So I thought I’d kick off my ‘Bookshelf’ updates with something that’s a bit left field for me. Romance. Yep, I put aside the fantasy/sci-fi novels and went to work on this novel by Rachel Armstrong.
Rachel is also a Townsville local and the facilitator of the popular fiction writing group through Townsville Writers and Publishers Centre. Unfortunately I’ve only got to attend this writing group once since joining TWPC but from that one session. After reading that this book was set in a fictional town in NQ Queensland, it ticked a number of boxes for me for areas of writing I wanted to learn more about. Like how an author writes about
My own book that I’m working on at the moment is set in a small town in Central West Queensland and even though the main narrative of my book isn’t romance, I wanted to explore writing some of it in. Having little (actually no) experience writing romance, this book was a great introduction to the genre. Rachel does a great job of building suspense and real relationships between the characters. Anyone that’s visited a small town could relate to the warmth and hospitality of the people. The link to Rachel’s website is below where you can buy the book, it’s worth checking out.
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