While Nina lives on the outskirts of Australia’s largest city, she’s basically a country girl. What do you like most about each of these two opposite lesbian characters?
It’s not a spoiler to say all my characters do, eventually, find a way!ģ) Farmgirl Nina and Lawyer Leigh have very different personalities and they live completely different lives. I guess I like putting my characters in situations where there is a very real barrier to their romance, an outside situation as well as internal conflict, and helping them find a way through the obstacles so they can be together. In my lesbian romance All at Sea I throw two very different characters with different goals together on a yacht out at sea.
While Leigh is a massive part of that, when it comes down to a choice between Leigh and the farm, which is Nina going to put first? So of course Nina goes all out to save the farm. The farm defines Nina, and apart from her daughter, it’s the most important thing in her life. I love writing the setting or situation that forms the background to the romance as much as I love writing the actual romance.įor example, in A Heart This Big, Leigh and Nina’s romance builds slowly against an urgent need to save Banksia Farm. There are animals and kids, an accident-prone paralegal, and a battle to save a special farm.Ģ) What would you say are some of the themes or subjects you enjoy writing about the most in your queer books? If I had to slap labels on A Heart This Big, I’d say it is an opposites-attract, rich-girl/poor-girl romance, split between the city and the country. But something about Nina-and her twelve-year-old daughter Phoebe-is very hard to refuse.
She’d love to help Nina, but Nina doesn’t have the money to pay her. Leigh is a partner in a major Sydney law firm. But when a child is hurt, and a lawsuit looms, Nina seeks out the best legal assistance she can. Banksia Farm allows city kids to experience a taste of rural life. 1) Could you tell us in a few sentences what your lesbian romance novel A Heart This Big is all about?Ī Heart This Big is the story of single mum Nina who runs a farm on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia.
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