Next week is the national conference for Romance Writers of America (RWA). Blythe Barnhill, Sandy Coleman and I will all be attending, and hopefully learning a lot. Last year was my first time at RWA, and while the conference is almost overwhelmingly huge, I had a blast getting to meet some wonderful authors (both published…
I had fun seeing the RITA and Golden Heart award nominations go up yesterday. There were some really good books up there! At first, I was just noting that I had read more of the nominees(and had more in my TBR) than in past years. But then, as I pondered this list of books that…
Today is the day, fellow romance lovers. Calls are going out to nominated authors and we’ll be adding to the listing as Lynn Spencer and I hear the news throughout the day. [Authors, if you’re one of the lucky ones, please let us know by emailing sandy @ likesbooks.com. (No spaces.)] Watch this space –…
You know how people can remember where they first heard about a terrible disaster? The Harlequin Horizons debacle is like that for me. While most romance readers heard about it on a blog or a romance message board, I heard about it first on a writing site, AbsoluteWrite.com. Reading about scams that prey on writers…
Just a few thoughts to add to Lynn’s. It was a pleasure to meet her, as well as AAR Senior Reviewer Jane Granville. We also met AAR readers, including SusanDC and Sandlynn, both of whom we all know so well from our message boards. It’s always fun to put a face to an online personality…
My first trip to the RWA conference felt like complete sensory overload, but in a good way. We kept the live coverage going over at AAR last week, but today I’m finally having a chance to catch my breath, and think about it all. When I got there, I finally got to meet and spend…
RWA Nationals are coming up July 15 – 18 and this year both Lynn Spencer and I will be attending. In previous years, AAR has offered extensive coverage – usually after the conference is over. But the world – and the Web – are more immediate places today and our inclination is to adopt a…
The line up is up and it looks fantastic! The 2009 booksigning – open to everyone – will take place on July 15th at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in DC from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Are you going? If so, who are you most interested in meeting? RWA controversies aside, is there anybody not…
Sandy’s Take Results are in and the dust is settled. The headline for me is I had fewer WTF reactions than in previous years. Still:
The calls are going out today to 2009 Rita and Golden Heart finalists. Official results are going up at the RWA site and Twitter is also hopping. Just search for hashtag #rwanoms for a live feed. (And, no, you don’t have to be a Twit to follow results.) Developing story… We can report first here…
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