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Friday 8 December 2017

Excited!!! Publication Day for Winnawarra


    Heart pounding suspense and feel good romance set in the Australian Outback.
Emily Perkins is over the moon to learn Jock Macgregor has left her a share in Winnawarra Station in the magnificent Kimberly region of Outback Australia. The bonus comes when she realises, his handsome grandson, Doug is the man of her dreams. She loves working beside him and every day is an adventure.
After receiving a letter from Jock, she discovers he was convinced the accident that killed his son and daughter-in-law was actually murder, and he included her in his will to investigate the deaths.
When accidents start happening to Emily, and she hears footsteps outside her room at night, she is convinced someone is stalking her.
Is she next on the killer’s list?
Isolated on an Outback cattle ranch, will strong, dependable Doug be able to keep her safe?
A murderer is loose at Winnawarra Station, and she must race against time to identify the killer before he strikes again.

PUBLISHER NOTE: Australian Rural Romance. A full-length Romantic Suspense novel of 81,372 words.
Excerpt:
The stark emptiness of the building unnerved her, not one person remained. She moved towards a drink dispenser and dropping her bags in a heap by her feet, searched her purse for change. She selected a bottle of water and waited for it to thump into the collection slot. Nothing happened. The next moment the machine shook violently and the plastic bottle shot from the front opening. As she bent to secure her purchase, a dark shadow fell across her path.
She staggered backwards and tripped over her bags. Someone grabbed her around the waist, and she gaped up at a tall man wearing a battered cowboy hat. Embarrassed, she straightened, intending to move past him to recover her drink. “Thank you.”
“No worries.”
His deep voice settled her nerves, but the sight of him fascinated her. Her gaze moved over shoulders wide enough to carry a piano, encased in a pale blue tee shirt stretched across a muscular chest, then down to worn jeans and dusty boots. He scooped the bottle up in one suntanned hand and held it out to her. The deepest blue eyes she had ever seen in her life scanned her features. She stared back at his handsome face taking in his long straight nose and determined chin. The ragged pink scar along his jaw gave him a roguish appearance but did not detract from the animal magnetism given off by the stranger. A lock of raven hair had fallen over one eye, and she had the sudden need to tuck the curl under the brim of his hat. Oh my God! You are gorgeous. Dragging her attention back to reality, she took the water from him and smiled. “Thank you, again.”
“You’d be Emily, right?” He straightened to a good six-five, and one dark eyebrow rose in question. “The English girl my grandfather sent to straighten out us blokes.”
She held out her hand. “Yes, I’m Emily Perkins. I’ll be happy to help out any way I can.”
“I’m not sure why he sent for you. I can see you’re having problems with the heat and it’s only going to get worse.” He had not taken her hand but rubbed his chin eyeing her critically. “I’m sorry, love, but you won’t last a week at Winnawarra.”
Her hackles rose in defence before she noticed the amusement in his eyes. Was he laughing at her? Fine, agreed she did look a bit frazzled from the flight with her hair in an air travel-induced mess and her shirt was stuck to her with perspiration, but that was no excuse. She lifted her chin and glared at him. “Really?” She gave him an exaggerated once-over. “Tell me, are all the ‘blokes’ in this part of the world so condescending or is rudeness some type of an Australian, alpha male come on?”
A wide grin slashed across his bronzed face, and he stuck out one hand.
“You’ll do.” He closed one calloused palm around her fingers then dropped her hand like a hot coal. “Doug Macgregor and trust me, sweetheart, if I came on to you, you’d know.”

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Thursday 19 October 2017

WINNAWARRA - A heart pounding suspense and feel good romance set in the Australian Outback

I am over the moon to share the cover reveal of WINNAWARRA 

A heart pounding suspense and feel good romance set in the Australian Outback







On Pre-sale now:

AMAZON
Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B076KL4GNS
U.S. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076KL4GNS
U.K. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076KL4GNS

iTunes:
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/winnawarra/id1298989847?mt=11
KOBO;
https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/winnawarra

Emily Perkins is over the moon to learn Jock Macgregor has left her a share in Winnawarra Station in the magnificent Kimberly region of Outback Australia. The bonus comes when she realises, his handsome grandson, Doug is the man of her dreams. She loves working beside him and every day is an adventure.
After receiving a letter from Jock, she discovers he was convinced the accident that killed his son and daughter-in-law was actually murder, and he included her in his will to investigate the deaths.
When accidents start happening to Emily, and she hears footsteps outside her room at night, she is convinced someone is stalking her.
Is she next on the killer’s list?
Isolated on an Outback cattle ranch, will strong, dependable Doug be able to keep her safe?
A murderer is loose at Winnawarra Station, and she must race against time to identify the killer before he strikes again.
PUBLISHER NOTE: Australian Rural Romance. A full-length Romantic Suspense novel of 81,372 words.


http://www.elizabethmdarcy.com

Thursday 28 September 2017

Winnawarra- Coming December!

I'm over the moon to share this announcement with you!

