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The Prince and the Nun
a nun in love
a nun in love
Why I write…
Art for art’s sake? Maybe, but you won’t find me writing just for the fun of writing. For something I have created to come alive, it has to be shared. So I create books that will bring me close to my readers, and let them share in the fun. I always have my reader in the back of my mind when I write but don’t write for her. Instead I just hope that he or she will go along with the pictures and people I am putting down on paper.
So what do I write? I enjoy good stories. My mother started me off on Treasure Island. Odysseus and Bilbo Baggins were in the kids section of our public library. I had read Lord of the Rings before I was ten. At college (after 2 abortive attempts) I finally understood Catch 22 – still THE novel of the 20th century for me.
All of them good tales well told, all of them with a beginning, a middle and an end – usually a happy end. I love stories and story telling. Of course, I do my best to follow the masters.
I write about my great passions. Firstly romance. I’m an incurable romantic. No surprise about that, it’s the way we’re programmed. And yes, I even let my men be romantic too. Then there is sex - I'm a great thinker about sex. Finally, I love places. Real, interesting and exotic places.
I have been lucky enough to follow my husband to different countries with the oil industry – 15 in all. As I was living there and not just rubber-necking, I had to fit in. Learn a bit of the language and the history, understand the local ways of getting things done. Eat the food and enjoy society, and I like to share all that.
And I want reality. I want you to believe it happened, or could have happened, in just the way I set down. So – no super heroes (or super studs). Or nymphomaniacs, come to that. If any of them exist, I’ve never met one.
So my idea of a good novel? First and absolutely necessary, it must be a good story. An old fashioned tale. It needs some romance with a happy ending. Action is a prerequisite – no kitchen sink dramas for me – but there is a distinct lack of corpses in my stories. Guns are necessary sometimes, especially if you are writing a story set in wartime, but they stay in the background. Lots of interesting things can happen without anyone getting killed, and in real life death is not much fun at all.
And sex, of course. That wonderful gift Providence has given us, our chance to touch the divine. It is a great subject for art, and one we can all share. Hollywood might not be ready to trade its loaded guns for real sex, but I am. It’s so much more fun...
Art for art’s sake? Maybe, but you won’t find me writing just for the fun of writing. For something I have created to come alive, it has to be shared. So I create books that will bring me close to my readers, and let them share in the fun. I always have my reader in the back of my mind when I write but don’t write for her. Instead I just hope that he or she will go along with the pictures and people I am putting down on paper.
So what do I write? I enjoy good stories. My mother started me off on Treasure Island. Odysseus and Bilbo Baggins were in the kids section of our public library. I had read Lord of the Rings before I was ten. At college (after 2 abortive attempts) I finally understood Catch 22 – still THE novel of the 20th century for me.
All of them good tales well told, all of them with a beginning, a middle and an end – usually a happy end. I love stories and story telling. Of course, I do my best to follow the masters.
I write about my great passions. Firstly romance. I’m an incurable romantic. No surprise about that, it’s the way we’re programmed. And yes, I even let my men be romantic too. Then there is sex - I'm a great thinker about sex. Finally, I love places. Real, interesting and exotic places.
I have been lucky enough to follow my husband to different countries with the oil industry – 15 in all. As I was living there and not just rubber-necking, I had to fit in. Learn a bit of the language and the history, understand the local ways of getting things done. Eat the food and enjoy society, and I like to share all that.
And I want reality. I want you to believe it happened, or could have happened, in just the way I set down. So – no super heroes (or super studs). Or nymphomaniacs, come to that. If any of them exist, I’ve never met one.
So my idea of a good novel? First and absolutely necessary, it must be a good story. An old fashioned tale. It needs some romance with a happy ending. Action is a prerequisite – no kitchen sink dramas for me – but there is a distinct lack of corpses in my stories. Guns are necessary sometimes, especially if you are writing a story set in wartime, but they stay in the background. Lots of interesting things can happen without anyone getting killed, and in real life death is not much fun at all.
And sex, of course. That wonderful gift Providence has given us, our chance to touch the divine. It is a great subject for art, and one we can all share. Hollywood might not be ready to trade its loaded guns for real sex, but I am. It’s so much more fun...
