Been a good year for short stories. Yesterday we launched the new anthology from the writers of the Sutherland Shire branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. And I contributed the reading of an extract from my story, "Beauty Amidst the Ruins". A collection of postcards I came across from an Australian World War One soldier inspired the story. I was struck by the way this soldier could see the beautiful things around him, despite the horrors of the western front, or per

Just had a new short story published in Then and Now, Seniors' Stories Volume 11 . While a piece of fiction, the story is inspired by my father, his days in the Malayan Emergency, and the memories of that experience that seemed to dominate the last months of his life. This one is for you, Dad. See more https://www.nsw.gov.au/community-services/seniors-card/seniors-stories . Photo of book: Nina M. Lee 2025

Pleased to share that one of my short stories, "Beauty Amidst the Ruins", has found a home in this anthology, to be launched in November...

There's nothing worse than getting a rejection message, right? Wrong. If you get a rejection, then you know someone has read your...

Haven't been blogging much this year, too busy writing and editing. Along with all my non-fiction writing work, have been editing the...

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I recently (re)learned the importance of taking a break from a piece of writing. You know, the old 'put it in the drawer for three...

News: Erotiquette finally has a new cover. I do like the sophisticated sexiness and simplicity of the black and white. Will a new cover...

I recently returned from a trip overseas to Europe - just a brief one of 10 days, of which much was spent flying through the air. But...

I've just returned from some time away from my desk, travelling along the south coast of Victoria, at the bottom of Australia, watching...

Well, the manuscript of my women's fiction novel has now been sent out into the world ready to receive its first rejection. I would like...

In an earlier post I bemoaned the subcategories of erotica as being porous and vague, and in not quite capturing Erotiquette, the story...

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Have been working away at my next book and am 90% through the first draft. I may even share a draft chapter soon. In the meantime, I...

I read some interesting posts recently about definitions - including this one on porn, erotica, romance, and romantic erotica - and how...

In order to get out into the world, even if no one ever reads it other than me, I opted for self-publishing. It is time to move on to...

Several years passed until I decided to have another go at doing something with Erotiquette in 2023. This time, I thought, I would do it...

They say that sex scenes are the hardest things to write well, so I decided, with my first novel, to start with that. Could I write a...