LARA News Archive 2006
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The current month's news for 2008 can be found on the Home page.
12-20-06 Jax
Cassidy sold her novella Three Days
Of Sexy to Amberquill.
12-19-06 Nicole
Coady finaled in the mystery category of the Heart of the West contest
with Moonlight on Diamonds.
12-16-06 Jeanne
Laws is a finalist for an EPPIE for Animal Dreams.
12-16-06 Kate
Willoughby is a finalist for an EPPIE for Losing It.
12-09-06 Robena
Grant's Gone Tropical took
third place in the Where The Magic Begins contest.
12-06-06 Betty
Hechtman has signed a multi-book deal with Berkeley for her crochet mystery
series.
11-27-06 T.J.
Bennett has sold The Legacy to Medallion Press. This is her first sale.
11-18-06 Jodi
Gottlieb received a rejection from NEXT.
11-03-06 Robena
Grant's Beyond The Shadows won first place in the contemporary category of the Haunted Hearts contest.
10-31-06 Cassidy
Kent has sold Dolce And Diana and Miranda Writes to Phaze, and Dear John to Amber Heat.
10-20-06 Lucie
Simone received a rejection with a request for revision from Brown
& Miller Literary Associates.
10-20-06 T.J.
Bennett 's The Justice Seeker,
was awarded Best In Show for the Heart To Heart contest.
10-20-06 Lynne
Marshall is pleased to announce her next medical romance, In
His Angel's Arms, will first be released in hardback in the UK
in May 2007, then paperback in July 2007.
10-18-06 Dawn
Halliday's Historical Revenge took first place in the Ticket To Write 2006 contest.
10-15-06 Robena
Grant's Gone Tropical finaled
in the Where The Magic Begins contest.
10-14-06 Rae Shapiro
received a rejection from Woman's World.
10-12-06 Dawn
Halliday's Revenge was a finalist
in both the Ticket To Write and the Golden Rose contest, and she received
a request for the full manuscript from Hillary Sares of Kensington.
10-12-06 Christine
London sold Sunninghill Snow to Phaze.
10-11-06 Kate
Willoughby's Man Of Vision has been sold to Ellora's
Cave for their 2007 Caveman Anthology.
10-09-06 T.J
.Bennett's The Justice Seeker placed second in the Emerald City Opener, and third in the Lone Star contest.
10-06-06 T.J.
Bennett 's The Justice Seeker won the paranormal category of the Heart To Heart Contest.
10-05-06 Evie Byrne received a request for a full on a novella from Kensington.
10-05-06 Lucie
Simone's A Taste Of Italy received a 4 Angel review from Fallen
Angel Reviews, and 4 Cups rating from Coffee
Time Reviews.
10-05-06 Sandra
Richards has received a revision letter from Triskelion
Publishing.
10-02-06 Kate
Willoughby's erotic short, Leap of
Faith, has been rated number one with Fictionwise.com.
10-01-06 Carol
Rodgers received a rejection from Woman's World Magazine.
09-29-06 Eden
Bradley's Isle Of Desire is
available now from Cobblestone
Press.
09-29-06 Jax
Crane announces Cassidy
Kent has two releases in October. October 1, Raleigh
In Rio is available at Phaze.com.
October 15, What Lies In Winter is available at Amberheat.com.
09-29-06 Lynne
Marshall announces Her Baby's Secret
Father is now available at Amazon.com.
09-28-06 Robena
Grant received a request for the full manuscript of Gone
Tropical from Nephele Tempest of the Knight Agency.
09-22-06 Lynne
Marshall has sold her novel, In His
Angel's Arms, to Harlequin
Mills & Boon.
09-17-06 T.J.
Bennett has had two requests. Medallion Press asked for a full manuscript
of The Legacy and the second request
comes from Tor for a full manuscript of Dreamweaver.
09-09-06 Lynne
Marshall sold her Lady-lit, One For
The Road, to Triskelion
Publishing.
