Yes I'm still here!

Gosh it's been ages and what a busy time it has been- head down and fingers to the keyboard I can tell you!



So August means BETWEEN THE ITALIAN'S SHEETS is available direct from Harlequin Australia and will be on the shelves in the shops in New Zealand and Australia too.

I've a few titles in Europe at the moment as well - BOUGHT: ONE NIGHT, ONE MARRIAGE is out in France, Holland, and Italy, while PLEASURED BY THE SECRET MILLIONAIRE is out in Germany and Greece and MISTRESS UNDER CONTRACT is out in Germany.


It's been a really busy time writing wise and I'm thrilled to be able to tell you I've a couple of new titles and release dates to give you:
HOT BOSS, BOARDROOM MISTRESS will be out in the UK in December this year, and then,
TO LOVE, HONOUR AND DISOBEY will be out in the UK in Febrary 2010!

I've also been busy contributing to a new blog that's over at STUFF - one of New Zealand's biggest media websites. Now its not a blog abot writing - but parenting! I take on light topics - you can check out some of them like on kid's birthday party bags, and pocket money here.

August also means that its time for the Romance Writers of New Zealand annual conference. I am so excited about going! I've only been to one before and I am very much looking forward to mixing with so many romance writers in one place and meeting some of online buddies face to face.

And of course I've been nose to the grindstone on my latest WIP as well - it is due just before the conference - so I have one huge treat to look forward to after I hit the 'send' button.

I hope you are all well and happy - hopefully I'll get to see some of you at conference!

Best wishes,

Natalie

XXX

Sprechen sie Deutsch?

Because if so I've got a treat for you! I found out this week that my first book ALL NIGHT WITH THE BOSS is out in Germany this month in a 3 book package together with stories by Julie Kenner and Nalini Singh - check it out here!


I'm so chuffed to be book buddies with Nalini - New Zealand's own New York Times bestselling author with her Psy/Changling series! And more than being an incredibly talented writer, she's also a lovely person. Go check out her blog - its awesome!

Last days of September...

.. so its your last chance to scoop BOUGHT: ONE NIGHT, ONE MARRIAGE from the shelves in the UK (but you can always get it on the M&B site!) and from October it'll be available on Harlequin Australia - a month before hitting the shelves in Australasia :)


Meanwhile, I discovered ALL NIGHT WITH THE BOSS is out in Spain at the moment - what do you think of the cover - I think its quite the biz myself... now you could get it from Harlequin Iberica but it says its 'libro agotado' - which according to Babel Fish Translation means 'exhausted book' but I'm guessing it means its sold out ;)

And revisions are coming along - well, I spent about 6 hours on 20 pages yesterday so its a long slow process but it'll get there.... eventually!

Starting the day with a smile...

And how could I not when I wake up to such a lovely comment as that from Brigitte in yesterday's post?! There is nothing - nothing - like gettting mail from readers. It is so nice to know that people out there are enjoying my books - and enjoying them so much they make the effort of contacting me to say so. I really appreciate it. And yes, it makes me want to write more. My constant challenge to myself is to write better books - always striving, always wanting to write something that will strike a chord (and hopefully entertain) with someone...
~ now I'm reminding myself of Galaxy Quest and the 'never give up, never surrender' line ;)
but you know what I mean. Every book is a challenge, you're never fully happy with it, and you always wonder 'what if I'd...' - but it's wonderful to know you're out there enjoying them anyway - and its so cool to think you're in France reading it Brigitte! This is some of what is so brilliant about the internet.


Actually, this is something I love about the community boards over at eHarlequin too. Community members there post reviews (as part of the 100k book challenge) and you can comment so its really easy to connect with readers and writers. The latest newsletter from eHarlequin highlighted this feature this week and I was chuffed to see that HIS MISTRESS BY ARRANGEMENT was listed in the top 10 most blogged about books :)

AND I found out today that that book is out in Brazil at the moment - you can buy it here.

Lastly, I'm over at the Pink Heart Society today talking about a movie I've loved for a long time - come and watch some with me!

More Translations!

So, as usual, its been a busy old week. I've sent the wip to Mme Editor and am keeping busy with lots of distraction activities - mainly watching a ton of b-grade dance movies - hilarious ;)

While procrastinating, I was trawling around the net and discovered "All Night with the Boss" is out in Brasil at the moment - you can buy it here!

AND it's also out in Italy - see here! So that totally made my day.

And someone else's day has been made - check out Sensational Romance and see who won the Valentine's Day Treasure Hunt! YAY!!!

And I'm *thinking* about working on the next one - gonna be fun!

First Translation!!!

I got SUCH a buzz today - the courier delivered a couple of parcels (I never knew the courier delivered on Sundays!) - one was some fab clothing for the eldest daughter from her lovely Auntie in London and the other was a couple of copies of All Night with the Boss - in JAPANESE!!!!
Talk about exciting! Apparently it was on the shelves there in January - but you can still grab it online here!
It took me some time to figure out which book it was and that it was indeed one of mine - what a giggle (I can't understand a squiggle of it!). But how super cool