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Special Gifts has placed as a "Finalist" in the "Parenting/Family: General" category of USABookNews.com's Best Book of 2007. Special Gifts is a compilation of essays that tell what it is like to be a mother of a child with an emotional, behavioral or developmental disorder such as ADD, Asperger's syndrome, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Non-Verbal Learning Disability, PDD, and others.
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Lynnette Baughman signed with The Wild Rose Press for her contemporary romance, set in Montana LOVE WITH A WELCOME STRANGER.
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Kelly Kirch sold three books to Resplendence Publishing!! MARRIAGE MART, MARRIAGE PLOT and MARRIAGE PROPOSAL!
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Liza James has signed a contract with The Wild Rose Press for her new scarlet rosette GAME ON, her first double rose rating.
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Kristi Ahlers sold her French Set Historical, THE MASQUERADE to Tiger Publications!!
* Renee Wildes sold her first manuscript, "Duality" to Samhain Publishing!
* Carrie Lofty sold WHAT A SCOUNDREL WANTS to Kensington. It will be a December '08 Zebra Debut!
* Donna Kowalczyk w/a Liza James sold her short erotic romance, LYING EYES, to Red Rose Publishing
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Carrie Lofty's 20K short "Sundial" won the "Through the Garden Gate" historical contest sponsored by The Wild Rose Press, vintage category (1950s-60s)Eternal Press bought two of Jane Tombs stories "In The River" and "The Sometime Place" for their Twist of Fate Anthology, out in November. Also "It Can't Be Mine!" for the Twisted Fayrie Tales Anthology, out in December. www.eternalpress.co.au
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Christine DeSmet's screenplay about the romance book industry, "Anyone Can," earned placement in the Top 10 Percent of the Austin Film Festival screenwriting contest.
* Ann Voss Peterson Won the The RWA Kiss of Death Daphne du Maurier Category division with VOW TO PROTECT
* Carrie Bebris won the 2007 Daphne du Maurier Award for North by Northanger (Or, The Shades of Pemberley), the third book of her Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery series. The award is given by the Kiss of Death chapter of Romance Writers of America to recognize excellence in romantic suspense. North by Northanger also won the Romantic Times BookClub Reviewers Choice Award for Best Historical Mystery of 2006.
* Beverly Long's time travel romance, Here with Me, is a finalist in the HOLT Medallion contest sponsored by the Virginia Romance Writers and the Book Buyers Best contest, sponsored by the Orange Country Romance Writers.
*"The Christmas Strike" by Nikki Rivers, a Harlequin NEXT novel, has won the 2007 HOLT Medallion in the long contemporary category. "The Christmas Strike" also placed 3rd in the 2007 WisRWA Write Touch Readers Award.
*Liza James signed a second contract with The Wild Rose Press with her historical erotica titled BRANDED.
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Laura Iding's "His Pregnant Nurse" is on eHarlequin now. Her release, "Bride For A Single Dad" is due out in August.
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Deb Barkelar sold her first submission ever to Highland Press! They selected her short story to be included in their "Love on a Harley" anthology.
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Unbound," Lori Devoti’s June 2007 Silhouette Nocturne, earned a 4 1/2 star - Top Pick from Romantic Times Magazine!!
"Lori Devoti's UNBOUND delivers a truly unique, fast-paced and sexy adventure. Risk is so hot that you'll be using the book to fan yourself as you read!" - RT Magazine
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Kelly Strohkirch signed with the Seymour Agency!
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Rowena Cherry is delighted to announce that "Insufficent Mating Material" was the winner of the Night Owl Romance Award for Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi Romance.
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Kelle Z. Riley's "Dangerous Affairs" received recommended read status from Kwips and Kritiques!
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Ann Voss Peterson's "Vow to Protect" and Beverly Long's "Here with Me" both finaled in the OCC/RWA Book Buyers Best Award, which showcases the shining excellence of published authors in novel-length romantic fiction!
*Kathy Steffen sold her second novel, JASPER MOUNTAIN to Medallion Press! A mainstream novel set in a gold mining town in 1873, Jasper Mountain will be released in November 2008.
*Ann Voss Peterson's A VOW TO PROTECT is a finalist for the Gayle Wilson Award for excellence in romantic suspense and a finalist for the Colorado Award of Excellence in long contemporary romance. EVIDENCE OF MARRIAGE is a finalist for the Award of Excellence in romantic suspense
*Lori Devoti is a RIO finalist for her romantic contemporary, LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED!
