The 2015–16 Emily Contest Sponsor: West Houston RWA Fee: $25 WHRWA members; $35 all others Deadline: October 4, 2015 Eligibility: unpublished in the category entered. Entry: First 5600 words, no synopsis. Judges: Published or PRO authors who give positive, helpful feedback. Categories & Final Judges: Contemporary (Long) – Agent Stephany Evans, FinePrint Literary Management, and Editor Tara Gavin, Executive Editor, Kensington Books; Contemporary [...]
Summer will soon come to an end and fall will be fast approaching. Every season has great things in its favor. Summer has the Fourth of July with its fireworks and patriotic parades. Fall will come in with its changing colors and smells of pumpkins and burning leaves and fun festivals with corn mazes and [...]
Happy Monday! Well life certainly has sizzled this summer so the thought of covering up isn't fun - but in this case I think I'll manage. Why? Keep reading... I've been so lucky - traveled to so many places, met tons of wonderful people, and once in a while, good book news just ices the cake! I am [...]
In a past life, I was probably a southern writer. There is something about the female southern authors, from Harper Lee and Flannery O’Connor to Fannie Flagg, Alice Walker, Rita Mae Brown and Kaye Gibbons, that resonate with me. These women wrote – and write – with the conviction that place is as important to [...]
Dub.Dub.Dub.You.Com West Houston RWA is hosting a contest this month for authors to strut their stuff, er, site. It's a great opportunity to promote your website and increase traffic to your work. Take a look: http://whrwa.com/romancing-the-url-contest/
Happy Friday! I hope you're getting the beautiful sunshine we have here in Texas. This weekend I'll be conducting a short session on Pitching Your Manuscript to Agents and Editors...several other authors will also be presenting and I hope you'll join us. Here's a link to the information: http://houstonwritersguild.org/
I will be signing all my releases at the Houston Authors Bash this weekend. Please come in and say hello. Look at the long list of wonderful authors participating!
I know, I know. You’ve been taught all your life to keep those hidden right? I’m talking about that part of you that sane people wouldn’t like. Your anger, your sadness, your weird ticks, your—paranoia. People won’t like them. They’ll think you weird. You can’t write about that. Wrong. The very best of books have characters [...]
Oh my Gosh. I've been completely immersed in my latest revisions on the current manuscript and had no idea that Text Me made it onto the Goodreads 2014 Contemporary Romance list! Check this out...It's number 75 out of 570 books! Thank you for all the votes. I feel incredibly blessed today! Take a look at the [...]
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