The winner of my July Contest was Kimberly, congratulations!

For August, I will be part of Lena Matthews book a day giveaway.  You will need to join her group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lenamatthews/  I’ll be giving away books on two different days.

Check out a few authors contributing books to the contest (in addition to me, of course:  Evangeline Anderson, Maggie Casper, Selena Illyrian, Jade James, Bridget Midway, Tuesday Morrigan, Melissa Schroeder, Eve Vaughn and more.

Hope to see you there!

Events

The first ever conventions for Ellora's Cave, Cerridwen Press, and Lotus Circle authors and readers will be held in Akron, Ohio in 2009.

The following dates are being considered (all Friday-Sunday):
September 18th - 20th,
September 25th-27th
October 2nd – 4th

If you are interested in the convention, respond with name, address, and phone number (optional) via email to conventions@ellorascave.com

Tentative schedule:

Friday Night – EC/CP/TLC Celebration Party
Saturday Morning – Continental Breakfast
Saturday Day – Workshops
Saturday Night – Awards Banquet

**The city is working on something fun for you to do (if interested and thirsty) after the Awards Banquet.**

Sunday Morning – Continental Breakfast
Sunday Afternoon – Book Fair
Sunday Evening – An author sponsored event. Romantic Times has a movie and popcorn night at their farewell gathering. If you want to participate or have a suggestion please include that information in your email.

Once EC has an idea of the number of interested people (authors, readers, book stores, models), and they decide on the hotel, food, etc., they'll be able to determine the cost.