Hi Gannon – Ta for the kind words. I must say, I’ve been a little overwhelmed by the response here at The Season. You’ve all been very nice and my writer’s ego is feeling very well fed!

Hi LibraryPat – This it the joy of writing for two lines – something for everyone.(hopefully!)

Hi Cari – congrats on getting a request for a full. That’s fantastic news. Make sure you take the time to celebrate. Publishing is a tough biz and it helps to mark each step forward because there are plenty of knocks out there. So go have some bubbly or whatever floats your boat and savor the moment! And fingers crossed you hear good news.

I reallllly hope I’m not too late for the contest! Winning a Sarah Mayberry Blaze would cap my week, that’s for sure! Just last week I sent off my requested full to Blaze and it’s writers like Sarah who make me want to be a Blaze author. I loved her most recent one (I think it was called She’s Got It Bad?) and can’t wait to read more from her!

Hi Joye – Thanks for dropping by.

Hi Christiana – How do I muster Christmas spirit in February? One of the things us writers are good at is pretending! When I’m writing, it’s like a little movie is playing out in my mind and I’m watching my characters acting out the scenes, and I’m just taking dictation, trying to describe the scene as accurately as possible. With Christmas, I simply think about all the things I love about it – family, food, giving presents, the crazy shopping, eating too much, the post Christmas sales, etc, etc, and I’m away. Lots of strong memories to draw on there.

Hi KH – Lovely to see you over here. How do I spend my holidays? What’s my fave food? And fav Christmas song? Well, generally I spend holidays with my family. The past two years we’ve been in NZ and we’ve flown home to Melbourne for Christmas. This has meant we’ve been staying in someone’s spare room – my partner’s parents or mine – which makes for some very cozy holiday interaction! I am very luck in having found a sexy, funny, gorgeous man who can put up a shelf and fix a car but also likes to shop. Yes, I know, I should have him dipped in gold to preserve him for all eternity! So we like to hit the post-Christmas sales a little. And we usually do the rounds visiting all our friends. My favorite food at Christmas time is hands down my Nan’s plum pudding with brandy sauce. This a very simple recipe that my mother’s mother has made since the Year Dot. She’s gone now, but my sister and I make a pudding each every year. It’s supposed to be made in advance and hung in the pantry to mature, but we haven’t had a lot of luck avoiding mold so I tend to make mine a few weeks in advance and keep it in the fridge. It’s very simple – lots of fruit soaked in brandy, basically, eggs, sugar, flour, then boiled for 6 hours in a calico cloth. And the brandy sauce is simply a white sauce made with sugar and brandy to taste. But it’s soooooo good. Just…YUM. Am drooling in anticipation. And I don’t have a favorite Christmas song. I kind of try to avoid them because they’re so damn catchy you can never get them out of your head….

Hi Sarah Prime – Ta for your kinds words. I love those Diva books. I think because I wrote the three of them set in the same world, when I think back on them they feel very solid and real. I can remember writing each one thinking, oh these two are my favorite hero and heroine, and then I’d get to the next book and go, Oh, no, it’s got to be these two. The truth is, they’re all very different and that was why I had so much fun writing their stories.

Huge squee straight back at you, Ms Campell! Very nice to “see” you here. I should have known you would be well known to The Season with your fabulous Regency Noir novels. I hope Captive of Sin is rocking the best seller lists for you – it’s such a sexy, sad, wonderful read. I am almost finished – stayed up very late (VERY LATE) the other night to gobble up almost the whole book. Am hoping to finish my Blaze today which means I will be launching myself at the couch to finishing the last little bit. You have such a wonderful way with words – I will be writing you a private email to gush about the bits I love the most. And I happen to have a little parcel with your name on it that will be in the postman’s hands very shortly. It’s evening coming in brown paper – highly appropriate, some might say!

Hi Lisa – thanks for dropping by. I hope you enjoy my books if you can get your hands on some of them. I must say, that’s the blessing of ebooks – books are around for a lot long, and always available. I don’t have an ereader yet, but the idea of taking my whole library with me on holiday is very, very attractive so I am waiting for one to come out that tickles my fancy. I write on an Apple computer, and I keep hearing about this new Apple tablet computer thingy being on its way. Maybe it will be my Christmas present to myself (although, if I’m being honest, there have already been a few of those!) Happy holidays.