This list was compiled by Geri Russell for the May 2009 issue of the Romance Writers Report. More details on these first sales are available on the Romance Writers of America website, authors and books section. Please support budding authors!
Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance: The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading, a young adult novel, to Simon Pulse. Their official website is: http://thegeekgirlsguide.com/wordpress/.
Eva Gordon: Werewolf Sanctuary, a paranormal, to Vanilla Hearts Publishing. *Gordon is donating proceeds from her book’s sales the first week to a wolf sanctuary. Her official website is http://www.ravenauthor.com/.
Kitty Keswick: Freaksville, a young adult paranormal, to Leap Books. Release Date: 1-8-2010. Her official website is http://kittykeswick.com/.
Linda Poitevin: A Fairy Tale for Gwyn, a contemporary romance, to The Wild Rose Press. Release Date: 1-22-2010. Her official website is http://www.lindapoitevin.com/.
Therese Walsh: The Last Will of Moira Leahy, a women’s fiction with romantic elements, to Random House. Walsh’s official website: http://theresewalsh.com/.
If you are a writer with a first sale of book-length romance fiction to a non-Subsidy, non-Vanity Publisher, please send your information to Gerri at ggrussell@juno.com or 6903 128th Place, SE, Bellevue, WA 98006.
XO,
Jillian
Wow! What a surprise to see the Geek Girl book cover in my blog reader.
Thanks for featuring us!
Thanks for the mention, Jillian!
Thank you so much for the mention, Jillian — how totally thrilling to find myself here!
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