Past Featured Sites
of the Month!
March
Given
our current obsession with all things Myspace, this
month the honor has to go to new Friend Barbara Vey
and her Publisher's Weekly Beyond Her Book
blog. Frequent
contributor and Friend Joyce Ann recently posted a
review of FOUL
PLAY
there. Click here
for more info.
February
The
honor has to go to The
Soapbox Queens
On Monday, February 4th, we visited with buds Vicki
Lewis Thompson, Jennifer LeBreque and Rhonda Nelson.
Click here
for more info.
January
Okay,
we'll begin with the serious sites first, then move
on to the fun ones:
Start out the New Year on a giving. Go to www.makeitrightnola.org
to check out Brad Pitt and others efforts to rebuild
New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. And go to St.
Jude's Children's Research Hospital to donate
to this very worthy cause.
The New Year means a new astrological outlook. The
following are a few of our favs:
Susan
Miller's Astrology Zone
Jonathon Cainer's
Zodiac Forecasts
WOW
Monthly Forecasts
Hope all three are chock full of exactly what you're
hoping for this year!
December
The
honor goes to three sites this month. The first is
the Plotmonkeys,
and not just because pal Julie
Leto invited us to guest blog on the 8th. Aside
from being a fellow Bad Girl, we go way back with
her, Leslie Kelly
and Karen Drogin/Carly
Phillips. Click here
to check out their daily posts and all sorts of other
fun stuff! Then come out on the 8th to chat with us.
The
next two have to do with giving back. Go to www.makeitrightnola.org
to check out Brad Pitt and others efforts to rebuild
New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. And go to St.
Jude's Children's Research Hospital to
donate to this very worthy cause.
November
The
honor has to go to Romance
Reader at Heart this month, and just
because Mad invited us to guest blog on the 10th.
We go way back with her and the site and just love,
love, love what they're doing with the place. Click
here
to check out great guest bloggers and all sorts of
other fun stuff!
October
Photos
from the September 22nd Grand Opening Celebration
of The
Stately Raven Bookstore in Findlay, Ohio,
are posted on our Blog.
Click here
for a great piece on the store, then click here to
visit the store's new site to order autographed copies
of FOUL
PLAY,
DIRTY
LAUNDRY,
and SOFIE
METROPOLIS.
August
Even
as we celebrate our younger son Tim's birthday this
month, this honor has to go to our older son Tony
and his MySpace page. Warning: site has twilight zone
overtones. ;> Just to balance things out a bit,
here's a pic of him in younger days:
Click here
to visit his page and say hello. Tell him we sent
you.
July
Another Anniversary!
Can you believe a year has passed since DeNita officially
started AuthorIsland.com?
Help us help her celebrate by visiting her site today.
All sorts of fun stuff is scheduled, including a Book
a Day Giveaway. Make sure you tell her we sent you!
Click here
to go there now.
June
Kathy's
Review Corner earns the top spot this month. We
met Kathy...oh, eons ago, and she's just now claiming
her own little bit of the www. She's still getting
things up and running, but we love what we see so
far. Click here
to go there now.
May
This
honor must go to our SofieMetro.com
site where you can find info on all three titles in
the series, try our favorite Greek recipes and view
pics from our '05 Baklava Express Tour as well as
browse through shots of Sofie's hometown Astoria,
Queens, NY. Click here
to go there now.
April
For
the second month in a row, our publisher Tor-Forge
earns the honor. They recently launched their new
website and, in a word, WOW! Check out their new digs
and join their mailing list -- and make sure you factor
in plenty of time to browse through great titles --
by clicking here.
Don't forget to enter our girl Sofie
Metropolis in the search box!
March
Our
publisher Tor-Forge
has just launched their new website. In a word WOW!
Check out their new digs and join their mailing list
-- and make sure you factor in plenty of time to browse
through great titles -- by clicking here.
Don't forget to enter our girl Sofie
Metropolis in the search
box!
February
Ah,
yes. Guilty pleasures. One of mine that fits perfectly
with Valentine's Day is ballroom dancing. Long before
there was Dancing with the Stars, PBS was broadcasting
the national and international ballroom dance competitions.
