DABWAHA

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 [...]

Tuesday News and Deals: DABWAHA Updates, Asian Sexuality and Deals.

Tuesday News and Deals: DABWAHA Updates, Asian Sexuality and Deals.

News Second Chance Bracket: Bracket busted? You get a Second Chance! Starting with the Sweet 16, pick your winners – and there’s prizes for this tourney, too! Deadline:  3/21/2012 at 11:59:00 PM ET This is a separate contest – your picks in this tourney don’t override your picks in the main tourney, in other words. The winner [...]

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 [...]

Thursday Midday Links: Random House hires Sue Grimshaw, former romance buyer for Borders

Thursday Midday Links: Random House hires Sue Grimshaw, former romance buyer for Borders

DABWAHA Voting started up again.   Courtney Milan and Loretta Chase are dueling it out in a very close race. **** Borders romance buyer, Sue Grimshaw, will be the new Editor at Large and Category Specialist for Random House acquiring “selective romance titles for hardcover, paperback and original digital lists”.   Original digital lists.   Sounds like Random [...]

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 [...]

DA BWAHA Heads for the Championship Round

We are down to the FINAL TWO. It’s the Championship Round tonight at 10pm EDT/9pm CDT. GET READY to vote and scream to everyone you know. This year’s DABWAHA Championship round is a verrrry interesting match! Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville is up against Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione. Gay mob romance vs. [...]

DABWAHA Final Four Voting Starts Tomorrow

DABWAHA Final Four Voting Starts Tomorrow

So now: IT IS ON. It’s the Final Four, and then the championship, where the clicking gets crazy and the tension goes nuts. Final Four voting will begin at 10:00 pm EDT/9:00 pm CDT on 3 April 2010, and run for 24 hours. Then, the Championship voting will be held on 5 April 2010, beginning [...]

Wednesday Midday Links: DABWAHA Third Round Voting

Wednesday Midday Links: DABWAHA Third Round Voting

It’s time for more voting. Only 16 books remain and it’s not just bragging rights for the DABWAHA and a iPad from AllRomanceeBooks on the line – there’s also bragging rights for the second chance tourney, with a Kindle from Samhain publishing up for grabs, too. It is on, folks. On, like books about Donkeys [...]

DABWAHA: 2nd Round Winner (not same thing as 2nd Chance winner)

DABWAHA: 2nd Round Winner (not same thing as 2nd Chance winner)

Round two of the 2010 DABWAHA is over – and our winner is Mary Kennedy. Congratulations, Mary! EMAIL ** Email me with your mailing address, please, and we’ll hook you up with your prize. The prize? Oh yeah – it’s hot awesome. The Round 2 prize is being provided by author Maya Banks (thanks Maya!) [...]