Chuffed

I'm thrilled to announce my Harlequin Romance EXECUTIVE MOTHER-TO-BE is a finalist in the Best Traditional Romance category for the 2009 Golden Quill Awards.

This is the book that begins with a one night stand...highly unusual for one of my books and for the hero and heroine.

Nate is brooding...enigmatic...grieving.

Kristen is a 35 year old career woman at the top of her game.

Needless to say, an unplanned pregnancy shakes up both their worlds.

I'm thrilled the judges loved this book. Apparently it is an extremely close contest with the slimmest of margins between books and many judges commented on how hard it was to choose their favorites.

I know two finalists are fellow Romance authors Fiona Harper and Donna Alward, waiting to hear the other finalists. Tough field!

Breaking news!!

Just had some lovely news.

My Harlequin Romance PRINCESS AUSTRALIA has finalled in the Golden Quill for Best Traditional Romance 2008.

Yay!

Last year was the 'year of the comp' for me. I decided to enter 6 of them and was lucky to final in 4. This year, I've only entered in a few so it's nice to final in one of them. :)

In other news, I think I mentioned I've signed up for Margie Lawson's "Deep Editing" on line course this month?

Well, she's posted the first lecture and it's amazing stuff!

If you're interested in doing the course, you can still register.

What with finishing THE DATING DILEMMA, doing the synopsis for my next Modern Heat (and getting both off to my lovely ed by the end of next week if possible!), the online course and co-hosting over at CataUni, my writing days (well, nights actually) are full.

So much for winding down this weekend ;)

A finalist again!!!

I've awoken to great news again today.

FOUND: HIS FAMILY has finalled in the 2007 Best Traditional Romance category of the Golden Quill award!!

I'm really thrilled as I was plagued by doubts when writing this book, considering it featured a child with leukemia and was a lot 'darker' than the type of book I usually wrote. Thankfully, readers seem to have taken to it (the book also won a Cataromance Reviewer's Choice Award) and discovering it has finalled in this comp is fabulous.

The Golden Quill is an authors contest for excellence in romance fiction and for a list of past winners, head on over to the website.

So, picture me jumping for joy. (Okay, make that waddling for joy considering I'm getting an awful lot of painful back contractions over the last day!)