Contest Wisdom by Ann Marsh

by Marie-Claude Bourque 
WE HAVE A WINNER! BOONE BRUX CONGRATULATION!
I am thrilled to welcome Dorchester author Ann Marsh today. Since I’ve joined the Dorchester team, I keep meeting authors that have got their starts through a contest. Of course, there are all the American Title winners and finalists and the Shomi contest winner Gayle Ann Williams. And we [...]

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Interview with our own Best-Celler finalist: Candi Wall!

By Marie-Claude Bourque
Hi everyone,
I am very excited to interview my wonderful writing partner and fellow Musetracker Candi Wall.
It is still amazing to me that Candi is now a finalist in the TextNovel/Dorchester Best-Celler contest with not only story but two: STAY: a Contemporary Romance of roughly 80,000 words and PRIMITIVE NIGHTS, contemporary romance of  82,000 [...]

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Order in the Court

Song of the Day: Listen Like Thieves By INXS
 
Here on MuseTracks, we’ve discussed a lot about contests. We know it’s all about love and hate. Er . . . no, I mean, subjectivity. We learn from feedback, embrace what we agree with or ignore what doesn’t work, trawl for overall opinions, and toughen up our [...]

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TEXTNOVEL

I’ve loaded a new chapter at :
http://www.textnovel.com/profile_view.php?user_id=3159
Stop by and register to read/post/vote!
This is a great new way to network, practice, improve your writing and get your name out there.
If you like what you read of my story ‘STAY’ please give me a thumbs up! You can also follow me and you’ll get an e-mail when [...]

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The Golden Heart Diaries: Following the Yellow Brick Road

Song of the day: Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
What a week at RWA® Nationals in D.C. So overwhelming – so fantastic!
My brain is fried and my sleep-deprived body is still on strike. Workshops, meetings, hobnobbing, receptions, retreats, autographing, spotlights, the list goes on. Where, oh where, to begin. How about the highlights?
Tuesday: The day of travel.
It’s [...]

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Golden Heart Diaries: Dresses, Dawdling & Ducks – Next stop D.C.

First – Let me start by giving an update on “Agent Shop”.  At the time of this post, MuseTracks is still awaiting word from Ms. Cameron at Reece Halsey Literary Agency on whether or not she will request any pitches from this round. WIll will let you know as soon as she contacts us. Thanks for your [...]

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Golden Heart® Diaries – The Beginning

Song of the day: The Pretender by the Foo Fighters
Many of you know that I recently placed in the finals in the RWA Golden Heart® contest with my historical pirate novel Upon A Moonlit Sea.  Since then I have been asked lots of questions. How did I found out? What was my reaction when I [...]

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Contest Wisdom Interview: Anitra Lynn McLeod

by Marie-Claude Bourque
 Hi everyone,
 
I am very pleased to welcome author Anitra Lynn McLeod today at Musetracks. I read some advice she gave about contests on the RWA craft loop a little while ago and found it so interesting that I asked her if she would share her wisdom here for us and here she is.
 Hi [...]

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Contest Wisdom Interviews: Amy Atwell

Hi everyone,
 
Today I am thrilled to host writer Amy Atwell, Golden Heart finalist and founder of the WritingGIAM communities, Writing Goal In A Month. She writes single title contemporary, historical and romantic suspense.
 
Amy, can you tell me which of your manuscripts finaled in various contests?
 
PUBLIC RELATIONS:  Golden Heart 2008, The Maggies 2008, The Beacon 2007, [...]

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Contest Wisdom Interview: Kris Kennedy

The winner of the online course is Alleyne Dickens. Congrats!!!!

Hi everyone,
 
Today I am thrilled to host author Kris Kennedy, a double Golden Heart finalist and whose novel, THE CONQUEROR will be released by Kensington in May, 2009.
 
And Kris offers a free online class at Heart through History to one lucky commenter today!
 
Welcome, Kris. Can [...]

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