Not the Plot

Lisa Holland is a corporate affairs specialist, journalist and author who writes books that she hopes will make a difference in the world. Her non-fiction books feature Aboriginal Australians, remarkable women and exceptional people overcoming difficult challenges. Lisa enjoys capturing first-hand accounts at a marked time in history so people can see what the world was like at that time because history can be rewritten further down the track. In this episode of Not the Plot, host Teena...

Cristy Burne is a creative learning professional who encourages every one of us to experiment with learning, creativity and fun. To get motivated, get courageous, fall down and get up again. Cristy is a scientist, journalist, award-winning children’s author and popular event speaker whose career covers six countries, three degrees and a range of jobs including magazine editor, biotechnology patent translator and circus performer. In this episode of Not the Plot, host Teena Raffa-Mulliga...

CLAIRE BOSTON is the best-selling author of the popular Retribution Bay and Blackbridge romantic suspense series. Claire's stories offer readers love, adventure and escape. She fell in love with romance and romantic suspense at eleven when she discovered her mum's stash of Nora Roberts novels, and it didn’t take her long to start writing her own stories. Claire writes series set around families or groups of friends with a guaranteed happy ending. She loves travelling and learning about new cu...

Award-winning, best-selling romance author Juanita Kees takes her readers on a wild, suspenseful, thrilling ride through small towns to catch bad guys, solve crimes, and find happy ever afters. Juanita is a skilled storyteller, with the wonderful ability to create emotionally engaging worlds steeped in romance, suspense, mystery and intrigue, set in dusty, rural outback Australia and on the NASCAR racetracks of America.Find out what it is about small towns and fast cars that inspires Ju...

Susanna Rogers writes young adult books featuring kick butt heroines because she would like to empower girls around the globe to believe in themselves, to take care and to follow their dreams. Since setting her sights on becoming a writer, Susanna has also written in a range of romance genres, plus crime, psychological thrillers and more recently women’s fiction.In this episode of Not the Plot Susanna chats with host Teena Raffa-Mulligan about finding her personal sweet spot in fiction, the p...

Best-selling contemporary romance author Nora James writes about good people in challenging situations and their long and winding road to happiness. In this episode of Not the Plot, Nora chats with host Teena Raffa-Mulligan about the various experiences that have influenced her development as a writer, from living in several different countries and a background in law to venturing into screen writing. She highlights the need for resilience to sustain a writing career and shares what she ...

Multi-million copy bestselling author Anna Jacobs has published more than 110 modern and historical novels set in Australia and the UK. Yet at a time when many women her age are well into retirement, she is still working full-time to keep her two publishers and ever-growing international fan base happy with new releases each year. Anna is addicted to story-telling and figures she'll have to live to be 120 at least to tell all the stories that keep popping up in her imagination and nagging her...

Rosanne Dingli, award winning author of short fiction, novels and poetry has had numerous articles, stories, reviews, columns and poems published in Australia and internationally since the early 1980s. Alongside an impressive publishing history, she has also worked as a teacher, lecturer, workshop coordinator, magazine and corporate editor, manuscript assessor and competition judge. This close connection with writing and publishing over four decades has given her a clear perspective on the ne...