January Book in a Week
2012 began with 18 members taking the "Book in a Week" challenge. Together they produced 350 new pages! Our "winner" was Joanna McKethan, who wrote 41 of those.
December Book in a Week
Seven people decided to get in on the mad writing rush that was the December Book in a Week challenge. Together they produced 124 new pages! Our "winner" was Joanna McKethan, who wrote 47 pages. She said, "I'm ecstatic about my progress." Let's give her and everyone else a huge hand for outsmarting (or at least out-running) their inner editors!
The next BiaW, which will of course kick off our 2012 writing efforts, will begin January 7. If you plan on joining us, you may want to start gathering your materials: research, backstories, plot ideas, etc., now so you can hit the ground writing.
November Book in a Week
We had just 5 participants in the NaNoWriMo month of November, but together they produced 75 new pages. Our "winner" was Cynthia Cooke, who came up with 28 of those. Applause for all involved!
Next BiaW will commence Dec. 3. Be there or be square!
October Book in a Week
People were probably storing up energy for next month's NaNoWriMo, for the October Book in a Week challenge only had 3 participants. Together they produced 41 new pages! Rebecca Greene was our "winner" with a week's total of 20 pages. Congratulations to all!
Our next BiaW will commence Nov. 5th.
Book Signing
Lilly Gayle will be signing copies of her historical release, Slightly Tarnished, on October 1, 2011 from 1:30-3:00 at Stovall's Gifts in Oxford, NC.
September Book in a Week
September's Book in a Week group consisted of four members, who together wrote 157 new pages. First-timer Rebecca Greene wrote 46 of those, but it was Gina Lamm, who wrote 92 pages in 3 days, completing a first draft, who "won" the challenge!
Our October BiaW will begin in the 1st.
August Book in a Week
For the August Book in a Week challenge we had 5 participants (plus), who were really producing! In fact, Dana wrote so hard that she burned out for a day. (She recovered!) Merry reported that she was walking like a zombie after falling asleep in her recliner with her laptop. Kerry Vail used BiaW as an excuse to edit as fast as she could and went through 109 pages of her wip. (Because she was editing, she's not included in the group stats.)
Merry also furnished us with a link to an article about writing faster: http://www.slate.com/id/2301243 .
Our five writers produced 271 new pages over the week-- that's 54 pages on average-- and our winner was Lyla Dune, with 80 pages! Let's give everyone a big hand!
The next BiaW begins Sept. 3.
5-Star Review
Lilly Gayle's June historical release, Slightly Tarnished, earned 5 Hearts from TRS and was nominated for book of the week.
July Book in a Week
We had 5 participants, more or less, who produced 80 new pages. Our winner was Joanna Wolfe, who wrote 38 of those. Congratulations to all!
June Book in a Week
The June Book in a Week challenge had 7 participants, who produced 205 new pages! Joanna McKethan said that BiaW got her unstuck, and that she's made a good start on two different projects because of it.
Cindy Holby had a looming deadline. When she finally collapsed on her keyboard, she had managed 73 new pages for the week, and is our winner. Congratulations to her and all our group!
The next BiaW will begin on the 2nd of July. WHY do we so often have to compete with a holiday weekend?
May Book in a Week
This time we had only 4 participants, but they pumped out 90 pages between them. The group shared lots of suggestions for how to approach writing quickly and how to keep track of pages. Our winner was Lyla Dune, narrowly beating out Nancy Northcott by producing 36 pages!
The next Book in a Week challenge will start the 4th of June.
Award Finalist
DANE THE LORDS OF SATYR is a current award finalist in RomCon’s 2011 Reader’s Crown Award, Golden Quill Awards (Desert Rose RWA), WisRWA’s Write Touch Reader’s Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. DANE is also an RT Book Reviews Top Pick and recipient of the RT Award for Best Erotic Fantasy Romance of 2010! Congrats to author Elizabeth Amber on all of these honors!
April Book in a Week
Our April Book in a Week group was a small one-- four members. Only one of us came armed with a goal. Still, the group produced 93 pages, and I managed to finish a very rough draft that's been slow-going for far too long. Our "winner" was Sarra Cannon with 44 new pages! (Guess who had the goal?)
March Book in a Week
This time around we had only 4 participants, but they managed 122 pages between
them. Our winner was Jenna Black, with 58 pages!
The next Book in a Week challenge will commence the first Saturday in April.
February Book in a Week
February's Book in a Week challenge brought 6 participants. (Okay, there was one more, but she discovered that trying BiaW when starting a new job is only good for added frustration to one's life.) Together we produced 205 pages. One member discovered that a bit of wine increased her output. Another tried ale, with a satisfactory writing result. Just sayin'. Non-imbibing (at least that we know of) Cynthia Cooke was our "winner" with a total of 63 new pages! Our next BiaW challenge will commence the first Saturday in March.
Bestseller
Sabrina Jeffries' How to Woo a Reluctant Lady has hit the following bestseller lists:
#4 on the New York Times
#22 on USA Today
#4 on Publishers Weekly
#5 on Borders Mass Market
#1 on Borders Romance List
#7 on Barnes and Noble Paperback Bestseller's List
Honors for Katharine Ashe
The American Library Association's Booklist named Katharine Ashe among the "New Stars of Historical Romance." Her debut, Swept Away By a Kiss, is a nominee for RT Book Reviews Readers Choice Awards for Best First Historical Romance.
Book in a Week
We had 11 people take the January Book in a Week challenge. Together the group produced 264 new pages, and of those, Regina Jeffers wrote 51, while Laura Browning eked ahead with 52 pages! Congratulations to all!
Kerry Vail said of BiaW: "I really like the push." If others would like the same, the February BiaW challenge will begin on the 5th.