Gossip
Meet Annabel Gold...
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With the current turmoil affecting Libya, my novel The Accidental Spy is suddenly much more topical. I am following the news closely, because for a long time I lived in Libya. That is a strange mixture of a country. Physically, it can be amazingly beautiful, especially when you get out into the desert. Mankind has been tramping along the Mediterranean coast for many millenia, and they have left traces of their history everywhere. Absolutely the best Roman ruins are found there.
The reason I don't recommend it for a relaxing holiday is the Government. Its unique blend of chaos and oppression is hard to describe and, believe me, Ludlumesque spy thrillers don't come close. It made such an impression on me that I just had to use it as a background, although it took me a decade away to get it into perspective. As I watch the current chaos, and all the crazy people with guns, it brings back uncomfortable memories.
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Hi Jacqueline ,
No wonder your books are doing well, I do love your cheeky banter! You are one of a kind. Congratulations!
Xx Francesca
PS: Love the American cover for Where Gold Lies. I want legs like that…
Check out Francesca's Mucho Caliente here. It's worth it.
Meet Annabel Gold...
****
With the current turmoil affecting Libya, my novel The Accidental Spy is suddenly much more topical. I am following the news closely, because for a long time I lived in Libya. That is a strange mixture of a country. Physically, it can be amazingly beautiful, especially when you get out into the desert. Mankind has been tramping along the Mediterranean coast for many millenia, and they have left traces of their history everywhere. Absolutely the best Roman ruins are found there.
The reason I don't recommend it for a relaxing holiday is the Government. Its unique blend of chaos and oppression is hard to describe and, believe me, Ludlumesque spy thrillers don't come close. It made such an impression on me that I just had to use it as a background, although it took me a decade away to get it into perspective. As I watch the current chaos, and all the crazy people with guns, it brings back uncomfortable memories.
***
Hi Jacqueline ,
No wonder your books are doing well, I do love your cheeky banter! You are one of a kind. Congratulations!
Xx Francesca
PS: Love the American cover for Where Gold Lies. I want legs like that…
Check out Francesca's Mucho Caliente here. It's worth it.
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Amy
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Gossip
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by for a chat
Who is Jacqueline?
Jacqueline lives in the far north of Queensland, Australia, on the shores of the Coral Sea. She has a house built for the tropical climate - on tall stilts and with walls that open to let the breeze blow through.
She lives with her husband who is easily managed, and her marmalade cat Rudy who definitely isn't.
Jacqueline lives in the far north of Queensland, Australia, on the shores of the Coral Sea. She has a house built for the tropical climate - on tall stilts and with walls that open to let the breeze blow through.
She lives with her husband who is easily managed, and her marmalade cat Rudy who definitely isn't.
Jacqueline writes romantic stories because she is an unrepentant romantic at heart. But she also loves travelling to interesting places and meeting new people, and they find a place in her stories too.
When she is not writing, she is kept busy by her garden which is still maturing. Right now her coconut trees look young and untidy
When she is not writing, she is kept busy by her garden which is still maturing. Right now her coconut trees look young and untidy
but come back in five years and they will be towering over the house.
And what could be more romantic than a coconut palm?
And what could be more romantic than a coconut palm?
Every woman's guide
Light o'Love
Witches, fantasy,
romance...
Witches, fantasy,
romance...
Her Master's Voice
finding love on
a tropical island
finding love on
a tropical island
Where Gold Lies
Pirates, treasure,
romance
Pirates, treasure,
romance
Foreign Affairs
It's sexy, but is it legal?
It's sexy, but is it legal?
Falling into Queensland
Life and love
in Queensland
Life and love
in Queensland
The Accidental Spy
Spies, terrorists and the
endless sands of
the Sahara
Spies, terrorists and the
endless sands of
the Sahara
What's new...
Four exciting stories just released in
Behind Stone Walls
A new sexy anthology
Check the stories
out here
Four exciting stories just released in
Behind Stone Walls
A new sexy anthology
Check the stories
out here
Exciting times!
I am absolutely fed up with the traditional book trade pushing me around. I find I can put out a paperback book here in Australia that takes ages to make a profit for me, while the distributors and book sellers are making a fortune out of it. Well, times are changing and the age of the dinosaurs is over.
