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November 2011 COFW Published Author News The following is the last COFW Published Author News column I'll write, since I'm stepping down. Thank you to everyone who sent me news items during the last several years. I'll miss emailing with you and learning your latest news. In September, Laurie's Laudanum, a reader blog, mentioned the COFW conference, as well as the following COFW authors: Becky Barker, Jules Bennett, Lisa Cooke, Karen Harper, Susan Gee Heino, Elysa Hendricks, Karin Shah, and Sandy Wickersham-McWhorter. The blog held a contest to win two autographed books from the authors signing at the conference. COFW conference special guest, Barbara Vey, who writes the Publishers Weekly "Beyond Her Book" blog, posted kind words about the conference and the people she'd met there. The blog included several photos, and the COFW published authors mentioned and/or included in a photo were Jules Bennett and Tabitha Gibson. The West Chester, OH Barnes & Noble's annual "Romancing the Holidays" booksigning will take place on December 3rd this year. COFW authors who will be participating include Jules Bennett, Lori Foster, Denise Gwen, Regina Hart/Patricia Sargeant, Marcia James, Donna MacMeans, and Kay Stockham. Lori Foster's as-yet-untitled 2012 benefit anthology will feature stories by herself, as well as authors Jules Bennett, Virna DePaul, Brenda Jackson, and Kay Stockham. The authors' advances and royalties -- and their agents' cuts -- will be donated to Animal Adoption Foundation, an Ohio no-kill animal shelter. The anthology will be released in time for Lori's 2012 Reader & Author Get-together. Jules Bennett's first Desire category romance is part of a German language Harlequin anthology, and another of her books is part of a second German Harlequin anthology, which includes a Dianne Castell (aka Duffy Brown) novel. In March 2012, Jules is launching a new Harlequin Desire "Hollywood" series with Caught In The Spotlight. This contemporary category romance will be featured in the 30th anniversary celebration of Desire, and all Desires that month will have a free short story in the back featuring another author from that category line. The short story in the back of Caught In The Spotlight is from one of Jules's critique partners, Desire author Leanne Banks. The next story in her Hollywood series will debut in Sept. 2012 and be featured in the "Babies and Billionaires" mini-series Desire runs each month. The third book in the series is under contract, so the release date will be announced in the future. Jules has also been invited to speak on Deep Point-of-View at the SpaceCoast RWA chapter in May 2012. In addition, Jules's agent published on of her backlist books, Love in Bloom, on Kindle. Duffy Brown has one of her Harlequin category romances (most likely one of her "Fabulous" series written under her Dianne Castell pen name) in a German language Harlequin anthology, that also features a Jules Bennett novel. Duffy was a presenter at the New Jersey RWA chapter's Put Your Heart In a Book conference in late October. Tiffany Bryan attended the Ellora's Cave "RomantiCon" event. Paige Cuccaro guest-blogged in October on the Dark Faerie Tales blog, writing as Emma Jane Hellsbane, the heroine of her upcoming Entangled Publishing urban fantasy release, Hellsbane. Nell DuVall's four Halloween stories have been published in an e-book, Teaching Man and Other Tales, and the e-book is available in all formats. The anthology, Curious Hearts, which contains Nell's short story, "Corpulent Chiropteran", is available on Kindle. J. Paulette Forshey received a contract in late September from Whispers Publishing for her holiday story, "33 Days 'Til Christmas." She attended the Y-City Writers conference in October in Zanesville. Lori Foster's January 2012 Kensington Brava paperback release, Bad Boys in Black Tie (an anthology that also includes stories by Morgan Leigh and Erin McCarthy), was mentioned in the Nov. RT Book Reviews (RT) magazine's "Publishers Previews" column. The "Paperback RoundUp" column in the same issue listed Lori's HQN release, Buckhorn Beginnings, which is a mass-market 2-in-1 book containing her Harlequin Temptations, Sawyer and Morgan. Lori is a panelist on the "Worldbuilding: It's Not Just For Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal" panel at the 2012 RT Booklovers Convention, as well as presenting an Author Chat with Susan Elizabeth Philips, and both events were mentioned on the convention's website. Denise Gwen was offered a contract from Red Sage Publishing Company for Fantasy Daze, after she got the rights back from Liquid Silver Books in September. Karen Harper is one of the romantic suspense authors behind the Just Romantic Suspense blog, and she blogged there in October. Karen signed her Amish romantic suspense novels and The Irish Princess at the Buckeye Book Fair on Nov. 5th in Wooster, Ohio. Leanna Renee Hieber signed copies of her latest release, Darker Still, on Nov. 11th at the West Chester Barnes & Noble bookstore, Nov. 12th at the Cincinnati Joseph Beth bookstore, and Nov. 14th at the Dayton Books & Company store. Leanna will be one of 38 authors featured in Barbara Vey's first annual Reader Appreciation Luncheon on April 10th, 2012. The Nov. RT's "Series Rap Sheet" column listed Darker Still, the first in her "The Magic Most" series. The same issue reviewed Darker Still, stating, "Fans of historical fiction will swoon at Hieber's 19th-century vision of a budding New York City; Central Park and the Metropolitan feature prominently, as do afternoon tea, sumptuous dresses and dashing dandies." The Nov. RT also mentioned Leanna's 