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June Book in a Week Results
Our June group increased this time to 9 participants, who produced 196 new pages! One person hit and then surpassed their goal for the week (yay, Merle!), and others came mighty close, even with Life pestering them.

Jenna Black, who was working on 3 books, came in as our winner by writing 74 pages! Her reward (other than the pages) was a shiny demon-cat bookmark.

The next Book in a Week will begin July 5th. Why do all these holidays fall during BiaW???

Book Club
Beth Caudill leads the Romance Book Club at the Brier Creek Barnes and Noble in Raleigh. The book club will meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm. The next meeting will be June 11, 2008 at 7:30pm and the book discussed will be Sherryl Woods's release, Seaview Inn.

New Release Mari Freeman announces the release of a new anthology, Coming Together: With Pride, from Phaze.

Award Finalist
Magic Lost, Trouble Found is one of five finalists for the Compton Crook Award for the debut science fiction/fantasy author judged to have written the best novel for the previous year. The award is voted on by members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society and will be awarded at their annual convention (Balticon) on Memorial Day weekend. Lisa Shearin is thrilled and honored to be included in such great company:

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (Pyr)
The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald (Tor)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW)
Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin (Ace)
One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name (Baen)

Book Club
Beth Caudill will be moderating a new Romance Book Club at the Brier Creek Barnes and Noble in Raleigh. The book club will meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm. The first meeting will be May 14, 2008 at 7:30pm and the book discussed will be Deb Marlowe's release, Scandalous Lord, Rebellious Miss. Deb will be available at the end of the meeting to answer questions and sign club members' books.

First Sale Sheryl Brennan announces the sale of her first novel-length manuscript, Celtic Sacrifice, to Tiger Publications. Celtic Sacrifice is scheduled to release to bookstores in October of 2008.

May Book in a Week
Despite the lure of Spring, we had 5 participants for the May Book in a Week Challenge. They managed to produce 87 new pages!

Adele discovered a new way of maximizing production. Before, we'd been relying solely on massive quantities of caffeine to increase output. When Adele went out on the first day of BiaW to work in the yard, she discovered a huge snake lazing about.

That snake stayed put for two days, and Adele decided instead to seat herself in front of her computer -- with terrific results!

Even so it was Sabrina who was our big winner, coming in with 29 new pages. Yay!

Next BiaW begins the 7th of June.

New Release and Book Signings Karen Dodd's new book, Begin Again Quinn, is in stores now. The mainstream winner in the Golden Globe and Dixie Kane and finalist in the Maggie, this contemporary novel has a little bit of romance, a little bit of faith, a little bit of mystery and a lot of some little old ladies who live on the NC coast. Karen Dodd's upcoming appearances: June 7 New Bern Public Library teaching a class on the Ins and Outs of self-publishing and are you cut out for it? July 5, 9a-4p signing at Croakerfest at Marsha's Cottage, Oriental, NC July 11 5-8 Book Signing at Carolina Creations, New Bern

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