9/2009 Chapter News
Wow, after a jam-packed July full of great news, August seemed like it must have been a bit calmer as only a few things trickled in this month. Hopefully everyone is making great headway writing, or if not, taking a well-deserved vacation!
In release news, Teri Thackston reports that her second western romance ebook will be released Sept 10 at Cerridwen Press (http://www.jasminejade.com/default.aspx?skinid=13). This is a stand-alone sequel to THE ABDUCTION OF MISS JENNY CHANDLER and is called THE SALVATION OF CAPTAIN BEN CHANDLER. Here’s a little blurb: Rumors of her death have cost Clarity Breckenridge her home and her precious Arabian stallion Sir Robin. Civil War weary Captain Ben Chandler just wants to deliver the stallion he purchased for his cousin in Texas. Thrown together by fate, held together by mutual attraction, they struggle together to outwit a killer who threatens both their plans. Sounds great. Congrats Teri!
Christy Janisse, writing as Brandy Jordan, is happy to announce the release of her book, HIS KEEPER. Available from thewildrosepress.com, the romantic suspense will be available in e-book Sept. 11 and also in print. You can order your copy directly from Christy (princessc1987@msn.com), or amazon.com, or your favorite bookstore (though you’ll have to ask them to order it). Christy will be guest blogging Sept.10, on Romance in the Backseat, which is found at http://ritbs.blogspot.com/. Be sure to join her for her first ever blog promotion!
Congrats go to Linda Warren, whose TEXAS HEIR won The Bookbuyers Best Award in the short contemporary category. And it was chosen the “Top Pick” by Sue Grimshaw of Borders Groups, Inc. Yay Linda!
Cheryl Bolen was recently elected PAN co-chair for Beau Monde, the Regency subchapter of RWA. Sharing the PAN chairmanship duties with her will be Sally MacKenzie. For several years Cheryl’s done a monthly column for the Beau Monde newsletter, The Quizzing Glass, and has previously served as silent auction chair. Congrats Cheryl on your new position!
Lara Chapman is thrilled to announce she has signed with the amazingly talented and beautiful Holly Root with The Waxman Literary Agency. Holly will soon begin pitching Lara’s YA novel currently titled FLAWLESS, a Cyrano love story with a modern-day twist.
Laura Gompertz writing as as Lynn Lorenz is proud to announce the release of her latest novel, BEST VACATION THAT NEVER WAS. It was released on August 25th from Loose Id.
And finally, Michele Dunaway is busy with the teaching day job and loving every minute of it. The high school yearbook she advises just received top honors—the coveted All American rating from the National Scholastic Press Association. She’s also advises the newspaper web site and podcasts, and you can find her students’ news stories at www.fhhstoday.com. In addition, Michele and co-author Susan Benedict had their article published in the fall issue of Communication: Journalism Education Today, the professional journalism educator
quarterly.
