LARA News Archive 2007
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The current month's news for 2008 can be found on the Home page.
12-28-07 Eden Bradley's The Dark Garden received a nomination for Best Erotic Romance in the Romantic Times 2007 Reviewers' Choice Awards. Winners will be announced in the June edition of Romantic Times.
12-13-07 Dawn Halliday reports selling her Regency Historical, Tangled Hearts to Selina McLemore at Grand Central Publishing (aka Warner Books) in a 3-book deal.
12-10-07 Fronnie Lewis reports selling her first novel writing as F. Leegh Lewis LA Love to Tiger Publications.
11-26-07 Lynne Marshall's article Riveting Revisions - The Key to Getting Published will appear in the January Romance Writer's Report. Lynne will be teaching this as a workshop at the 2008 Moonlight and Magnolias Conference in Atlanta, GA, October 3-5 2008.
11-26-07 Jax Cassidy reports that her publisher requested two more novellas and another single title keeping her busy through 2009-2010. Jax is also in discussions with the Zanuck Agency for print and Film/TV representation.
11-20-07 Brenda Scott Royce and Leigh Court are included in the December RWA issue in a story called Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Battling the Pressure to Produce.
11-13-07 Carol Ericson reports her Harlequin Intrigue The Stranger and I will be released Dec. '07 and
Virgin of the Amazon in Red Sage Secrets Vol. 21, Dec. '07
11-09-07 Christine London reports her third sale to Phaze. Her Coast Guard rescue gone wrong story,"Against the Current" has a tentative release date of May 2008.
10-24-07 Carol Ericson reports her second sale to Harlequin Intrigue with a tentative release date of Aug. '08.
10-16-07 Eden Bradley reports that she has contracted her short erotica story with Harelquin Spice Briefs. Title and release date TBA.
10-16-07 Eden Bradley reports a book signing. Eden will appear at Good Vibrations in San Francisco on Friday October 26th at 7:00 PM for a spicy evening of readings and book signing with erotica authors Molly Weatherfield, Lacy Danes and Lillian Feisty.
10-13-07 Evie Bryne reports that Samhain has aquired her novella Burn for You.
10-09-07 Sue Swift reports that her eleventh novel, Spy Game from Five Star Expressions, will be
published in February.
10-09-07 Brenda Scott Royce received a 5 star out of 5 rating for Monkey Star on Trashionista.com
10-08-07 Christine London had an impromptu booksigning in the UK in the village she used as the setting in Sunninghill Snow.
10-05-07 Brenda Scott Royce is interviewed on the blog Conversations with Famous Authors
10-01-07 Christine London's novel Sunninghill Snow is up for a Covey Award for best cover.
09-18-07 Lynne Marshall reports that Mills and Boon has retitled Allergic to Love as Pregnant Nurse, New-Found Family to be released next August 2008 in the UK.
09-14-07 Kate Willoughby's first Ellora's Cave book All In was released today.
09-14-07 Jax Cassidy reports single title novel Art of Sensuality has sold to Parker Publishing. It is set to be released December 2008!
09-14-07 Jax Cassidy reports her novella Miranda Writes in the Fortune's Fool Anthology (written as Cassidy Kent) will be available in print through Phaze Publishing in December 2007
09-13-07 Leigh Court has sold a second novella to Red Sage Publishing. The Bet
will be included in a Secrets anthology set for release in July 2009
09-13-07 Red Sage author Leigh Court will take part in the Cheers for Writers"Books and Blogging: For Fun and Profit" author panel along with New York Times bestselling author Vicki Lewis Thompson and erotic romance author HelenKay Dimon on November 18, 2007 at the Barnes & Noble, Burbank from 2-5 pm.
09-09-07 Carol Ericson will have a booksigning at the Borders in El Segundo Sat., Dec. 8, 3:00 - 5:00
09-09-07 Carol Ericson reports a Harlequin
Intrigue, The Stranger and I, coming out in Dec., an erotic novella, Virgin of the Amazon, coming out in Red Sage Secrets Vol. 21 in
December, and another erotic novella, Hot on Her Heels, coming out in
Secrets Vol. 24 in July '08.
09-07-07 Harley Jane Kozak's third Wollie Shelley mystery Dead Ex was published in August.
09-07-07 Lynne Marshall reports that her fifth medical romance titled Allergic to Love has been accepted by Harlequin Mills and Boon.
