International Flavors
Since the publication of my first Harlequin novel in 2004, my books have been translated into Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Greek, Russian, Scandinavian, Portugese and Afrikkans to name a few.
Here are a few of my international covers:
Fun Stuff!
Books or series I love...
anything by Barbara Samuel
anything by Adele Parks
anything by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
anything by Marian Keyes
anything by Suzanne Brockmann
Harry Potter series
Anne Gracie's 'Perfect' series
anything by Harlan Coben
Paradise by Judith McNaught
Cry No More by Linda Howard
Diana Gabaldon's 'Highlander' series
Envy by Sanda Brown
Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
Movies I can watch over and over...
Dirty Dancing
Pretty Woman
Notting Hill
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
Bend it Like Beckham
Songs I croon to:
Sway by Michael Buble
Moondance by Van Morrison
You've Got a Way by Shania Twain
Don't by Jewel
I'm so Excited by the Pointer Sisters
Can't Help Falling in Love with You by Elvis
Things I cannot do...
Sing
Surf
Bungee jump
Throw out my diaries
Change football teams
Dive
Cook crabs
Things to do before I die...
Ballroom dancing
Visit every continent
Volunteer
Cruise the Caribbean
Play piano - again.
Learn to ski - again!
Write 100 books
Things that attract me to men...
Sensational eyes
Sexy smile
Sense of humour
Broad chest
Strong forearms
Cuddle-ability
Great calf muscles
Things I say most often...
You're kidding?
No way!
Actually...
Really?
Cool!
Is that right?
Bedtime... now!
From writing articles and inspiration to fun stuff, this is the place to find it!
If you're looking for my press kit, click here.
Articles
- Stellar Settings
- Defying the Doubt Demons
- Can You Stand the Heat?
- What Drives Your Story?
- Interviewing your characters
- Creating Hot Heroes: the great Alpha versus Beta debate
- Teaching an Old Manuscript New Tricks
- Speed Writing
- Combining writing & motherhood (being a creative yummy mummy!)
- How to stand out from the crowd with your writing.
- Collages - interview with Harlequin Romance author Barbara Hannay
- All about The Call - when the editor calls to say they want to buy your book
Writing Tips
Click here for a rundown on these following topics:
- Writing processes
- Free writing e-books
- Limbo land
- Finding time to write
- Steroids for writers
- Speed writing with a bullet
- The greatest gift
- The first five pages
- Making your readers care
- Romance PR
- Voice
- Protecting the work
- A gem of an idea
- Mind maps
- The colour of money
- By hook or by crook
- Tricks of the trade
- Proposals
- Sample synopsis
- Sprinting
- Dreaming
- Dream journal
- When characters shout
- Playlists
- Resilience
- Methodology
- The question you must answer
In The News
- February 2012: Casey Weekly 'Author's Secret is Write from the Heart'
- August 2011: The Age - Feel The Love
- 2010: ninemsn Money interview: Love is in the Air: can you make money as a romance novelist?
- December 2009 - Birthing Books after Babies
- December 2008 - he Bangaluru newspaper
- December 2008 - Formula for Romance (excerpt taken from The Indian Express)
- June 2008 - Between Your Sheets
- February 2007 - Financial Times - Mills and Boon sets its cap at Indian market
* Harlequin and Mills & Boon are registered trademarks. Cover art for all titles Copyright © 2009 by Harlequin Mills & Boon Limited.
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WEBSITE AND CONTENT COPYRIGHT © NICOLA MARSH 2009
Appearances
Nicola has appeared at these venues:
- Cranbourne Library
- Dandenong Library
- Glen Waverley Library
- Eltham Library
- Blackburn Library
- Kew Library
- RWAustralia's conference "Spellbound on Southbank"
- keynote speaker at the Multiple Sclerosis Fund Raiser Ladies Luncheon
- Doveton Library
You Can Also Find Me At:
- MySpace
- eHarlequin boards
- The Pink Heart Society (where I'm co-founding editor of this blogazine for lovers of category romance)
- Goodreads
- Savvy Authors
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