2012 RT Booklovers Convention parties -- the Reader's Entertainment and Celebration event and the Steampunk Gaslamp Gathering. Susan Gee Heino's Berkley historical romance, Temptress In Training, was nominated in October for The Romance Studio's (TRS) "5 Hearts" contest. TRS awarded Temptress In Training 5 Hearts in their review, praising, "The twists and turns of the book are great for holding the reader's interest but the humorous scenarios are often the biggest highlight of a chapter. Not all books can entertain the reader as much as this one did for me. This author is one I have to add to my 'must read' list." Elysa Hendricks guest-blogged at Storm Goddess Book Reviews in October, and promoted her book, The Baby Race, on the Authors - Promote Your Books website. Her The Baby Race cover was posted on Cover Art Reviews. Marcia James was the Books on the House site's Featured Author in mid-October, which included a Skype interview. On Nov. 9th, she was the guest in a Savvy Authors promotion-themed online chat. During the 2012 RT Booklovers Convention, she'll be heading two panels -- "Sprinkling Smiles Into SAD (Sex, Action & Drama) Scenes" (with 4 other authors) and "Using Book and Brand Elements To Target Niche Markets" (with publicist/author Theresa Meyers and PW blogger Barbara Vey), and the panels were listed on the convention's website. Before and during the 2012 RT convention, Marcia will be working with Circle of Seven in a social media push that includes an Internet Radio interview. In October 2012, she will present a humor writing talk at the Northeast Ohio RWA chapter meeting. Laurie Kingery's Love Inspired Historical romance, The Rancher's Courtship, was awarded 4 Stars by the Nov. RT, which described the novel as, "A sweet, second-chance-at-love romance where characters learn to let go of past hurts." Rosemary Laurey's Ellora's Cave sweet contemporary romance, Chase the Cook, received a 5-Star, "Top Pick" review from Night Owl Reviews, which wrote, "I love reading Rosemary Laurey's books. She keeps me entertained and this was right up there." Rosemary's Ellora's Cave erotic romance novella, Divertissement (written under her Madeleine Oh pen name), also received a 5-Star, "Top Pick" review from Night Owl Reviews, whose reviewer stated, "This is a definite recommendation for my 'Sistas' to read!!" Donna MacMeans is a panelist on the "Lessons From Our Past" panel at the 2012 RT Booklovers Convention, and the panel is mentioned on the convention's website. She signed copies of Redeeming The Rogue at the Books By The Bank event in Cincinnati on Oct. 22nd. Janie Mason received RWA PAN status, which was scheduled to be noted in the December RWA Romance Writers Report (RWR). Patricia Sargeant's January 2012 Kensington contemporary romance release, Smooth Play (written under her Regina Hart pen name), was mentioned in the Nov. RT's "Publishers Previews" column. Karin Shah guest-blogged on the Paranormality blog in October, awarding a copy of her latest release, Blood and Kisses, to one of the commenters. Blood and Kisses debuted on Oct. 12th in e-book; the print version of the novel will be available in print in mid-2012. Karin mentions COFW in the acknowledgments in Blood and Kisses. Linnea Sinclair blogged on the Savvy Authors site in October. She -- and her annual Intergalactic Bar and Grille Reader Party at the 2012 RT Booklovers Convention -- was mentioned in the Nov. RT. The website for the 2012 RT convention included Linnea's workshops, "Surviving Edits and Revisions (With Only a Few Tears)" and "Popular Tropes & Themes & How To Write SF That Dazzles." Kay Stockham's Harlequin Superromance, Christmas in Montana, was awarded 4 Stars in the Nov. RT, which praised, "Stockham offers a well-written and realistic look at life for a single mother, doing a great job portraying the difficulties many single-parent families face." Shiloh Walker's January Berkley Sensation release, The Departed, was mentioned in the Nov. RT's "Publishers Previews" column. Sandy Wickersham-McWhorter sold her The Diamond Road manuscript to Soul Mate Publishing. Marcia James' Sex & the Single Therapist, the first in her "Dr. Ally Skye, Sex Therapist" comic romantic mystery series, is available in Kindle, Nook, and other formats. Marcia offers her 355+ page file of author promotion options to any RWAer who requests it. Just email her through the "Contact Me" page on her website: www.MarciaJames.net.
A QUICK GUIDE to Book Promotional OppoRTunities for Authors at COFW 1) To be included on the monthly new releases column in COFW newsletter, Write from the HeaRT, (all our member books: print book, e-book or small press books)—A call for book details will come from the COFW-PAN liaison once a month, the 10th, on the COFW-PAN loop. Deadline is the 20th of each month. This information will then be shared with the web-mistress and also read at the monthly meeting. 2) Upcoming Releases Book News PDF—Print books information for our book buyers and booksellers at our Yahoo loop 3-4 months out. We invite book buyers and sellers to subscribe to the e-newsletter at: COFWbooknews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The only loop mail is the PDF. The call for Upcoming Releases will come on the COFW-PAN loop the first of every other month. Deadline by the fifteenth. 3) Every six months, promo printed postcards of our member's newest releases. Contact Patricia Sargeant-Matthews for details at sargtaz@yahoo.com. A call will come from Patricia on the COFW-PAN loop. 4) Our Fall Readers and Writers conference book signing. Contact Toni Leland at tonileland@romancingthehorse.com |
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