50th party blog guest - Trish Morey

I’ve known Trish Morey for years on the author email loops, and we share a love of chocolate (this is the woman who posted Caramello Koalas to me in England, all the way from Australia – and very nice they were, too, even though I was forced to share them with the rest of the family. Oh, and she mentions this in her post. I advise you to put your coffee down before you read what she says…). And she was great about letting me grill her about Broome (to do with the ladder to the moon on the sea – I was pretty sure there was a place in the UK where this happened, but she knew about the real thing, so – well, hey, research opportunity, and so much the better that it involved chatting to a friend).

And I’ve been delighted to meet Trish in person at a couple of M&B lunches, too!

I should point out that I’m not the only one celebrating a milestone book at the moment – Trish is also celebrating, with her 25th. Power to your elbow, Trish, and here’s to the next 25!

Over to Trish:

50 is such a cool number, whether it’s scoring 50 runs at cricket, reaching your 50th wedding anniversary or even turning 50 - it’s a milestone - you made it! (Even if you still tell everyone you’re 39:-) And having 50 Harlequin Mills & Boon romance titles to your name, that is a pretty awesome, not to mention one very cool milestone. Congratulations, Kate!

And how best to celebrate this fantastic achievement? Well, I could talk about my latest book, but seeing this is a celebration, I thought you might prefer some happy snaps instead:-)

I had the chance to go to SeaWorld recently. Sea World is on the Gold Coast in sunny Queensland and it’s been there since 1971. It’s an institution. I remember going as a kid and it was fun then. Nothing’s changed, the entire day I spent there was a party, as if news of Kate’s fabulous achievement had traveled nEmo-mail across the seas.

You see? These dolphins were literally dancing with excitement.

And this one named Nudge couldn’t stop smiling the whole day (a bit like our Kate, I wager, who could be up to her neck in hot water (or hot men) and still keep smiling too!) (Aside - we actually got to swim with this one and it was utterly awesome!)

What’s the relevance of this picture, I hear you ask. Well, I reckon there’s exactly 50 fish in it, that’s why. (I’ll leave you to double check.)

These guys just cracked me up. Busy, busy, busy. A bit like Kate, come to thing of it. I once sent her a package addressed to the Energiser Bunny. It got there :-)

But what better way to celebrate anything than with a parade? Here’s SeaWorld’s Spongebob Parade brightening up everyone’s day. 

There’s so much more to see besides - little penguins, sharks, stingrays, even polar bears - oh, and the rides will leave you wondering which way is up...

... so if you ever do get a chance to come on down, do take the trouble to get to SeaWorld, it is so worth it and definitely one of the happiest places you can possibly go.


And to keep the party spirit going, I’m giving away a penguin - er - no can do? Okay, so how about a copy of my latest release as a door prize instead? The Sheikh’s Last Gamble is coincidentally my 25th title, so I’m coming, Kate, le puff le pant! Admittedly it’s not so good in the water, but it eats a truckload less fish. I’ll even throw in a copy of Duty and the Beast (book #24) as it’s part one in the Desert Brothers Duo and you’ll want both. You can read them on the plane on your way to SeaWorld :-)

See you there!


You can find out more about Trish at her website http://www.trishmorey.com or on her blog at http://trishmorey.wordpress.com
Or talk to her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/trish.morey