One of my critique partners, Pamela Bolton-Hollifield, has won the Royal Ascot contest! She just got the news tonight, and I am breaking it here for all of those stuck at home during the conference.
I am so excited for her, because she is such a wonderful person and truly deserves this. People, I am telling you, her story is one of the best ones going (think Kathryn Caskie and Teresa Medeiros meets Jane Austen). It is a lovely story with humor and emotions. I feel privledged to have read it. Hmm, yes, I guess I am bragging, but who wouldn't?
I am new to the whole contest scenario, but I am hearing that the Royal Ascot is a biggie and I am so proud of Pam for winning it! Let's all give her a huge congrats, because she really deserves it.
CONGRATULATIONS, PAM!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
The Passing of a Legend
I heard today about the passing of Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. Another legend has passed into history. I still have my first copy of her book, The Wolf and The Dove, on my book shelf, tightly pressed between others to keep the covers in place because I've read it so much that I've worn them off.
When I first started writing it was because of Kathleen Woodiwiss and LaVyrle Spencer. I wanted to write a romance that touched people in the same way their books touched my teenage soul. I loved the eloquence that they wrote with and the emotion they managed to instill in the written word. They gave me a deep love of romance that is still with me 23 years later.
Words can never say how much I admire someone like Ms. Woodiwiss, who managed to write for all of these years, and kept her fans reading until the end.
I extend my deepest sympathy to the entire Woodiwiss family.
When I first started writing it was because of Kathleen Woodiwiss and LaVyrle Spencer. I wanted to write a romance that touched people in the same way their books touched my teenage soul. I loved the eloquence that they wrote with and the emotion they managed to instill in the written word. They gave me a deep love of romance that is still with me 23 years later.
Words can never say how much I admire someone like Ms. Woodiwiss, who managed to write for all of these years, and kept her fans reading until the end.
I extend my deepest sympathy to the entire Woodiwiss family.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
A Well Deserved Congratulations
A quick post to let everyone know that three of my critique partners moved on to the second round of the Molly contest.
I am so proud of these ladies, they have inspired me and helped me more than words can say, and I am so tickled for them. They all deserve to win, in my book.
So a big congratulations to Gillian Layne, Pam Bolton-Hollifield, and Marianne Harden! Way to go Ladies!
I am so proud of these ladies, they have inspired me and helped me more than words can say, and I am so tickled for them. They all deserve to win, in my book.
So a big congratulations to Gillian Layne, Pam Bolton-Hollifield, and Marianne Harden! Way to go Ladies!
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