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Voted
"Favorite New Author", All About Romance Awards, March 2002
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Hi.
I'm Anne Gracie and I write historical romance and some romantic
comedy. For my new and currently available books
click here.
Information
about my books and writing awards is in the books
section, along with reviews and extracts. There's also a page about
what inspired me to write each story.
In the writing section there are articles
on writing; on point of view, voice,
synopsis-writing, comedy,
my
updated Myths of Romance
article and more. "About Anne"
contains an occasional journal, and
some stuff about me and my
passions, which include teaching adults how to read and write,
and keeping bees. Please note, the guestbook can be viewed,
but no new entries can be made.
If you want to know more about romance writers in general, there's
a media
information page on the
Romance Writers of Australia website.
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August News 2008
It's August and that's romance
conference time DownUnder. First there's the Romance
Writers of New Zealand Conference, where I'm
giving a workshop on the Care and Feeding of Rakes.
And the following week I'm speaking
at the Romance
Writers of Australia Conference in my home
town, Melbourne, at the gorgeous Langham Hotel
on Southbank. I'm really looking forward to it.
We have international bestsellers Barbara Samuel,
Jo Beverly, Stephanie Laurens, Marion Lennox,
Keri Arthur, Joan Kilby, Anna Campbell and many
more -- too many to name, but pop over to the
conference
site and you'll see why I'm excited. I'm also
giving a workshop - this one on reading rejection
letters:
And
by the way, I didn't win the RITA, but I do love
my silver pins.
To read more about the book
that finalled, click here.
Every
Wednesday I join
with three other Berkley Sensation historical
writers, Joanna
Bourne, Donna
MacMeans and Christine
Wells to hold a regular discussion on the
Berkley/Jove
Bulletin Board. Why not drop in and say
hello? There will be book giveaways and cyber
cocktails.
On
Tuesday June 24th, at 10pm, I was on the ABC TV
show, Jennifer Byrne Presents (an offshoot of
the First Tuesday Bookclub show). It was a special
on Sex and Romance (though I have to say there
wasn't a lot of talk about romance). If you're
curious you can download it
here. Or visit the discussion
board.
You can also read what's behind some of the the
myths about
writing the romance genre. And if you've never
read romance and don't know where to start, click
here.
I've
put some photos of a costume
collection I was lucky enough to see when
I was in England recently. It was arranged by
my friend, fellow regency historical author, Joanna
Maitland, and wonderful costume curator Althea.
I'll be putting up more pics of my travels, so
stay tuned. But right now I'm busy writing the
next book no, not Harry's story that's
already in and has a lovely cover -- see right.
That's called HIS CAPTIVE
LADY and comes out in September 08.
(I'll be putting up a Captive Lady page soon)
I'm now writing the story in which cool, elegant,
in-control Rafe meets his match in more
ways than one.
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COMPETITION RESULTS
Well, it was a lot more difficult
to guess the places in the pictures than I imagined --
I even named the jpgs to help, but clearly you lovely
people thought that would be cheating. Thanks you to all
who guessed. The winner is Gill Molton, of the UK, and
she has won a book of her choice. The answers are below.
The
buildings are:
1)
The famous bow-window at Whites Club in which dandies
used to sit and ogle any pretty women who passed by.
2) Berrington Hall, Herefordshire, where historical author
Joanna Maitland and I were treated to a private costume
showing - if you'd like to see some of the costume
pictures I took, they're here
3) The Assembly Rooms in Bath
4) A church very dear to the heart of Sir Oswald Merridew
St. George's, Hanover Square, in London.
I'll
be putting up more pics of my travels, so stay tuned.
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Read
an extract
Berkley
Sensation USA
Historical Romance
ISBN-13:
978-0425218983
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The
Stolen Princess
The
first in a new historical series about the Devil
Riders, four soldiers back from war;
daredevil Gabriel Renfrew, his quiet, watchful half
brother Harry Morant, the cool and elegant Rafe
Ramsey, and Luke Ripton, the fallen angel of the
group. They're gorgeous, horse-mad and still haunted
by their years at war.
This is what reviewers are saying about Gabe's story:
*
" It stole my heart, as it will yours. Suzanne
Tucker, Fresh Fiction
* "A fast-paced and enticing tale."
Kathe
Robin, Romantic Times
*
" I highly recommend THE STOLEN PRINCESS and
look forward to the rest of the series."
Jane Bowers Romance
Reviews Today
* "I absolutely loved this story"
Julie Kornhausl,
Simply Romance Reviews
* "as filled with warmth, humor, and lovable
characters as any other of her titles... Anne Gracie's
talent is as consistent as it is huge. I highly
recommend THE STOLEN PRINCESS and look forward to
the rest of the series." Jane
Bowers, Romance Reviews Today
* "The Stolen Princess, provided me with
a couple of hours of luscious romance novel bliss.
What a remarkable writer she is. I cant think
of another writer who seamlessly combines quite
as she does the most sparkling comedy with such
heartbreaking emotion. Her banter is witty and wonderful,
worthy of Georgette Heyer at her best. Then Anne
Gracie floors you with a moment of such perfect
emotion, it just makes you want to cry buckets."
Anna
Campbell, Romance Novel TV, who is a fine writer
herself.
* "This was an absolute jewel of a story
guaranteed to lift you up and make you smile. Sensual
and passionate it hit all the right notes. Add to
that the fact that it is the beginning of a new
series from the talented pen of Anne Gracie, and
fans, old and new, are certain to be delighted and
anxious for more." Marilyn
Rondeau,
kwips and kritiques
What readers
have written to say about this book
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My
other Berkley Sensation books (in order of publication)
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The
Tudors
My novelization of Michael Hirst's script for the fabulous
Showtime TV series.
Read extracts here.

Highly
readable and very entertaining. This novelization hits
the show's scandalous entanglements, teases out its conspiracies,
and does justice to its violent beauty.
-Michael Hirst, creator and writer of Showtime's Emmy
award-winning series The Tudors
Publisher:
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN-10: 1416947787
ISBN-13: 978-1416947783
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Here's
an article on a wonderful writers
retreat I attend with ten other authors. I
found it so inspirational, I thought I'd share it with
you and encourage anyone interested in furthering their
writing to do something similar. There's also a little
about story collage.
OTHER
APPEARANCES:
At
the end of Feb I blogged with the Romance
Vagabonds.
On February 15th, I was interviewed by the wonderful Mary
Jo Putney as a guest on the Word
Wenches Blog, one of my favorite blogs.
Also I put a brief blog and extract on the Fresh
Fiction blogspot. And on the 20th Feb I'll be blogging
on Tote
Bags and Blogs.
Last month I had a lovely surprise birthday present from
my friend Anne
McAllister on Tote
Bags and Blogs.
And
on 21st January I was interviewed by my friend Anna
Campbell on the Romance
Bandits blog.
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Here's
where my web-visitors come from. Click on the map to see an enlarged
view. It's just been reset, so is currently very sparse.
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