Archive for April, 2007

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Julia London is a Bestseller Again

Hooray for Julia London! Her newest book, The Perils of Pursuing a Prince, hit several bestseller lists during it’s debut week, including:
#22 New York Times!!
#50 USAToday
#9 mass market BN
#9 mass market Borders, #2 romance
#4 mass market Waldens, # 2 romance
# 11 Anderson News
[4/25/07]

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

We have a new PRO - Diana Castilleja

ARWA has a new PRO! Congratulations to Diana Castilleja for achieving PRO status — just in time for Nationals! [4/13/07]

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Three ARWA Finalists in “Great Expectations”

Congratulations to Marjorie Allen — her manuscript, A Deeper Blue, placed third in the Romantic Suspense category of Great Expectations contest, judged by Allison Lyons of Harlequin Intrigue.
Deb Yates placed fourth in the Historical category with her manuscript A Secret Heart. The category was judged by Tessa Woodward of Avon Books.
Jane Myers Perrine placed fourth […]

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Four Girls Publishing seeks short stories

Four Girls Publishing is seeking short stories of 10,000 words or less in the following sub-genres: romance, erotic romance, mystery, general fiction and young adult. Guidelines are available on their website. Submit the complete manuscript as an email attachment in either .rtf or Word format. Four Girls is an electronic publisher established in 2005. They […]

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

AuthorScene looking for short articles

AuthorScene is a fiction lovers’ ezine with each issue focusing on a different genre. The editor, DeNita, is looking for articles about books, authors, allure of certain genres, etc. for the ezine, but they must be something of interest to fiction readers more so than writers. She’s looking for word count right around 1,000, but […]

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Black Lace and Cheek seek new authors

Virgin Books is seeking to add U.S. authors to its Black Lace and Cheek imprints. For Black Lace, they’re interested in paranormal/cross-genre, contemporary and exceptional historical erotica and erotic romance. Stories for Cheek should be contemporary erotica or erotic romance set in the U.S. A good way to break in here is by […]

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Deb Yates finals in the “Mary Reade”

Deb Yates’ historical manuscript, Heaven Sent, has finaled in another contest - the Mary Reade. Wow!! [4/4/07]

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Marian Stevens wins first place in the “Linda Howard”

A big congratulations to our own Marian Stevens who’s manuscript, Single in the City, won first place in the Single Title category of the 2007 Linda Howard Award of Excellence contest. The category was judged by Abby Zidle, Executive Editor, Pocket Books.

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Clare Wood takes fourth in the “Linda Howard”

Bravo to Clare Wood who took fouth place in the Historical category of the 2007 Linda Howard Award of Excellence contest! Her manuscript, Warrior’s Revenge, was judged by Alicia Condon, VP, Editorial Director, Dorchester.

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Deb Yates finals in the “Heart of the Rockies”

Deb Yates is on a roll! Her manuscript, Heaven Sent, finaled in the Historical category in the “Heart of the Rockies” contest.