09-07-06 Lynne
Marshall's novel, Her Baby's Secret
Father, is now available in French at the Harlequin
France website.
09-06-06 Lynne
Marshall announces that a short biography and an author interview
are now both available on the Harlequin
U.K. website.
08-30-06 T.J.
Bennett is a finalist in the Emerald City opener contest with her
entry The Justice Seeker in the
paranormal category.
08-30-06 Robena
Grant is a finalist in the Haunted Hearts contest with her entry from Beyond The Shadows.
08-22-06 Lynne
Marshall's new release, Her
Baby's Secret Father from Harlequin
Mills & Boon, received a 5 Star review from CataRomance.
Go here to read it: CLICKY.
08-14-06 Kate
Willoughby's newest novella, Leap
Of Faith has been released from Phaze.
08-13-06 T.J.
Bennett finaled with her manuscript Justice
Seeker in the Heart To Heart contest as well as the Northwest Houston
Lone Star Writing Competition.
08-07-06 Kate
Willoughby reports a rejection from Ellora's Cave on one manuscript,
but also says Phaze is going forward with Leap
Of Faith.
07-30-06 L.A.
Romance Authors members coming back from RWA® National Conference
with requests for full or partial manuscripts are as follows: Trish Cerrone,
Roben Grant, Lynne Marshall, Betty Hechtman, Sandra Richards, D'Anne Avner,
and Leigh Court.
07-29-06 Lucie
Simone announces the release of her e-book, A
Taste Of Italy from Cobblestone
Press.
07-04-06 Eden
Bradley, has sold Winter Soulstice to Cobblestone
Press.
06-26-06 Cara
King has finaled in RWA®'s Bookseller's Best contest.
06-26-06 Dawn
Halliday received two requests for a full manuscript for an erotic
romance set in Hawaii.
06-26-06 Kate
Willoughby also sold her Samba story to Phaze.
06-26-06 Lisa
Bradley sold her Samba story to Phaze.
06-26-06 Jax
Crane, writing with Amanda Kelly as Cassidy
Kent, has sold the sequel to Sunset
Key to Phaze. This one is titled Raleigh
In Rio.
06-23-06 Cassidy
Kent (Jax Crane and Amanda Kelly) has just sold the novel What
Lies In Winter to Amber
Quill Press.
06-21-06 Lynne
Marshall, announces that her novel Her
L.A. Knight will be released in the U.K. in hard cover in January
of 2007, and in paperback in March of 2007.
06-21-06 Stacey
Iglesias received a rejection from Samhain Publishing.
06-20-06 Robena
Schaerf, writing as Robena Grant, received a rejection from Dorchester.
06-20-06 Cassidy
Kent's (Jax Crane and Amanda Kelley) novella Santa's
Helper is now available from Amber
Quill Press.
06-19-06 Dawn
Halliday accepted the position of editor at Liquid
Silver Books.
06-19-06 Jodi
Gottleib received a rejection from Woman's World Magazine.
06-11-06 Leigh
Court's novella The Disciplinarian
(Secrets, Vol. 15) has won first place in the erotica category
of the 2006 More Than Magic contest
05-31-06 Lynne Marshall, says the new title for her next novel is Her L.A. Knight
05-31-06 Kate Willoughby, announces the release of her novel Losing It! from Liquid Silver Books. Her cover is in the LARA Bookflip.
05-29-06 Jax Crane announces a book trailer for Cassidy Kent's Sunset Key. You can find it here.
05-28-06 Betty Hechtman sold her short story On The Road to Woman's World. This is her sixth story they have published.
05-27-06 Lucie
Simone has gotten her cover for A
Taste Of Italy. It's now in the LARA Bookflip.
05-22-06 Lynne Marshall, has just gotten a two-book deal from Harlequin Mills & Boon for two more medical romances.
05-12-06 Lucie
Simone sold an erotic short story to Cobblestone
Press.
05-11-06 Anna
Evans sold Death By Seduction to Liquid
Silver Books.
