Contests

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    RITA nominations …

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    I posted this on my Facebook and Twitter pages, but I’ve been nominated for two RITA awards, which are given out by Romance Writers of America. Huzzah! Huzzah!

    Every year, RWA gives out two different awards — the RITAs for published books/authors and the Golden Hearts for unpublished books/authors. Both the RITAs and the Golden Hearts have a variety of categories, like contemporary romance and paranormal romance. The nominations were announced on March 26. You can see all the nominees here, and the winners will be announced on July 28 during an awards ceremony at the annual RWA conference. Basically, the awards are like the Oscars of the romance writing community. The awards ceremony is really nice, and everyone gets dressed up for it.

    Spider’s Revenge was nominated in the strong romantic elements category, and Touch of Frost was nominated in the young adult category.

    I’m still in smiling, happy shock. 🙂

    I had marked on my calendar that the nominations were being announced that morning (nominees are called), but when the phone rang at about 9:15 a.m., I figured it was just my mom calling. But I was very happy to be wrong about that (sorry, Mom). The call went something like this:

    “Hi, is this Jennifer?” the woman asked.

    Hmm, I thought. This is probably a telemarketer. Or someone wanting me to take a survey. No way this is a RITA call.

    “Yes,” I said.

    “Hi, I’m with RWA, and I happy to tell you …”

    And then my brain froze for a minute. Several minutes actually.

    And then she said I was nominated in two categories.

    Total … brain … meltdown!

    I asked her if she was kidding — at least I think I did. She assured me that she was not kidding. She probably thinks I am a total space cadet nut. Ah, well. At least I didn’t scream in her ear. I waited until after I hung up the phone before I did that. LOL.

    I never, ever thought I would get nominated for a RITA. I’ve entered my books every year, and I always hoped one of them might get nominated, but I never really expected it. Like I said before, I’m still in shock — but it’s a good kind of shock.

    And I’m so happy that these two books got nominated. With Spider’s Revenge, I really wanted to deliver on the Gin-Mab and Gin-Owen story arcs for readers. With Touch of Frost, I branched out and wrote a young adult book, which was a new genre for me. So it’s just a little extra special to me that these books were nominated.

    Anyway, that’s my RITA call story. I just want to say thanks to RWA for sponsoring the contest and to all the folks who donate their time to judge the RITAs and the Golden Hearts. I also want to say congrats to all the nominees. It’s a great group of books and authors to be included with, and it truly is an honor to be nominated.

  • And the winners are …

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    The winners of the giveaway are:

    1) Jade Fuller (missymoo) and Breanne (for_rainy_days):

    Copies of Tangled Threads and Spider’s Revenge in my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series

    2) Erin (kitsunehi) and Ashley (aew):

    A copy of Kiss of Frost in my Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series

    3) Turquoise (Sailor Shana):

    Mass market copies of Karma Girl, Hot Mama, and Jinx in my Bigtime superhero paranormal romance series

    Winners, you have until noon, EST, Friday, Feb. 17 to e-mail me your snail mail address or I will pick new winners. Hope everyone enjoyed the giveaway. I’ll try to do another one sometime soon.

  • Giveaway time …

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    It’s been a while since I’ve done a giveaway here on the blog, and I thought it would be a nice way to gear up for the release of By a Thread on Feb. 28. So here’s what’s up for grabs:

    1) Copies of Tangled Threads and Spider’s Revenge in my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series — two winners

    2) A copy of Kiss of Frost in my Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series — two winners

    3) Mass market copies of Karma Girl, Hot Mama, and Jinx in my Bigtime superhero paranormal romance series — one winner

    All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post about what you’re reading right now or a book you are looking forward to. The contest will be open through midnight, EST, Sunday, Feb. 12. The contest is open internationally, although folks should be 13 or older to enter.

    The winners will be randomly drawn, and I’ll announce the winners here on the blog on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Happy commenting!

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    And the book goes to …

    And randomly chosen winner of the copy of The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe is:

    Jen Wylie

    Congrats! Please e-mail me your snail mail address so I can forward it on to Alex. If I don’t hear from you by Sunday, Oct. 23, I will have to pick another winner.

    I want to say thanks again to Alex for taking the time to guest blog and to everyone who commented on the post. Thanks, everyone!

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    And the ARC goes to …

    The randomly selected winner of the ARC for Everything I Know About Love, I Learned from Romance Novels is:

    Nora, who left this comment: Congrats on the book, Sarah! I’ve loved SBTB for a long time, although I mostly lurk. I can’t tell you how many new authors I’ve been introduced to through your reviews and those of your commenters. So glad to see so many smart gals singing the praises of the genre.

    Congrats, Nora! Please e-mail me your snail mail address, and I will pass it along to Sarah. You have until noon, Monday, Sept. 19 to get your information to me or I will have to pick another winner.

    Thanks again to Sarah for guest blogging and to everyone who dropped by and left a comment. There are so many great things about the romance genre, and it was great seeing everyone talk about some of their favorite books. Happy reading, everyone!