‘Member Announcements’ Archives
Member Announcements 2-22
News – Amy Atwell is thrilled that RWA has invited her to present her workshop, Your Pitch Begins With YOU: Strengthening Your Pitch By Strengthening Your Presentation Skills, at RWA's 2010 national conference. The workshop is an Acting 101 class for any writer who fears making presentations to audiences, groups or even one-on-one with an [...]
Member Announcements week of 2-15
News – Two-time Golden Heart finalist and RWA-WF PAN-Liaison Kristina McMorris will be presenting a workshop at RWA National in Nashville, Tennessee in July 2010. The workshop is titled "Selling the Hard-Sell Novel," which her WWII love story has been called more than once. She recently sold that labor of love, LETTERS FROM HOME, in a trade [...]
Member Announcements week of 2/8
Competitions Grace R. Greene is a Finalist in Southern Magic's Linda Howard Award of Excellence contest in the Inspirational category with Beach Rental. Edie Ramer’s SATURDAYS AT THE KARMA CAFE, finaled in the North Texas RWA's Great Expectations contest in the Mainstream with Romantic Elements category. The final judge is Abby Zidle at [...]
Member Announcements Week of 1/25
Writing contest awards Nancy Naigle’s manuscript, Out of Focus, achieved 3rd place in the Silicon Valley RWA Gotcha! Contest in the Single Title category. The entry will be going to an editor at Berkley/Jove. Casey Phillips thought her biggest problem was deciding whether to photograph Cody Tuggle’s honky-tonkin’ tour, until shots [...]
Member Announcements Week of 1-18
Writing contest awards Edie Ramer and Gabrielle Luthy are finalists in the Unpublished Beacon contest in the WF category--Edie with SATURDAYS AT THE KARMA CAFE and Gabrielle with THE LAKE EFFECT. Sales News Michelle Diener is thrilled to announce her two book deal with Pocket Books. Her Tudor-set historicals are set for publication in [...]
Member Announcements 1-11-10
The Last Will of Moira Leahy was listed as one of the best fiction novels of 2010 by January Magazine. http://januarymagazine.com/2010/01/best-books-of-2009.html
Member Announcements Week of December 7
Sales / News Kathy Carmichael's women's fiction novel, HOT FLASH, was named one of the Top 10 Romance Fiction titles of 2009 by the American Library Assn's BOOKLIST. If you'd like to read an excerpt, visit her website: http://KathyCarmichael.com. JoAnn Ross' new website for her women's fiction-themed Shelter Bay series has just launched [...]
Member Announcements – November 29
Contracts, Sales, Career The fulls of Gabrielle Luthy's The Lake Effect and Learning How To Stay have been requested by Grand Central's Selina McLenmore after she judged them in the Launching A Star contest.
Member Announcements November 23-29
Contract, Sales and Career Grand Central Publishing has sold the German translation rights for Susan Crandall’s novels PITCH BLACK and SEEING RED to EGMONT VGS VERLAGSGESELLESCHAFT MBH. Writing Contests and Awards PITCH BLACK by Susan Crandall has won the Maggie, The Beacon and The Aspen Gold awards. Promotions and Giveaways Susan [...]
Members’ Announcements 16 – 22 November
Writing Contests and Awards Gabrielle Luthy’s The Lake Effect ms is a finalist in the Golden Rose and Launching A Star contests, as well as a double finalist in the Wallflower contest. Her ms, Learning How To Stay, is also a Launching A Star finalist. Contract, Sales and Career Random House sold large-print rights to The Last Will of [...]
