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Sunday, May 18, 2008 The may meeting will be held at 12:30 PM a the Sheraton Framingham. [Click here for directions] Research + Creativity + Logic = World Building by Jessica Andersen Regardless of what type of story you're writing, you're building a world for your reader to experience. In many cases, the details can make or break your world: get them right and you enhance the reader's experience; get them wrong, and you're toast. Starting from a discussion of how she dovetailed Mayan history with paranormal romance in Nightkeepers, and expanding to touch on issues of historical accuracy, citations, and the dreaded "P" word (plagiarism!), author Jessica Andersen will lead this interactive discussion of how research and creativity can be melded into a logical, consistent experience for your reader. Since selling to Harlequin Intrigue in 2002, Jessica Andersen has written more than twenty science-themed romantic suspense novels for Harlequin; these novels have hit the category bestseller list and been nominated for Reviewers' Choice Award and RITA awards. Her first single title, Nightkeepers: A Novel of Final Prophecy will be released by Signet Eclipse on June 3/ 2008. The book kicks off a new dark paranormal series about a group of sexy warrior-priests who must reunite to save mankind in the final four years before December 21, 2012, when the Mayan long count calendar- and a fair bit of modern science- predicts the world will end. She hopes you'll visit her at www.JessicaAndersen.com, and check out Nightkeepers on June 3rd!
APRIL 2008 RELEASES
Suzanne Brockmann No Ordinary Man Harlequin (reissue) Suzanne Brockmann Body Language Bantam (reissue) Marley Gibson (w/a Kate Harmon) Sorority 101: Zeta or Omega? Puffin Marley Gibson (w/a Kate Harmon) Sorority 101: The New Sisters Puffin Marissa Doyle, Bewitching Season, Henry Holt
March 2008 RELEASES
Diana Groe w/a Emily Bryan, Distracting the Duchess, Leisure Jocelyn Kelley, Kindred Spirits, Signet Eclipse FEBRUARY 2008 RELEASES
Ashlyn Chase, Quivering Thighs, Ellora's Cave
JANUARY 2008 RELEASES
Jessica Andersen, Doctor's Orders, Harlequin Intrigue
DECEMBER 2007 RELEASES
Denise Eagan, Wicked Woman, Zebra Jo Ann Ferguson w/a Jo Ann Brown, The Christmas Cottage, Berkley Hannah Howell, Highland Wolf, Zebra Madeleine Oh, Tales from Lachmuirghan Samhain Publishing
NOVEMBER 2007 RELEASES
Suzanne Brockmann, All Through the Night, Ballantine Kristan Higgins, Fools Rush In, HQN Sylvie Kurtz, Honor of a Hunter, Harlequin Intrigue Rosemary Laurey, Super Natural Acts, Zebra Lisa Mondello, Cradle of Secrets, Steeple Hill Love Inspired
OCTOBER 2007 RELEASES
Jo Ann Ferguson w/a J.A. Ferguson, Marry Me, Millie, ImaJinn Regency Kristan Higgins, Catch of the Day, HQN Mari Mancusi, Girls that Growl, Berkley Trade Jennifer O'Connell, The Divorced Girls' Society: Your Initiation Into the Club You Never Thought You'd Join Adams Media Madeleine Oh, Union in Blood Changeling Press Carly Phillips, Sealed with a Kiss, HQN SEPTEMBER 2007 RELEASES
Jo Ann Ferguson w/a J.A. Ferguson, Dreamseeker (Book #5 of the Dream Chronicles), ImaJinn Jocelyn Kelley, My Lord Viking (reprint), ImaJinn Rosemary Laurey, The Morgue the Merrier, Zebra Caroline Linden, What a Rogue Desires, Zebra
AUGUST 2007 RELEASES
Diane Amos, Outlaw Hearts, Five Star Carly Phillips, Grey's Anatomy Unauthorized, Benbella Books
JULY 2007 RELEASES
Jocelyn Kelley, Lost in Shadow, Signet Eclipse Sylvie Kurtz, Spirit of a Hunter, Harlequin Intrigue Carly Phillips, Cross My Heart, HQN (Re-Release)
JUNE 2007 RELEASES
Ashlyn Chase, Wonder Witch, Ellora's Cave Madeleine Oh, Commitment in Blood Changeling Press
MAY 2007 RELEASES Loretta Chase, Not Quite a Lady, Avon Ashlyn Chase, Being Randy, Ellora's Cave Patricia Grasso, Tempting a Prince, Zebra Hannah Howell, Highland Savvage, Zebra Dina Keratsis, Cake, A Fairy Tale Wings ePress Madeleine Oh, Obligation in Blood Changeling Press
