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The release date has been announced for Téa’s next Australian historical romance, Jazz Baby. It’s available now for pre-order and reviews
Announced the release of The Bouquet List from Entangled Publishing
is thrilled to be sharing the cover of The Boyfriend Sessions
Long Gone Girl – a 1950’s novella officially released with Steam eReads
Annie’s new book Damaso Claims His Heir is on sale now
Darry’s new book, Will of the Heart, is winging its way to a launch date coming soon
Hazel as a new release, Armageddon Mates Book 4, Arden’s Mate
Highlander in the Mist is due for release in November from Luminosity Publishing
Theresa has an upcoming October release, In The Arms of Sleep.
RWA Blog
September 21 – Event Announcements
September 22 – Author Spotlight on Leesa Bow
September 25 – Cruisin’ with RWA
Cruisin’ Member Blogs
Are you an RWA Member? Share a link and a short blurb here each week by emailing the details to us at: cruisin@romanceaustralia.com.
September 15 – Maggie Christensen drops in to talk about the ties that bind – Band of Gold.
September 11 – AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Denise Rossetti
September 11 – AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Helen Lacey
September 12 – FINDING MY VOICE: Mel Teshco
September 15 – WIP ME INSPIRED: Louise Forster
September 15 – RELEASE DAY ALERT: Amy Rose Bennett’s Long Gone Girl
September 16 – RELEASE DAY ALERT: Lisa Swallow’s Unplugged
September 16 – AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Charlotte McConaghy
September 17 – COVER REVEAL: Belinda William’s The Boyfriend Sessions
September 17 – AT MY DESK: Nora James
Success: what does it mean for you?
This week on Friday Feast we’re celebrating Spargelzeit. Or, for those non-German speakers, asparagus time. Thriller author Jaye Ford reveals her love for white asparagus and all the beautiful ways Europeans enjoy this most royal of vegetables. Plus reveal what holiday food has sent you into a spin and you’ll go into the draw to win Jaye’s brilliant new heart-stopper Already Dead. Spargelous!
Heather Garside on my blog this week, talking about her passion for travel and a near-disastrous canoeing trip
My guest this week on Write Bytes is Mel Tescho who doesn’t know the meaning of the word exercise, a word that I think many writers have trouble with
In an ideal world we’d be on all the social media platforms all the time. But this isn’t an ideal world. So we need to make some pragmatic decisions. And the first is to give yourself permission not to feel guilty!
When Good Characters Behave Badly
3 ways to unleash your inner Jazz Baby
The Perils of the First Person
RWA Contests
Dates for the 2014-15 contest season
| Ripping Start | Opens 1 September 2014 Closes 26 September 2014 |
| Selling Synopsis | Opens 1 October 2014 Closes 24 October 2014 |
| Emerald Award | Opens 1 November 2014 Closes 21 November 2014 |
| Little Gems | Opens 1 January 2015 Closes 23 January 2015 |
| First Kiss | Opens 24 January 2015 Closes 14 February 2015 |
| Valerie Parv Award | TBA April 2015 |
Contests
AusRomToday is proud to announce the inaugural AusRomToday Reader’s Choice Awards! With five fabulous categories, including Best New Author, Best Established Author, Cover of the Year, Author of the Year, and the coveted Book of the Year.
Public voting commences on November 1st, so to nominate yourself (go on, you know you deserve a pat on the back!) or your favourite author, click through to our online nomination form now. Don’t forget to get your mailing list and/or street teams involved in nominating and voting for you!
UK publisher Choc Lit are running another search for a star contest to win a book deal and also audio deal.
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:
1. Anne Gracie
2. Christina Phillips
3. Historical Saga Novels
4. Jane Quick
5. Lily Malone
6. M J Scott
Have a great week and happy writing!
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