*CLAIMING THE LAMB by Meagan Hatfield was nominated for a Golden Rose for Best Novella of 2006!
*Laura Iding's THE DOCTOR'S CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL is a finalist in the Colorado Award of Excellence!
*Liz Kreger sold a second story to Samhain Publishing. PROMISE FOR TOMORROW is loosely tied to her April 2007 release, FORGET ABOUT TOMORROW.
*Lyn Cote is a finalist in the HOLT as well with her Inspirational Romance, LEIGH.
*Heather Logan Kauffman, w/a Eden Rivers, double finaled in the Fab Five with her manuscripts, FIGHTING THE UNDERTOW and NATURE'S PENTACLE. Her other manuscript, DARK SOLSTICE is a finalist in the Between the Sheets Contest
*Donna Kowalczyk recently finaled in the Marlene Awards and Grand Beginnings contests with her manuscript, MEANT TO BE, and her manuscript, LOVE HEALS ALL is one of the Final Five in Karin Tabke's First Line contest.
*Laurel Bradley has a book signing for A Wish in Time at Janke’s in Wausau April 21 from 12:00 to 2:00 at the Janke Book Store, located at 505 3rd St. in Wausau. If people want to reserve a copy, they should call: 715-845-9648.
Laurel's paranormal, Some Where/ Some When is a finalist in the Shelia contest as well as the Fab Five!
**Christine DeSmet has made the Top 10 semi-final round of the first Wisconsin Wrights New Play Project for playwrights with her first full-length stage play, "CLIMAX!"
*Meagan Hatfield sold her short story, "Lust Desserts" to Whiskey Creek Press Torrid. It will be released with "The Whole Enchilada" in Torrid Teasers Volume #43!
*Eden Rivers sold her first, two short stories to Whiskey Creek Press Torrid Teasers line! Congratulations, Eden!
*Linda Wichman's "Legend of the Emerald Rose" finaled in - 2006 CBA Christy Award, FHL Readers Choice Award, and was a 2005 American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year!
*Roxi Romano sold a full length erotic contemporary, Taming Tess, to Liquid Siliver Books and The Sex Slave - a erotic novella to Red Sage for the Secrets anthology
2007 Contest Winners and Finalists - Unpublished
* Golden Rose Awards - Cat Schield took 3rd in the Short Contemporary Category with "The Christmas Bargain."
* DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson took 3rd in the Paranormal Category of the Golden Rose with "Hedda's Sword"
* Deb Maher's ms, HEARTS IN WINTER won first place in historical for "Gateway to the Best" contest!
* Cat Shield took first place in the Reveal your Inner Vixen Contest for "Bending to Blackmail" **
* DeAnne R Wildes-Mickelson finaled in the Golden Rose and came in second place in the NJRW's 2007 "Put Your Heart in a Book" contest and third in the FF&P "On the Far Side" contest for her pararnomal, "Hedda's Sword. This story also came in First Place in the "Where the Magic Begins" contest and is a finalists in the 2007 Hot Prospects Contest!
* Debra K. Maher's manuscript "Claire's Crossing" came in second place in the historical category for NJRW's 2007 "Put Your Heart in a Book" contest. Deb's COLD HEARTS finaled under the Historicals in the "Gateway to the Best" and will go to final round judge May Chen from Avon. She is also a finalists in the 2007 Hot Prospects Contest!
* Virginia McCullough and Lynette Baughman both finaled in the Golden Pen contest!
* Congratulations to Mary Biebel on her runner up place in Denver's Molly contest.
* Cat Shield took first in the Short Contemporary division for The Heart of the Negotiation in the Tampa Area Romance Authors 2007 TARA contest.
* DeAnne R Wildes-MicKelson finaled in Barclay Sterling, Fool For Love, Summer Sizzle, and Ignite the Flame contests
* Mary Jo Scheibl placed third in the Touch of Magic contest sponsored by the Central Florida Romance Writers, Romantic Elements category, with BETTER THAN SEX.
