Welcome Today's Featured Authors
Love Sabrists!!
The Sabrists are: Kristine Charles,
Melanie Coles, Megan Jane Colville, Rachael Howlett, Tanya Kean, Nardia
Sheriff and L. Simpson
MEET THE LOVE SABRISTS
Right-o. Love Sabrists assemble.
Thunderbirds are go and we’re visiting the Amazeballs Book Addicts today.
‘Wait,’ Kristine calls. ‘I’ve gotta get my
coffee.’
Okay. Everyone waits for Kristine to get
her coffee.
Right. So, now you’re all here—let’s talk about how
you came to be.
Nardia nods. ‘Sure. So, in August 2015 we
all attended the Romance Writers of Australia conference. That year there were
100 first-timers attending the conference but, somehow, we were drawn together—’
Megan interjects. ‘It’s was probably
because we’re all a little crazy. Crazy recognises crazy you know.’
‘That’s probably true. Anyway—’ Nardia
continues. ‘On the last day of the conference we were all diligent, and went to
the Annual General Meeting—’
‘Boring,’ Tanya yawns.
‘Yes, well,’ Nardia shakes her head. ‘We
started talking about euphemisms, and purple prose, and all those words that
make you squirm when you read them—’
‘Like spunk trumpet,’ says Laura.
‘And zipper sausage,’ says Kristine.
‘And one-eyed trouser snake,’ says Laura.
‘And purple-headed yogurt slinger,’ Nardia
says and cracks herself up.
Melanie wrinkles her nose even as she tries
to stifle a laugh (as these euphemism battles are not unusual amongst the
group). ‘Would you all stop already!’
Also laughing Rachael picks up the
explanation. ‘The next year, having learned our lesson, we didn’t attend the
AGM, but we did all agree to write a story which included the phrase ‘sheathe
your love sabre.’ We were considering self-publishing, but decided to submit it
to Boroughs Publishing Group first, to see if they were interested. They were, yay
for us, and it comes out on 6 February!’
So, tell us about the stories?
‘Sure,’ Melanie answers. ‘There are seven
stories, of course, because there are seven of us. And they range in heat
levels from sweet to spicy. The stories are mostly contemporary romance in this
anthology but there’s a little myth and magic thrown in too.’
Sounds great. So, tell us a little more
about you all.
‘Well,’ Megan begins. ‘We come from three
different states in Australia, and when we’re not writing—or, sometimes when we
should be writing—we’re on Messenger instead, catching up on events. Work-wise,
we’re also across the spectrum, covering government and not-for profits,
midwifery, marketing, human resources and legal/banking work. We love travel,
food and, most importantly, reading!’
Of course, you love reading. And writing,
we hope. What’s next for the Love Sabrists?
‘World Domination,’ Laura announces. ‘Just
kidding. Maybe. But, seriously, we’ve decided on the theme for the next Love
Sabre anthology which we anticipate will be out sometime in 2019.’
‘But we’re not telling you what it is yet,’
says Kristine. ‘It’s a secret.’
‘In the meantime,’ Tanya continues, ‘we’re
all working on our own stuff, polishing off some novel-length manuscripts to
pitch, working on some other short or novella length releases, or outlining new
books. It’s a pretty exciting year for the Sabrists.’
It looks like it!
If you’d like to chat more with the
Sabrists they can be found at:
WWW:
www.lovesabre.com |
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lovesabrewrites/
TWITTER:
twitter.com/lovesabrewrites |
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/lovesabrewrites/
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Amazon Aus: www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07987LNPC
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LOVE SABRE
BLURB
Seven Aussie
authors decided the most purple prose phrase they could think of was, “Sheathe
your love sabre.” So, naturally, they agreed to each write a story that
included the phrase. From those auspicious beginnings, the Love Sabre anthology
was born. From spicy hot to sweet, each Love Sabrist has penned a wonderful,
yet very different story guaranteed to make you smile, laugh, gasp, or cry. All
of them will make you go, “awww.”
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