09-04-07 Christine London received a nice review for her novel Sunninghill Snow from the Romance Junkies.
09-02-07 Kaitlin O'Riley reports Kensington bought the
first two historical novels of a series she proposed, and they
have an option on the next three.
09-01-07 Jax Cassidy reports Parker Publishing has signed her on as a
staple author her debut book for them -- The Lotus Blossum Chronicles: Siren's Seduction (an anthology with Simone Harlow) will
be released March 2008. Jax's second book Fortune's Fool as Cassidy Kent will be released December 2007.
09-01-07 Jax Cassidy and Eden Bradley will be signing books at the
West Hollywood Book Fair on Sept. 30th.
08-26-07 Ethel Ann Pemberton reports a rejection from Sha-Shana Crichton of Crichton & Associates, Inc. for Twice Betrayed with comments that Ethel has a great voice with engaging writing and delightful characters.
08-21-07 Kate Willoughby's interview will appear in Ellora's Cave Lady Jaided magazine.
08-19-07 Brenda Scott Royce will be speaking/signing Monkey Star at Vroman's in Pasadena this Tuesday (8/21) at 7
p.m. and there's a nice article with picture on the SGVtribune's website.
08-16-07 T.J. Bennett has a release date for book two, formerly Alonsa's
Choice, now The Promise. Look for it in May 2009.
08-16-07 Evie Byrne has sold her first novella to Samhain tentatively titled Dante's Inferno to be released June 2008.
08-15-07 Christine London reports the sale of her single title contemporary novel Soul In His Eyes to Phaze with a planned release date of January 28, 2008.
08-10-07 Melissa Jarvis reports a
request from Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's for her new book She Must Be
Possessed.
08-10-07 T.J. Bennett was offered representation by Kevan Lyon of the Sandra Dijkstra Agency based on her paranormal manuscript, The Justice Seeker.
08-09-07 Cara King reports that her Signet Regency My Lady Gamester is going to be translated into German, and published by
the German publisher Cora.
08-09-07 Eden Bradley reports that she recently completed another two-book deal to Bantam (novels #5 & 6).
08-05-07 Brenda Scott Royce's novel Monkey Love took third place in the First Coast Romance Writers
THE BEACON 2007 Published Division - An Award for Excellence in Romance in the Women's Fiction/Chick Lit/Mainstream category.
07-26-07 Patricia Cerrone (2007 Golden Heart Finalist) reports that she has signed with Meredith Bernstein and has accepted 2-book deal from Dorchester for her novel The Captain's Ring.
07-19-07 The LARA Confidential newsletter (Tai Shan Jackson, Editor) takes 2nd Place at the 2007 RWA Chapter Newsletter Contest at Nationals. This year the entries all fell into one category and the judging for the top spot was very tight.
07-18-07 Dawn Halliday reports her book Honeymoon Castaways is #4 on the bestseller list at Samhain.
07-17-07 Eden Bradley will be interviewed on Playboy Channel's Sirius satellite radio show, Night Calls tomorrow night.
07-09-07 Brenda Scott Royce's Monkey Star received a 4 star review in Romantic Times.
07-06-07 Dawn Halliday's Honeymoon Castaways is released today at Samhain.
06-25-07 Eden Bradley reports two more books sold to Bantam.
06-18-07 Brenda Scott Royce writes on Guys in Gorilla Suits on the Huffington Post.
06-25-07 Barbara Hechtman reports a multiple book deal with Berkeley.
06-16-07 Kate Willoughby reports that A Taste of Italy won the New York Book Festival competition for best e-book.
06-12-07 Eden Bradley will be signing her debut novel, The Dark Garden, this Saturday, June 16th at the Barnes & Noble at Calabasas Commons from 1-3 PM
06-12-07 Leigh Court is a guest blogger on RomanceByTheBlog.
06-11-07 Christine London reports that Sunninghill Snow is now available on Phaze.com
06-02-07 Eden Bradley was on a KLSX radio program called The Single Life today.
05-31-07 Eden Bradley reports that Dark Garden will be out June 1, 2007.
05-25-07 Trish Cerrone reports a rejection from Jenny Bent.
05-25-07 Kate Willoughby has an article titled "Sixteen Again" in the Women's World June 5th edition.
05-21-07 Jennifer Haymore reports a request for a full manuscript of Revenge from Irene Goodman Agency.