I've started a new line of sexy short stories by various authors. Click on the Yellow Silk Dreams banner, and start reading...
Here she is, the mystery co-author of Looking at Me. Now, I'm not being coy. I really do not know who she is. I'm pretty sure she lives in Queensland, but I could bump into her at the supermarket and not recognise her (unless she looks like her picture, of course.)
She wants to be anonymous, and given the hot stuff she writes, that's understandable. I wonder if she is a politician with a respectable reputation
She wants to be anonymous, and given the hot stuff she writes, that's understandable. I wonder if she is a politician with a respectable reputation
to protect. Perhaps she is a judge or magistrate, or the town mayor. Well, who cares? All I know is, she can write hot stories!
Well, it could be worse! The deeply divided and confused Republican Party has finally given up and said, “Oh, what the hell - give the Mormon a shot. Probably going to lose anyway. Like Bob Dole, Romney won’t seem to go away until he loses the big contest, so let’s just get rid of him once and for all. We’re going to lose anyway.”
Mitt (whose real name is Willard) has shifted his stands on enough issues that he hasn’t been able to piss off too many of the many fanatical factions in the Republican Party, so he’s the one!
He’s a bit reminiscent of Bill Clinton in that he really doesn’t stand for anything, but he really wants to be President a lot. Lacking Slick Willy’s “charm”, however, we’ll see how he goes.
I hate to get so hung up on names, but I really do have to wonder about anyone with a name like Mitt. With a son he named Tagg. Tagg you’re Mitt? Which reminds me of Sarah Palin’s brood of ragmuffins that include Trig and Track. It makes you wonder what the Republicans would name the State of Australia once the Marines finish their infiltration….
So we settle into the longer-than-usual campaign to November with the incumbent Obama facing the very boring-but-very-flexible-on- policy-formulation Mitt Romney.
Mormonism is viewed as a bit of a cult in the US, so it will be quite interesting to see if the religious right can support him. Maybe they view him as lesser of the two antichrists?
And more importantly, will the congressional elections break the gridlock in Washington that has tied the President’s hands for the last 2 years? I think people want to see movement one way or the other and are fed up with this stagnation. But when I see someone like long-time Senator Richard Lugar - a moderate - lose today in the primary contest to a Tea Party candidate, it makes me think we’re in for more of the same.
I wonder what our Bush Pilot makes of Romney's recent claim to have saved the US auto industry single-handedly. Personally, I bet Dr Goebbels would have been embarrassed by such a whopper!
Mitt (whose real name is Willard) has shifted his stands on enough issues that he hasn’t been able to piss off too many of the many fanatical factions in the Republican Party, so he’s the one!
He’s a bit reminiscent of Bill Clinton in that he really doesn’t stand for anything, but he really wants to be President a lot. Lacking Slick Willy’s “charm”, however, we’ll see how he goes.
I hate to get so hung up on names, but I really do have to wonder about anyone with a name like Mitt. With a son he named Tagg. Tagg you’re Mitt? Which reminds me of Sarah Palin’s brood of ragmuffins that include Trig and Track. It makes you wonder what the Republicans would name the State of Australia once the Marines finish their infiltration….
So we settle into the longer-than-usual campaign to November with the incumbent Obama facing the very boring-but-very-flexible-on- policy-formulation Mitt Romney.
Mormonism is viewed as a bit of a cult in the US, so it will be quite interesting to see if the religious right can support him. Maybe they view him as lesser of the two antichrists?
And more importantly, will the congressional elections break the gridlock in Washington that has tied the President’s hands for the last 2 years? I think people want to see movement one way or the other and are fed up with this stagnation. But when I see someone like long-time Senator Richard Lugar - a moderate - lose today in the primary contest to a Tea Party candidate, it makes me think we’re in for more of the same.
I wonder what our Bush Pilot makes of Romney's recent claim to have saved the US auto industry single-handedly. Personally, I bet Dr Goebbels would have been embarrassed by such a whopper!
Ray Phelan
American Bush Pilot in Queensland
American Bush Pilot in Queensland
Obama vs Romney - at last!
