In romance novels you get inside the bedroom door but not down to naming body parts, Hobart romance writer “Melanie Milburne” says.
“You are talking about romance, not all the clinical detail. It’s not erotica but it is erotic,” she said.
“I have a reputation for my sensual writing.”
Melanie Milburne is her pseudonym.
The 46-year-old mother of two grown sons, and wife of a medical specialist and former teacher would rather be referred to by her pseudonym when discussing her career.
Ms Milburne was at Launceston’s High St Adult Education centre yesterday conducting a workshop entitled: How To Write a Romance Novel That Sizzles And Sells (with an exclamation mark)!”
The course was organised by the Tasmanian Writers Centre.
Flamboyant and vivacious in her pink polka-dot top, Ms Milburne fitted the image of the romance writer, but her class of nine would-be authors were more low-key.
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