Cruisin’ with RWA
Welcome to another line-up of good news and blog spots. Have you been keeping up with your new year resolutions? How many of your goals have you achieved so far? If you’d like to share your blogs on goals and achievements for 2012, drop us an email at cruisin@romanceaustralia.com.
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RWA Merry Webber Blogs
January 13 – Blog Bites with Nicola Sheridan – Kerri Williams
January 15 – Event Announcements – Juanita Kees
January 16 – Author Spotlight: Lisa Heidke with a book to give away – Juliet Madison
January 18 – Hearts Talk Archives – Sandra Harris
January 19 – Cruisin’ with RWA – Juanita Kees
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Cruisin’ the News
Share your good news with us each week and we’ll join you in your happy dance. Congratulations to all our members this week.
- New releases
Members share their new releases with us every week. Keep your TBR list up to date or share a new release with us at cruisin@romanceaustralia.com
Fiona Palmer is pleased to announce that her first book, THE FAMILY FARM is due to be released with Random House Germany around March/April 2012.
- New contract
With 2011 now a happy memory, we look forward to sharing breaking news on new contracts for 2012.
Bronwyn Stuart accepted a contract with Carina Press for her Regency novel, SCANDAL’S MISTRESS due for release later this year by Carina Press.
Fiona Palmer has just announced that her second book HEART OF GOLD has also been picked up by Random House Germany.
- New covers
There’s nothing we like more than a good cover. Share yours with us to advertise your latest release.
- Top Sellers
Celebrate your top selling novel by sharing rankings, reviews, covers and short blurbs with our blog followers.
- New blog site or web page
If you’ve recently started a blog or designed a new author website, we’d like to share it.
This is a great spot to remind you about RWA’s contests. You’ll find more information on these in the Cruisin’ for Contests section. Submissions are now open for the LITTLE GEMS ANTHOLOGY.
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Cruisin’ Member Blogs
Share a link and a short blurb here each week by emailing the details to us at: cruisin@romanceaustralia.com
Read Bronwyn’s call story for SCANDAL’S MISTRESS: the wait, the call, the celebration.
January 12 – MAGIC THURSDAY – Kylie Griffin on Tortured Heroes
January 14 – Changes to Saturdays
January 15 – Weekly Overview
January 17 – GOOD NEWS DAY
January 19 – MAGIC THURSDAY – Mel Teshco with Something Wicked This Way Comes giveaway
January 16 – Regency Courtship – Danielle Lisle
January 23 – Everyday Life in the Georgian Era – Maggi Andersen
January 12 – Gearing up for Release Day … with VENGEANCE BORN’s release day just around the corner, here’s the program of events for my blog tour.
January 14 – WORLD-BUILDING: Origins of the Light Blade series – learn about the world of VENGEANCE BORN!
January 17 – TOPIC: An Author’s Life…with Mel Teshco – sharing the wealth of knowledge and experience of some well-known authors.
January 19 – VENGEANCE BORN: Countdown … a quote from the novel.
The winner of TIDES OF PASSION by Tracy Sumner has been announced.
Is doing a series of posts on the Best Places to Visit, starting with places of historical interest in London and moving to other parts of the UK. Already posted is Mayfair, Grosvenor Square, Apsley House, and Claridge’s Hotel.
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Clint’s Cruisin’ Lane
Clint has his Valentine’s list sorted. Quite organised, isn’t he? This week he’s focusing on the benefits of critique and memberships to writer’s groups:
- The benefits of a Romance Writer’s Australia Membership
- The benefits of partnerships – Novel Matters
- The Benefits of Having A Critique Partner and Being a Member of a Writers Group
- Critiquing – weighing the benefits with Joyce Palmer
Do you have a blog you’d like to share on the subject? Send Clint an email. Or if you’d like to share your critique or membership experience, leave Clint a comment below.
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Enrico’s Pick Six
Submit your blog site link to cruisin@romanceaustralia.com to share with our readers. Enrico hand picks six blogs to showcase every week.
Enrico’s Pick Six this week:
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Cruisin’ for Contests
Improve your writing and publishing opportunities by entering the RWA contests.
RBY 2012 is now open for entries. Entries close February 3.
Little Gems 6 January – 27 January 2012 now open for entries
First Kiss 20 January – 17 February 2012
Valerie Parv Award 23 April – 4 May 2012 (or until contest fills)
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Other Contests
If you know of another writing contest for aspiring authors, please share it with us here.
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Cruisin’ the Learning Highway
Discover new roads to success with in-person and on-line events announced every Sunday. For venue, date and cost information, please also visit our Events page.
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Keeping up Appearances
Do you have a guest appearance, launch or blog tour coming up? We’d like to share your celebration here. Simply email us the details and we’ll help you keep up appearances.
- February 11, 2012 – Paula Roe will be the Australian Romance Readers’ Association’s guest speaker at their 4th Annual Romance Readers awards.
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RWA Events and Conferences
Follow the link to the RWA Events and Conference Page for more news on the Gold Coast Conference 2012.
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Enrico’s quote of the week
Love – a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker ~ Author Unknown
Until next week,
Regards Juanita
