Rosie Macdonald Romance
A new romance writers attempts to get her work published, purchased, and hopefully enjoyed!
Monday, 10 August 2015
Competitions, gardening and feeling pooped!!
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Apoloigies for such an apalling lack of news!
So sorry to you all. I know you love your updates on upcoming books and love to get a peel into the inner workings of Rosie Mac Romance HQ! Life has been quite crazy, and between a large number of ghost writing gigs, holidays, and family chaos I have had little time to keep you updated.
I have been working on something a little new, and I really hope you are going to enjoy it. The Lovely and I spent a wonderful week in Carcassonne and the beautiful countryside all around it. I can firmly recommend it if you like mountains, medieval cities and lots to keep you busy! It made me really want to write a historical romance, so please give me some time to get it done as I really want to get my facts straight!
Coming up this week are the RITA's! These are the Oscars of the Romance Writing World, and for the very first time they will be streamed live! This is so exciting, as it means I get to spend an evening watching all the great ins this industry receive their just rewards. Romance is such a thriving genre, with so many truly talented writers. You can check out how to watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=e9U7E4LL6ns&app=desktop
Sunday, 17 May 2015
Brand New Book! Coming Home is finally here :-)
Coming Home is a short story, and it is part of the Castle Cluny Romance Series.
Anna is a headstrong and bubbly girl, determined to prove to the world that she is good enough and that she can take care of herself. She finds herself stuck on the other side of the world with no money and no friends.
Jim is her childhood sweetheart and a solid and stable guy who arrives unexpectedly to save her!
Tom is the local stud. He is sexy and cheeky and just a little bit dangerous.
Who will she choose?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00XKDCM5U?*Version*=1&*entries*=0
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Saturday, 21 March 2015
I need your help and brilliant eyes!
I have some fantastic 'possible' covers for the re-launch of An Aristocratic Awakening.
I would love your feedback to help me choose which one of 8 to go for! So today, we start with these three. Please can you give me reasons why you lik bits, of you would put different bits in, or if there are bits you would remove!
Thanks you help is much appreciated! There will be a further 3 tomorrow, and then 2 on Monday to critique for me - then I will pick the top three, and you will have a week to post your favourite ;-)
Friday, 6 July 2012
Goals? Pah, who needs goals ....
This is the joy for me of self-publishing. It means that I have absolute control. If I find a new scene or number of them I can easily add them,and make my book better. Once a book is completed with a publisher that's it, nothing mroe to be done.
This dilemma made me think about the tings we shut of in life as 'finished' because someone else has sanctioned them so. I think it is why many people can feel a little flat when they achieve a long cherished goal - they simply don't feel it really is complete, someone else is telling them that it is so.
In business we are often told to set goals and targets, because the achievement of these makes you feel good,and begins the process of momentum. Personally I'm not entirely sure about this. I find I work much better without definite goals to achieve - because once I achieve goals I tend to take my foot of the pedal, and start letting things slip! Writing is the same for me. I recently tried to set myself the goal of writing a chapter a week, and an alternative of this was to write for an hour a day. I never managed to achieve these goals - yet when I took the pressure off of having to place a tick in a box at the end of the day/week I have managed to write some really great scenes (I hope you will love them too when I get these books finished and published for you!)
In my business I find it hard to set goals, because my goal is to help anyone who wants my help to have a better life. That excites me and gets me going - the idea of aiming for 1,000 twitter followers, or facebook likers, or 10 blog comments a week or whatever is tough for me to get excited about. It isn't as tangible as seeing a person blossom in front of me. In the same way as a writer, all you can do is hope that people will like what you are publishing, you rarely see the expression of joy, or the tears of compassion as they are actually reading that book.
My goal is to make people happier, healthier, to get them enjoying every aspect of life. It isn't to earn £100,000 a year (though I wouldn't say no to that!!), or to have certain number of clients on my books, or to know that 1,000 copies of my books have been sold. I live for the connection I have with people, with you my lovely readers.
So, let me know about you, I want to know what you want, what you dream of, what you hope to be.
Get in touch!
love always
Rosie xxx
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Bob is a Furryhead!
Self-Help!