Two more review sites recently gave high marks to Surrender of a Siren!Īnd if you click here, you can read an in-depth interview about writing Siren that I did for Rhapsody Book Club.ĭon’t forget – the release of book three, A Lady of Persuasion, is coming up September 29! I’ve got plans in the works for a great big launch party right here on the blog, with prizes galore. Nothing could be worse than a talk on pacing that dragged or ran over time! Talk about pressure! But my chaptermates are very friendly and forgiving, so I will just do my best. It wasn’t until I started seriously preparing my talk that I realized I’d set myself a real challenge. The topic of my craft presentation in the morning is pacing.
Not only do I have the honor of speaking and signing books at my local RWA chapter, I get to share that honor with the amazing Linda Howard. Well, this is going to be a mighty exciting weekend for yours truly. My phone told me it was a call from Texas, though (where RWA headquarters is located), so the next time my pocket started tingling, I ducked out onto the playground to take the call.Īnd it was a lovely lady from RWA Headquarters, whose name I will never be able to remember, calling to tell me that Surrender of a Siren… Read More »
When I checked the number, I didn’t recognize it. So there I was, happily cutting crafts and stapling papers, when my pocket started to buzz. I brought my phone along, just in case, but kept it on silent. The stress! Yeah, I would rather be chillin’ in kindergarten.
Then the finalists all get phone calls on the same day in March, and around the world, writers are plastered to websites and blogs and Twitter feeds, waiting to see who gets “the call”. Entries happen way back in November/December. The RITA is for published romance novels, and the Golden Heart is for unpublished manuscripts. For those who may not know, the RITA and Golden Heart are nationwide contests sponsored by Romance Writers of America. You see, this is my 3rd or 4th year watching “call day” closely - but the first time I’ve ever been entered in either of the contests. I knew it was Golden Heart and RITA “call day,” and I was very glad that I’d already made plans to spend the morning volunteering in my dareling’s classroom.
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