In the mood for nostalgia? Right now, and for the next 47 hours, ‘Romance, 50’s Style’ will be free to download on Amazon Kindle. Two sweet, Australian romances set in a bygone age…
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Its First Review: ‘Of Love and Secrets’
17 DecAlthough my latest title, ‘Of Love and Secrets’, is yet to be released, it has already been reviewed on Goodreads, thanks to Advance Reading Copies.
This is by far my longest individual work.
Thanks, Mark.
You’ll hate Jenny’s mother. It takes some considerable measure of literary skill to conjure up a character you’ll so much want to loathe — whom you’ll so much enjoy detesting — and Sharp, who has matured from a writer of delicately poetic vignettes into a thoroughly engaging (and even more eloquent) novelist, unquestionably has it.Jenny’s and Richard’s romance is tentative, then intense, then (to Jenny’s perception) sporadic and unreliable, but throughout, it’s clear to the reader that it’s all authentic, and when Richard *** MILD SPOILER ALERT*** wants to commit and move with her to forge a very promising life in a distant city — the promise not only of love and a life but oxygen to a young woman literally asphyxiated in the nest of her mother’s making (past the point of normal separation), then the question is whether she’ll take the offer. Or suffocate. You’ll be captivated by the story, strongly involved with the characters (and Jenny is particularly endearing), and swept to the conclusion, which also offers a revelation and a twist. But no further spoilers here. The book will appeal both to a YA romance and a more general literary audience. Five stars.
I anticipate its release early in 2015, and I’d be very grateful if you help to spread the word. 🙂 Sorry, no cover image at this stage. Watch for a later post!
Stop Press: I’m in a Magazine!
26 NovHere’s news: I’m in a magazine!
The Australia Times has just published its first edition about Indie writers and their work. Not only have they reviewed my eleventh title, ‘Love, Desire and Betrayal’, but also they’ve published an article about me and my writing.
I’m thrilled!
http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/indiebooks/issue/101/
I’m A Prizewinner! ‘The One That Got Away’ is Highly Commended :)
12 Oct
Me, holding Chicki
News flash!
My short story, ‘The One That Got Away’, has been ‘Highly Commended’ in the Hurstville Discovery Writers Group 2014 competition : part of the Hurstville City Council Festival of Community Arts.
The competition had been open to adult residents of Hurstville, Kogarah and Rockdale local government areas. For those unfamiliar, these councils are in suburban Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
I’m thrilled!
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LOVE, DESIRE AND BETRAYAL – Margaret Lynette Sharp
30 AugSincere thanks, Sonya Heaney, for this review.
Stop Press: A New Review of ‘Amelia’s Call’
6 AprStop press!
U.S.A. reader and blogger Odie has just posted a delightful new review on Amazon of my first novella, ‘Amelia’s Call’.
Here’s a quote. ‘You will love this book and hunger for more.’
A big ‘Thank you’ to Odie for taking the time to make his feelings known.
Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Amelias-Call-Margaret-Lynette-Sharp-ebook/dp/B00DLYLK4M
A New Review: ENCORE
6 OctYay! Another lovely review!
It’s enough to put a smile on any author’s face….
Sincere thanks to Jake Taylor for providing this.
Read
Encore
by Margaret Lynette Sharp (Goodreads Author)
Is there such a thing as fate? Years ago my piano teacher told me that she loved paintings that included a forked road. The reason was that when she graduated she had the opportunity to decide whether to become a concert pianist and travel or to get married and raise a family. She chose the latter. Eventually she became a piano teacher, a wife and a mother, but she always wondered how her life would have been had she decided to travel instead. In these short stories, aptly named Encore, Ms Sharp seems to play delightfully with this option. Some characters arrive at a place just in time to change the lives of others. A magical fork appears on the road and changes everything in the life of an individual because he or she turns right or left. This book provides twenty-five stories full of that magic. In some cases, it will make you wonder if the gods are pushing us in one direction or another. Is it fortune, perhaps? There are also the lovely morsels that make for a wonderful reading experience, like: “…these days you need a university degree to sell a milkshake,” or “her thoughts fly to the days of old: where predictability is king; when life lacks sparkle, and knows no true love.” The sort of statement that makes us ponder. Or this other one, among many others, “…as I took her in my arms and kissed her lips, an overwhelming feeling of being guided by the hand of fate: intriguing…” I won’t tell you the rest because I’m not a spoiler but, altogether, it is a pearl of writing. Five stars, Jake Taylor
Australia Day Blog Hop!
25 JanHi! Welcome to my contribution for the
Australia Day Blog Hop!
Thanks to hosts http://bookdout.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/sign-up-australia-day-book-giveaway-hop/ and http://confessionsfromromaholics.com/ !
Another link to Book’dout: http://bookdout.wordpress.com/
This Australia Day, let’s celebrate Australian literature: Australian writing. Let’s enhance our connection between our writers and readers: and show the world what we’ve done!
As my share of the Blog Hop, I am offering the chance to win one paperback copy of my second book: proudly Australian in title, too.
Here it is: ‘A Taste of Life and Love in Australia’.
‘A Taste of Life and Love in Australia’ is a collection of Short Stories and Vignettes set in modern times. Mostly tales of romance, it has been rated by several reviewers. Here’s the link to that of Shelleyrae at Book’d out. http://bookdout.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/review-a-taste-of-life-and-love-in-australia-by-margaret-lynette-sharp/#comments
I’m a self-published Australian author of six titles available through Amazon. Currently, four titles are available as Kindle editions. My seventh book is nearing completion. All are edited by my husband, the creator of the Grand Organ in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, Ronald Sharp.
Entries for the giveaway close at midnight, January 28, 2013 AEST.
Sorry: the giveaway is restricted to residents of Australia. To enter, please leave a comment, and indicate that you are eligible.
Of course, overseas readers are more than welcome to comment, too.
The winner will be announced on 4nd February.
Be sure to check out the links to other, fabulous blogs!
Enjoy the Blog Hop, and Good Luck!
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