The latest is America's
Ballroom Challenge and the first episode
aired January 31st, with four more episodes to follow
every Wednesday night at 8:00. Have you ever seen
anything more romantic than the waltz danced by professionals?
Or a sizzling tango? Click here
to check out the schedule at PBS.org
now and sigh along with me this month.
January
Okay,
just as New Year's Day is about making resolutions,
so should it be about confessions. One of my guilty
pleasures :::raising right hand::: is that I check
Susan Miller's AstrologyZone.com
a minute after midnight every month for my free horoscope.
Click here
to visit her site now. Here's hoping she has nothing
but glowing things to say about your month and year
ahead!
December
We
haven't featured eHarlequin.com
in awhile so we happily make them this month's pick.
In addition to having all sorts of fun discounts,
they're also hosting a Holiday
Open House on Wednesday, December 13th from 7-10:00
p.m. We also hope to get over to post to their active
boards (look for us in the Blaze folder). Click here
to visit them now.
November
We
met fellow writer DeNita Tuttle at the Columbus
Fiction Writers Conference
last month. She is also involved in the great newer
site AuthorIsland.com.
This month they're giving away a copy of the hardcover
of DIRTY
LAUNDRY along with other fun stuff. Click
here to check out AuthorIsland.com
now!
October
Friends
from Down Under! Check out Rendezvous
Books in Melbourne, Australia by clicking
here.
Manager Petra Abbam contacted us recently to say 'hi.'
They have a wonderful collection and a great site.
Be prepared to stay a while!
September
Plotmonkeys.com
would be a great place to hang out even if it weren't
hosted by buds Karen Drogin aka Carly
Phillips,
Leslie Kelly,
Julie Leto and
Janelle Denison. Go check out the fun goings on
by clicking here.
Oh, and make sure you have time to stay awhile!
August
Old
friend Sara Reyes, along with Mindy Ewing and pals,
have a brand-spanking new place for readers to visit.
You'll want to make sure you have plenty of browsing
time when you go to FreshFiction.com!
July
Two
sites share that honor in July! Deborah
Anne MacGillivray for the release of her first
published novel A Restless Knight (check out the cover
on her site! Yum!) and Teresa
Medeiros, who has revamped her home environs.
Click here
to visit Deborah Anne's site and here
for Terri's.
June
The
Romance Diva's own Kristen Painter invited us for
a featured interview this month. Check it out by clicking
here!
Also, All About Romance's Laurie Gold has written
a piece on the male point of view, including some
of what Tony and I had to say on the subject. Click
here
to check the article out. Then make sure you post
your thoughts At
the Back Fence.
May
The
incomparable Brenda Novak, author and dear pal, is
hosting her 2nd Annual Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation Auction. We've donated a basket
chock full of Greek goodies. Find more info in the
next column. Then click here
to bid!
April
Lovely
Angie of LoveRomances.com
interviewed us on our upcoming releases. Click here
to check it out!
March
Romance
Divas will make you want to dust off your tiara
and flip your feather boa over your shoulder. During
your visit, make sure you check out their extensive
BB section. You might see a post or two from us. Click
here
to visit now.
January & February
Greekshops.com
Need
a 2006 calendar of the Greek isles? Want a t-shirt
to work out in? Your own Opa! music to dance to? Check
out http://greekshops.com/
today!
DEC SITE OF THE MONTH
Toledo's
own Danny Thomas helped establish St.
Jude's Research Hospital in 1962, which provides
free catastrophic pediatric care and conducts phenomenal
research in the same area. Click here
for more info on the organization and what you can
to help make a difference.
SEPT/OCT/NOV SITE
OF THE MONTH!
Help
us help others rebuild their lives and their homes
by going to www.habitat.org.
JUNE SITE OF
THE MONTH!
Okay, that honor HAS to go to www.SofieMetro.com...again!
Make sure you check out the latest quotes, yummy Greek
recipes, and much, much more!
APRIL SITE OF THE MONTH!
