Yesterday, the 2008 RITA Finalists were announced. We posted the results and encouraged others to provide congratulations. This post and the comments that follow will likely be critical of the process, the finalists, the judging. Please be aware of this. I do not mean to diminish anyone’s accomplishments, but I am [...]
2008 RITA for Best First Book Finalists
Dead Girls Are Easy by Terri Garey
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books - (978-0-06-113615-3)
Erika Tsang, editor
Graffiti Girl by Kelly Parra
Simon & Schuster, MTV Books/Pocket - (141653461X)
Jennifer Heddle, editor
Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin NEXT - (9780373881352)
Ann Leslie Tuttle, editor
Prom Dates From Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Random House Publishing, Delacorte Press [...]
The SBs have two links where results are being posted as they trickle in.
Judi’s Journey
The unofficial list
I’ll open a thread tonight to kvetch about the results. How about I do one thread where only nice things can be said and another where we can bitch and moan about the results?
So the story that Publisher’s Weekly reported on today is that a small print inspirational publishing house is getting the RITA shaft. The Publishers’ Weekly article says that Tsaba House publisher was barred from submitter her own book, Sanctuary, for a RITA Award based on the fact that Tsaba was not an RWA [...]
Three weeks ago, the Romance Writers of America handed out its RITA awards which is deemed by the industry to be the highest award an author can achieve. It’s an award, though, that is the target of a great deal criticism for everything from its categories to the entrance fee to the way in [...]
Today I leave for Dallas for the RWA National Convention, toga optional. At Blogging National, there are 150+ blogs listed and nearly all of them, as far as I can tell, are author blogs. This makes complete sense because “Nationals”, as it is called, is a writer’s convention. So why am I [...]
