Yesterday was a big day in romance novel land. The RITA (RWA’s award for best published books of the year) and the Golden Heart (RWA’s award for best unpublished manuscripts of the year) finalists got their calls. I didn’t enter so I totally forgot about announcement day until I signed on and saw that I had over 1100 emails in my inbox. The romance loops went wild as people got their calls and the congratulations started coming in.

You can check out the Golden Heart list. I wanted to point out one finalist who is listed on my sidebar links. Congrats to Cindy Procter-King!! Her manuscript, Her Hometown Man, is a finalist in the Long Contemporary category. Congrats and good luck to all of the finalists. Whether or not your Golden Heart manuscript eventually turns you into a published book, this is a huge accomplishment and great honor. Good job!

The RITA list includes some great reads. There are a few Brava titles on the list which is just great to see - congrats to Sylvia Day (in the novella category) and Jill Shalvis (in the contemporary single title category)!!! Also, Erin McCarthy who is a fav author of mine is a finalist for Heiress For Hire . Huge congrats and good luck to all of the finalists.

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