Welcome back to another week of Cruisin’ with the team. Enrico has been looking at what to wear to the conference dinner while Clint has been out and about again hunting up blogs of interest . Do you have blogs of interest you’d like to share? Drop us an email at cruisin@romanceaustralia.com.
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RWA Merry Webber Blogs
March 16 – A Day in the Writing Life of C J Archer aka Carolyn Comito – Suzanne Hamilton
March 17 – Bestsellers List – Tamara Gill
March 18 – Event Announcements – Juanita Kees
March 19 – Conference Spotlight: Nikki Logan – Eleni Konstantine
March 20 – Conference Spotlight: Amanda Ashby/Sara Hantz – Eleni Konstantine
March 21 – Hearts Talk Archives – Sandra Harris
March 22 – 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
- New Contracts
Have you had your manuscript accepted for publishing? Share the details with us and we’ll help you celebrate.
- New Cover
Share your new cover here and spread the good news of your upcoming release.
- Guest Appearances
Share the details of your talks, book signings and guest appearances in our Keeping Up Appearances section of this blog and on our Events Page.
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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
“This week on Friday Feast I’m delighted to host ARR Award and RBY winning romantic suspense author Helene Young. We all know Helene as a pilot but just wait until you see where she admits to working in her post. Believe me, you will belly laugh. It appears our Helene is a woman of many hidden talents!So drop on over to Friday Feast and enjoy a bouncing good time with Helene Young.”
March 15 – MAGIC THURSDAY: Louise Cusack with a giveaway Destiny of the Light (ebook)
March 17 – DARKLIGHT ON… Annie Seaton
March 18 – Weekly overview
March 19 – Winner of Louise’s Destiny of the Light announced
March 20 – GOOD NEWS DAY
March 21 – A BITE OF… with Kylie Griffin
March 22 – MAGIC THURSDAY: Annie Seaton with giveaway of Winter of the Passion Flower(ebook)
March 10 – Month of Hot Heroes (Heat 2)
March 13 – Topic: An Author’s Life…with Paula Roe (HMB Desire & Aussie author)
March 17 – Month of Hot Heroes (Heat 3)
March 20 – TOPIC: AN AUTHOR’S LIFE…with Christina Ashcroft (Berkley Heat & Aussie author)
Theory on Thursday
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Clint’s Cruisin’ Lane
- Bob Mayer on writing scared
- Paula Roe talks about overcoming challenges to her writing schedule
- A viewpoint on plotting characters and how they find their own path
- An article in the Guardian (UK) from A L Kennedy on writing for love
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.
- Valerie Parv Award 23 April – 4 May 2012 (or until contest fills)
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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.
- March 27 - Behind the Scenes with Anna Jacobs – talk with books for sale and signing.
Where: Wanneroo Library, 3 Rocca Way, Wanneroo WA 6065 When: 11am FMI & Bookings: (08) 9405 5900
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RWA Events and Conferences
Follow the link to the RWA Events and Conference Pagefor more news on the Gold Coast Conference 2012.
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Enrico’s quote of the week
What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (From the Quote Garden)
Until next week, Regards Juanita
