General books Australian Education resources for international students including; Admissions, International Education, Study English Programs, MBA, Student Life, Travel, Study in australia, and free email accounts via australia mail /Book-Store/general-books/feed/atom.html 2017-05-06T05:27:33Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management Kate Morton’s The Shifting Fog ranks as an Australian Bestseller 2008-10-16T07:52:27Z 2008-10-16T07:52:27Z /Book-Store/kate-mortons-the-shifting-fog-ranks-as-an-australian-bestseller.html Administrator admin@australia.edu <P><B>Kate Mo</B><IMG title="Kate Morton " border=0 alt="Kate Morton" align=left src="/images/stories/kate_morton.jpg" width=200 height=256 mce_src="images/stories/kate_morton.jpg"><B>rton- Australian best selling author of <EM>The Shifting Fog</EM></B></P> <P>Kate Morton was thrilled when her first novel called <EM>The Shifting Fog</EM> become an Australian bestseller and sold in 13 countries.</P> <P><BR>"I always have considered myself as a good reader, but never thought of becoming a writer. I enjoyed Drama and English in school, but I did not think that I would have ever pursued writing for a living."</P> <P><BR>"I wrote the had plotted the book and had wrote a good amount of the book. My agent said I had to finish the book because a prospective publisher wanted to review the full copy ASAP."</P> <P><BR>&nbsp;With the help of family and fiends Kate ended up writing the book within one month and had wrote over 50,000 words. I was lucky to have been able to have the support of my family and focus solely on writing and nothing else.</P> <P><BR>"I got a call saying that my book was accepted and it felt great!"</P> <P><BR>"My publisher Allen and Unwin made an offer on my second book. Things were starting to move fast. I heard that my book had been selling overseas at the Frankfurt Book Fair.<IMG title="The Forgotton Garden" border=0 alt="The Forgotton Garden by Kate Morton" align=right src="/images/stories/the_forgotten_garden.jpg" width=250 mce_src="images/stories/the_forgotten_garden.jpg">"</P> <P><BR>"I was getting a lot of phone calls and was thrilled when other countries started to sell my book. I was in shock in all the attention I was getting."</P> <P><BR>The bestseller <EM>The Shifting Fog</EM> has sold to 13 countries and the second book witch has got a lot of attention as well is called, <EM>The Austhoress</EM>, and has sold in 11 countries.</P> <P><BR>"One of the coolest experiences was when I saw my book in the bookstore for the first time. It meant a lot to me and I ended having my mom take a picture of me next to my bestselling book."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>"More then 20,000 books have sold in Australia and overseas sales are increasing at a steady rate. One nice thing that I look forward to is the earnings that I will get along the way."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>"I have a passion for writing and will continue to write for a long time. As long as I still have stories to share with the rest of the world and my passion for writing continues, I will continue to live this amazing life of mine."<BR><IMG title="The Shifting Fog bestseller by Kate Morton" border=0 alt="The Shifting Fog bestseller by Kate Morton" align=left src="/images/stories/the_shifting_fog_book.jpg" mce_src="images/stories/the_shifting_fog_book.jpg"></P> <P><B>Kate Mo</B><IMG title="Kate Morton " border=0 alt="Kate Morton" align=left src="/images/stories/kate_morton.jpg" width=200 height=256 mce_src="images/stories/kate_morton.jpg"><B>rton- Australian best selling author of <EM>The Shifting Fog</EM></B></P> <P>Kate Morton was thrilled when her first novel called <EM>The Shifting Fog</EM> become an Australian bestseller and sold in 13 countries.</P> <P><BR>"I always have considered myself as a good reader, but never thought of becoming a writer. I enjoyed Drama and English in school, but I did not think that I would have ever pursued writing for a living."</P> <P><BR>"I wrote the had plotted the book and had wrote a good amount of the book. My agent said I had to finish the book because a prospective publisher wanted to review the full copy ASAP."</P> <P><BR>&nbsp;With the help of family and fiends Kate ended up writing the book within one month and had wrote over 50,000 words. I was lucky to have been able to have the support of my family and focus solely on writing and nothing else.</P> <P><BR>"I got a call saying that my book was accepted and it felt great!"</P> <P><BR>"My publisher Allen and Unwin made an offer on my second book. Things were starting to move fast. I heard that my book had been selling overseas at the Frankfurt Book Fair.<IMG title="The Forgotton Garden" border=0 alt="The Forgotton Garden by Kate Morton" align=right src="/images/stories/the_forgotten_garden.jpg" width=250 mce_src="images/stories/the_forgotten_garden.jpg">"</P> <P><BR>"I was getting a lot of phone calls and was thrilled when other countries started to sell my book. I was in shock in all the attention I was getting."</P> <P><BR>The bestseller <EM>The Shifting Fog</EM> has sold to 13 countries and the second book witch has got a lot of attention as well is called, <EM>The Austhoress</EM>, and has sold in 11 countries.</P> <P><BR>"One of the coolest experiences was when I saw my book in the bookstore for the first time. It meant a lot to me and I ended having my mom take a picture of me next to my bestselling book."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>"More then 20,000 books have sold in Australia and overseas sales are increasing at a steady rate. One nice thing that I look forward to is the earnings that I will get along the way."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>"I have a passion for writing and will continue to write for a long time. As long as I still have stories to share with the rest of the world and my passion for writing continues, I will continue to live this amazing life of mine."<BR><IMG title="The Shifting Fog bestseller by Kate Morton" border=0 alt="The Shifting Fog bestseller by Kate Morton" align=left src="/images/stories/the_shifting_fog_book.jpg" mce_src="images/stories/the_shifting_fog_book.jpg"></P>