Annie Seaton – Australian Eco-Romance

Annie Seaton’s eco-romance is earning her a strong following, both in her Australian homeland and with readers in the United States, and it's not difficult to see why. Her books celebrate some of Australia's most remarkable locations, from the Daintree country to the Great Barrier Reef. That's the setting for her latest book, Osprey Reef. Hi there, I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and in Binge Reading today Annie talks about the passion for her homeland that drives her romantic adventure stories. Every story comes alive with scenes from the remarkable Australian landscape. We've got three eBook copies of Osprey Reef to give away to three lucky readers. Enter the draw on our website, or on our Binge Reading Facebook page. ENTER GIVEAWAY DRAW Before we get to Annie, just a reminder. For the equivalent of a cup of coffee a month you can support the podcast and get exclusive bonus content, access to Behind The Scenes stories, tips about who's coming up next so you can read the books ahead of time, and insights into the featured authors - and this week it's Annie - in the Getting-To-Know-You Quick Fire Questions. All a great deal of fun. Check it out on www.patreon.com/thejoysofbingereading. SUPPORT BINGE READING ON PATREON Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: The novel system Annie has for doing her researchHow her love of nature is expressed in her booksTransitioning from teaching to fulltime writerThe personal history in Osprey ReefThe next fabulous environment to feature in her booksA Great Summer Read for charity Where to find Annie Seaton:  Website: https://www.annieseaton.net/ Twitter: @annieseaton26 Facebook: @AnnieSeatonAuthor Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/series/list/5779458.Annie_Seaton.html Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/annie-seaton What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Introducing eco-adventure romance with author Annie Seaton But now here's Annie. Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Annie and welcome to the show. It’s so good to have you with us. Eco-romance author Annie Seaton and her best selling Australian adventures Annie Seaton: Hello, Jenny. It is so good to be here, how many years later? Two, three years it's been. Jenny Wheeler: That's right. This is your third appearance here. That is a record. Nobody else has been on three times. The first time was to talk about your work and the second time, two years ago, was very graciously to act as host for the show when we had a 100th episode birthday. Do you know, in December we're going to be having our 200th episode birthday. That’s how long ago it’s been. Annie Seaton: Fabulous. Jenny Wheeler: You have been busy writing away all of those two years. Your latest book is very much in your tradition of the eco-adventure romance genre. It is called Osprey Reef and it's related to one of the formations on the Great Barrier Reef. Tell us about the attraction for you of these romances set in memorable Australian settings. Annie Seaton: We spend a lot of time traveling around this beautiful country of ours and normally I will find a setting that resonates with me and think, ooh, I could set a book there. Then I find an issue that threatens that setting and I populate it with my characters and then I give them their conflicts. It usually works like that. Osprey Reef was very different. How the Osprey Reef romance came to be written The motivation for Osprey Reef was the boat which in Osprey Reef is called the Lady Stella II. It is based on a real boat called the Elizabeth E II, which is a boat exactly the same as Stella that operates out of Mackay. It belongs to one of our family members, a nephew, and my husband has done quite a few fishing trips on it. Every time we go up, I climb onto the Lizzy, and I wander around and I look at, oh,