April 2009

Something new is cooking. I’ll let you know more soon!

March 2009

Finally! An excerpt for Tough Girl, Pretty Woman

February 2009

Thank you for the emails I’ve received about where to get my books - especially, the hockey romances. It’s great to know that there are so many like-minded readers out there. As I’ve said to the people who wrote, at the moment, they are not available. But, I’m inching closer to that magic sale - so keep your fingers crossed. You’ll be the first to know! If you’d like to be informed of any sale, please send me your details using the contact link.

December 2008

Apologies for not updating my website recently. As you can imagine, the Big Move Home was a major job. We are happily settled in our house in the UK, just outside Cambridge. And I have my own office!!!

September 2008

Bad Boy, Good Man places second in the Central Florida Romance Writers’ Touch of Magic contest!

August 2008 - The Big Move Home!!

And a fab birthday present from Laura and Julia - my very own penguin! Well, he’s been adopted for me. I suspect the cats might not like sharing the house with a King Penguin . His name is Flipper and he’s a King Penguin who lives at Volunteer Point on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. You can find out more about the great work that Falklands Conservation does here: http://www.falklandsconservation.com/

July 2008

We’ve started preparing for the Big Move Home. Yes, from August, we will be back in the UK permanently.

Also - please look out for me if you’re going to be at the RWA National Conference in San Francisco.

And - by popular request - I have put the handout from my workshop ‘Panic-Free Pitching’ on my website, in the Extras section. Feel free to download and use it to help you gain that editor or agent request. However, if you are going to extract or quote or use the material in any other way, please be sure to cite where you got the information from! If in doubt, you can contact me through my website.

June 2008

Check me out on MySpace and Facebook!

May 2008

Bad Boy, Good Man places second in the Fab Five contest.

AND Bad Boy, Good Man reached the final three of Central Florida Romance Writers’ Touch of Magic contest.

April 2008

Great news for the first book in my New Jersey Ice Cats series, Bad Boy Good Man. It is a finalist in WisRWA’s Fab Five contest.

March 2008

Huge congratulations to two very dear friends - Terri Garey and Anna Campbell - who are double RITA finalists!!

Also in January

Beth Andrews and I were part of the Romance Bandits’ invasion of Romance Novel TV (www.romancenovel.tv) with our light-hearted look at category novels.

January

A new blog is launched with my super-talented Writer’s Playground pals. Check out Writers at Play www.writersatplay.com. I will be blogging on the 27th of each month. And don’t forget, I blog at Romance Bandits on the 22nd of each month.

November

Another dear friend has sold! Congratulations to Carla Hughes who sold her GH winning book to Harlequin’s new Inspirational Historicals line.

9/19/07

Another new member of the Sugden household. Check her out under Meet Anna.

9/12/07

Our beloved R2 crossed the Rainbow Bridge after a short battle with cancer. We miss him terribly.

August

More great news this month with more of my good friends selling. Huge congratulations to Beth Burgoon (Harlequin Supers), Jeanne Adams (Kensington) and Cindy Munoz (Source Books).

7/25/07

Lots to celebrate!

• I had a great time at the RWA National Conference in Dallas. It was wonderful to see so many friends and soak up inspiration from fellow romance writers for the writing year ahead.
• Congratulations to three of my very good friends, Beth Burgoon, Carla Hughes and Trish Milburn, who won a prestigious Golden Heart. A big shout out also to my pal Carridad Ferrer who won a RITA.
• Popping the champagne corks for Trish Milburn who has sold to Razorbill (Penguin)!
• I'm beginning work on my latest New Jersey Ice Cats book - Tough Girl, Pretty Woman. Check back for a blurb and more information.

6/16/07

Lots of new things coming to my website:

• The wait is over - I have posted an excerpt for Bad Boy, Good Man.
• A new page - Behind the Scenes - Come with me as I research my New Jersey Ice Cats series. See which player inspired my hero. Find out some fun information about an NHL arena - Continental Airlines Arena. Visit a New Jersey Devils practice. Meet Devils great - Ken Daneyko.
• A new section with information for writers. It will contain the handouts from my workshops.

5/9/07

• He shoots, he scores! Bad Boy, Good Man is a finalist in the Four Seasons contest.
• Romance Bandits Blog goes live. The 2006 Golden Hearts finalists are an awesome, talented, fun-loving group! A bunch of us have got together to create an entertaining, thought-provoking blog - visit us on www.romancebandits.blogspot.com. You can usually find my posts on the 22nd of each month.
• I’ll be starting my own blog soon - so keep checking back!
  

4/7/07

• We welcomed a new member to our household. Check her out under Meet Anna.

3/25/07

• Exciting news! I got the call today that Mortgaged Hearts is a finalist in the 2007 Golden Heart contest! I'm so thrilled and honoured to final two years running.
• Congratulations to my good friends Beth Burgoon, Sheila-Rae Mohs, Carla Hughes and Lindsey Brookes who are also finalists and to Terry McLaughlin for her first RITA final.

3/7/07

• Our beloved Kooka crossed the Rainbow Bridge after a short battle with liver cancer. We miss him terribly.

2/07

• It's been a great month for research! In fact, I'm devoting a whole page to it shortly - so check back to read the details and see the pictures.
• A big thank you to Tom Ferreri, Vice President of Arena Operations at the Continental Airlines Arena - current home of the New Jersey Devils. He shared some of his encyclopedic knowledge while showing me what goes on behind the scenes. As well as giving me invaluable information, he let me stand at centre ice and allowed me to ride on a Zamboni!
• Another big thank you to one of the Devils' greats, Ken 'Dano' Daneyko, a three-time Stanley Cup winner, whose number 3 was retired by the Devils. He graciously agreed to meet with me and answer my questions. His frank, honest answers gave me useful insights for Jake 'Bad Boy' Badoletti and the rest of my New Jersey Ice Cats team.
• Finally, I made another visit to the Devils' practice facility where I got to see the Devils in action and meet them!

1/25/07

• One of my articles was published Down Under! Good pal, fellow Golden Heart finalist and new Avon author, Anna Campbell, alerted me to the news that "All you need is a six-pack" was in the December issue of Hearts Talk - the Official Journal of Romance Writers of Australia Inc. What a thrill!
• I'm so excited that three of my very good friends have sold! Huge congratulations to Janice Lynn (Harlequin's Medical line), Anna Scamans (Medallion Press) and Christyne Butler (Samhain).
• A big thank you to the Chairman of the New Jersey Devils, Jeff Vanderbeek, for helping me with the research for my current manuscript Bad Boy, Good Man. A classy organisation, an outstanding team - what more can I say but "Let's Go Devils!". I'll be posting more information and some pictures - so check back.