Luminosity Publishing Welcomes Australian Rural Romance Author – Elizabeth M. Darcy

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Luminosity Publishing extends a warm welcome to Elizabeth M. Darcy.
Elizabeth writes Australian Rural Romance. Winnawarra is the first book in a brand new romantic suspense series called Red Skies, featuring life in the Australian OutbackThis will be released in December 2017.
Romance One Word At A Time
Born in London, England and now living in Australia, Elizabeth spent twenty years in a small rural town before moving to the coast. She enjoys the thrill of writing romance and creates stories that will remain with the reader long after the final page.



Saturday 15 April 2017

Patience: An author's best friend.

Patience as a author is one of the things many authors find the hardest. Okay, so you have written a story, polished it within an inch of its life then found a publisher who actually publishes the genre.

You have followed the submission guidelines and what happens next?

1. You receive a rejection within a few days.
2. You hear nothing for about three months and a rejection.
3. You hear nothing for three months maybe four then received a request for the full.
4. Six months goes by and you hear nothing at all....usually time to try a different publisher.

About this time, you experience, worry, anxiousness, and feelings of self-doubt.

THIS IS NORMAL.

Try not to worry and rather use writing another story as a distraction and soon you will have three or more stories all waiting for a lovely publisher to make an offer.

The same goes with agents. Many never contact you, most have a secretary to send a form rejection.

The moral to my story is, keep trying. Very few authors are published, fewer have agents. Some hit gold with their first book, others take time to perfect their craft.

It is pointless looking at other author's success and wishing you had the same "luck". Yes, people can be in the right place at the right time, be the first to have a unique idea for a story but that doesn't make them any better than you.

Keep writing because you want to tell a story. Enjoy what you are doing, learn your craft because no matter what, learning the basics is crucial to success.

Most of all.

Never Give Up.

Elizabeth.



Sunday 12 February 2017

HEA

I loved writing "The End" to another m/f cowboy romance . It made me happy :-D.
I have a new story waiting in the wings ready to fly first thing tomorrow. Today, I've done enough, the Muse will have to wait. Next I'll write a novella and get my Mojo working again for the next novel- murder mystery, next time maybe, or another sexy romance...ah, I love my life.

Friday 23 December 2016

Rural Romance

I've taken the plunge and submitted a rural mystery romance.  I'm hoping the publisher will like it and give me a new direction for my career.

After living in the Australian bush for 30 years the story came easily as if it was meant to be told. I set the story in the Kimberly, known world wide for its beauty and remoteness.
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Add handsome  cowboys, a stalker and murder then throw in a very smart trio of women from around the globe and the story wrote itself.

I can't wait to write another story in this series.

Elizabeth



Friday 26 August 2016

Promotion: The difference between failure and success.


So you have gained the contract and your book is ready for release. Unless you are with a mass market print publisher with a promotional team to push your work, you'll need to get off your backside and promote your book.

If you just sit back and expect people to buy from an unknown author without a blacklist, well unfortunately the chances of making one sale is probably 70-1.


The Essentials:


You must have a web site.


You must have an active blog, that is post even if its about your garden at least once a month.


You must have an author page on Facebook.


You must join as many social media author sites as possible in your genre and interact with readers and other authors. 


Be nice.  Nasty might work on TV but in reality once tarnished a reputation is hard to repair. People and the media have very long memories. Remember publishers see what you portray and how you treat people.


If your publisher has an author group, encourage  the other authors to "like" your author page  and in return you must return the favor.  


Doing the above gets your name out to the public.


Write another story, creating a back list is essential for success.



Good ways to promote and the suicide trail:


 Promotion isn't spamming or sending out emails to your friends.


To be perfectly honest,  bombarding social media with your new release constantly, pushes readers away.


Sending emails to your personal mailing list detailing your new releases bores people to death.


If you have created a reader update mailing list via social media, fine,  these people joined because they want to hear about your new releases.


Structured promotion is the only way to go and you have  two options.


1. You can pay a promotions company to promote your book. I've had some luck with doing this but it's expensive and unless you sell books in the tens of thousands, it isn't cost effective.


2. Plan a free promotion using the media available.


Ten tips:


1. Use your search engine and find blogs, which cover the genre you write and have free promotion. 


2. Join review sites and add your book for a review.


3. Join book promotion groups on Facebook  and add your new release and links.


4.Find review sites that offer to promote your new release.


5.Ask other authors in your genre for a swap blog hosting. 


6. Create a Street Team on Facebook. Involve your readers and offer copies of your book for review.


7. Join Manic Readers, Author Central and Yahoo/Google groups who read your genre and promote your book on their promotion days.


8. Remember Twitter is your friend, use it.


9. Go to conferences, book signings. Be seen, and heard . Be accessible to your readers. 


10. Make sure your readers see you,  as a real person and not an anonymous "Buy my book, buy my book" name. Involve them in your world and appreciate and value every one of them. 


I hope this helps.


Happy sales,


Elizabeth
www.elizabethmdarcy.com