I is excited!

[image error]I woke up this morning to learn that USAToday.com have reviewed my latest book, All They Need. I confess, there was some squealing and whatnot. It's a very generous review, too. I may have even forwarded it to my mum and dad, something I don't normally do. 

One of the things I liked the most about the review - apart from this awesome quote "I've always enjoyed Mayberry's books, but reading this one was like finding a twenty-dollar bill in your coat pocket, then unfolding it and finding a fifty wrapped inside. It started out great and just kept getting better" - is that the reviewer seemed to like Mel, my heroine, almost as much as I did. She really “got” her, and that is a precious, precious thing. It means that I wasn’t tapping away at my keyboard for nothing, and that the pictures and ideas and conversations in my head have translated to the page strongly enough for readers to see the same pictures and ideas in their heads. For a writer, that’s pretty much as good as it gets. 

If you’ve already read All They Need, I  hope you enjoyed it. As I’ve mentioned several times around the traps, this was the hardest book of my career. I got lost in it and had to write my way out of several corners. And it was late. So late I was a little scared. Me and my editor turned it around in record time, though, and the art department delivered me the most amazing cover. Every time I look at it I want to ring Mel and Flynn up and invite them over for dinner - they seem that real and complete to me after all this time.

Just so you know, I’m going to be working with my site designer to add a “coming soon” button to the site, but until then my next book is out in March 2012. More Than One Night is the story of Charlie, who has recently left the Army, and Rhys, who has just started up his own IT consultancy. When they meet, the instant attraction is undeniable. So, you know, they don’t deny it. If you know what I mean. But then things happen to ensure that this will be more than one night for the too of them. More on this book as it’s release date draws closer. 

I’m off to a big catch up with all my Melbourne based writing buddies today. My writing buddy Joan Kilby will be there, and Anne Gracie and Nicola Marsh and Fiona Lowe and Keri Arthur and talented debut author M.J. Scott. It’s gonna be a good one!