APRIL 2007 RELEASES Janmarie Anello, Forever Yours, Zebra
MARCH 2007 RELEASES Ashlyn Chase, Vampire Vintage, Ellora's Cave Ashlyn Chase, Heaving Bosoms, Cerridwen
FEBRUARY 2007 RELEASES
Linda Cardillo, Dancing On Sunday Afternoons, Harlequin Everlasting Jo Ann Ferguson w/a J.A. Ferguson, Sworn Upon Fire, ImaJinn Marianne Mancusi, A Hoboken Hipster in Sherwood Forest, Dorchester Love Spell
JANUARY 2007 RELEASES Jessica Andersen, Under the Microscope, Harlequin Intrigue Samantha Hunter, Untouched, Harlequin Extreme Blaze Jocelyn Kelley, My Lady Knight, Signet
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NEC NEWS
NEC RWA is pleased to announce its slate of candidates for the 2008-2009 board. They are: Members will receive their ballots in the mail.
Harlequin Books will be publishing Judith Arnold's Hope Street, along with a reissue of her first Everlasting Love book, The Marriage Bed. The two novels will be published together in a two-in-one trade paperback, scheduled for the first half of 2009.
Congratulations to NEC's RITA finalists: Kristan Higgins for Catch of the Day and Samantha Hunter for Untouched
Lisa Mondello's book, Cradle of Secrets, is a finalist in the Colorado Award of Excellence contest for the Inspirational category.
Pat Grasso's S Educating the Prince, Pleasuring the Prince, and Tempting the Prince sold to Brazil and will be published in Portuguese.
Sylvie Kurtz's Honor of a Hunter finaled in the Colorado Award of Excellence contest.
Annette Blair is thrilled that Gone with the Witch, second in the Triplet Witch Trilogy, will be released on May 6th.
One of Pat Grasso's older books, Desert Eden has been translated into Russian.
Karen Kendall's new book, Take Me if You Can, is out April 1, 2008! The first in a new series about an agency that recovers stolen art, Take Me if You Can is a high-octane, international adventure story. Read an excerpt or order now from www.KarenKendall.com.
Lori Avocato has been invited to be a speaker at The Fifth International Women's Fiction Festival in Matera, Italy this Sept and she's thrilled.
Susan Saville's debut novel Vampire Close (or rather its heroine Fiona) is up for "Best Heroine" in the Ancient City Romance Writers' Anne Bonney Readers' Choice Award.
Marissa Doyle's Bewitching Season will be released this month from Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.
A Camden New Jersey newspaper featuring great reads as chosen by librarians pictured five book covers with blurbs. Annette Blair's My Favorite Witch was among them. Sex and the Psychic Witch, first in Annette's Triplet Witch Trilogy is a finalist for the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence in the Paranormal Category. Annette learned from a B & N manager that she hit a major career milestone: Her books are now automatically reordered at Barnes & Noble and should always be available there. No more running out or cover stripping. Leigh Michaels’s book On Writing Romance cites sections of Annette’s The Kitchen Witch. Annette finds it tres cool to be indexed in a how-to-write book. Annette has just accepted a contract for a new romantic comedy series called The Supernatual Employment Agency set in Salem Massachusetts. Mythical beings and time travelers pass through a portal, a veil between the planes, created by human magic. Unlike Annette’s witches, each story will revolve around the hero. The first in the series is tentatively titled: To Love a Dragon. Trevelyn Deveridge, the hero in Distracting the Duchess by Emily Bryan earned a K.I.S.S. Award from RT BookReviews. To hear why Trev was dubbed a Knight in Shining Silver, visit http://www.nightowlromance/nightowl to listen to a sexy snippet or visit http://www.emilybryan.com to read an excerpt.
