Aussie Owned One Year Anniversary Hop

The blog, Aussie Owned and Read, of which I participate, is celebrating their one year anniversary. Hooray! To celebrate, they are hosting this hop, Celebrating Aus, where you can meet other authors and win great prizes!

I am Australian, 110%. I love sports, especially football… men in short shorts, yeah. Sold. I love Milo, Tim Tams, Pavlova and Lamingtons. I grew up in “the bush,” playing capture the flag and laughing at my sister for falling into a creek bed. I love the beach, the sand the tingling sensation of sunburn coming on, how my hair turns blonder over summer because of too much swimming…As you can tell I can go on and on. Living in the USA, there are times when I find people just don’t get it. Which is ironic to me considering how patriotic people here can be. I get, “How did you survive the snakes and spiders?” I shrug and say, “The same way you do, except with a little less screaming.”But I miss home terribly. Australia will always be my home. There are times when I get so home sick I just close myself off from the world and pretend I’m back, smelling the eucalyptus fresh scent in the air, listening to the cicadas drone. My heart lies in my country, my home.
I think that’s why my novel end up being set in Australia. While I write I’m back, living in the place I love. Where there are trees. Humidity. (I live in Arizona) Where there are faces I’ve always known, places I’ll never forget.
Also visit the Aussie Owned and Read blog for more celebratory goodness. :-D


I am also hosting three authors on my blog for the From Australia With Love blog hop; Lauren McKellar, Lisa Swallow,  and S.M Johnson. So watch out for their posts here soon.


Australian writers rock. We know it, and we love them. But it’s not always easy to discover the Australian talent that is right under our noses. From Australia With Love Blog Hop introduces you to 18 Aussie authors across a variety of categories and genres. Each author is hosting three of their fellow blog hop participants between now and Valentine’s Day to let you find out more about them. So follow them on twitter, like their Facebook page and visit their blogs during the blog hop period to discover more great Australian writers. And to show how much these Aussie authors love their readers, they’ve donated some great prizes for you to win! Author & Facebook Page Twitter Blog/Website Adult Ronnie Strong @RonnieFStrong Ronnie Strong Becca Lee @authorbeccalee Becca Lee Nina Levine @NinaLWriter Books By Nina Levine Nicole R Taylor @Nicole_Noir Nicole R Taylor Cameron Trost @BlackBeacons Cameron Trost L.L. Hunter @llhunterbooks Angels on Earth New Adult and Young Adult S.M.Johnston @S_M_Johnston Down Under Wonderings Lisa Swallow @Lisa_Swallow_Au Lisa Swallow Katie Hamstead @katieteller1 Katie Teller’s Stories Nicole Hayes @nichmelbourne Nicole Hayes K.A. Last @KALastbooks K.A.Last Laura Katherine @lauracatherinep The Quill Weilder Cassandra Page @CassandraPage01 Cassandra Page Stacey Nash @staceynash Stacey Nash Lauren K McKellar @LaurenKMcKellar Lauren K McKellar MG & Chapter Books* LJ Clarkson @Ind1cated Mastermind Academy Melissa Gijsbers @MissieK Melissa Writes Jacqueline Harvey @JacquelineHarve Jacqueline Harvey *Also visit YAtopiafor additional MG posts.a Rafflecopter giveaway