Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Top Ten Stories Announced in Jane Austen Made Me Do It Short Story Contest

The top ten stories selected by popular vote in the Jane Austen Made Me Do It Short Story Contest have just been posted by editor Laurel Ann Nattress--AND MINE IS ONE OF THEM!!!

THANK YOU TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHOM I TORMENTED MERCILESSLY OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS TO VOTE FOR ME.  AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO MAY HAVE LIKED IT WHO IS NOT RELATED TO ME.  Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

CONGRATULATIONS, Everyone!!!  Be sure to go to pemberley.com to read these stories--one will be selected for the Jane Austen anthology coming out this fall by Ballantine books!  And don't forget the other 78  unique and creative stories still posted as well.  All so well done!

The Top Ten stories listed alphabetically by author are:
54 - Sophy and the Armada, by K. Ann Adams
56 - The Love Letter, by Brenna Aubrey
25 - The Marrying of Margaret, by Tracie Banister
78 - Assuming: A Tale of Persuasion, by Hannah Cowan
23 - Carpe Diem, by Jane Greensmith
85 - Mary Bennett Falls Head Over Heels, by Jenni James
70 - The Lost Portrait of Jane Austen, by Miranda Liasson (THAT'S ME!!!)
31 - Attempting Elizabeth, by Jessica Melendez
04 - Spinning White Hair Gold, by Megan Snider
16 - Mr. Collins Last Supper, by Shannon Winslow

Release Day for Tamara Hogan's Taste Me

A hero who experiences the world through TASTE?  Who is also an incubus.  And a heroine named Scarlett in a rock band called Scarlett's Web who is a siren, able to amplify emotional energy with her voice.

WOW.

Put these two together in a dangerous underworld and you've got 2009 GH Finalist Tamara Hogan's sizzling new debut novel, TASTE ME, a sexy, fast paced urban fantasy out from Sourcebooks TODAY.

 

I'm especially excited for Tammy because I've been following her progess over the past year and a half or so on the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog--from GH winner to publishing contract to revisions to--waalah--gorgeous novel! 

Read an interview with Tamara on the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog here and visit her website here.  And then run out and (or click to) buy her book!  I can't wait to read it!

Congratulations, Tammy!!!