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Congrats To The Inspirational RITA And GH Finalists!

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RWA’s RITA is the highest award of distinction and is the most sought-after award in romance publishing today. The 1,100 romance novels entered in this year’s contest have been narrowed down to nearly 100 finalists in 12 categories. These finalists advance to the next stage of competition where they will be judged by very discriminating judges – their fellow published authors. The judges now have the difficult task of critiquing and ranking these finalists to determine the final 12 winners.

The winners of the 12 RITA Awards will be revealed on July 14, 2007 at RWA’s 27th Annual National Conference in Dallas, TX.

RWA congratulates the authors of the following distinguished books as finalists in the 2007 RITA contest. The following books reflect the diversity and the best romance fiction published in 2006.

2007 RITA for Best Inspirational Romance Finalists

Revealed by Tamera Alexander
Bethany House Publishers – (0764201093)
Karen Schurrer, editor

Rekindled by Tamera Alexander
Bethany House Publishers – (0764201085)
Karen Schurrer, editor

Be My Neat-Heart by Judy Baer
Harlequin Enterprises, Steeple Hill Love Inspired – (373873670)
Joan Marlowe Golan, editor

A Family Forever by Brenda Coulter
Harlequin Enterprises, Steeple Hill Love Inspired – (0373873581)
Krista Stroever, editor

The Measure of a Lady by Deeanne Gist
Bethany House Publishers – (0764200739)
David Long and Julie Klassen, editors

Ten Thousand Charms by Allison Pittman
Random House, Waterbrook Multnomah – (1590525752)
Rod Morris, editor

My So-Called Love Life by Allie Pleiter
Harlequin Enterprises, Steeple Hill Love Inspired – (9780373873852)
Krista Stroever, editor

Violette Between by Alison Strobel
Random House, Waterbrook Multnomah – (9781578567942)
Shannon Hill, editor

RWA’s Golden Heart contest honors the best unpublished manuscripts of the romance genre. The 2007 Golden Heart winners will be announced during a black-tie Award’s ceremony at RWA’s 27th Annual Conference held July 11-14, 2007 in Dallas, TX.

2007 Golden Heart for Best Inspirational Romance Manuscript Finalists

The Heart Beckons by Carla Hughes
Trouble in Paradise by Tina Radcliffe
Accidental Truth by Ramona Thompson
One Day by Gina Welborn

Congrats to these wonderful ladies!

Cecelia Dowdy
www.ceceliadowdy.com

Writing A Snappy Synopsis

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This is just one way to write a synopsis when the book has already been written. Read through one scene, after you have read the scene, write a sentence or so summary of that scene. Repeat this for each scene in the book. Once you have finished reading the book, you’ll have a synopsis! You’ll then need to expand/contract this synopsis in order to suit a publisher’s guidelines. If they want chapter-by-chapter synopsis, then you’ll break your synopsis up into chapters. If the publisher wants a three-page synopsis, then you’ll need to rephrase, paraphrase, cut words, etc, to suit the demands of that particular publisher. It’s a fun exercise to try once the book is done.

Until next time,
Cecelia Dowdy
www.ceceliadowdy.com