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06/18/08 NEWS FLASH!
I just got an e-mail from the editor at New Love Stories Magazine. They want to buy my short story Waiting Forever! I'm so excited. I received a $500 cash prize a few years ago when I won PNWA's ZOLA award, but this is the first time I've ever actually SOLD my work. According to RWA this doesn't qualify me as a published author, but it's the next best thing. My story is slated for the 2009 May/June edition.
5/20/08 So I've finished the romantic comedy / suspense--which took me forever because the villain insisted on taking me places I really didn't want to go. Now I start sending it to agents. (fingers crossed) To celebrate, I've revamped my website. My son kept telling me my old design looked like an old lady's site. I responded, "Son, do you hear me son?" (Doing my best Foghorn Leghorn imitation) "I AM OLD!" Anyway, he insisted I needed a younger image. Hope you all like it.
03/25/07 Yippee!!! -- One of my books, Subliminal Seduction, is a finalist in the Golden Heart. This is my fourth time as a GH finalist. In 2004 I had two entries nominated in the Single Title category and won. I couldn't stand not knowing if Something Worth Remembering would've won if I hadn't entered A Little Bit of Deja Vu, so I entered SWR again under the title, The Memory of You in 2006, and it also won. I'm hoping four times will be the charm, and this year I'll finally sell.
02/7/07 Gave a workshop at my local RWA chapter meeting on the Art of B.I.T.C.Hcraft--Creating Compelling Characters.
10-20-06 Woo-hoo!!! -- My short story, Waiting Forever, took tenth place in the Genre Short Story category of Writer's Digest's 75th Annual Writers Competition. Tenth place doesn't sound very impressive until one hears there were over 2,100 entries in my category and 19,000 in the entire contest.
07-29-06 OMG !!!! My book The Memory of You aka Something Worth Remembering WON RWA's Golden Heart!!! I'm stunned. I really didn't think it had a prayer. The conference was awesome! I got to meet so many of my fellow GH finalists who've become on-line friends. I know the picture is a little blurry, but here I am making my acceptance speech, staring at the presentation card in disbelief that I won AGAIN!
06 07-06 Received a letter telling me my short story Waiting Forever is one of the top ten finalists for Pacific Northwest Writers Associations ZOLA award. First prize is a possible $600, 2nd is $300, and 3rd is $150. Got my fingers crossed
3-24-06 Just got a call !!!!!
The Memory of You aka Something Worth Remembering is a finalist in the Golden Heart again--this time in the Long Contemp Category. Whoopee! Maybe my luck is turning around and the editors will realize how much everyone loves this story since it's finaled twice in the GH and was also an American Title finalist.
3-4-06 Spoke at a Plotting workshop at BCRW's 2nd annual special event at the Doylestown, PA, library.
01-24-05
Was booted out of the American Title Contest. Oh, well. If I'd known it would be such a publicity contest, I would've concentrated more on promotion. A lesson learned for when I eventually sell.
1-24-05
Got the Big R on my long contemporary, The Most Precious Gift. Allison Lyons loved it and recommended Special Editions buy the book, but her senior editor had some reservations. She sent suggestions for revising, which I'll probably do at a later date. But I'll most likely turn the book into a single title in the process.
12-20-04 Yipeee!
Made it into the second round of the American Title Contest.
11-15-04
Voting begins for the first round of the American Title Contest. YIKES!
08-10-04 Whoo-ha!
Something Worth Remembering is a top ten finalist in the American Title Contest in Romantic Times Magazine. Lots of publicity will be coming our way!
07-31-04 OMG, I can't believe it.
A Little Bit of Deja Vu WON Romance Writers of America's GOLDEN HEART!!!! The photo would've been a little clearer if my son didn't have to shoot the picture from the rear of an audience of over 2,500 people. Unfortunately, he did not have a telephoto lens.
07-31-04 Oh, wow.
A Little Bit of Deja Vu WON the Pacific Northwest Writers Association's ZOLA (aka Stella Cameron) award. Stella personally called me to tell me I'd won the $500 first prize..