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The Sweet Sixteen Voting Has Begun #DABWAHA

The Sweet Sixteen Voting Has Begun #DABWAHA

Your brackets may be busted but that’s okay because we still have you covered.  There are prizes donated for the worst bracket and even a few middle of the road brackets (picked randomly).  Even better, you can still vote which may help your bracket’s chances of diving toward the bottom or climbing upward.  Maybe you(…)

DABWAHA 2nd Chance Bracket Is Up

DABWAHA 2nd Chance Bracket Is Up

Last night’s voting was crazy competitive between Kristen Ashley’s Motorcycle Man and Julie James’ About That Night.  James was down by some 100 votes around the 8:00 pm mark when she came storming back and ultimately won by a little under 100 votes.  Another nailbiter was between Jeannie Lin’s My Fair Concubine and Sarah Morgan’s(…)

DABWAHA Voting Starts Today

DABWAHA Voting Starts Today

If you haven’t been over to the DABWAHA site, you may not know that voting has started. Voting runs in 12 hour segments from midnight to noon and noon to midnight CST. You still have an hour left to vote in the first round. Send to Kindle

DABWAHA Bracket Is Ready

DABWAHA Bracket Is Ready

The DABWAHA bracket is ready to be filled out. Just click on “New” and enter your identification. Only the Nickname will show up publicly.  Then click on the title of the book you will think will each match until you have only one book left as your Champion.  The tie breaker is the number of(…)

DABWAHA Reader Nominees

DABWAHA Reader Nominees

Each year, we leave the last slot in each DABWAHA category for the readers to nominate a book that they believe belonged in the tournament. Today we are announcing the the reader nomination winners and the complete slate of 2012 DABWAHA nominees. Head on over to DABWAHA to view the seedings and the full slate.(…)

DABWAHA Time Is Here

DABWAHA Time Is Here

It’s spring and that means it is DABWAHA time. DABWAHA is the Dear Author Bitchery Writing Award for Hellagood Authors. We know. All blame can be pinned on Sarah. We don’t allow her to name things anymore. The tournament began in 2008 which makes this our 6th annual tournament of books. Yay! This is how(…)

Monday News and Deals: The Nooks Are On Sale

The Final Four of the DABWAHA is set.  Karen Marie Moning’s Shadowfever looks to defeat Courtney Milan’s book, again.  You see, Courtney Milan had two books in the tournament.  One lost to Moning yesterday and Milan’s novella, Unlocked, goes up against Shadowfever in the early round on March 31, 2012.  The other match is Kiss(…)

DABWAHA Voting Is Set to Begin

DABWAHA Voting Is Set to Begin

The Round 1 Voting schedule has been posted, and voting will be intense for the next two days. The polls stay up for 12 hours each, and the trash talking and vote mongering has already begun. Then, just after the dust settles – Round 2! Voting will begin at midnight Central Time, on March 15th (which is(…)

It’s Selection Sunday for DABWAHA!

It’s Selection Sunday for DABWAHA!

First, the reader finalists, those voted in by, well, readers, are: YA: Falling Under by Gwen Hayes Contemporary: If You Hear Her by Shiloh Walker (Bro Magnet by Lauren Baratz Logsted was a close second) Historical: A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal by Meredith Duran GLBT: Hot Head by Damon Suede Category: A Man of His Word by Sarah Anderson Novella: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve by Tessa Dare (edged(…)

It’s time for the DABWAHA!

It’s time for the DABWAHA!

What is DABWAHA? It is a tournament of books. We pit 64 books against each other, fill out brackets predicting who will win, and vote vote vote. The nomination slate is ready and seven out of eight books have been listed at the DABWAHA site. Why is one missing? Because it’s time for you to(…)

DA BWAHA 2nd Chance Tournament

DA BWAHA 2nd Chance Tournament

Ahoy! Is your DABWAHA bracket shot to smithereens? Did you bank on the romance novel equivalent of the University of Pittsburgh and are now in 1156th place? Fear not – Pitt’s going home (ouch) but you get a 2nd chance! It is 2nd Chance Tourney time in Dabwaha-land! Simple as pie (mmm. pie). IT DOES(…)

DABWAHA and other news

DABWAHA and other news

Don’t forget to vote. http://dabwaha.com/!!! **** The White House has come out with a strong statement in support of stricter copyright laws primarily focused on combatting live streaming. I understand that sports organizations are having a very difficult time with this.   Because of the money behind this endeavor (primarily funded by movie studios, record labels,(…)

DABWAHA Schedule and Deadlines

DABWAHA Schedule and Deadlines

This is the last day to fill out your bracket.   Voting will begin at midnight tonight (CST) and will run in 12 hour blocks.    Voting takes place at the dabwaha.com blog. ~~~~ This year, we had 8 books (1 in each category) nominated by readers and the top nominations in each category filled out(…)

DA BWAHA – It’s Bracket Time

DA BWAHA – It’s Bracket Time

Sarah and I actually got an earlier start on the DABWAHA tournament and thus our brackets are ready for you to fill out now. Woot!   Deadline for picking your bracket is March 15, 11:59 pm CST. To recap. DA BWAHA is a tournament of romance books. Sarah and the DA reviewers put together a list(…)

DABWAHA Time

DABWAHA Time

It’s DABWAHA time petals (TM Laura Lee Guhrke’s Scandal of the Year).   For newcomers, DA BWAHA is a tournament that Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches and Dear Author runs during the college basketball tournament.   The college basketball tourney is called March Madness because of all the hoopla surrounding the event so please envision me throwing(…)