June 02, 2007

OKRWA June 2007 Newsletter

June 2007 Program
Saturday, June 16th 1:00pm

"Writing the Dreaded Synopsis."
By Merline Lovelace and Maggie Price


You're WIP is done. You've gathered all your sticky notes... even the ones with dried ice cream on the corner. You've deleted your hooker a million times and edited until you can’t stand to read it anymore. How are you ever going to cut that three hundred page manuscript down into five pages or less?

Listen and learn from Merline Lovelace and Maggie Price as they go over the basics of synopsis writing and reveal some of their word weaving magic.

Saturday, June 16th you'll want to be at Belle Isle Library to learn the ins and outs of "Writing the Dreaded Synopsis."

From The Prez: Vicki Hudoba

Hi Outlaws,

I missed seeing all of you in May and since everyone couldn’t make it to our April reception, it seems like a long time since we have all gotten together. I hope everyone is planning on attending our June meeting, which will be back at the library. Let’s fill the room, reconnect and catch up. We have so many gals with “good news” that needs further exploration. An e-mail just doesn’t do it some times. Our chapter pins will be available at our meeting thanks to Diane and Merline. They are going to look great in Dallas.

We have some members that will be attending their first national conference. I’m sure they have lots of questions and I know all of you experienced attendees will be glad to provide answers and advice. Also, everyone needs to check out the RWA website for all the latest news and plans for conference. There are plans for dinner sign-ups and movie night that should facilitate a comfortable way to network with new people on a social level

I have been asked by our national board to emphasize the importance of voting on the issues listed on the proxies sent to you recently. They must receive a vote from at least 10% of the membership, or 950 votes. Anyone not attending the AGM at national’s this year or anyone not wanting to mail in their proxy is welcome to give it to me at the June meeting. I will be attending the meeting and will turn in all proxies given to me.

Vicki

New Releases




Summer Lovin - A Baby on the Way
Laura Marie Altom

Pregnant and alone, event planner India Foster is happy to be mistaken for a member of the Silver Cliff high school class of '04. Especially when the Fourth of July fireworks pale in comparison to former student Graydon Johnson and the explosive attraction she feels for him.



Goddess of Love
P.C. Cast

Pea Chamberlain needs a makeover-shoes, hair, clothes, make-up-if she wants to attract an Ÿbersexy fireman. And who could better coax Pea out of her pod than the Goddess of Love, whom she invokes in a moment of desperation?

Venus works her magic on Pea, but who will help her when she falls for that same sexy fireman? Could Venus need a love makeover for herself? Check out the five-alarm heat when the Goddess of Love unexpectedly loses her heart.





Wild, Wild Women of the West
Myla Jackson

Abilene, Kansas 1872


In a fit of pique, the Amazing Catarina mesmerizes a skeptical, trail-weary cowboy, into howling like a wolf for the audience, while secretly planting the suggestion that he come to her room that night and make love to her. When the wily cowboy catches on, he turns the trick on the amazing magician. Who will end up with the last laugh?





The Heart of Grace
Linda Goodnight

It took serious injuries from a roadside bomb to bring war photographer Drew Michaels back to his estranged wife, Larissa. His need for adventure had ultimately pushed Larissa toward the warm embrace of the church…and away from him. But now, being back in such close quarters with his first—and only—love, was stirring up feelings of peace and comfort he'd suppressed long ago. Yet his secrets could once again tear him away from the woman to whom he'd uttered the words "I do."





Catch a Mate
Gena Showalter

How to catch the love of your life…with his pants down!

Jillian Greene is always getting caught in the act…in fact, it’s her job! Working at Catch A Mate, Jillian gets paid by suspicious wives to smile, flirt, and prove that no man can be trusted around the opposite sex. Her only ground rule? She never gets physical. Until a heart-stoppingly gorgeous hottie walks in…

Marcus Brody has just been hired as bait to test female fidelity. But the last thing Jillian needs is a partner…especially this infuriating, irresistible man who’s got her fantasizing about tearing off his clothes. Can a savvy modern woman find happiness with the most tempting man she’s ever known? Is there such a thing as a totally monogamous male?





Red Handed
Gena Showalter

There’s blood on her hands, but it isn’t human.

Phoenix Germaine has been trying to earn back her mother's trust after going into rehab and kicking Onadyn—the drug of choice for New Chicago teens. But when a party in the woods turns into an all-out battle with the most ferocious aliens Phoenix has never seen, she’s brought home in what appears to be an Onadyn-induced state. Hello, reform school.

Except, what her mother doesn’t know is that Phoenix has just been recruited to join the elite Alien Investigation and Removal agency, where she’ll learn to fight dirty, track hard, and destroy the enemy. Her professional training will be rigorous and dangerous, and the fact that one of her instructors is Ryan Stone—the drop-dead gorgeous, 19-year-old agent she met in the woods that night—doesn’t make things any easier. Especially when dating him is totally against the rules. . . .





Stray
Rachel Vincent

Faythe Sanders likes to pretend she's a normal college co-ed, but that's only half the truth. It's the other half that matters when her former lover appears on campus, sent to pull her back into a life her classmates could never understand, or even imagine. He has come to take her home, to where hunting doesn’t involve guns, the night isn’t for sleeping, and fur is much more than just a fashion statement.

Female werecats are disappearing from all over the south, and the Pride is helpless to find its missing members and stop the stray responsible. Confined to home for her own protection, Faythe must face everything she went to school to escape: the family she left behind, the love she turned her back on, and the destiny tradition says she's bound to fulfill. And when it all becomes too much to handle, an emotionally charged error in judgment leads her into the unsheathed claws of the stray himself. Now, armed with nothing but animal instinct and a serious attitude, Faythe must free herself and stop the kidnappers before their horrific plot robs her Pride of its most valuable asset: its own continued existence.




Member News


Maggie Price is participating in Harlequin’s upcoming continuity series, Thoroughbred Legacy. Her book, Who’s Cheatin’ Who? will be a December 2008 release.

Robin Perini finalled in the Kiss Of Death Chapter’s Daphne du Maurier Award Contest in the Single Title Category with her manuscript On Target. She also received first place in the Land of Enchantment Romance Author’s Rebecca Contest for her manuscript Deadly Obsession and received a request for the full manuscript.

Sherri Buerkle has signed with Laurie McLean of Larson/Pomada Literary Agency.

P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast have signed another three book contract with St. Martin’s for their Young Adult series, The House of Night.

Jordan Dane sold another 3-book mass-market paperback series to Avon HarperCollins. No release dates or book titles as yet.

Debbie Behrens placed fourth in the Romantic Suspense Category of the Valley Forge Romance Writers, The Sheila Contest for her manuscript, Racing Hearts.

Please join us in congratulating our members on these fantastic achievements.


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From the Editor
Please, send all member news, new releases, writing articles, etc. to Debbie Behrens at Debehrs@aol.com .

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