{"id":2900,"date":"2010-03-25T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T21:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2010-03-26T11:20:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T18:20:58","slug":"rita-and-golden-heart-shout-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/rita-and-golden-heart-shout-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"RITA and Golden Heart Shout-Outs"},"content":{"rendered":"

My phone didn’t ring once<\/em> this morning when RWA board members were making RITA and Golden Heart calls (Penny entered the RITA). Usually, I get at least one phone call so I can pretend I’m a finalist in those briefs moments before I pick up the phone. The year it actually happened, I was doing laundry. I’ll never forget the excitement.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all my fellow RWA members who finaled! I’m not going to list everyone here, but I do want to give shout-outs to a select few. Click the headings to read the full lists of finalists.<\/p>\n

RITA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best First Book <\/strong>– The Gladiator <\/em>by Carla Capshaw<\/a> – fellow GH 2007 finalist sister!<\/p>\n

Best First Book<\/strong> – Stolen Fury<\/em> by Elisabeth Naughton<\/a> – another GH 2007 finalist sister!<\/p>\n

Contemporary Series<\/strong> – A Not-So-Perfect Past<\/em> by Beth Andrews<\/a>, who won the Golden Heart in the Long Contemporary category the year I finaled. So…another GH 2007 sister!<\/p>\n

Contemporary Series: Suspense\/Adventure<\/strong> – The Christmas Stranger<\/em> by Beth Cornelison<\/a>– my Facebook Wordscraper buddy! (Who better let me win now).<\/p>\n

Contemporary Series: Suspense\/Adventure<\/strong> – Cold Case Affair<\/em> by Loreth Anne White<\/a> – fellow member of the Greater Vancouver Chapter of RWA.<\/p>\n

Inspirational<\/strong> – Carla Capshaw<\/a> again for The Gladiator<\/em> – 2007 GH sister!<\/p>\n

Romance Novella<\/strong> – “Annelise and the Scandalous Rake” in The Diamonds of Welbourne Manor<\/em> by Deb Marlowe<\/a> – 2007 GH finalist sister!<\/p>\n

Romantic Suspense<\/strong> – Elisabeth Naughton<\/a> again for Stolen Fury<\/em>! 2007 GH sister.<\/p>\n

Romantic Suspense<\/strong> – Dark Country<\/em> by Bronwyn Parry<\/a> – 2007 GH finalist sister!<\/p>\n

Young Adult<\/strong> – The ABC’s of Kissing Boys<\/em> by Tina Ferraro<\/a>\u00a0– fellow Brainstormer, Scrabble aficionado, and my friend. I’m especially super excited for Tina. Congrats, girl!!<\/p>\n

Golden Heart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Contemporary Series: Suspense\/Adventure<\/strong> – Breathless <\/em>by Kimberley Howe<\/a> – GH 2007 sister!<\/p>\n

Contemporary Single Title<\/strong> – Sharing Spaces<\/em> by Laura Graham Booth<\/a>\u00a0– GH 2007 sister! And a driving force behind our former\u00a0group blog.<\/p>\n

Historical<\/strong> – Between Heaven and Hell <\/em>by Jacqui Nelson – fellow chapter member of RWA-Greater Vancovuer.<\/p>\n

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements<\/strong> – Switching Sides<\/em> by Maureen McGowan<\/a> – GH 2007 sister!<\/p>\n

Regency Historical<\/strong> – My Dearest Rogue<\/em> by Elizabeth Stock – GH 2007 sister!<\/p>\n

Romantic Suspense<\/strong> – Deadly Recall<\/em> by Donnell Ann Bell<\/a>\u00a0– GH 2007 sister!<\/p>\n

Young Adult<\/strong> – Bloom<\/em> by Shelley Coriell<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0GH 2007 sister!<\/p>\n

Young Adult<\/strong> – Welcome Caller, This is Chloe<\/em> also by Shelley Coriell<\/a> – GH 2007 sister!<\/p>\n

I’ll be cheering all of you on in Nashville. Congrats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My phone didn’t ring once this morning when RWA board members were making RITA and Golden Heart calls (Penny entered the RITA). Usually, I get at least one phone call so I can pretend I’m a finalist in those briefs moments before I pick up the phone. The year it actually happened, I was doing… Continue reading RITA and Golden Heart Shout-Outs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-authors","category-contests","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2900"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2909,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900\/revisions\/2909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}