Love poems by Yvonne Walus

today i daydream in ochre

sepia memories faded and pale

bending to will

supple with age

masterpieces of times passed

masterpieces of times faked

masterpieces of faked times

that truly never were

today i daydream in lies

***

you and i and our relationship

we bank the fire of passion

fuel the fever of disease

we paint over the rosy past

spotlight the pain

and every now and then

we taste a morsel of regret

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the obligatory white dress

a walk down the aisle

a glitter of gold

and a three-tiered cake

besides

like a fairy tale

or a cliché

three decades later

dreams snapped like a twig

the heart too indifferent

to care

I Now Pronounce You Someone Else

I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan (the author of Love And Other Foreign Words) is an unusual book. Although the heroine is a high school student, I wouldn’t place it in a Young Adult or New Adult section of a bookstore. (Remember bookstores? Those magical places that helped you discover new authors, new genres, new releases?) The message is surprisingly deep, and the narrative voice mature. No irritating teenagers here, I promise!

The blurb doesn’t really do the book justice, but here it is:

Here Comes the Bride -- If She Can Pass Chemistry.

Eighteen-year-old Bronwen Oliver has a secret: She's really Phoebe, the lost daughter of the loving Lilywhite family. That's the only way to explain her image-obsessed mother; a kind but distant stepfather; and a brother with a small personality complex. Bronwen knows she must have been switched at birth, and she can't wait to get away from her "family" for good.

Then she meets Jared Sondervan. He's sweet, funny, everything she wants -- and he has the family Bronwen has always wanted too. She falls head over heels in love, and when he….

Summer Daydreams by Carole Matthews

A make-you-feel-good book.

RWNZ 2015

I'll be speaking about taxes....

The Big Bang Theory - Season 8

As the latest season of The Big Bang Theory dropped its proverbial curtain, we were left with more than one cliff hanger.  

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Will Penny and Leonard make it to Vegas and go through the spontaneous wedding?

Will Amy and Sheldon patch things up, and what will happen to The Ring?

Sigh. It was a great finale. I guess I just don’t like change. I’d be quite happy to Penny and Leonard to date forever (what’s so great about marriage anyway?) and for Sheldon to move forward in the bedroom department instead of going the traditional jewellery route. Not that I can fault the script in any way: everybody was acting true to character. More or less. Within the wacko quirky TBBT world anyway.

Season 9 teasers promise that Sheldon will work to win Amy back. Here’s hoping he succeeds.

Happy Mother's Day!

To all the mothers in the world. We rock!

http://g.co/doodle/25kwhm - check out the google doodle for Mpther's Day!

RWNZ Conference 2015: Love Thrills

28-30 August

Auckland, City of Sails

Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre

Join us in Auckland as we celebrate the 22nd Romance Writers of New Zealand Conference.

Guest speakers include:

• Candace Havens -Best selling author
• Karen Rose- Internationally Best selling author
• Mary Jo Putney- NYT Best selling author
• Patricia McLinn- USA Best selling author
• Nalini Singh- Best selling author (NYT/USA/Publishers weekly)
• Yvonne Walus

NZ/Australian speakers: Cassandra Dean & Lucy Clark; Sara Hantz & Amanda Ashby; Yvonne Walus; Darian Smith

3.5 days. 20+ workshops. Over 100 writers, editors, agents and publishing industry professionals.