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SARA News - More sales!  More contests!  Just plain MORE!

21/5/2012

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Wow, it's getting cold isn't it?  Perfect weather for curling up with a beverage of your choice, sitting in front of the heater and consuming a nice spicy novel.  

SARA Members have loads out there, and more to come.

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Anne Oliver has been nominated for a R*BY - Romance Writers of Australia's Romance Book of the Year with Her Not-So-Secret-Diary.  Fantastic news, Anne!  We wait with baited breath for conference when we hear of the winners.  

Now, SARAs should absolutely correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that Anne is staring down the exciting barrel of her third win, following on from her 2007 win in the short category with Behind Closed Doors, and 2008 with One Night Before Marriage.  Way to go, Anne.

Other SARA winners/finalists in recent years include Trish Morey and Elizabeth Rolls.  Check the RWA R*BY archive for the full list.  


Dy Loveday has recently received a contract for her fantasy romance, Illusion. Congratulations, Dy.  Very exciting for you and we can't wait to hear more.  

Bec Sampson continues her winning ways with second place in the Young Adult section of the Connecticut Chapter of RWA 'The Write Stuff' contest, with 'Fake'.  Big congrats to you again, Bec.

In more awesome news, Amy T Matthews has been shortlisted for the 2012 Dobbie Literary Award with End Of The Night Girl.  Fabulous stuff, Amy. Best of luck.  

See Lilliana Rose's blog for a list of her recently published poems.  She's been a busy girl.  

Tamara Gill has signed a contract with Crimson Romance for her single title regency time travel romance, A Stolen Season, to be published later this year.  You're on fire, Tam!  Congratulations.

Tamara's blog hop to celebrate the release of A Marriage Made in Mayfair is fast approaching, so get thee to her webbie to get a piece of the action.

Here's a blurb for A Stolen Season:
Archaeologist Sarah Baxter had a clear directive: travel back to nineteenth century London to retrieve the measuring device she left behind. But her bungled attempt at thievery left an English Earl dead and his brother bent on revenge. Sarah must once again go back in time to find the device and return to her own time before her tragic mistake puts a noose around her neck. Unfortunately, the only way to get close to the device is to befriend the very man who wants her dead.
Eric the new Earl of Earnston was determined to catch the woman who killed his brother, but she'd disappeared without a trace. Twelve months on and there are still no clues to her whereabouts. As luck would have it, he finds a distraction. A new family have arrived in town and Miss Sarah Baxter is a delightful diversion among the stale debutantes in the ton.
Sarah knows it is madness to seduce the man who would want her dead should he know who she was, but the Earl is an alarmingly persistent gentleman. Can Sarah procure the device without her secret being revealed? And what will the Earl do when he finds out the woman he’s in love with is not the woman he thought he knew.


Until next time, happy reading.
Emmeline.  

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Finals, bestsellers and a cameo from Charlie Chaplin

27/8/2011

 
Where to start...where to start.  So much NEWS!  

Shall we start with the beverage and the TimTam (always a first-rate place to start)?  I'll wait...

Mmm, Double coat.  Excellent choice.  :)

Okey doke, hold onto your hat--here comes the news!


*First up, big congrats to Bec Sampson (aka Becca J Heath) who currently has a new finals award in her clever fingers.  She has taken out third place (Contemporary Series Romance) in the Toronto Romance Writer's Catherine Award for 2011, with A FUTURE FOR ABBY.  Nice one, Bec!  

Check out Bec's blog, too.  She's got a cool conference wrap-up there.  While you're hitting the keys, take a look at the RWA blog on the Awards Night.

*In other contest news, Virginia Taylor has been scooping the pool over in the west.  Take a look at these excellent results for her books STARLING, ELLA & BREE:
STARLING, historical finalist in the New Jersey Romance Writers Put Your Heart in a Book.
STARLING, historical finalist in Heart of the West.
ELLA, historical finalist in Heart of the West.
BREE, mystery/suspense finalist in Heart of the West.

Wow, awesome results Virginia!  Best of luck, and we look forward to hearing the final outcomes on those.  

