Apr 4, 2014 9:00 am
A bit of self-promotion today. Sorry about that.
Wikipedia (with my corrections) says,
Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan (b. 28 November) and Frank Brennan (died 1995); they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, on the Emma Darcy pseudonym’s 10th anniversary, they created the “Emma Darcy Award Contest” to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. Following the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy now writes the books on her own. Wendy lives in New South Wales, Australia.
Darcy sold 60 million books from 1983 to 2001, and averages six new books per year.
In 2002, Darcy’s first crime novel Who Killed Angelique? won the Ned Kelly Award for best first novel. In 2003, the next novel, Who Killed Bianca, was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for best novel.
Crooked Cat says,
Born and raised in London, Miriam graduated in Maths. She worked as a computer programmer for several years and later as a technical writer. She began writing creatively in order to raise awareness of social anxiety. Since then the scope of her writing has widened, but she hasn’t lost sight of her original goal.
Miriam has had short stories published in the anthologies 100 Stories for Queensland and Hitler Did It.
Neither Here nor There will be her first published novel.
Wendy Brennan, real name of Emma Darcy, used to be a computer programmer before taking up writing. I also used to work as a computer programmer.
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Nothing wrong with a bit of self-publicity. I have to admit to my shame that I had never heard of Emma Darcy but it’s an interesting story and the books have obviously been phenomenally successful. Thanks for introducing me to new authors.
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By nessafrance on Apr 4, 2014 at 12:49 pm
Very cool link you share with Wendy Brennan 🙂
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By Angela Brown on Apr 4, 2014 at 2:42 pm
We’re all used to a little shameless self-promotion. 🙂
anna
Deeply Shallow
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By Anna Tan (@natzers) on Apr 4, 2014 at 4:41 pm
Thanks for another interesting post, and nothing wrong with a bit of self-promo. You’ve got me curious now. I’ll wait patiently to hear more about your novel.
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By Jean Davison on Apr 4, 2014 at 5:39 pm
Good to officially meet you.:) Your stories sound interesting, like something I might enjoy reading. Congrats on the first novel publication.
Oh, also, thanks for introducing me to Emma Darcy.
Silvia @
SilviaWrites
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By Silvia Writes on Apr 4, 2014 at 7:50 pm
It takes a special kind of marriage to survive writing together. Interesting tidbits.
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By Susan Gourley on Apr 4, 2014 at 8:16 pm
I am doing a Maine author-book title theme for A to Z, adding my own original poetry using the title of the book. Not quite the same as yours, but in the same vein! Stop by if you get a chance. Thanks for sharing these authors and the links.
Donna Smith
The A-to-Z Challenge
Mainely Write
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By djtsmith on Apr 5, 2014 at 6:12 am
I agree you go ahead and promote yourself. I have given this blog a shout out from my own A to Z tour today under the letter E
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By Rosie Amber on Apr 5, 2014 at 1:51 pm
If you can’t promote yourself during a challenge like this then when can you! 😉
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By rosalindadam on Apr 5, 2014 at 4:09 pm
Thank you, everyone. I’m not used to putting myself out there, so it’s great to get approval for it. 🙂
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By Miriam on Apr 5, 2014 at 8:28 pm
I’m proud of you for promoting yourself! 🙂
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By Jerusalem girl on Apr 6, 2014 at 1:45 pm