Monthly Archives: March 2015

Congratulations to our Readers’ Choice Finalists

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Winners will be announced at our Let Your Imagination Take Flight Awards Breakfast on April 25.

 

Erotic

Kate Baum, Funny Girl

Mia Gabriel, Lord Savage

Anna Jeffrey, The Cattleman

Teresa Noelle Roberts, Out of Control

 

Paranormal

Lisa Belcastro, Shenandoah Dreams

Stephanie Feagan, Crazy for You

Lauren Smith, Shadows of Stormclyffe Hall

 

First Book

Janie Crouch, Primal Instinct

Patience Griffin, To Scotland with Love

Maria Imbalzano, Unchained Memories

 

Romantic Suspense

Toni Anderson, A Cold Dark Place

Dana Marton, Forced Disappearance

Tiffany Snow, In His Shadow

 

Short Contemporary

Leigh Duncan, Second Chance Family

Emily Harper, My Sort-of, Kind-of Love

Jean Joachim, To Love or Not to Love

Amanda Renee, Blame it on the Rodeo

 

Long Contemporary

Patience Griffin, To Scotland with Love

Nancy Herkness, The Place I Belong

Sophie Moss, The Wind Chime Cafe  

Terri Osburn, More to Give

Kim Sanders, The Ex-Lottery

 

Historical

Isabella Bradford, A Wicked Pursuit

Megan Frampton, The Duke’s Guide to Correct Behavior

Darlene Marshall, The Pirate’s Secret Baby

Lauren Smith, Wicked Designs

 

March 15 – Word Choice with Hannah Howell

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Hannah Howell, New York Times and USA Today Bestseller, has been published for twenty-six years.  She now has two Historical Romance series published by Kensington books.  The 20th book in the Murray series set in medieval Scotland came out in December of last year.  The other series is the Wherlockes, set in eighteenth century England.  If He’s Noble, the sixth book in the Wherlocke series will be out in September

In this workshop, Hannah will speak on the importance of the words you use in your writing.  How the change of one simple verb can take your sentence from adequate to powerful.  Or how you can give the reader a good picture of a character with just a few well-chosen words instead of pages of description.  Even how the use of such things as simile and metaphor can add texture and depth.  A story has a plot and characters you hope will catch a reader’s attention but it is the words you use that will hold it fast.  There will be handouts and book recommendations.