05-08-07 T.J. Bennett reports that Medallion Press will buy the follow up novel to The Legacy currently titled Alonsa's Choice.
05-21-07 Janet Marshall reports parting ways with Triskelion Publishing and is shopping her postive reviewed One for Road.
04-24-07 Eden Bradley got an awesome plug for her new book in the May
RWR in the article called "Show Me More...Tell Me Later." Author Gemma
Halliday says Eden does a great job "showing" her characters growth &
emotions in her book The Dark Garden! (pg. 31)
04-24-07 Jax writing as Cassidy Kent reports her first print anthology from Amberheat.com One Wicked Winter is available at Amazon.com
04-24-07 Christine London reports getting her first online book review.
04-23-07 Eden Bradley received a book review of 4 1/2 stars in Romantic Times for her debut novel The Dark Garden.
04-23-07 Dawn Halliday reports her second sale to Ellora's Cave for their Torrid Tarot line. Dawn's card is the King of Cups.
04-17-07 Sandra Richards reports that Kim Lionetti at BookEnds, LLC passed on her manuscript for Spellbinder.
04-17-07 Jax Cassidy reports great reviews for Dolce & Diana (writing as Cassidy Kent for Phaze.com with her co-author Amanda Kelly) and that her Cassidy Kent book One Wicked Winter is available soon and in May they'll be in a multi-author anthology called Fortune's Fool. Their story is called Miranda Writes and will be published through Phaze and Borders Bookstore
04-16-07 Chellesie reports getting a request for synopsis + first 3 chapters from Elaine English.
04-13-07 Evie Bryne reports being a finalist in the Stroke of Midnight contest in two categories: historical and paranormal.
04-07-07 Chellesie reports her first rejection from Browne & Miller.
04-03-07 Brenda Scott Royce reports that her agent sold the rights to Monkey Love to a publisher in Thailand and the book will be translated into Thai.
03-26-07 Lynne Marshall reports that Romantic Times gave One for the Road, her e-pubbed Triskelion book, a Four Star rating
03-26-07 Patricia Cerrone's The Captain's Ring was chosen as an RWA Long Historical finalist.
03-16-07 Linda O. Johnston report that there will be at least 2 more Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mysteries after The Fright of the Iguana.
Also, Meow is for Murder hit the Independent Mystery Booksellers
Association bestsellers list for the month of February.
03-15-07 Lynne Marshall reports that Her L.A. Knight got 4 1/2 stars from Cataromance reviews and her book One for the Road is on sale at Triskelion.
03-09-07 Kaitlin O'Riley reports finishing her manuscript for One Wicked Night and its with her editor.
03-07-07 Jax Cassidy reports that she will be on a workshop panel at the Romantic Times Convention. The workshop is titled Marketing in the New Age: Demystifying the Website.
03-07-07 Lynne Marshall reports that she will be part of a group panel at RWA Nationals forMills and Boon: Exposing the Truth About Writing Short Contemporary Romance
02-28-07 Kate Willoughby reports her editor at Ellora's Cave wants to acquire her 15K story, All In.
02-23-07 Roben S. received a rejection from Nephele Tempest for Gone Tropical with encouragement to submit future work.
02-22-07 Lynne Marshall reports selling another medical romance and has a two-book contract.
02-15-07 T.J. Bennett received a full request for her Golden Heart finalist novel Dreamweaver from Kensington.
02-10-07 Jennifer Haymore's historical novel Revenge is a finalist in the Linda Howard Award of Excellence and received 2nd in the West Houston RWA's Emily Awards.
02-01-07 Kaitlin O'Reily's debut historical romance Secrets of a Duchess received a 4 Star review in the February issue of Romantic Times.
01-31-07 Lucie Simone was offered a contract for her short story A Taste of Italy from Freya's Bower.
01-31-07 T.J. Bennett is teaching an online workshop based on a LARA workshop titled "The Black Moment and Beyond!" for the League of Midwest Writers.
01-27-07 Dawn
Halliday has an offer for a second sale from Ellora's Cave.
01-12-07 Dawn
Halliday has made her first sale to Samhaim Publishing with Honeymoon
Castaways.
01-11-07 Eden
Bradley reports selling two more single titles to Bantam.
01-02-07 Dawn
Halliday's Revenge is a finalist
in the Emily contest.
