This doesn’t mean what you think. No, I haven’t booted anyone off my top 10 list of favorite authors.
But I realized the other day when someone asked me my favorite authors, I left off a couple. The reason – they haven’t written anything new in a while. Now this isn’t a plea for them to [...]
I just finished typing up everything I had written long-hand so here’s the new total for the 70 day’s challenge.
I finished the BIAW and am going to put it to the side before I do revisions and tweaking. That goes for the short story also.
And I finally finished plotting/outlining the book for the Brava [...]
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I’m done with the BIAW novella for Cobblestone Press. I’ll probably change the title because as I finished a great title came to me. Now I just have to go back and edit because the story changed slightly along the way towards the middle. So now it needs some tweaking, rewriting and revamping.
I finished a [...]
RWA’s Revised PAN Requirements
RWA Hot Sheet
RWA Board Meeting
July 8-10, 2007
Hyatt Regency
Dallas, TexasThe RWA Board of Directors had a very productive meeting. The following items were discussed, and motions were enacted:
The Board approved modifying the allotted time for Hot Sheet distribution from 48 hours to 72 hours to allow the necessary time for [...]
What are the Golden Heart Awards?
RWA (Romance Writers of America) hosts the Golden Heart Contest as a show of support for the efforts of the thousands of unpublished members in their efforts and struggles along the way on the road to publication. The contest brings these completed manuscripts written by the unpublished members of RWA [...]
Best Traditional Romance
Claiming His Family by Barbara Hannay, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Romance – (373039077)
Kimberley Young, editor
Best Short Contemporary Romance
From The First by Jessica Bird, Harlequin Enterprises, Silhouette Special Edition – (0373247508), Stacy Boyd, editor
Best Long Contemporary Romance
The Mommy Quest by Lori Handeland, Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Superromance – (373713347), Johanna Raisanen, editor
Best Inspirational Romance
Revealed by [...]
I’m up to 10000 w0rds on both projects. That’s the good news.
For Cobblestone Press – BIAW Challenge – Cautious Risks:
For 70 days of Sweat – The Honey Trap:
The bad news is that one will have to be re-worked, Cautious Risks, because it’s taking twists and turns I hadn’t anticipated. And they’re better then [...]
News from RWA regarding publisher eligibility/recognition.
Word broke yesterday of the changes and the online romance community has been abuzz ever since on how this would affect e-publishers.
Here is one perspective. And another here.
This is the official statement from Samhain who lost recognition.
Here’s another workshop for those not at conference.
Rosina Lippi’s Writing Workshop
