Moonlight Romance Authors

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Call For Submissions....

Leap of Faith Publishing, LLC is now open to submissions of all genres and sub-genres of romance and erotic romance.

All submissions must be new material in order to be considered for publication. After you have published one book with Leap of Faith Publishing, LLC we will consider publishing books that have been previously published elsewhere. Also, at this time we are not accepting simultaneous submissions.

We love new stories that don’t fit the mold, so please feel free to submit manuscripts where your muse has gone wild! You just never know what the next hot new romance or erotic romance sub-genre is going to be, so surprise us with your most creative efforts.

We will consider manuscripts starting at 1000k , but ideally we are looking for manuscripts that are at least 20000k for publication. However, bottom line, if it’s a fantastic story we’ll consider it regardless of length.

Please no submissions that have rape for purposes of titillation, child exploitation, golden showers, necrophilia (vamps are the exception), bestiality (shapeshifters and animal-like aliens are the exception), or pornography.

Please visit our Submissions page for more information.

We hope you will consider joining us! Leap of Faith Publishing, LLC is an author-friendly publisher who believes that there can never be too many good books in the world.

Thank you!
Patricia Richardson, CEO
Leap of Faith Publishing, LLC

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

RT nomination for 'A Knight's Captive'

I'm delighted to say that A Knight's Captive was chosen among the select band of nominees for the Best Historical Novel category in the Romantic Times 2009 Reviewers' Choice Awards this month. I'm tickled pink to have been shortlisted, and congratulations to Tessa Dare, who won.

The list of all the nominees and winners is here.

Lindsay

Monday, April 5, 2010

New Books From Linda Sole

I haven't been able to get into the blog for ages, but now Regina has made it possible again so here I am. There are a lot of new books to catch up with. Red Rose Publishing brought out Dangerous To Know, Ryan's son, Daddy Loves Belinda and a Regency - An Impetuous Miss, Anne Ireland, all of them a long time in the editing but now out at RRp.

As Anne Herries I have the Melford series coming out this year in England - Forbidden Lady and The Lord's Forced Bride, two that have already been out in USA. In america I have another Ottoman Empire book, the title Bought For the Harem. Like Captive of the Harem the title is lurid and fun but the book is a romance as always. Captive of the Harem was and is my best selling book for Mills & Boon. It has sold all over the world despite an awful review on amazon. I have hopes the new one will do the same. I also have lots of other new books in the pipeline with M&B.

As Linda Sole I've had the Family Feud trilogy out over the past eighteen months and I now have another book coming in May called All My Sins. This is written in the first person and I think it's my best saga since Lovers & Sinners, which sold in big numbers for Century and Arrow.

I hope to get back sooner this time with an excerpt next time.

Best wishes, Linda

Friday, March 19, 2010

DABWAHA 2010

Having been away for a while, I only discovered this morning that Blue Gold was chosen to participate in DABWAHA 2010, run by Dear Author and Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.

Whatever happens, I'm delighted to be nominated in some very strong company. If you want to take part in the voting, here's the link.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy St Patrick's Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all my Irish brothers and sisters (and those who are Irish in their hearts)

Slan's beannachd! (Health and a blessing)

Sarah McNeal

Sunday, February 14, 2010

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Happy Valentine's Day

Go out and share the love with family, friends, that special someone and your pets. Have a wonderful time and enjoy the love you have with gratitude.

Sending out love vibes to your corner of the universe.

Sarah McNeal

http://www.sarahmcneal.com

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Announcement And Invitation

BITTER NOTES soon to be released by Amira Press.

Cover art by Anastasia Rabiyah.

On Monday evening, January 11, 2010, I'll be celebrating my new job as one of the hostesses at THE ROMANCE ROOM and the soon to be released BITTER NOTES. I will not just be yakking it up while I'm there; but also having contests (simple ones I promise) and giving away some cool stuff like piano shaped pencil erasers, magnetic calendars, a music box shaped like a baby grand piano and a download of my previous release, THE VIOLIN. I hope you'll come and join me for the fun.

All good things to your corner of the universe.

Sarah McNeal

http://www.sarahmcneal.com

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Regina Paul

Natalie-Nicole Bates

Natalie-Nicole Bates may be new to the world of publishing, but she’s always been a fan of books and is an active book reviewer. Now she gets to see what’s it’s like on the other side of the book fence when her paranormal romance, Antique Charming, is released through Books To Go Now Publishing this fall and her contemporary romance, Change of Address, will be published in January 2012 by Secret Cravings Publishing.