The honor has to go to bud and talented author
Brenda Novak this month. In May she's holding an on-line
auction to raise funds for juvenile diabetes. Check
out more info on all the phenomenal stuff up for grabs
at http://www.brendanovak.com/.
MARCH SITE OF THE MONTH!
Fellow Toledoan and firefighter Tony Comes
was featured in an Academy Award nominated documetary
A
Twist of Faith. We're all fond of saying
"not in our own backyard," yet if we look
closer, that's exactly where this is happening. We
commend Tony for pointing that out to us in a poignant
and painful way and wish him well in his evolving
recovery. Click here
for more info on the film, here
to check out our local ABC affiliate's
coverage.
We're going to have to go with the launch of our new
site SOFIEMETRO.COM
again this month! While it's still in rough draft
stage, stay tuned for all sorts of kewl and interesting
stuff designed to make everyone say Opa!
Yes,
we're going to go with local talent Michael Regnier,"The
Boss" of 4R, Inc., and creator of Mythmatical
Battles the multiplication game for the third
month running. Why? Because we can't say enough about
this set. It's THE perfect holiday gift for any hard-to-please
munchkins on your list! Ceck out MYTHMATICAL
BATTLES - THE MULTIPLICATION DUELING CARD GAME
The game has been awarded Best Vacation Children's
Product for 2004 by Doctor Toy! WTG, Michael!
We became acquainted with Sheila Clover and Isaac
Hirotsu Woofter of Circle
of Seven Productions through Christine
Feehan, and again in NYC where we viewed their latest
production for Heather
Graham's latest Dead on the Dance Floor.
The more we see of them and their company, the more
we like! Check them out at http://www.cosproductions.com/
We don't normally feature fellow authors (::sniff::
the competition<vbg's>), but we're making a
special exception this month for Cami Dalton
because, well, she's so very special to us. Make sure
you check out her new site and her first Harlequin
Temptation Her
Private Dancer by clicking here!
Romance
at Heart is a site after
own hearts. Special thanks to Rose for her fantastic
reviews! Carve out a little time -- okay, a lot! --
to browse through all they've got going on over there.
Lilith's Lair is not a place easily forgotten. Take
a walk on the dark side by going to http://www.lilithslair.net/
If you haven't already, you just have to check out
RBL
Romantica. Subscribe to their newswletters,
post to their bulletin board. You won't regret it!
Read our interview with Beaty by
clicking here.
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Past
Pictures
of the Month!
March
This
is a shot of Tony with Andrew and Lauri taken at MVRWA'S
Annual Valentine's Tea on Saturday, February
2nd. Click here to check
out all the pics from the event.
February
This
is a shot of Nia, the latest addition to the Karayianni
indoor clan. Look for a Blog entry soon -- including
pics -- on all our feline friends. Click here
to check out recent Blog entries.
January
This shot was taken at last month's Maumee
Valley Romance Writers of America's Annual Xmas
Party. Click here to check
out all the photos.
December
Okay, so the above photo is three years old, but it
remains one of my favs that features us with our boys
Tim and Tony after Thanksgiving dinner. Below, find
a more recent pic of my guys (12/1). Here's wishing
you a Holiday Season chock full of
your favorite things!
Click here to view photos
from our recent apperances.
November
Two
pictures qualify for the honor this month. Above,
we pose with Medina friends at Writers Live, and below
we caught up -- however briefly -- with old friend
Gary Branson of the London library at the Ohio Library
Council's annual convention in Columbus. Click
here to view
all the photos from both events.
September
2007
Toledo Greek Fest
Tony, Christos Kamilaris and our son Tim take time
out to smile for the camera. Click
here to
view all the photos from the event.
August
The
Schlachter Family Reunion was in July. Check out shots
of Lori's extended family by clicking here,
then stick around to view our current photographic
journal.
July
We
love our annual visits up north to Paperback
Outlet. Not only do we get to catch up with
buds Bad Barb and Tee and their families, store owners
Annie and Gay, and the entire readers group are longtime
friends we thoroughly enjoy catching up with everyone.
We love you guys!
Click here
to see our complete photographic journal.