05-10-06 Jax Crane, bookcover artist for Liquid Silver Books, is having an art show on Friday, May 12.
05-03-06 Brenda Scott Royce is being interviewed today on Fiction Nation for XM Satelite radio.
05-01-06 Brenda Scott Royce has sold the sequel to Monkey Love.
05-01-06 Eden
Bradley has sold her erotic novella, Sanctuary,
to Berkley Heat.
04-27-06 The LARA Confidential has finaled in the RWA® newsletter competition.
04-25-06 Jax Crane, w/a Cassidy Kent with her partner, Amanda Kelly, announces Sunset Key was released by Phaze.
04-25-06 Leigh Court has finaled in the More Than Magic published contest with The Disciplinarian.
04-13-06 Kim Winklhofer received a rejection from Woman's World.
04-6-06 Kim Crawford announces her story Hot Stuff was released with this week's Woman's World.
04/04/06 Cara King finaled in the 2006 Holt Medallion Competition with My
Lady Gamester.
03/24/06 Jane Thompson finaled in the RITA® contest in the Best Novella category with Simon
Says from Secrets Vol. 15.
03/24/06 Trish Cerrone
finaled in the Golden Heart® contest in the Mainstream With Romantic
Elements category with A Virgin In L.A.
03/22/06 Jacqui Crane and Amanda Kelly
(w/a Cassidy Kent), won the Phaze Surge Heat Contest. They also report requests
from 2 agents.
03/01/06 Lisa Bradley got a two-book
deal with Bantam Dell.
02/28/06 Jacqui Crane and Amanda Kelly
(w/a Cassidy Kent) won the Amber Quill Heat Wave™ Contest. They've
been offered a two year contract.
02/23/06 Julia Stapp has finaled for
the Linda Howard Award Of Excellence in the Short Category with her manuscript, Wildfire
02/21/06 Melissa Jarvis-Prieto just received representation from Caren Jonson of
the Firebrand Agency.
02/21/06 Kim Winklhofer sold a short story to Woman's World Weekly. This makes her fifth story accepted by the magazine.
02/13/06 Jax Crane has been offered a position as staff artist by Liquid Silver Books.
02/04/06 Kate Willoughby sold her novel, Losing It, to Liquid Silver Books.
02/01/06 Jeanne Laws signed another
contract with LooseID, this one for her novel A
Good Man Is Hard To Find.
01/31/06 Leigh Court has signed with Nephele Tempest of The Knight Agency, for her futuristic romance, The Edge Of Time.
01/28/06 Jeanne Laws signed a contract
with LooseID for the publication of her novel Animal
Dreams
01/31/06 Leigh Court has signed with Nephele Tempest of The Knight Agency, for her futuristic romance, The Edge Of Time.
01/28/06 Jeanne Laws signed a contract
with LooseID for the publication of her novel Animal
Dreams
Saturday, February 11th, Linda O.
Johnston had a book signing at Barnes & Noble in Santa Clarita from 12
to 2.
01/27/06 Sandra Kleinschmitt received a rejection from Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Agency.
01/24/06 Leigh Court received a request
for a full manuscript for her futuristic romance, The
Edge Of Time, from the Knight Agency.
01/23/06 Janet Maarschalk received
a rejection from Caren Jonson of Firebrand Agency.
01/14/06 Mollie Molay's How
To Marry The Boy Next Door (Sullivan's Rules book 2) has been released
by the Harlequin Italian branch.
01/12/06 Lisa Bradley just acquired
representation from Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency, Ltd.
01/12/06 Betty Hechtman was offered
a two-book deal by Brown Barn Books for her young adult novels, Blue
Schwartz, and Nefertiti's Necklace.
Both are due out in Fall of 2006.
01/11/06 Jax Crane got a request for
a full for Ghosthunter from Firebrand
Literary Agency.
01/02/06 Sandra Kleinschmitt accepted
an invitation to be on the RWA Web Site committee.
