RONÉ Award Finalists

SQUEE!!

The votes have been tallied and the finalists in the 2014 RONÉ Awards have been announced. There are so many wonderful books on this list and guess what? Intrigue made it (Historical: Post Medieval)! 

Even better, my bestie's book, Dance with the Enemy, also made the cut in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi category! DOUBLE SQUEE!! 

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the RONÉ Awards, I'll briefly explain. It is an award given to the best in independently published books. The first step is a professional review, done by InD'tale Magazine. If the book rates 4 stars or higher and was published in the year specified, it's automatically entered. (Books published in 2013 are the ones being judged this year, for example.) Once the nominees are announced, they pass to the voting stage, where the public votes for their favorite books in each category. The top ones are then announced as finalists.

A trophy from last year.
Image credit:
©2013 Tonya Smalley 

The next step in the award process, the step we're on now, is professional judges. These lovely men and women (authors, publishers, editors, and others in the industry) will read the books assigned to them and decide which they feel should receive the stunningly gorgeous trophy for each category. And there are so many wonderful books/authors on the list! I can't even imagine how the judges will make their decisions. I do not envy them in the least! lol

The winners will be announced in July at the Romance Novel Convention in Las Vegas, NV. The RONÉ Awards ceremony is the best part of the convention with quality entertainment, lots of laughs, and lots of class. If it's the only part of the convention you can attend, it is the best part and so worth it. With InD'tale Magazine in charge of the awards, you know it will be great! ☺

♥Happy reading, writing, and blogging!!♥

There's a jukebox in my head. It's currently playing

♫♪ End of Eternity Soundtrack ~ Fighting with the Devil

A New Year and New (some Old) Goals

2014 is here and with comes the opportunity to meet new goals, or maybe even old goals previously not met. I've compiled a list of things I'd like to accomplish this year. 

Without further ado...

1. Update Entangled (formerly known as Spellbound).
2. Edit (and publish) Forgotten...and other Heartless tales.
3. Finish Retribution.
4. Make headway on Flawless. 

5. Make headway on Temptation.
6. Design at least 12 book covers (somewhat writing related, lol), premade or custom, but not for my books.
7. Finish, compile, and publish my InD'tale serial Regency, Death Becomes Her. 
8. Begin a new serial Regency and have three installments ready before the first part is revealed.
9. Keep up with Regency Wednesday posts... starting NEXT Wednesday. lol
10. Continue to actively market books. (Always the hardest for me.)
11. Critique at least 4 manuscripts from fellow authors.
    

What about you? Writers and non-writers, what are your goals for 2014? 

*Image is from Wikimedia Commons and is in the public domain. 

♥Happy reading, writing, and blogging!!♥

There's a jukebox in my head. It's currently playing

♫♪ AWOLNATION ~ Sail ("Blame it on my A-D-D baby")