June
Kathy's
beautiful, smiling face is one of the reasons we love
attending Mystery
Lovers Bookshop's Annual Festival of Mystery.
Again, Mary Alice and Richard and the gang have outdone
themselves.
Click here
to see our complete photographic journal.
May
Ah,
yes, another fine way to waste a few precious hours.<bg>
Does the figure above look familiar to you? She should,
because she's how we envision our frappe-sippin',
sneaker-wearin' Greek PI Sofie
Metropolis. Click on the pic to go to her site.
Then go to meez.com
to waste, er, spend a little time of your own.
Click here
to see our complete photographic journal.
April
Maumee Valley
Romance Writers know
how to throw a party! This pic is from this year's
Valentine's Day Tea and includes local talent Denise
Lynn (she also won a RIO!),
Shay Lacy, and
Elizabeth Vaughan,
all of whom currently have new books available (check
out the titles below in What We're Reading). Click
on their names for more info and click here
to visit MVRWA's
site. You won't regret it!
Click here
to see our complete photographic journal.
March
Happy
Birthday, Tony!
This month marks the birthday of our older son Tony.
This is him featured with the latest addition to the
family, our granddoggie, Chucky. Aren't they like
the cutest? Click here
to see our complete photographic journal. Hmm, speaking
of which, maybe I should add a Blog entry that includes
some recent shots of both our sons....
February
Our
Maumee Valley
RWA pals at last year's Valentine's
Tea. Come out for this year's event on February
10th! Details in next column. Click here
for more info on the group.
Click here
to see our complete photographic journal.
January
There's
nothing quite like being home for the Holidays. Our
older son Tony came up from Florida for Christmas.
It was a time chock full of warm and wonderful memories.
(If you're thinking you've seen this pic before, you're
right. Due to technical difficulties, the photos from
this year were unusable, so I pulled this, one of
my favs, from the 2003 vault.) From left to right:
Tim, Big Tony, not-so-lil Tony and moi.
Click here
to see our complete photographic journal.
December
Don's
Books manager Robert Holt and the gang,
along with attending authors, strike a pose at the
Grand Opening of the Harlequin Room Party
in Kokomo, Indiana last month. What a great day! If
you couldn't attend, you'll definitely want to drop
in for autographed copies of author books, and/or
stop by Don's
Books site to see if they won't ship
out a copy or two to you. Click here
to see our complete photographic journal of the day.
November
MORE
THAN WORDS author and recipient get-together
in NYC. Our table at Wednesday night's dinner in a
penthouse room at The Regency. From left to right:
TASK
founder Deb Fruend and her dh, Barry and Kathy Silverton
of STITCHES
FROM THE HEART (by whom our novella was
inspired), Tony and me, and authors Susan
Wiggs and Karen
Harper.
Click here to check out
our full photo album, which includes more pics from
the event as well as from our CoFW conference and
Don's Books adventures!
October
Greek-
and Cypriot- Americans Unite! We had a blast at this
year's Holy Trinity Greek Fest in September. Here
Tony and our younger son Tim pose with the Kamiliaris
family. Click here to
check out our full photo album, which includes more
pics from the event as well as from our Ottawa conference
adventures!
September
Cool
is a state of being, not a way of acting. Isn't our
younger son Tim the epitome of cool? He spends so
much time hiding from the camera that it's a special
gift when he let's us have our parental photog way
with him. (Psst, ladies, he's single. Oh, he's going
to kill me for that.<vbg>)
Click here
to check out our full photo album.
August
This
year's RWA
Conference in Atlanta was beyond compare! Here Tony
poses with RomEx buds Jo
Beverly, Sr. Krissie aka Anne
Stuart, Maggie
Shayne and Brenda
Hiatt at the Harlequin party held at the Ritz.
Click here
to check out the full photo album.
July
Or
should we say "pics"?
Happy Birthday, Mary!
Mensch turns 80 this month!
(This pic was snapped at the 2002 RT convention in
Reno.)
