Long Game - behind the scenes - Part 2

Long Game (Women of W.A.R. Book 2) comes out on the 20 Feb, which isn't too long away at all.

Cress and Quin come from Grong Grong in the Riverina region of NSW. I wrote a blog post about how I made that choice, which you can read here.

All the Women's AFL teams are in capital cities, so Cress had to move to Sydney to play for the Sirens. Rather than the usual "fish out of water" trope where the city girl moves to the country, Cress is the country girl moving to the city.

I grew up in Sydney but left in my early 20s. I've done a lot of the popular tourist attractions as a country person visiting the city. When I was trying to work out how to show Cress as a 'fish out of water' I thought about showcasing some of the popular tourist attractions.

Bridge Climb sprang to mind. I've done it a few times and it's pretty amazing. When I thought about doing a Bridge Climb, it triggered an idea that Cress could have a love for the Sydney Harbour Bridge itself, and have a thread of that running through the story.

I've been really lucky with choosing days to do the Bridge Climb. I've done 2 day trips, and a night one. All have been magnificent weather, which was lucky! Once was windy, but I'm not sure which time that was (maybe the night one), and it wasn't too frightening at all.

I loved the views of the Bridge and the Harbour. I think it's one of the most magnificent places in the world - and strangely enough, so does Cress!

Here are a few photos of my climbs. I've blurred my companions' photos, so please don't think I went up with strange aliens!

The day climbs gave the stunning views of the Harbour... but the night climb gave the beauty of the city lights. I'm not sure which was my favourite!

Have you done a Bridge Climb?