(Manuscript #1 word count: 64,892) I was in Dublin killing time in an internet cafe as Hubby read every single sports report published online, when I thought I’d look up information about Romance Writers of America’s romance novel competitions. They announce the winner at their annual conference, and I knew that next year’s is in… Continue reading Dontcha break my heart (my achy Golden Heart)
Author: Kat
Kat Latham writes sexy contemporary romance, including the London Legends rugby series. With degrees in English lit and human rights, she loves stories that reflect the depth, humor and emotion of real life. She's a California girl living in the Netherlands with her baby girl and British husband.
Romance novel contests and competitions
I had never thought about writing competitions as a way to publication until I read Meredith Duran’s Duke of Shadows, her first published novel and winner of Gather.com’s First Chapters Writing Competition. The competition seems to be defunct, as do most of the others I’ve seen people write blog posts about in the past. I’ve… Continue reading Romance novel contests and competitions
She writes again!
After a bit of fiddling around, I’ve discovered I have no problems with She Writes, a social networking site for writers, at home. The problem seems to be with my work, but the IT department blames She Writes. In the comments to my previous post, Fran Lee explained some of the techie reasons my work… Continue reading She writes again!
She writes, she promotes, she fails
This week I was reading an article on the Washington Post website about how authors can market themselves using cheap (or free!) online tools. It had a link to a new social networking site called She Writes. I had a gander at it and got really excited. It seemed like it might be just the… Continue reading She writes, she promotes, she fails
On foreignness
As I mentioned in my last post, my husband and I have been travelling around northern India for two weeks. It’s my first time being in this country, and I was really surprised by how much attention we’ve been getting just for being foreign-looking. On our first day in Delhi, we went to the Baha’i… Continue reading On foreignness