Maria P Frino has made a career of using words to communicate. Working at a television station, her first paid job, nurtured Maria’s love of words. A move to Sydney to study Communications gave her the opportunity to work with advertising & public relations agencies, corporate companies and newspapers. She has written PR, ads and newsletters for products from food to jewellery, fashion and interiors as well as garden and building products. Both for traditional print media and digital. When she is not writing website content or as a senior reviewer for Weekend Notes, she works on her short stories and novels. Maria writes fiction family sagas, science fiction and contemporary fiction.

Her debut novel, The Decision They Made, is a compelling family saga spanning three generations and three countries. Full of dark secrets, flawed love and a decision no one was supposed to discover. 

Website – https://mariapfrino.wixsite.com/authorwebsite

Amazon author page – https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B081M115JY

Twitter – https://twitter.com/frino_mp

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Articles by Maria…

Sydney Authors Inked Event

The first Sydney Authors Inked for 2024 will be held on Sunday 18th February, featuring writers Uma Srinivasan and Julie Howard ... Read More

Sydney Authors Inked – Next Event

Sydney Authors Inked second free author talk is on Sunday 12 November 2023, 10am-12pm at The Little Big House, Summer Hill ... Read More

Querying and Approaching a Publisher

Querying and approaching a publisher is somewhat intimidating: here are some tips for aspiring authors ... Read More

Our first author event was fabulous

Maria P Frino organised the first Sydney Authors Inked event at the Little Big House in Summer Hill ... Read More

Join us for free Author Talks

Sydney Authors Inked is a group of authors based in Sydney, while most of us are self-published, a few have been traditionally published. We are excited to announce that we will be hosting #free #author #talks at The Little Big House in Summer Hill, Sydney. During each event, two authors ... Read More

Interview with Jess Fuchs, Comedian

Author Maria P Frino interviews comedian and writer Jess Fuchs about her stand up comedy ... Read More

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Taking Over?

So, a hot topic right now is an AI product called ChatGPT. This application writes copy once prompted by a question set by a human. But, is artificial intelligence (AI) taking over? According to the website, OpenAI, the company that brought us this bot, has come up with something that ... Read More

Author Interview – Jim Lemon

Author Jim Lemon is interviewed about his writing inspiration and publishing experience by fellow author Maria P Frino ... Read More

It rained on our parade – Market Day

Several writers braved wet, wintry weather to display their books at Sydney's Summer Hill Markets ... Read More

Selling Books at Markets

One successful method of selling books and connecting with readers is through hiring a table at markets ... Read More

When you buy a book, what influences your purchase?

What is it that influences you to purchase a book? For me, I like a cover that expresses what the story is about - if it's a thriller, then the cover should convey that feeling to me. Some people need to know more about the story or know the author ... Read More

Book marketing – love it or hate it?

Whenever I have spoken with other authors about marketing books, not many of us enjoy this process. We enjoy writing but abhor marketing our titles. For me, as a marketer and web content manager, I thought I would like the process of marketing. In reality, it's a hard slog and ... Read More

Everyone has a book inside them

Christopher Hitchens, an American journalist, is quoted as saying this during a conversation with colleagues. Hitchens was known for his sardonic wit. The whole quote (or something similar) is "Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where it should, I think, in most cases, remain." ... Read More