Annie Seaton | Taking readers to Exotic Locations

Who loves to travel and see new places? Even though I am a home body—I love
nothing more than curling up on a cold afternoon in winter with a mug of coffee,
and a book or my kindle in hand—losing myself in new worlds, we also do a lot of
travelling around researching settings for my books.  Even in summertime down
under, you will often find me (when I am not writing or researching) swinging in
my hammock with an icy glass of something beside me. But always, always with a
story in front of me. I love reading, and wish I had more time to indulge, but
new stories and new places beckon. But even though I love being home—being a
Cancerian, home and hearth is very important to me—we hit the road each winter,
and head off exploring settings and doing research for my stories. I’ve written
contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and I’ve dipped my toe into historical
and paranormal stories as well over the past six years since I began writing.

My writing world is a place I love to be and I hope you enjoy visiting and seeing what I'm currently researching and writing, as well as exploring my past stories. I love visiting different places in Australia, and around the world, and taking my readers to out of the way locations. HER OUTBACK COWBOY is set in the Outback in the far west of New South Wales, and I was able to write about the red dust and the prickles and the flies, because I experienced them firsthand camping in  a paddock! The love story is based on a real romance of an older couple I met many years ago in the Outback. I put their story, and the Outback setting, into my book, and wrote my sweet romance. I hope you enjoy reading about the Australian outback. I’ve been truly blessed since I began my writing career after being a teacher for many years. We travel around in a caravan (in the US you call them trailers) and we camp in many different locations. There is an old Aussie song called ‘I’ve been everywhere, man,’ and I think I am trying to beat the list of place names in the song. We’ve been to all of the Aussie states except for South Australia, and Tasmania, and have visited deserts, camped under the stars, camped on the sand next to beaches where there are crocodiles, and seen some fabulous sites like diamond mines, waterfalls  and sandy beaches in the middle of the outback. My books KAKADU SUNSET, DAINTREE and DIAMOND SKY are a series set in exotic Australian locations. I would love to set a book in each of the locations we have visited, and I’m working on doing just that! I love writing about ordinary, everyday issues in different settings, and  exploring the day to day drama of relationships in the context of larger social issues. The Australian Woman’s Weekly described my stories writing as ‘crisp, tense and fast-moving storytelling’, saying ‘Seaton absolutely raises the bar in rural fiction.’ Seeing my name in our big glossy, national woman’s magazine was a high point for me. The Prickle Creek series has four books, and they follow the story of each of four cousins and how they find their happy ever afters in a place they thought they would never come back to. One of the best things about being an author is being able to take my readers to places they have never been and may not get to, all from the comfort of their armchair or their hammock. So go and make a coffee, or pour yourself a cold drink, and enjoy visiting Prickle Creek Farm and the Aussie Outback. I love hearing from readers, and I’d love to hear what you think of my stories. You can find out all about me, and my books, and find a contact form at http://www.annieseaton.net/

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