SANDRA PAUL and DOMESTICATING LUC
I'm feeling rather desperate about Sandra Paul.
I wanted to bring you a taster of all the RITA shortlisted books this year -- the very last in which there will be a Traditional Category -- and thought it would be a piece of cake.
I actually know four of the shortlisted authors so all I had to was put out a call for excerpts. No problem. But Sandra hasn't shown up on any of my extended networks so I searched further. I posted pleas on all my loops, on the eHarlequin message board. Nothing.
She doesn't have a internet footprint. No photographs. No interviews. No blurbs. So all I can give you is the cover of DOMESTICATING LUC -- it's great isn't it? -- and give you a link to Amazon, US so that you can check it out for yourself -- and maybe buy a copy so that you can find out for yourself what gives it that extra sparkle. Give you a link to her page at Fantastic Fiction
And if anyone out there can tell me more, then send me an email and I'll put up more tomorrow. In the meantime, since I can't get hold of Sandra, I'm going to set you a question myself -- and the prize will be a copy of my August release, REUNITED: MARRIAGE IN A MILLION.
"Luc" is one of those seriously sexy hero names. If you could name a hero, what would you call him, and why?
Don't forget! Keep commenting on all the Rita finalist posts until Monday.
And finally, we now have news of the categories for next year's Rita and Golden heart series fiction. Gone are Traditional, Short Contemporary and Long Contemporary and they are to be replaced with the following.
New Contemporary Series Golden Heart and RITA Categories
• Contemporary Series Romance
Definition: Series romance novels that focus primarily on the romantic relationship.
Judging guidelines: In this category, the love story is the main focus of the novel, and the end of the book is emotionally satisfying and optimistic.
• Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure
Definition: Series romance novels which focus primarily on the romantic relationship but may have more complex suspense/adventure subplots.
Judging guidelines: In this category, the love story is the main focus of the novel, and the end of the book is emotionally satisfying and optimistic.
"Rationale pertaining to both of the above categories: With the shrinking word counts at Harlequin/Silhouette, there is no longer an appreciable difference between the length of individual lines. Therefore, these two categories were created to focus on content rather than word count. "
So there you have it. But tonight we have the award ceremony -- it's online, live, at the RWA website
I'll be back tomorrow with news of the winner!
The dh has drawn the winner of the Rita blog for Domesticating Luc and it's Eva!
The dh has drawn the winner of the Rita blog for Domesticating Luc and it's Eva!
And don't forget that there's a copy of VINTAGE BABES by Elizabeth Oldfield to be won. Leave a comment telling us which over-50 woman you most admire, to go in the draw. Is some famous public figure? An actress who eschews the plastic surgeon's knife and loves her wrinkles (Helen Mirren stand up and take a bow!), or someone in your own family?
