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Blog Award

The lovely Stina Lindenblatt gave away a bunch of blog awards and let the recipients pick which one they wanted so I choose this lovely one:

 
And I pass this award onto:

Suzette Saxton and Bethany Wiggins
Roni Griffin 
Myrna Foster
Lisa Rusczyk
Carolina Valdez Miller

First response for Hidden in Shadows Query

On the 24th, I sent Margo, the editor from HQ, the first three chapters and synopsis of Hidden in Shadows as requested from my pitch appointment at the Lori Foster Get Together. A little less than 24 hours later, this was her response:

Dear Nicole:
Thanks for sending the partial ms. and synopsis of HIDDEN IN SHADOWS (a title that definitely sounds more commercial, to me, than TORN BETWEEN MURDER AND LOVE!).  I enjoyed speaking with you about this novel at the recent Lori Foster...

I was interviewed...

at Dawn's Reading Nook! Would love it if you dropped by and you'll get a cyber cookie and hug if you leave a comment. :)

Calls for submissions

Submissions are once again open at Desert Breeze Publishing! We are seeking manuscripts to fill our 2011 release schedule. At Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc., we are seeking manuscripts from novella length (between 25,000 and 35,000 words approximately) to super novel length (exceeding 100,000 words), with a preference for novels between 65,000 and 90,000 words.  We are more than willing to accept queries on book series, and will consider a series concept when at least one book is...

New Award!

The talented Aubrie Dionne gave me this new blog award.

According to Aubrie, this Award should be given to any blogs that promote the genres of Fantasy and Science Fiction, whether it be through author interviews, reviews, your own writing, etc. The rules are: you must state 5 of your favorite fantasy/sci fi books and or movies that inspired you.

Only 5? LOL I'll list some movies and books.

1. LotR books
2. Tamora Pierce's Tortall books
3. LotR movies
4. Princess Bride (I've only seen this movie...

Title Decided, Assassin Pitch, and LIRW Luncheon

So I picked a title -- I'm going with Hidden in Shadows. And the sequel that I have the skeleton of a plot figured out? That one will be Assassination of Love. :)

Now that the title is decided, I've been tweaking the pitch. I think I had too much information before so here's my latest try:

Lorna McCloud pretends she's an assassin for the money and because she's good at it. The real reason — she was traumatized after witnessing her father's murder.

While investigating a fresh lead in the cold ...

Awesome contest - Win a Kindle

Fellow DBP author Tina Pinson is celebrating the release of her new ebooks In the Manor of the Ghost with an awesome contest! The prizes:  2 Kindle eBook Readers and 10 free e-book downloads of In the Manor of the Ghost. The contest ends June 30th and you can read all about the details here.

Good luck winning (although I hope I win one of the Kindles!)

Cool Tool, Another Interview, and Title Problems

I discovered this awesome writing tool that you should all check out. It's called The Wasteline Test and checks a sample of your writing (up to 1,200 words) for be-verbs, abstract nouns, prepositions, adjectives and adverbs, it this that and there. It'll then give each of the four categories a rating: lean, fat and trim, needs toning, flabby, or heart attack. It's only a guide but I think it's a pretty handy tool that I'm going to start using and thought you all might want to learn about it t...

I've been interrviewed by Jesse Fox!

Check it out here! I would love some comment love! :)

Winner and Lori Foster Get Together

First things first, the winner of an ecopy of Knight of Glory is.... Janice! Congrats, Janice, I'll email you.

To refresh your memory here is my list:

1. I've never broken a bone. TRUE
2. I married the only man I've ever kissed. TRUE
3. Wintertime is my least favorite time of the year. TRUE
4. At one time, I wanted to be an actress. TRUE
5. I love to fly. FALSE
6. I planned my wedding. TRUE
7. I sometimes think I was born in the wrong century. TRUE (You get a virtual cookie if you know which century ...