June was a busy travel month
for us, but catching up with pals like Bad Barb and
Tee (pictured here with Kadeem, Tabitha and Nataia)
reminds us why we love getting out and about. Click
here to check
out the latest additions to our photographic journal,
including visits to the OCC/RWA, Los Angeles, Columbus,
Cincinnati and more.
June
The Romantic
Times' 25th Anniversary Convention in
Daytona Beach, FL was important in many ways for us.
First, we got a chance to spend some time with our
son Tony, Jr., (pictured above). Second, we were proud
to accept a Career Achievement Award. Click here
to check out our full photographic journal of our
visit.
May
We
had an outright blast at this year's
11th Annual Festival of Mystery hosted
by the lovely Mary Alice Gorman and Richard Goldman
of Mystery
Lovers Bookshop. Here Mary Alice is pictured
with Pohla Smith of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Click
here to check out
our full photo album of the event.
April
The
inaugural Ohio Book Lovers Festival March 10-11th
was hosted by marvelous Sue Cantrell of Around
About Books and we can say that it was an unequivocal
success! Authors and buds Rosemary
Laurey and Elizabeth Vaughan also attended, as
well as Bad Barb of Writerspace.com
fame and Terrific Tee.
Click here to view the
full photo journal of the event.
March
At
this year's STAR conference in Cocoa Beach, Florida,
we had the double pleasure of visiting with friends
along with our son Tony who recently moved to Daytona.
Here Tony and Tony pose with Mike Medeiros. Click
here to check out
the full photo album which includes great pics of
Mike's gorgeous wife Teresa
Medeiros, our fantastic Forge/Tor
editor Melissa Ann Singer, and Leslie
Kelly and her fabulous dh Bruce, along with many
others.
January & February
Sofie's
Astoria
In many ways, Astoria, Queens, is the next best thing
to being in Athens. Except in this instance. Rather
than the sparking blue Aegean and sugar beaches, you
get the East River and the Manhattan skyline. Different,
but just as awe-inspiring. Click here
to check out the full album of our series character
Sofie Metropolis' hometown! And stay tuned to find
out what kind of trouble Sofie gets into on the Hellgate
Bridge (foreground) in Sofie II aka Dirty
Laundry. Trust us, it has nothing
to do with the view!
DECEMBER
The Karayianni Family
This
shot was taken last Thanksgiving. This year Lil' Tony
(not so little anymore), moved to Florida where he
plans to decorate a palm tree, so we spent the holiday
with Tim at his place in Michigan and toasted our
much missed fourth member...several times.
From our family to yours,
Happy Holidays!
NOVEMBER PICTURE OF THE MONTH!
With
all due respect to our human subjects, we had to make
this shot of editor and dear friend Brenda Chin's
babies this month's pic. Aren't they adorable? Click
here to read our
BLOG entry on our visit
up north, and to view more pictures.
OCTOBER PICTURE
OF THE MONTH!
The Last Chapter
bookstore
in Kansas City. Make sure you check out the pics of
store owner Jane Schaumburg and her fantastic crew
and readers that were unfortunately left off our Baklava
Express Travel BLOG because, well, we'd forgotten
our digital camera.
JUNE PICTURE
OF THE MONTH!
All Aboard! The
Baklava Express is probably right this
minute on the road somewhere between NYC and Florida.
Click here
to view full tour info!
MAY PICTURE
OF THE MONTH!
The 2005
Romantic Times Convention in
St. Louis was *the* slammin' party of the year so
far! And, let me tell you, it's going to be plenty
hard to top. In the above pic Tony poses with readers
and fellow Toledoans Riley and Marty, author publicist
and Rouse Romance Readers Group owner Patricia
Rouse, and all-around great guy Kevin Beard. Check
out the rest of the photos from our convention experiences
by clicking here!
APRIL PICTURE
OF THE MONTH!
Celebrate
Romance 2005 was the best CR conference
ever, in our humble opinion. Held in a great complex
in Baltimore, Maryland, a great time was had by all.
Above we pose with Ivka Vuletic, dear fan and friend,
whom we finally met face-to-face. Check out the rest
of the photos from our adventures by clicking here!
MARCH PICTURE
OF THE MONTH!
