One Final Amore & More!

This Saturday, February 28th, I'm moderating the final library panel talk of Amore and More! Authors Denise Agnew, Elaine Charton and Michael Charton will talk about how romance is everywhere and has been with us throughout history. Find out why romance books endure. All genres--mystery, westerns, main stream, paranormal, suspense, inspirational--have opportunities for romantic threads.

So if you're in/around the Tucson area, please plan on attending. (The panel talk begins at 1:00 p.m.)

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Library Panel Today

I'm participating in my first panel talk in a public venue today as part of Amore and More! Along with Laurie Schnebly Campbell and Jill Knowles, I'll be talking about how romance novels have changed over the last 20 years and where we see them headed in the future.

I'll also be giving away copies of Daring the Moon. So if you're in/around the Tucson area, please plan on attending. (The panel talk begins at 1:00 p.m.)

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Mark Your Calendars

This Saturday, January 31st, I'm participating in my first panel talk in a public venue as part of Amore and More! Along with Laurie Schnebly Campbell and Jill Knowles, I'll be talking about how romance novels have changed over the last 20 years and where we see them headed in the future.

I'll also be giving away copies of Daring the Moon.
So if you're in/around the Tucson area, please plan on attending. (The panel talk begins at 1:00 p.m.)

Click here for more information.

Amore and More! Again

Amore and More! Romance Writers Tell All

Does a ripped heart trump ripped abs? Discover the mouth-drying, heart-thumping world of the modern romance at one of four Amore and More! writing workshops sponsored by the Pima County Public Library - just in time for Valentine's Day!

These free, two-hour workshops from 1-3 p.m. January 31 at Himmel Park Branch Library, February 14 at Mission Branch Library and February 28 at Nanini Branch Library will whet your appetite for the Tucson Festival of Books in March.

Published authors from the Saguaro Romance Writers, the Tucson Chapter of Romance Writers of America®, share the secrets of the romance novel's sizzle. These award-winning writers give new meaning to that titillating phrase, Snap, Crackle, Pop!

Dip into the world of the sensuous sentence and the vivacious verb and learn what romance writing is all about. Don't forget that romance fiction generated $1.375 billion in sales in 2007!

If you're in or near Tucson, make sure to come to these great workshops! My panel is next Saturday--one week from today! (And yes, I'm already starting to get nervous...) Our topic: It's Not Your Mother's Romance Anymore--learn how romance novels have changed over the years. What are the various sub-genres under the greater romance umbrella? How do they differ from each other? E-books and print formats. And lots more!

Join me and authors Laurie Schnebly Campbell and Jill Knowles on January 31st at 1:00 at the Himmel Park Branch Library.

Amore and More!

Amore and More! Romance Writers Tell All

Does a ripped heart trump ripped abs? Discover the mouth-drying, heart-thumping world of the modern romance at one of four Amore and More! writing workshops sponsored by the Pima County Public Library - just in time for Valentine's Day!

These free, two-hour workshops from 1-3 p.m. January 17 at Dusenberry-River Branch Library, January 31 at Himmel Park Branch Library, February 14 at Mission Branch Library and February 28 at Nanini Branch Library will whet your appetite for the Tucson Festival of Books in March.

Published authors from the Saguaro Romance Writers, the Tucson Chapter of Romance Writers of America®, share the secrets of the romance novel's sizzle. These award-winning writers give new meaning to that titillating phrase, Snap, Crackle, Pop!

Dip into the world of the sensuous sentence and the vivacious verb and learn what romance writing is all about. Don't forget that romance fiction generated $1.375 billion in sales in 2007!

Featured authors include Denise Agnew, Laurie Schnebly Campbell, Elaine Charton, Michael Charton, Georgina Devon, Judy Duarte, Mary Tate Engels, Roz Denny Fox, Patricia Knoll, Jill Knowles, Sherrill Quinn, Vicki Lewis Thompson and Kathleen Wells.

If you're in Tucson, make sure to come to these great workshops! Today you'll have the opportunity to listen to and pick the brains of NYT best seller Vicki Lewis Thompson, Patricia Knoll and Kathleen Wells.

My panel is on January 31st, so mark your calendars now!

Tucson Festival of Books

Those of you who live near enough to Tucson to make a trip here, mark your calendars:

March 14-15 on the University of Arizona campus, the city of Tucson is holding its first Festival of Books. Some of the featured authors include Vicki Lewis Thompson, Diana Gabaldon, Father Andrew Greeley, J.A. Jantz and Elmore Leonard just to name a few. Over 300 other authors are participating. Including yours truly.

On Saturday, March 14, I along with fellow ero-rom authors Jill Knowles and Anastasia Rabiyah will host a panel on "Turning Up the Heat: The Spicier Side of Romance". In a room that seats 100. (Yep, my knees are already shaking...)

Leading up to all of this, the Pima County Library is working with my local RWA chapter and has put together several free workshops in various libraries in town. As part of the Amore and More! sessions, three of us (Laurie Schnebly Campbell, Jill Knowles and me) will speak on January 31, 2009 from 1:00-3:00 at the Himmel Park Branch Library. Our topic: It's Not Your Mother's Romance Anymore. We'll discuss how romance novels have changed over the years, what the various sub-genres under the greater romance umbrella are, and how they differ from each other.

Stay tuned for more details the closer we get to the events.