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July 5, 2015
Meet 2015 Golden Heart Finalist Diana Muñoz Stewart!
Diana Muñoz Stewart’s award-winning young adult and adult romantic fiction includes paranormal, science fiction, and contemporary stories. No matter the genre or whether her characters face death, danger, or the daunting trials of everyday life, readers are guaranteed a fast-paced story along with all the ti...
July 2, 2015
Fan Girl Friday – July 3
Welcome to Fan Girl Friday! We have lots of great books here!
New This WeekOn Tuesday, July 7th, we will celebrate the release of Kate Parker’s ROYAL ASSASSIN
When the Duke of Blackford enters her bookstore, Georgia knows the Archivist Society is in need of her services. The Tsar of Russia and his family are visiting Queen Victoria on the auspices of the engagement of the Russian princess Kira to the son of the Queen’s cousin. When Kira’s bodyguard is found dead on a train returning from Sco...
July 1, 2015
Ruby Reprise: Pitching 101
Nationals is coming up, so I’m reprising one of my more popular posts from years past on pitching. Let us know any tips or pitching stories you have!
Don’t despair if you couldn’t snag a pitch appointment with the editor or agent of your choice. Plenty of opportunities exist for pitching outside of the traditional route…and often those on-the-spot pitches can be more effective.
The #1 rule that you must remember when pitching is that nobody has ever sold a book entirely on the basis of their...
June 30, 2015
How to Eat in NYC Without Breaking the Bank
This year the Romance Writers of America National Conference is in Manhattan and we all know New York City is notoriously expensive. If you want to eat there without paying $25 bucks a plate or taking a chance on street meat, it can be a challenge. Luckily, I have some insider tips to keep your food budget this conference season from shredding your wallet (so you can spend the money on books instead!).
Anything right on Times Square is going to be marked up. A lot. But if you are willing to w...
June 29, 2015
Meet 2015 Golden Heart Finalist Julie Glover!
Julie Glover grew up reading Laura Ingalls Wilder, Judy Blume, and every Nancy Drew book she could get her hands on. Although she’d always dreamed of writing a novel, she didn’t write her first book until Hurricane Ike pummeled the Houston Gulf Coast and made her house off limits for a couple of weeks. Sitting at the in-laws’ house with her laptop,...
June 28, 2015
Meet 2015 Golden Heart Finalist Brynn Kelly!
Brynn Kelly is an award-winning novelist and journalist, and bestselling non-fiction author from New Zealand. She could well be setting a RWA15 record for the longest non-stop journey to New York—35 hours straight, including stopovers. The flight goes via Sydney—which means she starts out flying three hours in the...
June 25, 2015
Fan Girl Friday – June 26
This is a big week of Ruby launches and sales!
New This Week BARED TO THE VISCOUNT, by Lara Archer
Poor, plain spinster Mary Wilkins has no business falling in love with Viscount Parkhurst. They may have been best friends in childhood, but he’s the wealthy, powerful lord of the manor now, and everybody knows he’s bound to marry a beautiful local heiress. Mary tries to resign herself to a life of hopeless yearning, but when she and the viscount find themselves entangled in a stand of wild blac...
June 24, 2015
Meet 2015 Golden Heart Finalist Jen Gilroy!
Jen Gilroy lives in a village in Berkshire, England with her husband and tween daughter, but she grew up in Canada, which is still her heart’s home and writing inspiration. She loves cats and dogs (which find their way into her stories), ice cream and all things vintage.
In addition to RWA, she’s a member of the UK Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) New Writers’...
June 23, 2015
Show and Tell Wednesday: Marnee Blake on Regency Adventures
Today we have a special Show and Tell feature from Marnee Blake, a 2015 Golden Heart historical romance finalist.
Now, if finaling wasn’t commendable enough, you should know that this blog was made in the midst of a power outage. Neither snow nor rain nor big bad storms shall keep this Firefly down. 
So without further delay, welcome Marnee! Take it away.
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My manuscript, A DANGEROUS CHEMISTRY, is a 2015 Golden Heart Finalist in the Historical Romance category.It’s a Victorian-set historica...
June 22, 2015
Release Party: Bared to the Viscount by Lara Archer
Break out the champagne, it’s Lara Archer’s release party. Happy book birthday, Lara!
Wait, who is this Lara character, you may ask? She’s a long-time friend and incognito Ruby who also writes under a different pen name. And today I’m happy to announce is her historical erotic romance debut with Bared to the Viscount.
Let’s get right to the good stuff, shall we?
Poor, plain spinster Mary Wilkins has no business falling in love with Viscount Parkhurst. The...
