Some Like It Hot Contest Week 2 Winners

Congratulations to Leia Rice (The Chieftan's Daughter) and Sasha Devlin (Undercover Lover)! You are this week's finalists. Please send me your partial for final judging by November 19th (a partial includes chapters 1-3, the book's last chapter and your synopsis). You can email it to writingcontest@tawnytaylor.com. Thank you and good luck in the finals!

And now, to announce this week's critique winner.

Congratulations to Susan Sheehey (Under the Covers).

For those who entered but did not final, I want to thank you for entering and encourage you to enter a different story this week. Remember, this is the final week for entering the contest.

Best of luck to you all!

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