff top overlooking Dugong Point reserve – a lovely bay side recreation area about a 40 minute drive from Brisbane.”
Catch up with Captain Andra Deshivya Veluthian here: “I am Captain Andra Deshivya Veluthian, on my first promotion assignment in command of starship Bluefire. My home planet is Gravlar, which oversees this quadrant of our galaxy.“
Check out Eva’s blog in coming weeks for the next two installments. Then, in September enjoy some short story extras on Noelle Clark’s blog as the characters from our stories meet and mingle!
In October please join me back here for a little party where we authors talk about the fun and different things we learned as we wrote our stories. Then in November, head over to Susanne Bellamy’s blog for a pre-Christmas feast with recipes!