Maumee Valley Romance Writers of America
Valentine's Tea
MVRWA
hosted a book giveaway and tea to celebrate the one
day a year specifically set aside for lovers of romance.
Click here
to view all pics. Check out more info on the chapter
and her members at http://www.mvrwa.net
Read the piece that ran Sunday, February 13th
in the Toledo Blade by clicking here.
Forging a future with Forge!
We paid a visit to the latest members of our professional
family in NYC January 20th. From left to right: Kathleen,
Melissa, moi, Melissa Ann Singer, Elena, Tony, Linda
and Natasha. Thx, guys!
(Click on pic for a better view.)
Harlenic Ellas
We visited our compatriots at Harlenic Ellas
during our trip to Greece last October and they sent
us this fantastic shot of them wearing Tori Carrington
T-shirts! From left to right is: Pericles, Guely,
Marina, Vanna and Panayiotis.
Kali Chronia!
(Click on pic for a better view.)
The Karayianni Family
This shot was taken on Thanksgiving Day 2004. Here's
wishing you all the happiness of the Season!
At
the Romance Writers
of America Conference in Dallas: Cami
Dalton, Tor ed Anna Genoese, Mary F., Cathy
Clamp, Morgan Leigh, C.T.
Adams and Barb Hicks. Click on pic to see it full-size,
click here
to view entire photo album!
We trekked up to Canada for a visit June
23rd - 27th to speak to Harlequin's DTC group and
to kick back at our editor Brenda Chin's new cottage.
Pictured here are Eddie, Birgit Davis-Todd, Brenda,
Eleanor Elliot, Marleah Stout and Katherine Orr. Click
here
to check out the full photo album!
Celebrate Romance 2004
in Chicago May 14-16th was a raging success! Here
we're pictured with lovely Mary F. aka wimew. Click
here to check
out the full photo album of our conference experiences!
A view of Manhattan from the
shore of Sofie's neighborhood
in Astoria. Check out the rest of our Romantic Times
Mini-Convention experiences by clicking here!
Here is Bewitched, live and in the flesh, along with
her dh at STAR's
Annual Conference in Melbourne, Florida! Check out
more pics by clicking here.
Here's a snapshot of the
wonderful reader's group at The Paperback
Outlet in Warren, Michigan. Sofie news came
down while we were visiting with them on December
5th which made the occasion doubly special! Click
here to see
a larger version of this photo and others.
Tony the drummer! Yes, he was very, very good last
year and Santa was very, very good in response. Warm
thanks to Eric Bilger, Manager of PEELER
DRUM CENTER, for helping making this
special wish come true. Look for more pics soon (and
streaming video! Tony wasn't the only one who was
very good last year<vbg>)!
Click here for full
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More
News!
Have
you seen the special review piece of us and our novels
-- especially our Sofie
Metropolis series -- in The
National Herald May 1st? If not, read it now! Our
warm thanks to fellow author Aphrodite
Matsakis for the wonderful experience.
Read Tony's Q&A with reporter George Kakarnias in
December 9, 2006 National
Herald's Periodiko.
ROMANTIC
TIMES 4 1/2 TOP PICK!
Our RT Top Pick BLAZE
is still available. That's right. Bad girls and great
buds Leslie
Kelly and Julie
Elizabeth Leto and we have put our heads
together to bring you three brand-spanking new members
of The Bad Girls Club. Our title TAKEN
kicks off everything this month, and Julie
and Leslie's books STRIPPED
and OVEREXPOSED
follow in August and September. Check out info on all
three titles, and the original Bad Girls
titles released by Harlequin Temptation, by
clicking here.
Then place your order by clicking here.
Romantic Times' Page Traynor says in
her Top Pick review, "[TAKEN]
has it all -- sex, excitement, emotion and two wonderful
characters."
Wonderful
Patti Fischer of Romance
Reviews Today interviewed us for the popular
blog series Ask Five. Thanks to Patti
and for everyone else for coming out! Click here
to check out the posts.
We're
honored to not only accept the 2006
Reviewers International Award of Excellence (RIO),
we just received the fab news that DIRTY
LAUNDRY has also been nominated for The
National Readers Choice Award! Woohoo!
