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Middlemarch, New Zealand
Adventure into Romance | July 31st 2008 by Shelley Munro
Thirteen Things about The Real MIDDLEMARCH 1. Middlemarch is a small country town, in Central Otago, New Zealand. It is about 80 km West of Dunedin. It’s located in the Strath Taieri Valley. 2. Several suggestions exist about how the township w read more
Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
Adventure into Romance | July 26th 2008 by Shelley Munro
This story is a true one and comes to you from New Zealand. A Family Court judge has ordered a girl be put in court guardianship so her name - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii - can be changed. The judge said he had concerns over the girl’s nam read more
Rainbow Warrior
Adventure into Romance | July 13th 2008 by Shelley Munro
This week in New Zealand history (10 July 1985) French Secret agents planted a bomb on a Greenpeace ship called the Rainbow Warrior. The ship, which was docked in Auckland, was torn apart by two bombs and a Portuguese crew member, Fernando Pereira, w read more
Orca and Edits
Adventure into Romance | July 7th 2008 by Shelley Munro
I’m busy with edits at the moment. As luck would have it, they’ve all arrived at once, which means I’m going to be a little quiet for the next few days. Tomorrow is the start of my spotlight week at Long and Short Reviews. Here̵ read more
Living Life to the Max
Adventure into Romance | June 16th 2008 by Shelley Munro
Things are pretty busy in the Munro household at the moment. I’m busy with writing–someone please tell me why I thought it was a good idea to sell three books before I left on holiday, because after sales, the edits arrive. I worked on ed read more
Poi E
Adventure into Romance | May 27th 2008 by Shelley Munro
When I used to go to primary school (longer ago than I care to admit) we used to make and play with poi. The word poi refers to a Māori dance or game performed with a ball-like object, to which a cord of varying length is attached. Poi refers to bot read more
Dentist and Indianapolis 500.
Adventure into Romance | May 26th 2008 by Shelley Munro
On the surface a dentist has nothing to do with the Indianapolis 500, however both things happened to New Zealanders over the weekend. I ate a chocolate and broke a filling (if there’s a moral in there I don’t want to know!) and Scott Dix read more
Fishing up New Zealand.
Adventure into Romance | May 12th 2008 by Shelley Munro
I enjoy some of the Maori myths and legends. This one, telling of Maui and the birth of New Zealand, is one of my favorites. As with all legends, there are a few variations. Maui was a demi-god who possessed magical powers. Not all his family knew of read more
Interview at The Romance Studio
Adventure into Romance | May 2nd 2008 by Shelley Munro
I have a new interview up at The Romance Studio this month featuring my latest release Wanderlust. What’s next for me? My next release is called Lovers at Last, and it’s a friends to lovers story, which is one of my favorite plots. Read a read more
New Zealand: Testicles and Colossal Squid.
Adventure into Romance | April 28th 2008 by Shelley Munro
I have two interesting news items from New Zealand for you today. I know there’s lots of talk on the Internet re authors complaining about reviews and reviewers complaining about authors comments about reviews. It seems we’re quite well-b read more
Kiwi Attitude.
Adventure into Romance | April 19th 2008 by Shelley Munro
Here are a couple of ads from New Zealand. The first one from Toyota offended quite a few people, but it’s typical New Zealand humor. It makes me laugh. This second one is from Speights, a company that makes beer. If you’ve read my boo read more
Must Do New Zealand.
Adventure into Romance | April 13th 2008 by Shelley Munro
I love this ad. It’s a recent one and it makes me smile every time I see it. New Zealand…gotta love it… It’s home. read more
Let Them Eat Cake.
Adventure into Romance | April 5th 2008 by Shelley Munro
This story hit the news in New Zealand yesterday. An Auckland primary school has decided to adhere strictly to the new national healthy eating guidelines and will ban birthday cakes from the school. My initial reaction was WHAT???? How can they take read more
A Wingless Parrot.
Adventure into Romance | April 1st 2008 by Shelley Munro
A kakapo is a New Zealand flightless parrot. It’s an endangered species because of its vulnerability to predators and of course, the inroads made by man into the parrots’ natural habitat. Until this week there were only 86 living kakapo b read more
The World’s Greatest Navigator
Adventure into Romance | March 13th 2008 by Shelley Munro
Thirteen Things about CAPTAIN JAMES COOK There’s a really good documentary playing on our TV at the moment about the life of James Cook. It’s fascinating and these are some of the things I’ve learned during the last two weeks of vie read more
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