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I am excited to announce that Something More was released on March 31st 2009 by Allen & Unwin as part of the Girlfriend Fiction series.
Something More was the first book I ever wrote. It was pulled from a slush pile in 2005 and has obviously taken four years to come into being.
If you are reading this and really want to be a writer, don't listen to people who say unknown writers have no chance of publication.
Be patient, work hard, listen to all the advice you can get and refuse to give up.
There could be something more waiting just around the corner for you. |
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Something More
Just remember, Isla, when you're searching for happiness, it knows all the best hiding places. (Gran McGonnigle)
Isla McBay is the only person in her family who isn't delighted that they've left grey, rainy Scotland for warm, sunny Australia. For starters, she can't swim - not great for pool parties. She misses her gran and her friends, her dad's insisting on giving her the most irritating driving lessons on earth, and she's constantly fighting with her younger sister, Terry, who's more adventurous than Isla and always does everything first. At least there's photography, but even her class with dreamy Sam Doyle and annoying yet intriguing Jack Ferris can't cure Isla's homesickness...
Then Terry comes to Isla with a serious problem, jolting her into the here-and-now and forcing Isla to make a choice: will she stop living a miserable half-life in her new country and be the better sister Terry needs her to be - or will she close her eyes to what's really important? |