In addition to her love of books, Natalie also has an uncharacteristic love of hockey which can be attributed to the fact she was born in Russia. Natalie now resides in the UK with a collection of Victorian and Edwardian era photography, her favorites being the post-mortem photographs. Visit Natalie-Nicole online at Natalie-Nicole Bates.com

Tara Fox Hall

I'm an OSHA-certified safety and health inspector at a metal fabrication shop in upstate New York. I have a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a double minor in chemistry and biology from Binghamton University. My writing credits include nonfiction, horror, suspense, erotica, and contemporary and historical paranormal romance. I am the author of the paranormal action-adventure Lash series and the vampire romantic suspense Promise Me series. I also coauthored (with Eric Dietrich) the nonfiction book Forbidden Conversations. I divide my free time unequally between writing novels and short stories, chainsawing firewood, caring for stray animals, sewing cat and dog beds for donation to animal shelters, and target practice. Visit me at Tara Fox Hall.com

Lindsay Townsend

Lindsay lives in Yorkshire, England, where she was born, and started writing stories at an early age. Always a voracious reader, she took a degree in medieval history and worked in a library for a while, then began to write full-time after marriage.

Her first unpublished historical found her an agent and the second got a publisher in London interested. They wanted her to write with a modern setting, which she did – several romantic thrillers set in Greece, Italy or on Dartmoor in the English West Country - and enjoyed it, but historicals are really her first love. Lindsay is currently writing medieval romance for Kensington, who published ‘A Knight’s Vow’in 2008 and are following it with ‘A Knight’s Captive’ in spring, 2009.

She is also fascinated by the ancient world, especially Rome, Egypt and the Bronze Age. ‘Flavia’s Secret’, set in Roman Britain, came out from Bookstrand in 2008, and two more historicals, ‘Blue Gold’, set in ancient Egypt, and ‘Bronze Lightning’, set in Bronze Age Greece and the Britain of Stonehenge, have also just been released early in 2009.

Please visit Lindsay's blog.

Linda Sole

Linda writes as herself and under several other names. As Linda Sole she iscurrently published by Severn House of UK and USA. She also writes as Anne Herries for Harlequin Mills & Boon. She is happily married and lives in England with her husband. Linda enjoys visiting Spain where she loves to walk, swim and lie in the sun. Writing is her passion and she manages a few words every day, but she also loves animals and especially squirrels. She is known as the squirrel lady at her local supermarket because of all the nuts she buys for them!

Visit her website for more information.

Sarah J. McNeal

I became interested in writing at a young age. My parents didn’t allow us to have a television so my sisters and I became avid readers. We read everything from Shakespeare to my mother’s True Detective Stories that, by the way, scared the hell out of me. I submitted my first story and received my first rejection when I was thirteen years old.

I am particularly drawn to writing fantasy and time travel and have created a magical place called Valmora where winged people with various magical abilities are in constant struggle against the evil forces of the Dark Isle. Two of the books in this series are presently available at New Concepts Publishing: THE DARK ISLE and LAKE OF SORROWS. I am writing the third now: THE LIGHT OF VALMORA. I have written a time travel novel in which a woman goes back to the 1920’s to save a man from dying in THE VIOLIN that has been submitted to New Concepts Publishing. I intend to write a series of musical instrument stories including THE PIANO and one that I intend to start in the near future titled, HARMONICA JOE’S RELUCTANT BRIDE.

Until recent years, I wrote short stories, two of which were the early inspiration for the Valmora series and three other stories that were sci-fi and paranormal.

I have also written nonfiction including an article in The Charlotte Observer and a monthly newsletter from the emergency department of CMC Mercy Hospital that, unfortunately, I no longer have time to write.

Writing brings me a joy and fulfillment that nothing else can. I love creating magical worlds and people who want to make a difference. I hope that anyone who reads them will love them, too.

Please visit her website for more information.

Patricia Richardson

My desire to write began at a young age; my mind was always filled with great stories. However, my dreams, and aspirations were put on the back burner and even at times forgotten after I became married with children. Later the divorce came, which meant I had to become both mother and father to my children. I worked overtime and weekends just to support my family. The struggle to survive and give my children a healthy, loving home lasted until they were grown. Late author, Gracie Cornish, Ph.D. inspired me to follow my destiny. I met her at a place of employment, "just sit down and start writing," she told me and I did just that. I wrote every chance I got; at work, on the subway, and in my spare time at home. This all started in the latter part of 1998. That very same year God impressed upon my heart to relocate from New York to Maryland. I was obedient and moved.

The move meant that once again I had to put my writing on hold to become familiar with my new environment and learn to cope with the conditions of a highly stressful job. Most evenings when I arrived home the only thing I wanted to do was turn the ringer off the telephone and sleep. I seldom picked up my manuscript, which was kept under my bed just waiting for me not to be too tired and stressed to write. The time for writing again did not come until late in 2001 when I finally came to the realization I would always be stressed and tired from working and if I did not use the gift God gave me I would never achieve the independent financial freedom I wanted. After this epiphany I set a goal for myself; to have the manuscript completed and sent to my editor in March of 2002. Finally, in March of 2003 the book cover for my first novel, "A Place for Ida," was approved and I was published! This of course came with a price. I lost work, I cried, and I virtually had no social life. I was on a personal lockdown. I was on a mission. Most of my spare time was spent researching publishers, cover letters, and anything else I felt was pertinent to my success. Since then I established Leap of Faith Publishing and republished "A Place for Ida" and soon after published the sequel, "A Time for Jonathan."