Dunes and Dreams

Gina Ardito's workshop schedule is quickly filling up the 2012 calendar! To date, she's booked to appear at Charter Oak RWA (CT), Valley of the Sun RWA (AZ), NECRWA (Imagination in Flight Conference in Salem, MA), NW Houston RWA (TX), NJRW (NJ), and Maine RWA. Check her website under "Appearances" for dates and topics. Gina was also notified her popular article, The Top Ten Questions for a Successful Synopsis, was featured in the November 2011 issue of the New Zealand Romance Writers' newsletter.

Under the pen name of Candy Caine, Candace Gold will be working on several long-range projects with Arrow Publications, including a live podcast in March.

Trisha Kiefer is thrilled to announce that she will be presenting a workshop at the NECRWA Imagination in Flight Conference with Gina Ardito in Salem, Massachusetts this coming April.

Jeannie Moon will be a monthly contributor to the Random House Romance at Random blog. Jeannie, who is a high school librarian, will be blogging about Young Adult romance. Her first post goes up on Christmas Eve.

Gina Ardito received the cover for the third book in her Nobody series with Avalon Books. NOBODY'S PERFECT will be a February 2012 release. Writing as Katherine Brandon, she also received the cover for her May 2012 release with The Wild Rose Press, ECHOES OF LOVE. Both authors are thrilled and the covers can be seen on the chapter's Facebook page.

Laurie Bumpus, writing as Diane Culver, has released her first book, LOVE ON THE RUN, available on Kindle, Nook and the Ipad via the Kindle App. LOTR is the first in a six book series called Hampton Thoroughbreds.