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Marriage and the Mermaid is free

If you read on Kindle and love a good romantic comedy (or know someone who does, and can forward this to them) please accept the gift of my delightfully sexy holiday read Marriage and the Mermaid as a gift. Click on the cover to your left and be directed to Amazon where you can download it.

Happy holidays!

Guest Post: Sophie Masson’s Russian Inspiration

I’m really excited to welcome one of Australian’s best know fantasy authors Sophie Masson to my blog, so she can share details of her exciting travels in Russia and how they inspired her latest novel TRINITY: The Koldun Code (Book One). I’m always interested to see the link between an author’s lifelong fascination and the story it produces. But first a little about Sophie:

Born in Indonesia of French parents, and brought up in Australia and France, Sophie Masson is the award-winning author of...

Guest post: Louise Cusack on da Vinci, strangers, and writing

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Find me over on Sophie Masson’s blog today talking about my obsession with Leonardo Da Vinci.

Originally posted on Feathers of the Firebird:

Today my blog features Louise Cusack, author of the Time Trilogy and many other books, with a fascinating post that delves into her interest in ‘strangers in a strange land’–and the amazing Leonardo da Vinci!

Charming, talented and unfortunately dead

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated obsessed with the life and work of Leonardo...

Fantasy inspired by an imperfect childhood

I was asked at a weekend workshop I was teaching, “What one thing has inspired your creative writing the most?” and it really made me think. There have been many formative books and movies: Alice in Wonderland, Edgar Rice BurroughsPrincess of Mars, Frank Herbert’s Dune, but when I get right down to it, the thing that really inspired me to create fantasy worlds was wanting to escape my own. Not because my childhood was terrible, but simply because I was alone a lot, and had so much time to thi...

Hapless Heroes cover reveal

I’ve got shiny new covers for my Hapless Heroes ebook series, and I’m excited to share them:

If you love contemporary romance with hunky heroes who are romantically challenged, these stories will make you laugh, sigh and swoon. All the details and purchase links are on my Hapless Heroes webpage. Enjoy!

Coping with rejection

Writers submit manuscripts and get knock backs. It’s a fact of life that even multi-published authors have to deal with. Unless you’re Stephen King or JK Rowling (which I’m not) there’s a chance that your latest offering won’t be adored by the first publisher who looks at it. Intellectually I know that. But the heart and the head don’t always agree. When I started off in this business twenty years ago, rejection felt like this to me:

What? My precious baby isn’t what you’re looking for? How c...

Snapshot Interview with Louise Cusack

I spilled the beans about my latest fantasy novel Silk. If you click on the image below you’ll get all the goss:

Australian Romance Readers Association Book Signing in Sydney 9 August 2014

Along with 70 other authors who have romance in their novels, I’ll be participating in the Australian Romance Reader’s Association mass book signing on Saturday 9th August 2014 from 5-6pm at the Pullman Hotel in Olympic Park. If you’d like to attend, you can purchase tickets here. I’d love to see you there!

Romance Rocks Presents… Louise Cusack

Romance Rocks Presents….

Inspiration from magical places

It’s no secret that fairytales inspire me. They have for all of my reading life, but it never ceases to amaze me how an old fairytale that I’ve adored as a child can come back to me in a different format and engulf me in magic all over again.

Beauty and the Beast is probably my favorite fairytale, because of its darkness, its inherent romance, and the transformational quality of the character development. I was fortunate to have the latest Disney version come out when my children were young, a...