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Book your ticket to the
Romance Writers of Australia's
next conference here. 

ROMANCE WRITERS OF AUSTRALIA 
​CONFERENCE

THE RULES OF WRITING ROMANCE *
* there are no rules

SATURDAY 13 AUGUST 2022
Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle

Hand ups - who writes on paper first, and who writes straight to laptop?  Who plots and prepares, and who flies into the mist with nought but a single idea?  Who writes chronologically and who writes completely out of order? Who dives deep into one book at a time, and who writes multiple at once? Who reads romance when writing and who reads anything but until they are done?

Our panel of multi-published authors – Amy Andrews, Ally Blake, Clare Connelly and Elizabeth Rolls - will cover these questions, and plenty more, to show new writers than there is no one way, there is no perfect process, there is no ‘best practice’.  Only the game-changing realisation that whatever process gets a writer from Chapter One to The End is ALL that matters.

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Inaugural Brisbane Libraries
WRITER IN RESIDENCE

​In February 2022, Ally was proud to be named Brisbane City Council Libraries first ever Writer in Residence.

Readers and writers were invited to visit with Ally in the Brisbane Square Library and chat about writing, reading, books, publishing, and romantic fiction while she wrote her next book.

More about what's on at Brisbane Libraries here.

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RECENT APPEARANCES at...

the Queensland Writers Centre

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​​Keen to have Ally speak at your book store, conference,
work place, library, book club,
or host a workshop on ​writing, editing, author branding, cover design etc.
 
email ally@allyblake.com

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THE GREAT AUSSIE BOOK CLUB

​A fast-paced, one-off gushing exploration of the current, glorious Australian fiction scene.

Covering general fiction, literary fiction, award-winning novels and up-and-comers, perennial reader favourites and debut authors, women's lit, romance, thrillers, book-to-tv/movie tie-ins, authors with gloriously deep backlists and new names to look out for.

If you're on the look out for a new local author to support and enjoy, then invite Ally to present at your organisation and join the The Great Aussie Book Club!

ROMANCE BOOK CLUB
with Brisbane City Council Libraries​

Bestselling romance author Ally Blake chats about her favourite romance novels. Looking at historical romance, fantasy, contemporary, young adult, Australian authors and more, Ally gives attendees the chance to share, engage and find new and emerging romance writers to enjoy.
 

"How to Write a Romance Novel"
An interactive workshop highlighting the ingredients
it takes to make a winning romance novel


"The Making of a Romance Author"
The top 10 questions Ally is always asked
when people discover she is a romance author


"Working with an Editor"
Ready to send your manuscript off into the big wide world,
learn the lingo, the cues, the expectations when working well with an editor.

 
"Author Online/Author Branding"
 How to create your author brand and integrate
across website, social media, book covers
 
 
"Cover Love"
 What it takes to make a great book cover -
covering branding, "the blink test" genre conventions and more...
 
 
"Writing is Rewriting"
 How to revise your own work as well as working with
critique partners, agents and editors
 
 
"The Organised Writer"
Organisational hacks and habits of
highly productive writers.
  

 AUSTRALIAN ROMANCE READERS
ROMANTIC RENDEZVOUS (LOCK DOWN) EVENT 

a READING 
from HIRED BY THE MYSTERIOUS MILLIONAIRE
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Charlotte Nash's BOOK CLUB
"First Experiences Reading Romance"
with Charlotte Nash, Amy Andrews and Bernadette Rowley

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