*The Bestseller Lists for July are out, here are the SARAs:

Amazon US
Romance Top 100
His Lady Mistress – Elizabeth Rolls
Regency Romance Top 100 
His Lady Mistress – Elizabeth Rolls 
Anthology Top 100 
To Sin with Scandal – Tamara Gill
A Captain’s Order – A Duke’s Command – Tamara Gill

Congratulations to Elizabeth and Tamara.  Nice job on those lists, too, Tam!  :)

*Speaking of Tamara Gill, her Amazon bestseller A Captain’s Order – A Duke’s Command tied in first place (Historical) in the RWA's 20 Years of Cover Contest.   Congrats again, Tam!  

*In more conference news, the Clayton's Conference (obviously, the conference you're having when you're not having THE Conference) was marvellously co-hosted by our own Eleni Konstantine.  Check out Eleni's 
Clayton's Conference Wrap-Up.

*Fancy a look at the Conference Round up on the RWA blog?  Here it is.  
Scroll down for selected amusing tweets...

...But wait, there's more!

*At the recent Conference, there were more awards for SARAs!  This time, it was for BEST DRESSED at the RWA Roaring Twenties Cocktail Party!  

Third prize went to Sharon (as a Ziegfeld Girl)
Second Prize went to Lynn (as Amelia Earhart)
aaaaaaand First Prize went to Maggie Mundy:

Congrats, ladies.  What a superb effort!  

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End Of The Night Girl - now on your TV, and May Bestsellers

20/6/2011

 
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It's big news!  Amy T Matthews will be featured on the ABC's 7:30 Report talking about her new Wakefield Press release, End Of The Night Girl.  Tune in to the 7:30 Report on June 24th, and find the episode on the ABC website after that date.  

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SARAs abound in the Romance Writers of Australia's Bestseller list for May.  

*Trish Morey, The Heir From Nowhere (Borders US Series Top 100)

*Elizabeth Rolls, His Lady Mistress (Amazon US Historical Regency Romance Top 100, Amazon UK Top 100, Amazon UK Historical)

*Elizabeth Rolls and others, Delectably Undone (Amazon US Anthology)

*Elizabeth Rolls, A Compromised Lady (Amazon UK Historical)

*Elizabeth Rolls, Lord Braybrook's Penniless Bride (Amazon UK Historical)

*Tamara Gill, To SIn With Scandal (Amazon US Anthology)


More on Bestsellers at the RWA Blog.  

New covers, book launches, TV spots, contest wins & bestsellers, oh my!

28/5/2011

 
There's been some big news coming out of SARA in recent weeks.  Grab a beverage, nab a chocolate biscuit, take a seat and enjoy!
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First cab off the literary rank is Amy T Matthews' impending Wakefield Press release, END OF THE NIGHT GIRL.  This is the manuscript that saw Amy taking out the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Unpublished Manuscript Award last year .  Check out that awesome cover.  Big congrats Amy, and all the best with the upcoming launch!

Two novels teasingly combine in one as End of the Night Girl explores the shadow cast by the Holocaust across centuries, continents, and cultures. Molly’s story, set in Adelaide and told in the first person, is a sassy modern drama of a young woman’s search for purpose amid confused family, sexual and social relationships. Under Molly’s pen emerges, jigsaw-like, the third-person Holocaust story of Gienia, a murdered young Polish Jewish woman who may or may not be fictional. Winner 2010 Adelaide Festival Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript.


Amy will also guest spot on the 7:30 Report soon about her novel.  Stay tuned!

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Cover love continues as we take a look at Lillian Grant's upcoming release from Siren Bookstrand, SPEAK TO ME OF ABDUCTION, due out in June.

Congrats, Lillian!  Here's a blurb:

After accepting a movie role, Charlene Page, worries she might be the next rising porn star.  On reflection, that might have been safer.

Stuck in Rio and desperate for cash, Australian backpacker Charlene accepts a minor movie role. When her co-star, Holly wood hunk and serial womanizer, Jonathon Deveraux is abducted from the set she turns to his older brother for help.

Oscar winner and Hollywood good guy Jacob Deveraux is a recluse. However, when his brother goes missing, he agrees to help the hapless backpacker who appears to have been deceived into taking a movie role so that Jonathon could woo her into his bed.  The more determined he is to keep his distance the more he is drawn to her.  When it becomes obvious his bother’s kidnapping is designed to punish Jacob he worries Charlene may be next.  Despite his best efforts to keep her safe she is grabbed off the street. Can he find and save his brother and Charlene or will he lose another woman he loves?



