Keith R.A. DeCandido will be presented with the Grandmaster Award from the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers on Saturday at Comic-Con. Go, Keith!
Faith Hunter is the featured author this month at Romance Divas. If you haven't read her work yet and want to know where to start, her latest (and first in the new Jane Yellowrock series) is SKINWALKER. I can promise, you won't be disappointed.
1-The gorgeous and talented Gena Showalter, RITA finalist for Best Paranormal
2-Me and Karen Whiddonat the Harlequin party with Gennita Low shaking her grove thing in the background
3-Becca Stumpf of Prospect Literary Agency eating a suggestively shaped potato and Gennita Low pointing it out for the camera at the St. Martin's Party
4-Kristin Nelson and Sherry Thomas, her double RITA-Award-nominee for Best First Book and Best Historical, all glammed up for the award ceremony
5-National Readers Choice Award-winner Jasmine Haynes (aka Jennifer Skully, aka JB Skully), erotica author Crystal Jordan and futuristic and fantasy writer Michele Lang
6-RITA Award winner Rosemary Clement-Moore and her fellow finalist Tina Farraro
7-Melissa Jeglinski of The Knight Agency, me and Deborah Blake (
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deborahblakehps ), fellow Llewellyn author at the Harlequin party
There will be a fuller report with many more pictures once I'm back from RWA and other travels, but for now I wanted to congratulate Rosemary Clement-Moore (first pic) for her awesome RITA Award win for HELL WEEK, second in her Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil young adult series and Jasmine Haynes (second pic, star spangled shirt, seen hear with the also incredible Crystal Jordan and Michele Lang) for her National Readers' Choice Award for Best Novella for "Undone" in the UNLACED anthology.
Rosemary Clement-Moore: RITA finalist for HELL WEEK, the second in her great Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil series
Crystal Jordan: erotica author extraordinaire
Susan Krinard: amazing and bestselling paranormal romance writer
Janet Mullany: wonderfully edgy author who wears many hats, including presenter of "Writing the Hot Historical" with me and Pam Rosenthal at the conference
(I just spotted this great write up including her new Immortal Jane Austen series in PW.)
Michele Lang: two words "LADY LAZARUS" - look for it in 2010
Jasmine Haynes/Jennifer Skully/JB Skully:
Debra Mullins: award-winning historical romance writer
Karen Whiddon: author of the tres popular Pack series for Nocturne
Vicky Dreiling: whose debut novels we've just sold to Warner Forever/Grand Central Publishing for publication in 2011
Not to mention the parties, the chocolate, the Oscar-style RITA Award Ceremony. Sigh. Life is hard.
I'm especially excited about the "Readers for Life" Literacy Signing event on Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Washington Marriott Wardham Park at 2660 Woodley Road NW , Washington, D.C. Just check out this amazing line-up. I'll be there with VAMPED as well!
If instead of RWA (or in addition to) your plans include San Diego ComicCon, check the schedule for great events featuring Rob Thurman, Marjorie M. Liu, Lynn Flewelling and Keith R.A. DeCandido and be sure to pencil in the Sci/Fi/Fantasy Discussion Panel withPatrick Rothfuss, Rob Thurman, Amber Benson, Thomas Sniegoski, Seanan McGuire, Jeanne Stein, Kat Richardson at Borders, 668 6th Street on Saturday, July 25th at 8 pm.
I'm also thrilled to report that David Mack, author of the forthcoming uf/supernatural suspense novel THE CALLING is guest blogger today at The Knight Agency's site. Comment there to win a signed copy of THE CALLING!
Only ten titles a year make VOYA's Perfect Tens list. HELL WEEK is one of the honored few, right beside CORALINE by Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card's ENDER IN EXILE, Philip Pullman's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE NORTH and other wonderful books. HELL WEEK is also one of the 2009 RITA Award Finalists in the Young Adult category. So, so pround of Rosemary!
Second, we've initiated a Book in a Nutshell competition as a way to "Get noticed, get feedback, get an agent" (so says the TKA blog). Details:
Here’s a chance to have your project reviewed by one of the agents at The Knight Agency. Submit three compelling sentences (150 words max) about your completed, unpublished manuscript to submissions @ knightagency.net (delete spaces). Write BOOK IN A NUTSHELL in the subject line or it will not be deemed elligible. One submission per project, please. Twenty of the best submissions will be chosen and requested by various agents who will then give feedback on your work...and it may even lead to possible representation. Hurry, the deadline is April 20, 2009. Winners will be notified by May 1, 2009.
Finally, the RITA Award calls have started going out. So far we've got:
Nalini Singh's MINE TO POSSESS and Gena Showalter's THE DARKEST NIGHT up in the paranormal category
Rosemary Clement Moore in the young adult category for HELL WEEK
Crystal Green's FALLING FOR THE LONE WOLF and Jess Andersen's TWIN TARGETS in the series category
Elizabeth Devlin in the Golden Heart for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
So far that's five RITA Award nominees and one Golden Heart!
I'll update as the day goes on!
Finally, the RITA Award calls have started going out. So far we've got:
Nalini Singh's MINE TO POSSESS and Gena Showalter's THE DARKEST NIGHT up in the paranormal category
Rosemary Clement Moore in the young adult category for HELL WEEK
Crystal Green's FALLING FOR THE LONE WOLF and Jess Andersen's TWIN TARGETS in the series category
Elizabeth Devlin in the Golden Heart for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
So far that's five RITA Award nominees and one Golden Heart!
I'll update as the day goes on!
Since two of the authors from today's good news are in this pic, I thought I'd use this in my newest post announcing that Vickie Taylor (bottom right) is a RITA finalist in the novella category for "Angel and the Hellraiser" in the DEMON'S DELIGHT anthology. Go, Vickie!Also in the pic are: Rachel Caine, Beth Cornelison and me; (bottom) Rosemary Clement-Moore, P.N. Elrod, Vickie Taylor. It's from a party a couple of years ago in the Dallas are at Rachel's wonderful home, where we entertained ourselves with crazy stories and her oversized iguanas!
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