Deb Yates’ Scottish historical Heaven Sent placed first in River City’s Duel on the Delta contest. Way to go, Deb! [1/31/08]

Congratulations to Robyn DeHart! She received a 3-book deal from Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner). Yay Robyn! [1/20/08]

WOW! Our own Kit Frazier is listed in the February issue of “Southern Living” magazine as “One of the Writing Stars of Texas” (right next to Sara Bird). We already knew she was a star, but now everyone else does too! [1/20/08]

Sherry Thomas’ March release, PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS, received a starred review in Publishers Weekly! In addition, it received a starred review in Library Journal. Go Sherry! [1/20/08]

Robyn DeHart and Emily McKay will be presenting two workshops at the RWA National Conference in San Francisco this July: “Bigger than Botox” focuses on revisions and “Writing in the Pressure Cooker” will be presented with Pamela Morsi. [1/20/08]

Michelle McGinnis and Heather Foeh (writing as Emma Clair) will be presenting their workshop “Creating a Web Presence” at the RWA National Conference in San Francisco in July. [1/18/08]

Congratulations to Tracy Wolff! She just found out that NAL offered her a 2-book contract! Yay!! [1/14/08]

Tracy Wolff collects books, English degrees and lipsticks and has been known to forget where—and sometimes who—she is when immersed in a great novel. At six she wrote her first short story—something with a rainbow and a prince—and at seven she forayed into the wonderful world of girls lit with her first […]

Grassroots Publishing Co, Inc. has been a magazine publisher for over twenty-five years. They are in the process of putting together a new publication, Love Story Magazine. Its launch is planned for the end of 2008. At this time, they are accepting submissions from writers who specialize in short romance stories (2000-5000 words) for publication. […]