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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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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Contest Wisdom Interviews: Anne Barton

Contest Wisdom Interview: Anne Barton
by Marie-Claude Bourque

 Today, I am thrilled to receive the very talented and gracious Anne Barton, Regency historical romance writer and Golden Heart finalist. She has nicely accepted to part with her wisdom on the pros and cons of entering RWA contests and shares some tips for us.

Welcome Anne. Can you please [...]

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Contest Wisdom Interviews: Helen Scott Taylor

Hi everyone,
This is our 4rth installment in the Contest Wisdom Interview series.  Before I start, let me announce that our previous guest, Debra Holland, is a semi-finalist in the Kairos Prize for Spiritually
Uplifting Screenplays with WILD MONTANA SKY. Congratulation Debra!! 
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Helen Scott Taylor, author of paranormal romance and [...]

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Contest Wisdom Interviews: Debra Holland

By Marie-Claude Bourque
Hi everyone,
Today, I am pleased to interview Golden Heart winner and finalist Debra Holland. She writes a variety of genre: Western Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance, and Science Fiction/ Fantasy. She also writes non-fiction and has adapted one of her books into a screenplay.
Welcome to Musetracks  Debra. You have quite an interesting writing experience. [...]

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Contest Wisdom Interviews: Cynthia Ann Arends/Sindee Sexton

by Marie-Claude Bourque 
 
Hi everyone,
Please welcome writer Cynthia Ann Arends  who also writes as Sindee Sexton, but to quote her,  “The latter may be changing. Nothing like googling yourself and getting links to porn sites.”
 
Cynthia writes anything and everything, from Regency-set Historical, to Fantasy Erotic Romance, to Paranormal. It kinds of looks like my reading [...]

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Contest Wisdom Interviews: Stephie Smith

By Marie-Claude Bourque
 
Hi everyone,
Welcome to my new series of interview called Contest Wisdom. Let me confess something here. I entered at least 15 RWA contests last year and I have not finaled in a single one. I still think that my American Title entry got mixed up with someone else’s at Dorchester. So RWA contests [...]

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