An embarrassment of riches, really.
What We're Reading...
Too many great
books, too little time! But we just had
to make time for these titles:
Falcon's
Heart
Denise Lynn
Warlord
Elizabeth Vaughan
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
by Terry McMillan
Mating
Flight
Shay Lacy
Annual Favorite:
This
Year It Will Be Different
Maeve Binchy
In
The Company of Ogres
A. Lee Martinez
All
She Wants - Anthology
Dominique Adair & Jaid Black
The
Vampire
Who Loved Me
Teresa Medeiros
The
Invasion of Falgannon Isle
by Deborah MacGillivray
Playing
Nice
by Kit Daniels
The Gossip Queens
Harlequin NEXT
by Kate Austin His
Best
Friend's Baby
Harlequin Superromance
by Molly O'Keefe
The
Inquisitor
by Gayle Wilson
Her
Better Half
Harlequin NEXT
by C.J. Carmichael
SIN
by Sharon Page
A
Restless Knight by
Deborah MacGillivray
Vanished
by Karen Robards
Limitations
by Scott Turow
Cross My Heart by
Carly Phillips
Secret
Society Girl by
Diana Peterfreund
No
Law Against Love
Anthology
Leanne Burroughs & DeborahAnne MacGillivray
Profits go to fight breast cancer
On Being a Writer
Strickland
100
Great American Novels
Edited by Albert H. Morehead, Harold J. Blum and others
A . Lee Martinez's
Gil's
All Fright Diner
Maureen Corrigan's
Leave
Me Alone, I'm Reading
Marueen Dowd's
Are
Men Necessary?
Teresa Medeiros's
After Midnight
Leslie Kelly's
She's Got The Look
And this month's nonfiction pick, Pamela Paul's
Pornified
Look for
our ad in the special National
Herald Holiday insert on December 5,
2006.
Keep your eyes peeled for a piece on us in
Periodiko December 9, 2006.
NEWS
ALERT!
Many of you may remember us talking about the taping
of a Bravo! Canada documentary on romance
sometime back. Well, hold onto your socks because we
just received the great news from Joanna D'Angelo and
Christine Alexiou that it's set to premiere this coming
Thursday, March 8th, at 8:30 p.m. ET!
To view an exclusive preview clip of "Who’s
Afraid of Happy Endings?" or for more
information please check out http://www.gapc.com.
Check your local listings or log
onto http://www.bravo.ca
for specific times in your viewing area (available in
Canada only. We're keeping posted on when it will be
available on Bravo! America). We play
a very small, non-speaking, supporting roll in the piece,
but we'll be watching to see friends and our favorite
authors and to cheer on Joanna and Christine on a job
well done. Go to http://missmakeamovie.
blogspot.com/ to post to Joanna's blog. WTG, guys!
HAPPY
25th, OCC!
That's right, the Orange
County Chapter of the Romance Writers of America
turns 25 this month. Amazing, isn't it? While we haven't
been members for quite that long, we have belonged long
enough to know that we adore these guys. Check out their
website by clicking here.
REVIEWERS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION'S (RIO) 2005 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Our girl SOFIE
METROPOLIS has been honored with the RIO's
Award of Excellence and our November 2005
Blaze Possession
came in third in the same category. Heartfelt thanks
to all the reviewers. This isn't a contest you enter,
but rather one for which you're nominated, which makes
the experience all the sweeter. Check out the full list
of winners by clicking here.
NATIONAL
READERS' CHOICE
AWARD NOMINEES
A Real
McCoy was been nominated for the NRCA
in the Single Title category. Congrats to our
fellow nominees, two of whom happened to be great buds
Leslie
Kelly and Vicki
Lewis Thompson. Click here
to see the full list of this year's nominees and winners.
The
"Dirty" World of Publishing...
Delightful Kelsey Nowakowski wrote up a piece on us
to promo our Library appearance for the April 5th edition
of the Toledo City Paper. Click here
to read the text.
