First place for Christine Keach!
Christine Keach finished first place in the series contemporary category of the “Romancing the Tome” contest with her manuscript, Fractured Paradise. And what’s even better? A request for a partial! Go, Chris!! [2/23/07]
ARWA writers a triple threat in “Great Expectations”
Three ARWA authors have finaled in NTRWA’s Great Expectations contest!!
Marjorie Allen has finaled in the Romantic Suspense category with her manuscript, A Deeper Blue.
Deb Yates finaled in the Historical category with A Secret Heart.
Jane Myers Perrine finaled with Love, Life and Maggie Baldovino in the Mainstream with Romantic Elements category.
Hooray, ladies! Good luck in the final round! [2/19/07]
Dorchester Books Actively Acquiring for New Line
Dorchester Books is actively acquiring for a new line of speculative romance aimed at a “younger, hipper audience.” Shomi books will debut in July 2007 and will feature paranormal, futuristic or fantasy romances with “a noir-like narrative voice and a heroine caught between realms.” The books have Manga-like graphic covers.
Senior Editor Chris Keeslar is editing the line. Books should be 85,000 to 95,000 words. Dorchester accepts agented and unagented material.
Please send a cover letter telling the genre, word-count and one paragraph summarizing the book, a synopsis of the complete book, and the first three chapters. The cover letter should be “short and sweet.” Some of the books they’ve already acquired for the line include a “post-apocalyptic trucker romance – set during a future time when the highway system is the only mode of travel” and a book dealing with “time travel and the consequences of time travel (think – the Butterfly Effect).”
Check out the website at http://www.shomifiction.com/index.html
Clare Wood finals in “Southern Magic”
Congratulations to our own Clare Wood who finaled in the Historical category of the Southern Magic contest with her manuscript, Warrior’s Revenge. [2/13/07]
Christine Keach is a double winner
Christine Keach’s latest romantic suspense, Resisting Ryan, took 3rd place in the Hudson Valley “Hook, Line and Sinker” Contest. Her short contemporary, Fractured Paradise, took 5th place in the same contest. Go, Chris! [2/11/07]
Deb Yates wins in “Finally a Bride” Contest
Deb Yates’ manuscript, Heaven Sent, won the historical category of the Oklahoma RWA’s “Finally a Bride” contest. Bravo! [2/11/07]
Marian Stevens finals in the Linda Howard Award of Excellence
Marian Stevens finaled in the LINDA HOWARD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE contest with Single In The City in the Single Title category. The manuscript will go to an editor at Pocket! [2/7/07]
Dede Harper earns 2nd place in Dixie Kane contest
Congratulations to Dede Harper! She won 2nd place in the long contemporary category of the Dixie Kane Contest with her manuscript Perfect Strangers. [2/6/07]