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A native Texan, Nan once worked for a
life insurance agency and it was there she garnered her
first commercial writing success. She created an office
procedures manual which the home office issued to all
its agencies. For that Nan got a bonus and a bite from
the Writing Bug.
Nan joined RWA and began writing novel-length
fiction. Her work finaled in several RWA chapter-sponsored
contests as well as back to back finals in The annual
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WRITERS ASSOCIATION'S annual literary
competition, adult genre and romance genre respectively.
Five manuscripts later, two are under contract at Champagne
Books. HITTING THE HIGH NOTES is a FEBRUARY 2010 release.
Nan, hubby, and cats recently moved to Georgia upon her
husband's retirement. Nan is taking a year off from the
nine to five life to write full time while doing the "for
better, for worse, and for lunch thing". In addition
to RWA, Nan is a member of the library league and two
book clubs. She regularly chats up book store owners and
librarians with an eye toward one day presenting them
with a tome of her own.
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Bad boy baritone Lorenzo Pazzazzi is a
memorable mischief maker —Cheryl Emerson, Silhouette
author of Treacherous Beauties
Widow Maggie Duncan learns life is a song when she meets
by chance an AWOL opera star and a certain color-blind
cop. Who will partner Maggie in a very special duet?
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Coming June 2010 from Champagne Books
PESTO PACKIN’ MAMA
(Sequel to HITTING THE HIGH NOTES)
On the way to the altar, a woman cooks
up trouble.
A little chick noir, a face-off with a
loan shark, and a pinch of mutlicultural spice provided
by an infant named Jorge combine well for a Secret Baby
plot. Read
an Excerpt
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As winning bidder for RJ's generous auction offer, I
think a word about health is relevant, and Brenda Novak's
auction as well.
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We
all take good health for granted until we don't have it.
Kudos to Brenda for trying to do something to better the
life of millions of young ones with diabetes. Most of
us talk about doing something to help a cause in which
we believe, we may volunteer, or even a make a modest
monetary contribution, However, in my opinion, no one
has done as much as Brenda for a cause she believes in.
By the way, Writers, Brenda's auction site offers one-stop
shopping for promotion from companies you might engage
to further your career. In addition, each year, I ferret
out tons about what's going on in the publishing world
for instance: photos of editors and agents, and best,
by checking on their linked websites, I learn what some
are acquiring. And Readers, there's a zillion things for
you, too. Darn, I just realized I've invited hundred of
competitors for my bids next year! Oh, well. All's fair...
Best to all in your lives and careers, literary and otherwise.
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Alas, I don't own a book such as Windows For Dummies but
I need one; but I digress. On my keeper shelf is Bitter
Is The New Black by Jen Lancaster. I love anything by
Jen Lancaster. Having a bad day, read Jen, she'll make
you laugh. I love anything from NAL's Accent line as well
as anything by Carl Hiaasen, too, esp. Skinny Dip). And
there's A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner by
Khaled Hosseini. Would that I could write one quarter
that well.
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Q:
What
is the one thing you’d love to do, but haven’t
yet tried? What about the one thing you’ve done that
still amazes you today? |
I'd
love to write a classic mystery. But alas, the project evades
me. What amazes me? That I wrote a 350-page novel and someone
wants to publish it. A miracle. I've been down the rocky road
of a billion rejections. Another thing that amazes me is really,
really good writers go unpublished and others whose writing
is not so strong are published. Any creative endeavor is horribly
subjective though. So, don't give up
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Read more of Nan's Interview
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My
favorite season is winter. Winter gets a bum rap. Where
I live, the temperatures are moderate. Or have been
since this year. We broke decades old records. Still,
I like the change. And unlike most places, tourist season
is over in winter. It grows quiet again under the century
old oaks and lacy Spanish moss. Best of all, hurricane
season is a long way off.
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