KOD’s very own DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MYSTERY/SUSPENSE is open for entries until March 15th at 11:59PM (MDT).
We have both Published and Unpublished divisions.
Visit the website at http://www.rwamysterysuspense.org/daphne for more information. For more questions, contact Daphne Contest Chairman, Brooke Wills, at daphnecontest@gmail.com
And now, please put your hands together for the following KOD-members, who have good news to share:
Maria Connor recently pitched an article to The Writer magazine and her query was accepted. Maria’s article on working with author assistants is scheduled for the July issue of the publication.
Texas Gardener magazine is publishing Vicki Batman’s Between Neighbors essay in the March/April 2016 edition. It’s about Vicki’s grandmother’s green rose.
Brina Cary made her very first sale yesterday. It’s called THE DOCTOR’S VALENTINE, and she sold it to Solstice Publishing. It’s a short story, which will be in their Cupid’s Woes Anthology.
Stanalei Fletcher is excited to announce that Book 3 of the Northstar Security Series has been contracted by The Wild Rose Press. The book is titled BEYOND DUTY. For more information you can visit: http://www.stanaleifletcher.com/index.html
Marsha R. West’s 4th book, ACT OF TRUST, The Second Chances Series, Book 2 released on Jan. 21. Check out Thursday’s blog at Marsha’s website http//:www.marsharwest.com for details. Here’s the blurb.
A widow since 9/11 and a mother of grown daughter, Kate Thompson wants to keep her and her daughter safe, but the inheritance of land in Maine pushes her out of her comfort zone in Texas and into the arms of a Maine lawyer.
Maine lawyer and environmentalist, Jim Donovan wants to protect Aunt Liddy’s land and keep it from falling into the hands of the developers, but first he has to convince Kate Thompson she should hold on to the family land when she doesn’t even want to go look at it. However, he’s unprepared for the attraction each feels for the other, but denies exists.
Will they be able to settle the land deal before anyone else is killed or they break each other’s hearts?
And the first book in Kate Parker’s Deadly series, DEADLY SCANDAL, is up for preorder at Amazon, B&N, Apple, and Kobo.
In late 1930’s London, Olivia Denis finds herself a widow at 25, left with only her fashion sense, a long list of acquaintances from society’s upper crust, and a burning desire to find out who killed her husband. The police call it a suicide, but Olivia knows he couldn’t possibly have fired the fatal shot.
She finds a job as a society reporter for a newspaper, but the editor has secret secondary assignments for her. As the world spins toward war, Olivia finds the questions about her husband’s killer focusing on the same people her secret assignments are tracking. Will she find the answers before the killer strikes again?
The cover is gorgeous. See it at www.facebook.com/Author.Kate.Parker
And that’s it for this week. Have a good weekend!
Did you guess who said last week’s mystery quote? Yes, it was Alan Rickman. Can you guess where this week’s quote comes from? “Think of the perfect crime…then go one step further.”
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