So, I’m writing a series centred on an Australian rugby team – the Sydney Smoke.
Not being the most sport-obsessed person in the world, this is a challenge for
me. Clearly I was going to have to do some research. So I did what all good (aka
procrastinating) writers do and hit the inter-webs to look for images of hot
rugby dudes doing their thing.
I know, right? Sometimes being a writer is just the pits!
YouTube and Pinterest were their usual font of information. I fell down
lots of rabbit holes. In fact I’m amazed I actually got any
words written at all.
And if anyone ever looks at my computer history? If my husband ever
looks at my computer history…. Let’s just say I’d have some explaining to do :-)
But the thing I looked at the most was hot rugby dudes dancing aka doing the
haka. Now, for those of you who don’t know, the haka is a ceremonial dance
performed by all Polynesian cultures but perhaps made most famous by the All
Blacks – New Zealand’s rugby team. And I gotta tell you – there is nothing
fiercer than an advancing pack of All Blacks in full tribal roar.
I watched many, many, many hakas. Just for research sake, of course. I
mean…I wanted to be thorough. I think this one of the best I saw.
Hot, buff, wet rugby dudes. Gives a whole new meaning to the term
raining men, right? :-)
And this Aussie piss take had me grinning at the screen.
And this one? This just plain cracked me up!
But perhaps my favourite is way more sobering than any of those. This funeral
haka for NZ soldiers killed in action had me in tears. Such an amazing,
spine-tingling tribute and probably the best demonstration that the haka is so
much more than what we see on the TV before a game of rugby.
As you can see, research has been very distracting. Now, I just gotta
figure how to get a haka into one of the books. Thankfully one of the Smoke
players is half Maori. By hook or by crook, there will be a haka!
When style columnist Matilda Kent accidentally lets slip that she was once
involved with the captain of the Sydney Smoke rugby team, she suddenly finds
herself elevated to the position she's always wanted - feature writer. The
catch? She's stuck doing a six-part series on her ex. Still, there's no way she
can turn down a promotion...or the chance to dish the dirt on the guy who so
callously broke her heart.
."..could win it all!"
Tanner Stone wants to be involved in a feature series about as much as he
wants to snap an Achilles. But the thought of seeing Tilly again is a bonus-and
has him more worked up than he wants to admit. Only he's not prepared for how
different she is - all cool and professional. His Tilly is still in there,
though...and he still wants her, now more than ever. All he has to do is charm
her into giving him a rematch. And this time, winner takes all!
Romance Sports
[Entangled, On Sale: July 4, 2016, e-Book, ISBN:
9781633757073 / eISBN: 9781633757073]
Amy Andrews is an award-winning, best-selling Aussie author who has written
forty contemporary romances in both the traditional and digital markets. She
writes for Harlequin Mills & Boon, Escape, Entangled, Harper Collins and
Momentum. To date she's sold 1.6 million books and been translated into over a
dozen different languages including manga.
Amy spent six years on the
national executive of Romance Writers of Australia including a two year term as
president and after many years of unofficial mentoring of emerging writers, Amy
and her fellow Harlequin author Anna Cleary have started their own manuscript
assessment business, Word Witchery, which specialises in romantic fiction. With
unique insight into what makes a story that sells, Amy and Anna aim to help
every manuscript shine.
Amy loves good books, fab food, great wine and
frequent travel - preferably all four together. She lives on acreage on the
outskirts of Brisbane with a gorgeous mountain view but secretly wishes it was
the hillsides of Tuscany.
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