Bits & Bytes: Romance...the Writer's Way
WARA's blog is filled with useful information for writers, with the focus on romance writing. Topics of discussion include genres and sub-genres of romance books, basics to know when beginning to write, how to submit to a publisher, and the aspects of being published, among many, many others.
Whether you're thinking about writing a romance, have already written a book and don't know what to do next, or you are already a part of this fabulous business, please join us!
Sale News
Starla Kaye's recent sales include:
4-Book Devils in Denim series to Black Velvet Seductions
2 paranormal stories to Black Velvet Seductions
Christmas cowboy story to Black Velvet Seductions
Patricia Davids online free read at eHarlequin.com will begin in February.
Roxann Delaney sold books 3 & 4 of the Desperation, Oklahoma, series to Harlequin American Romance. The Lawman's Little Surprise, will be released in July 2010 and The Reluctant Wrangler will be released in October 2010.
Patricia Davids, is excited to announce that Steeple Hill has purchased three new books from her. All three will feature Amish characters and will be set in the fictitious town of Hope Springs, Ohio. The first story, currently titled The Swallow’s Nest, will be out in early 2010.
Contest News
Becky Arrington's entry, Redemption: The Tree, is the winner of WARA's 20010 Practice Your Right Hook Contest. Roxann Delaney's Witchwoode placed second, and Penny Rader's Come Home to Comfort placed third.
Starla Criser's entry, Cowboy of Her Heart, won Honorable Mention in KWA's 2009 Prose & Poetry Competition, First Chapter of a Novel.
Starla Criser won WARA's Flyover Contest with her entry, Silver's Way!
Reese Mobley's entry, Make Me Believe, won the Single Title category in the Great Expectations Contest!
Linda Taylor won WARA's Right Hook Contest with her entry, Hiding in Plain Sight!
Roxann Delaney's January 2008 Harlequin American Romance, Family by Design, was a finalist in the short contemporary category of the National Readers Choice Award.
Other News
Starla Criser will be serving as the 2010 KWA Vice-President/Secretary.
FREE READ
Check out Penny Rader's free read, a prequel to her upcoming novel, Sapphire and Gold, from The Wild Rose Press.
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