SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED - by Rita Stella Galieh - Book Offer

 How could she believe in her future

Photo: John Hills

 when she couldn't forget her past?

I was blessed to have an input into the cover of Book I in my Watermark Women Trilogy. I wanted a particular scene where my heroine and her nemesis had a confrontation. Sydney has many areas remaining exactly as they were early in the 19th century. The picture shows the infamous Rocks on Sydney Harbour where felons were unloaded from the prison ships before being taken to the  Darlinghurst  Gaol. The day of the photo shoot was stormy with heavy showers, and not Sydney's usual sunny, blue skies We prayed for a break in the weather and got our shot with the gloom adding to the atmosphere.


The designer cleverly arranged the book's cover, like a package with a tie and a rip in which the characters are shown. You can check out the actual cover and read the prologue at www.ritastellagalieh.com  and click on Books. I really had a ball when hiring the costumes. The manager was a Christian lady and took special care in helping me choose correctly the lieutenant's costume for the period. And I love the contrast of the red coat against the indigo skirt. Most authors are thrilled when the book's cover captures the theme, and I'm one of them.

“From the ‘toffs’ of 19th century England to the felons, selectors, dandies, and bushrangers of colonial Australia, Rita’s feisty heroine takes us on an intriguing romantic adventure as she searches for truth and the love she has lost. And all the while we weep for Megan’s indignities and rejoice in the triumph of her faith!”

Wendy Sargeant - Queensland Society of Editors

More of the fascinating research is revealed at http://inspirationalromance.blogspot.com and even more at http://christianwritersdownunder.blogspot.com  If you would like to read the Prologue you'll find it at www.ritastellagalieh.com and click Books.
The novel has turned into a real panorama of people and places. Like so many other storytellers I basically visualize my characters and their environs before writing. Unlike an exam paper where only the marker sees your errors, you have to get it right in a book. Thank the dear Lord for those middle of the night wake-ups calls when you know you've left out something important. Could that be the subconscious simmering along before bubbling up to the surface? Do any of you writers/ business women/ homemakers come awake at night like that?

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BIO: Rita Stella Galieh is a scriptwriter and co-presenter on the weekly COMMUNICATION RADIO broadcast over 500 FM stations in Australia and on HCJB Missionary Radio. She also travels with her evangelist husband and spends a month of ministry each year in Thailand to explain the real meaning of Christmas in Buddhist schools, prisons, hospitals, shopping malls, and churches.