* Debra K. Maher's manuscript "Claire's Crossing" is a finalist in the historical category of PASIC's 2007 "Book of Your Heart" contest. It also placed 2nd in the historical category of Inland Valley RWA's 2007 "Put Your Best Hook Forward"
* Marissa Scott Won Passionate Ink's Stroke of Midnight contest, in the Contemporary Category.
* Lynnette Baughman placed 4th in the Knock Our Socks Off contest sponsored by Black Diamond Romance Writers
* Lorrie Kruse manuscript took first place in the Sheila and the Winter Rose, as well as 2nd place from the East Texas Writer's Guild
* DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson's "Hedda's Sword," is a finalist in the Sensual category of the 2007 Summer Sizzle Contest sponsored by the Ohio Valley Romance Writers of America (OVRWA).
* Brenda Nelson-Davis’ fantasy romance "UNDO THE NIGHT," won honorable mention in the San Diego Romance Writers Spring into Romance Contest and second place in the Windy City Romance Writers Four Seasons Contest. Her sequel, "SPIT AT THE MOON," took first place in the 2007 Readers in the Rookies Sandy Contest and third place in the Heartland Romance Authors Show Me the Spark Contest.
* Virginia McCullough's entry, The chapels on the Hill , placed first in WisRWA's Fabulous Five Contest in the Long Contemporary/Single Title category.
*DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson's manuscript, HEDDA'S SWORD finaled in the Fire and Ice, Mary Reade and Shelia Contest's. DUALITY, another paranormal manuscript, also finaled in the Mary Reade.
*Virginia McCullough finaled in the Shelia with GRETA'S GRACE & ISLAND HEALING. She's also a Fab Five finalist this year with THE CHAPELS ON THE HILL in the Women's Fiction Category.
*Anne Rigoulot recently signed on with Laura Bradford of Bradford Literary Agency, and her contemporary romantic suspense When Petals Fall finaled in Passionate Ink's Stroke of Midnight contest.
*Betsy Norman placed third in both Valley of the Sun's Hot Prospects contest and the Fiction from the Heartland Contest with her Young Adult Novel, MY LIFE IN THE VOID.
*Lorrie Kruse's manuscript, A LIFE WORTH LIVING finaled in the Duel of the Delta, the Laurie, and the Shelia. It came in second place in the Reveal your Inner Vixen, Where the Magic Begins and Golden Palm contests, and took home third place in the Golden Rose and Labour of Love Contests.
*Stacey Joy Netzel's DECONSTRUCTION JORDAN is one of the Final Five in Karin Tabke's First Line contest! She is also a Fab Five Finalist with this story.
*Rachel Berens-VanHeest's TAKE A CHANCE ON ME is a Fab Five Finalistin the Short Contemporary Category!
*Bobbi Dumas's O'SHEA'S FIANCEE is a Fab Five Finalist in the Short Contemporary Category!
*Debra K. Mayer is a finalist in the paranormal category of the Fab Five with CLAIRE'S CROSSING!
*Shirley Cayer is a double finalist in the Romantic Suspense category of the Fab Five with CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE & PAINT HER DEAD
*De Anne Wildes Michelson won The Southern Louisiana (SOLA) chapter's 2 nd Annual Dixie Kane Memorial Contest Paranormal category with her ms "Hedda's Sword!" Her second ms, "Duality" came in third in the same category!
*Kate Bowman's ms, "Lani Meets Her Match," won first place in the Traditional Category and a partial was requested by Kimberly Young of Harlequin. It was also a first place winner in the Romance Writer's Ink contest--Where the Magic Begins.
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First Sales!
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Renee Wildes sold her manuscript "Duality" to Samhain Publishing.
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Kathyrn Albright sold her 2005 Golden Heart finalist historical manuscript to Harlequin Historicals!!!
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Stacey Joy Netzel and Donna Kowalczyk sold a summer anthology to The Wild Rose Press, tentatively scheduled for July 2008 print release!
*Kelly Kirch sold not one, but three regency-set novel's to Cerridwen Press!!
*Dulcie Sorenson sold her first novel, a historical romance set in 1920's entitled IT TAKES MOXIE, will be released by The Wild Rose Press.
*Donna Kowalczyk, w/a Liza James sold her first story, a short erotic contemporary called, ONLY MAN FOR THE JOB that will be released by The Wild Rose Press.
*Eden Rivers sold her first, two short stories to Whiskey Creek Press Torrid Teasers line! Congratulations, Eden!
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