WelcomeMusic City Romance Writers is Nashville’s Romance Writers of America® chapter. Our goal is to provide support, information, and resources to both published and unpublished authors of romance, women’s fiction and other literary genres. We have designed this site so that writers can obtain information about MCRW membership, upcoming events, other sites of interest, and more. |
|
The Latest News2012 Minuet of Love Novella ContestMCRW is pleased to announce 2012 The Minuet of Love Novella Contest. Want to get feedback on your unpublished work, and the chance to get it in front of a top-notch editor from Samhain Publishing, Carina Press, or Entangled Publishing? Don’t miss this great opportunity! Recent ReleasesKiss Me Baby, a novella by Cherie Denis was released on May 4th t was High Most Regent, Montclair Twelvetoes time to retire and choose where he wished to live. So he hopped a freighter and left his planet, Kazza. His people spoke of this planet they called Earth. So he decided to go and make this a new adventure. But nothing goes as planned. Christine Morton, a lonely, lovely lady with long bronze hair and a soft heart for lost pets. She discovers Monty and offers him a home. Now why does he look familiar? Monty follows her around like a puppy, helping her keep her novel in order by laying on the pages as she prints them. Monty can’t help but be drawn to his new owner. He just wants to be with her and near her all the time. He wants to make Christine his own. Take her back to Kazza. But will she agree to the price. Will she agree to….”Kiss Me Baby”… ~ Born of Silence the 5th book in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s The League series was released on May 1st. As the Resistance leader, Zarya Starska’s only goal is to topple the government that destroyed her entire family and left her penniless. Her biggest asset is a mysterious man known only as Kere. But Kere has a dark secret. Born into a world that is as privileged as it is corrupt, his real name is Darling Cruel-and he is heir to the government Zarya wants to overthrow. No one has ever seen the real man behind the legend. No one except Zarya. But when she allows a weapon he designed to be used against his beloved sister, all bets are off. Betrayed by the Resistance, Darling’s goal is not only to reign, but to kill every Resistance member he can find. Zarya must stop Darling’s reign of terror, but can she reach past his insanity to restore the hero who once fought by her side? ~ Trish Milburn’s Harlequin American The Cowboy Sheriff was released on May 1st. He wants to serve and protect… Still, Keri Mehler wants nothing to do with Sheriff Simon Teague. Keri has lost almost her entire family, her brother Carter is who-knows-where, and now she is sole guardian of her late sister’s ten-month-old girl. She doesn’t need her old crush coming around and stirring things up even more! Everyone in Blue Falls, Texas, might find the cowboy sheriff charming, but Keri knows the truth. Simon was the reason her brother ran off for a life of trouble, and he’s the last person she would turn to for comfort. But the lawman seems determined to help her and her little niece. Keri is equally determined to keep Simon at arm’s length. She wants to hate him, but his charm may finally be getting to her, too. ~ JT Ellison’s – A Deeper Darkness – The first book in her new Samantha Owens suspense series was released on april 17th by Mira. As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam’s life. She’s pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate—until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C. On the other end of line is an old boyfriend’s mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son. Eddie Donovan is officially the victim of a vicious carjacking, but under Sam’s sharp eye the forensics tell a darker story. The ex-Ranger was murdered, though not for his car. Forced to confront the burning memories and feelings about yet another loved one killed brutally, Sam loses herself in the mystery contained within Donovan’s old notes. Leading her to the untouchable Xander Whitfield, a soldier off-grid since his return from Afghanistan, and then to a series of brutal crimes stretching from that harsh mountainous war zone to this nation’s capital, the tale told between the lines makes it clear that nobody’s hands are clean, and that making sense of murder sometimes means putting yourself in the crosshairs of death. ~ MK Chester’s historical romance – Surrender To The Roman – was released on April 9th by Carina Press. As the Romans storm the