We were featured in Romantic Times BOOKClub's
on-line Ask the Author section
Monday, April 10th thru Sunday the 23rd. Click here
to check out the bulletin board headers and to read
the posts. The folder is not closed, so no new posts
are being accepted.
BEN
& JERRY'S
GOES GREEK?
That's right. As part
of their latest Do Us a Flavor Contest,
Ben & Jerry's is offering up Baklava
Ice Cream, a sweet Greek treat designed to
rock your Acropolis! Let's take this flavor from temporary
fling to full out happily-ever-after. Click here
to find a scoop shop near you.
Word has it that
there's a new must-join group on the block. Join pal
and talented author Jane Porter's Friends and
Authors group at Yahoogroups.com by clicking
here.
Squawk
Radio
is a fantastic place to hang out. Just make sure you
have the time to spare 'cause this place is highly addictive!
Our piece entitled My
Big, Fat Greek Christmas went live Saturday,
December 17th and we posted to the blog throughout the
day. Check it out by going to
the archives of Squawk
Radio
now!
Patricia
Rouse's
Romance Top Pick List of 2005 is out and she
chose SOFIE
METROPOLIS as her Favorite Debut
Comedic Mystery! Thanks, Pat!
Yes!
Fantabulous DeborahAnne
MacGillivray has sold not just her first book, but
four -- count 'em four! -- whopping titles to two different
publishers. Warm congrats, sweetie!
You won't want to miss these titles coming from Kensington
Zebra:
A Restless Knight - 7/2006
Ravenhawke's Lady - 10/ 2006
DeborahAnne says, "The books are Scottish Medieval
Historicals set in the period of William Wallace's rising
- They're loosely based on my family's life in Scotland
during that time." Too hot!
And a contemporary ST we happened to judge the opening
pages of in the OCC contest and loved! (Incidentally,
that's how we 'met.' We told her to contact us, and
she did.<vbg's>) This one -- along with another
in the series -- will be out from Dorchester:
Invasion of Falgannon Isle - 2006
Riding the Thunder - TBA
We can't wait to get our hot little hands on all four
of these books!
JUDGING
BOOKS BY THEIR COVERS
At
All About Romance
Novels, they've chosen the best and worst covers
of 2004. Go check out the finalists and vote on your
own personal favs by clicking here
before April 15th! Psst, our March 2004 Special Edition
Where You Least
Expect It is a finalist! ;>
2004
Romantic Times
Reviewers' Choice Nominees Named!
And we've been nominated for Best Silhouette
Special Edition for our March 2004 release Where
You Least Expect It Our humblest
thanks to RT and over 35 reviewers. You can bet we're
going to be at the convention in St. Louis in April!
Check out more info by clicking here.
LUCK
OF THE IRISH?
Marvelous
DeborahAnne MacGillivray passed on the phenomenal news
in March that three -- count 'em, three! -- of our 2004
titles are recipients of the Reviewers International
Organization's (RIO) Award of Excellence! And
two additional titles are runners up. Our March 2004
Silhouette Special Edition
Where You Least Expect It
and our August Blaze
Wicked ran away with
first place in the Favorite Short Contemporary category.
And License to Thrill in Marry
Me...Maybe? was chosen for Favorite
Story from an Anthology! Since this isn't a contest
you enter, but one where reviewers everywhere nominate
titles then choose from the final pool...well, we're
doubly bowled over by the news. Thank you, thank you,
a thousand times thank you to all the reviewers. Your
vote of confidence is enough to fuel us through the
next year of false starts and roadblocks so we might
write even more! Click here
to check out the full list of winners. And while you're
there, check out their new fabulous Forum.
ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER'S
ORANGE ROSE WINNER!
Our April 2003 Temptation Private
Investigations won the Orange Rose in the
Best Short Contemporary Category! Warmest thanks to
the judges and the coordinators.
Proud recipients of:
RT Reviewer’s Choice Award,
Reviewers Int’l Organization’s Dorothy Parker
Award for Excellence, Holt Medallion Award, Orange County
Golden Blossom and Rose Awards and The Windy City Choice
Award Waldenbooks Top Ten Series Best-Seller! |