Avon will be reissuing Loretta Chase's The Last Hellion in a brand-new package November 2008. Romance-friendly French webzine Les Romantiques http://www.lesromantiques.com/, interviewed Loretta in February (interview can be found on "Lectrices" page). Publisher J'ai Lu, which which will be bringing out the French edition of Not Quite a Lady within the next year, has also bought rights to the first three Carsington brothers books (Miss Wonderful, Mr. Impossible, Lord Perfect). Russsian publisher Ast has bought rights to Lord of Scoundrels.
Ashlyn Chase's Wonder Witch is in the finals for the terrific Fantasm award.
Carly Phillips is proud to announce that her reprint, Seduce Me, made the New York Times Bestseller Extended List! She wishes to thank to all who bought the book and helped make this happen!
Kristan Higgins's Catch of the Day was named Best Book of 2007 by the review website dee&deedish.com, who said "Higgins’s books are the perfect mix of women's fiction and romance. With flawed and incredibly funny heroines and a cast of characters are so real you practically know them, Higgins will have you laughing, crying, and laughing again."
Annette Blair has been invited to give a workshop at the New Jersey Conference in the fall about writing in several genres at one time. During the third and fourth week in February 2008, the Barnes and Noble online BookClub is featuring Annette’s Sex and the Psychin Witch with a review and a sidebar picture and mention of The Scot, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Annette will be chatting with readers during those two weeks but the review and feature will remain on the B&N BookClub pages indefinitely. Also, a Camden County New Jersey newspaper featuring great reads chosen by librarians pictured five book covers with blurbs, and Annette’s My Favorite Witch was one of them.
Great reviews are flying in for Distracting the Duchess by Emily Bryan. She’s thrilled with all of them, but a review in Publisher's Weekly is special cause for rejoicing. First of all, PW only reviews a select number of new titles each week — Distracting the Duchess was one of only 4 under the Mass Market Heading. Emily Bryan is sharing the space with the likes of NY Times Best-Sellers Susan Wiggs and Candace Camp, along with up and coming paranormal author Meljean Brook. Fast company, indeed! Lastly, the review was glowing! PW says "Bryan has a great handle on the material and her characters, creating a charming, colorful story with an intricate, fast-paced story line." To read the whole review of DISTRACTING THE DUCHESS, please visit: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6523567.html. Scroll down when you get there. Mass Market is further down the page.
Denise Eagan's Wicked Woman has been nominated for the Reviewers Choice awards by Romantic Times for Best First Historical.
Karen Foley is pleased to announce that her debut novel, Flyboy, is the winner in the Contemporary Series category of the 2007 Judge a Book By Its Cover Contest, sponsored by the Houston Bay Area RWA. The top five winning covers will be featured in the April 2008 edition of the Romance Writers Report.
Jo Ann Ferguson has been asked to speak at the Cape Cod Writers' Conference in August for a week-long class on synopses and query letters. She has also been asked to be the keynote at the combined Beau Monde/Historical Chapter conference in San Francisco the day before National begins.
Library Journal has chosen Not Quite a Lady as one of LJ's Best Books of 2007, calling it "a heartwarming gem" and the writing "exquisite." http://tinyurl.com/3cgcsm. Romantic Times has nominated Loretta for Reviewers Choice-Historical Romance of the Year: http://tinyurl.com/2pjeyx and Career Achievement-Historical Romance: http://tinyurl.com/2b4lnw For a sneak preview of an excerpt from Loretta's June 2008 release, Your Scandalous Ways, please visit Romance B(u)y the Book at http://tinyurl.com/3ylu3r. Bonus: a sneak peek at the cover! Loretta's new Avon microsite is now up and running: http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/?authorid=16001
WHAT'S NEXT? What Every Author Needs to Know Before, During, and After Receiving 'The Call' Have you ever wondered:
If so, WHAT'S NEXT? is the book for you. Based on responses to surveys answered by over thirty published authors, and compiled by The New England Chapter, Romance Writers of America, the newly updated and expanded third edition of WHAT'S NEXT? discusses everything from dealing with editors and agents to contracts to publicity and promotion. Cost for the 230-page bound book is $15.00, which includes shipping and handling. Click here for the ORDER FORM. |