Now, you know Rebecca Sampson?  You've heard of her, right?  Well, big congrats to Bec, who has officially taken out the numero uno spot in the Yellow Rose RWA Winter Rose Contest for unpublished writers in the YA section, with her story ALLI'S PLAYGROUND.   Go you, Bec!

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Congratulations also to our bestselling authors for April, Tamara Gill AMAZON US Anthology) & Elizabeth Rolls (AMAZON US Anthology/Historical/Regency, Book Depository Overall Bestsellers).  More at the Romance Writers of Australia Blog.  

Go SARAs!  
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Bestselling SARAs for February

21/3/2011

 
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Borders US (Historical) HIS LADY MISTRESS by Elizabeth Rolls

Amazon US (Anthologies) TO SIN WITH SCANDAL by Tamara Gill

Amazon US (Historical) A COMPROMISED LADY by Elizabeth Rolls

Amazon UK (Romance Bestsellers) THE HEIR FROM NOWHERE by Trish Morey

Amazon UK Kindle (Romance Bestsellers) THE HEIR FROM NOWHERE by Trish Morey

Congratulations to our bestselling SARAs!

More on Aussie bestsellers at the Romance Writers of Australia blog.  

Elizabeth Rolls' Scandalous Liaison in print! Delectably Undone...

24/2/2011

 
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Elizabeth's Harlequin Historical Undone, A Scandalous Liaison, is one of five novellas in Delectably Undone, a mass market paperback to be released in April.  

Romantic Times gave Delectably Undone a four star review.

Wouldn't you buy this book just to frame the cover and hang it on the wall in your boudoir?  Love it!

Congrats, Elizabeth!

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Elizabeth's Royal Wedding

31/1/2011

 

Elizabeth will have a story featured in an e-book anthology out in April (title to be announced). It 
 will feature royal weddings as a focal point. Elizabeth's setting is the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Princess Caroline of Brunswick in 1795. Apparently there was lots of scandal surrounding the two! 

 Congrats Elizabeth - looking forward to it!



Harlequin Historical Authors

3/12/2010

 
Elizabeth along with 22 other Harlequin Historical authors have teamed up to do an online Advent calendar. 


You can find details on Elizabeth's
website.


Each day, click on the calendar to visit the host author's website, and you can win prizes such as signed books, gift certificates, and holiday goodies. 

You will be asked to complete a task, such as posting a blog comment, searching for a hidden ornament, or answering a question about an excerpt.  Please check the author's web page for your instructions and to see what the daily prize is.  You can enter once each day, at each of the twenty-two websites. 


Fabulous holiday fun!

Elizabeth does it again....

2/6/2010

 
Elizabeth Roll's Lord Braybrook's Penniless Bride has finaled in the Booksellers' Best Award. 


Well done Elizabeth!!!

Other news from Elizabeth includes a Historical Undone being released in August. Called A Scandalous Liaison, it features erotic painting of Greek gods doing what Greek gods do best.... seducing nymphs! 

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Elizabeth gets a RITA nod!!

26/3/2010

 
Oh happy days here at the SARA camp. Elizabeth has been nominated in the RITAs for Best Regency Historical Romance for Lord Braybrook's Penniless Bride!!


Congrats Elizabeth and we are all cheering for you!


And here are all the nominees as from the RWAmerica site. 
What a great line up.


2010 RITA for Regency Historical Romance Finalists
Surrender of a Siren by Tessa Dare
Ballantine/Bantam Dell
Editor: Kate Collins
ISBN: 978-0-345-50687-0

Scandal by Carolyn Jewel
Penguin Group USA, Berkley Sensation
Editor: Kate Seaver
ISBN: 978-0-425-22551-6

Tempting Fate by Alissa Johnson
Dorchester Publishing, Leisure Books
Editor: Leah Hultenschmidt
ISBN: 978-0-843-96156-0

A View to a Kiss by Caroline Linden
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books
Editor: Lyssa Keusch
ISBN: 978-0-061-70635-6

Revealed by Kate Noble
Penguin Group USA, Berkley Sensation
Editor: Cindy Hwang
ISBN: 978-0-425-22174-7

What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books
Editor: Lyssa Keusch
ISBN: 978-0-061-49188-7

Lord Braybrook's Penniless Bride by Elizabeth Rolls
Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Historical
Editor: Linda Fildew
ISBN: 978-0-373-29548-7

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