I'm a 2010 PRISM finalist! Woot!

The 13th Annual Prism Awards have finished. The Coordinators would like to thank everyone who entered and who judged. The finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Winners (Plus Best First Book and Best of the Best) will be announced at The Gathering at Nationals July 2010.


Dark Paranormal
SJ Day Eve of Darkness
Cynthia Eden Immortal Danger
Rebecca York Dragon Moon

Light Paranormal
Judi Fennell Wild Blue Under
Angie Fox The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers
Kerrelyn Sparks Secret Life of a Vampire

Erotica
Livia Dare In the Flesh
Francesca Hawley Protect and Defend
Radclyffe Secrets in the Stone

Novella
Ella Drake Firestorm on E'Terra
Cynthia Eden Belong to the Night
Sapphire Phelan Being Familiar with a Witch

Fantasy
Leanna Renee Hieber The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
Michelle Picard Ruling Eden
Maria V. Snyder Storm Glass

Futuristic
Katherine Allred Close Encounters
Jess Granger Beyond the Rain
Linnea Sinclair Hope's Folly

Time Travel/ Steampunk
Sandra Hill Viking Heat
Melissa Mayhue A Highlander of Her Own
Susan Squires Time for Eternity

Authors By Moonlight Launch - What's YOUR definition of erotic romance?

Hi everyone,
I've joined a new group blog, Authors by Moonlight, which is launching this week. Today is my day to blog. The question of the day is what's your definition of erotic romance. Stop by to comment. One winner will receive an electronic copy of one of my books in their preferred format.


http://www.authorsbymoonlight.com/?p=121

RT Pics

Me and Mary Janice Davidson

Hi Everyone,

So I'm at RT this week. Today was Wednesday and I'm posting before heading to bed. I had a wonderful, fun day. I attended a great panel about paranormal romance which included Mary Janice Davidson. I had a total fan grrl moment (see above). I also went to a couple of Publishers spotlights (EC, Samhain, Total E-bound, and Resplendence). They were informative and interesting. I had a pic taken with the Mr. Romance contestants and tonight was the EC party. A full round day.

MA Ellis

(Left)

Paris Brandon

(Right)

Cris Anson

Me with Lora Leigh

Surrounded by Cavemen!

Can you tell I had a fabulous time? I did! I'll try to upload more pics tomorrow. Going to bed now - waaaaay late. Have a great night!

Plus Size Censorship?

So it's perfectly okay to show slender models running around in bras and panties, but I recently read that ABC and Fox networks didn't want us to see the Lane Bryant ad below. Why? Cleavage. She HAS some. Yes, I'm rolling my eyes here. Check it out yourself. Does this gorgeous girl have too much cleavage? Really?

IPAD - a very expensive cat toy

Now, THIS is hilarious...if you love cats!

Picking a mate with astrology - blog

Hi all,

I'm blogging over at the Raven Happy Hour Blog today about using astrology to pick a mate. My case study is Jake Pavelka (aka "The Bachelor). Come on by to leave a comment.

http://ravenhappyhour.com/ravenblog/?p=1766

Francesca

I'm a Passionate Plume DOUBLE Finalist!

Passionate Ink’s 5th Annual The Passionate Plume Contest for Published Authors
The only published, all erotic romance award in RWA!

Five Sizzling Finalists in Five Categories:

(Two categories ended with a tie, resulting in six finalists for the Contemporary and Paranormal / Time Travel categories.)


Contemporary
Jenna Bayley-Burke* – Compromising Positions
Jianne Carlo* – A Paratrooper in A Pear Tree
Kelly Jamieson* – Rigger
Opal Carew* – SECRET TIES
Opal Carew* – SIX
Qwillia Rain* – Diablo Blanco Club

Historical
Emma Wildes – Can’t Say No
Debra Glass* – Bad Kitty
Debra Glass* – Bought and Paid For
Francesca Hawley* – Seeking Truth
Kate Pearce* – Simply Wicked

Futuristic /Sci Fi/Fantasy
Allyson James – Calder
Anna Leigh Keaton* – Once Upon a Time… Midnight Hour
Anna Leigh Keaton* – Woodland Magic – Fated
Jory Strong* – Fallon Mates
Michelle Polaris* – Bound Odyssey

Paranormal / Time Travel
Allyson James – Mortal Seductions
Allyson James – Mortal Temptations
Anna Leigh Keaton* – Time and Again
Dana Marie Bell* – Dare to Believe
Francesca Hawley* – Protect and Defend
Sharon Page* – Blood Deep

Novella
Anna Leigh Keaton* – Inferno
Jayne Rylon – Phoenix Incantation
Liza James* – Hot For Teacher
Madelynne Ellis* – Pure Folly
Sherry James – Eight Seconds (Flavors of Ecstasy Anthology Vol. 3)

* indicates the author is a member of the Passionate Ink Chapter

**If you have any questions, email Karen at pp5@passionateink.org