last stronghold of Dacia, Princess Ademeni awaits her fate. Taken as a slave, she is deposited into General Marcus Cordovis’s home as a gift. Driven to avenge her family, Ademeni plots to kill her captor and escape. Though not the cruel victor she expects, Marcus keeps her too close to make escape easy–so close that Ademeni is soon tormented by an unbidden, traitorous attraction. In a moment of weakness, a passionate kiss almost undoes them both. But the handsome, widowed general has another surprise for Ademeni: a young daughter. Marcus dares ask Ademeni to help him bridge the gap between him and his little girl. And now, Ademeni is growing too fond of those she is supposed to despise. As Marcus prepares for the triumphal march and the opening of the gladiatorial games–where captives of her homeland will be sacrificed–Ademeni readies for her own battle–between revenge and love. ~ Cherie Denis’ erotic novella – Lord High Incubus – was released on April 9th by Secret Cravings Publishing. How Rex missed Carlotta. He had no business falling in love with her, but he had, and letting her go had nearly broken his heart. From the day she earned her wings and left him, every kiss he had given a woman, every woman he fucked and sucked was not the woman on his mind. It was Carlotta who should be receiving the things he was doing. He wondered if she ever thought of him. Did she miss him? Did she desire him? Where was she? Where he had left her? Could he find her? When the meeting was over this night, Rex was going to send Teal out to find his beautiful Carlotta and bring her back to him. He could no longer wait for her, could not suffer in silence, while the woman of his dreams played with other, lesser incubi. She was his. She was his queen. ~ Golden Heart and RITA FinalistsMCRW is pleased to announce that two of our members finaled in RWA’s 2012 National Golden Heart and RITA Contest. MCRW President Kim Law, a former Golden Heart winner, has finaled with her Contemporary Series Romance – Montana Cherries. Tracy Brogan finaled in Historical Romance with Highland Promise. Stephanie Winkelhake finaled in Young Adult with The Matter of Souls. Bestselling author J.T. Ellison has finaled for a RITA Romantic Suspense with Where All the Dead Lie. Congratulations to Kim, Tracy, Stephanie, and J.T.! Click HERE for a complete list of finalists. Book SigningsMay 12thJT Ellison will be doing a signing at Mysteries and More from 2-4 PM. Mysteries & More is located in the heart of Lenox Village at 6965 Sunnywood Drive, Nashville, TN 37211 May 5thJT Ellison, Trish Milburn, and CJ Redwine will be appearing at the Heart of Dixie Reader’s Luncheon. Von Braun Center South Hall, Meeting Rooms 1 & 2, Huntsville, AL
|
Upcoming Meetings05/19/2012: An Introduction to Entangled Publishing and MarketingMelissa “Misa” Ramirez, Marketing Director of Entangled PublishingEntangled Publishing has broken the traditional publishing mold. They’ve taken the publishing world by storm with their inspired business plan, ground-breaking royalty structure, exciting new lines, and an unprecedented world-wide distribution deal with both Publishers Group West and Midpoint. During the first portion of the day, Misa will discuss the rise of Entangled Publishing, the current publishing plan, including their marketing department, will share real numbers on the company’s new category lines, and will answer questions about what makes Entangled different. The second portion of the meeting will be hands on. Using her personal experience, The Tricked-Out Toolbox, Promotion and Marketing Tools Every Writer Needs (co-written with bestselling indie author Tonya Kappes), and her experience as Marketing Director with Entangled Publishing, Misa will take participants through several different elements of a marketing plan, including goal-setting, drafting an action plan, writing a press release, creating a sell sheet, and creating a press kit. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how to reach out to local media, how to use press materials and collateral to communicate a message, and will be empowered to better promote their books and market themselves. Tricked Out Toolbox Link: http://trickedouttoolbox.wordpress.com/ Misa will bring a few books to sell at the meeting, but you may want to consider purchasing ahead of time for reference. 06/16/2012: Storm SpottersSam ShamburgerProfessional Storm Spotters with the Rutherford Emergency Management Association will speak with members about Storm Spotting, weather patterns, and dangerous weather situations. 07/21/2012: To Be Announced |
