#theharpereffect

This time last year we nearly lost our home to bush fires! We were evacuated and it was a weird feeling being somewhere else and not knowing what we’d come back to. We were one of the lucky ones! Maybe there’s a book in there! Anyhow, on running to the car, the kids each had a bag of what they most wanted to take with them. I had the thumb drives of all our home videos and the dog. My daughter said to me - ‘have you got your novel’? So sweet. I hadn’t remembered my thumb drive and ran back in to get it. Nowadays I use dropbox! But do make your own list in case you’re evacuated for fire or hurricane/twister or flood reasons. I’m grateful all we’ve had happen this year is a lightning strike take out our air con. 😊 . . . #theharpereffect #tarynbashford #bookquotes #bookishfeatures

I had a fab time with the folks over at Riverbend Books last week. I’ll never tire of meeting book lovers and signing books! Can’t wait for the big book event with Riverbend Books at Mt Alvernia on International Women’s Day, 8th March. I’ll be talking all things Harper, literature giving teens new female role models, and writing. Watch this space for more details. . . . . #theharpereffect #tarynbashford #bookshops #loveozya

This is an actual ball that was used during a game at the Australian Open. When I was there recently to promote The Harper Effect, I only had to donate to charity to take one of these home with me 🎾🎾🎾 I wonder who held it! A fiery Junior one day set to become a world champ? Venus Williams or Roger Federer? I can only imagine 😍📚😍 Being there brought so much of the climax of Harper’s story back to me - it was inspiring to watch these players chasing their dreams, and interesting to wonder what had happened in the changing room that day or at dinner the night before. Getting inside an elite athletes head is an awesome thing. . . . . #theharpereffect #tarynbashford #loveozya

The Harper Effect is dedicated to my brother who ‘continues to hurl fireballs’. He lives in the USA and I miss him every day. At least with the publication of my novel I’ve got to see him once a year rather than the usual every six years! Miss you bro’ ‼️ Keep hitting those 🔥🎾 . . . . #theharpereffect #tarynbashford #bookquotes #bookquote

It’s funny how publishing works. The Harper Effect just came out at the same time as I submitted the second book to my publisher at the same time as I started writing the third book. One big cycle! It was so cool to set up my files and margins and settings for the next novel having not started a new novel in over a year. I love the first draft. I love figuring out the basics of names and setting and researching around the subject until the story materialises and deepens and then you can’t pull me away from the keyboard. If I’m not here as often as usual you’ll now know why! . . . . . . #theharpereffect #tarynbashford #authorslife #newbook #bookquotes #bookquote

Bye Melbourne! It’s been a treat! If you’d like a signed copy of The Harper Effect you can head over to @marymartinau bookstore. I left a little message in each book for each reader to de-code too 😊📚🤸‍♂️ . . . #tarynbashford #theharpereffect #booksigning

📚📚 When I first signed books, my hand shook terribly. Getting used to it now 😊 Thanks to the lovely staff @dymocks234 and the avid readers who stopped by to chat. And especially thanks to George 🙏 I left with an aching right hand from signing and an aching mouth from smiling! . . . . #tarynbashford #theharpereffect #booksigning

Went to see Bobby Darin’s Dream Lover last night. 🎵 🎶 What a life story - stranger than any fiction. He was told he wouldn’t live past 16 and used that death sentence to live fuller than anyone around him to become a singing sensation. 🎤 He lost his first love and agent because his dad was a gangster. Turns out that wasn’t even his dad. His mum wasn’t his mum. His sister was! 😮 He died onstage just how he prophesied. 😲 And what a talent! The whole way through I was thinking of my next book. 📚Inspiring! What a way to live despite a doctor telling him when he was eight that he was half way through his life. I LOVE an inspiring story. 📚📚💕 . . . #inspiringstories #theharpereffect #tarynbashford #bookquotes #bookquote