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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‘Extremely unique’ is how author and reviewer J. Kahele has described my eleventh title.
My sincere thanks go out to her for this delightful review that she has posted onto Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1052Configure & Add Widget174789?book_show_action=false&page=1
I’m thrilled to announce that my tenth (and newly-released) title, ‘Lauren Played’, has been reviewed.
Thanks, Mark (from the U.S.)
Lauren Played
by Margaret Lynette Sharp (Goodreads Author)
Stories of young women who want to act tend to be formulaic, the heroines secure and determined and manipulative, but this one isn’t. Lauren is insecure, uncertain, introspective — talented but modest, wanting to keep her personal and professional aspirations in check — but she misses nothing, and all her emotions ring true as crystal. The final scene is heartwarming. Five stars.
Starting tomorrow, my fifth title, ’60 Questions, Insights and Reminiscences’, Kindle edition, will be reduced in price for three days only.
At just U.S. 99cents, it’s an introduction to my style. Who knows, you might learn new something about life, seen through the eyes of an Australian female baby-boomer.
http://www.amazon.com/60-Questions-Insights-Reminiscences-ebook/dp/B008NWZEKI/ref=tmm_kin_title_0
One of the joys of being an author is the delight that a positive review of one’s work can bring.
So, today has become something of a red-letter day, with the publication of the review of my first title by Goodreads Aussie readers moderator Brenda Telford.
Here it is:
25 Stories of Life and Love in Australia
by Margaret Lynette Sharp (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: aussie-authors, autographed-book, short-stories, own-read
Secrets! Don’t they conjure up a niggling desire to know?
Today, my secrets are revealed!
Just wander over to the wonderful blog of one of Australia’s top novelists, Rachael Johns, and check it out.
My Secret Life is on display for all the world to see!
Here’s the link: https://rachaeljohns.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/my-secret-life-with-margaret-lynette-sharp/#comment-4751
It’s a toss up in my mind: whether my personal favourite literary effort of mine is ‘A Taste of Life and Love in Australia’ or ‘Long and Short Australian Stories’.
Currently, the latter is outstripping the former in the Amazon ranking, yet, by virtue of its review numbers and verdicts, ‘A Taste…’ wins, hands down.
My husband and editor Ronald Sharp B.E.M. (my editor) is well known for his musicality, as evidenced by his creation of the Grand Organ in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, the musically exalted organ at Knox Grammar, and others. He seems to like both volumes immensely, and I often catch him reading (and obviously being enthralled by) their vignettes and Short Stories.
Do you like romantic tales? Human interest stories? Easy to read literature? Why not check out ‘Long and Short Australian Stories’, at least? If you like the sample pages, then you’ll be pleased to know that there are already four other collections published, and available through Amazon.
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13596941-long-and-short-australian-stories
Here’s the link to the Amazon site.
http://www.amazon.com/Short-Australian-Stories-Margaret-Lynette/dp/1475122349
As many followers are aware, so far there are six self published books bearing my name as author, and my Sydney Opera House organ builder husband Ronald Sharp as editor. Of these, the most reviewed by far has been my second, ‘A Taste of Life and Love in Australia’.
‘A Taste…’ is a collection of heartwarming vignettes and short stories: the sort that is written to please those from early adulthood right through to mature years. Readers from twenties to nineties have been warm in their praise of this, my particular favourite in the four volume ‘Life and Love in Australia’ series.
So today, prompted by the social book network Goodreads, I offer a selection of reviews from their site. I hope you will take the time to read and consider these snippets.
By Jenny(Australia) · ★★★★★ · August 11, 2012
Jeanette rated it 
