http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com Enchanting love stories, with a touch of sass Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:25:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My critique partners have been really busy lately racking up accomplishments.  Today, want to give a shout out Carmen Steele for having her flash fiction piece, Kindred Chronicles: The Blood Prophecy, published over at Wicked Jungles. {click link to read it} Congrats lady, keep it up. http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/03/congrats-carmen-steel/ Without a strong rhyme to step to" I had to borrow from Eric B. and Rakim to properly set the tone for this post. I've been past swamped the past month or so, and I've not updated my blog here, or at my personal blog since then.  I'm not upset with ... http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/03/its-been-a-long-time-i-shouldnt-have-left-you/ http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/02/rejected/ After a couple of weeks of preparation where I completely reevaluated by contemporary romance. Once I thought about what it was I wanted to do and the general direction I wanted to take, I tucked in and: redefined my characters (I had a lot to learn about them apparently), reshaped ... http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/01/day-1-update-wff-rewrite/ Congrats to one of my writing buddies and critique partners, Mynfel, for selling her book today. WOOHOO!! Congrats lady And not only did she sell her book, but she got a 3 book deal in the process.  So big shout out to Mynfel, you go girl. http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/01/big-woots-for-mynfel/ I want to take a minute and congratulate one of my chapter members on the publication of her first book. Today marks the release of Along Came Quinn by Suzanne Rossi.   Congrats Suzanne!!        So I asked Suzanne to share a little about the book  with me & she sent me over ... http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/01/along-came-quinn/ You may or may not know, but I have been actively working on my first contemporary romance novel.  I spent some time getting my characters and plot together, then I hit the ground running.  I ran into a few snags here and there, but I pushed through it because that's what ... http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/01/worth-fighting-for-the-redux/ The River City Romance Writers's (my local writing chapter) annual Duel on the Delta contest is open and accepting submissions in the following categories: Mystery/Romantic Suspense Historical Contemporary Mainstream/Single Title Young Adult Inspirational Paranormal New this year, the submission process is 100% electronic.  So polish up your first 15 pages and enter.  For complete contest & submission details ... http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/01/contest-announcement-duel-on-the-delta/ 2010 marks the 4th annual Chase The Dream contest hosted by Rachelle Chase and Leigh  Michaels.   This year, the final  judges are Alex Logan of Grand Central Publishing, Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks, Theresa Stevens of Red Sage, Susan Swinwood of Harlequin/Mira/Spice, Esi Sogah of Avon Books, Kelli Martin of Kimani, ... http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/01/chase-the-dream-contest/ Through tomorrow, January 6, Kelly Martin, Senior Editor for Kimini Romance, is giving you the opportunity to pitch to her.  Click here for details.  You can find Kimanin's guidlines here.   And in strangely beautiful news,  author Leanna Renne Hieber has posted the official book trailer and 3 excerpts from "The Darkly Luminous Fight for ... http://www.latessamontgomeryauthor.com/2010/01/market-news-jan-5-2010/