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NEXT MEETING
Sunday, June 28, 2009 1:00 PM at Brandeis University Golding Judaic Center Rm 101, Upper Campus, North Academic Quad, Building U10 [click here for directions] CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON CHAPTER MEETINGS This Month's we welcome Anne W. Jackson, Ph.D. to give a Mini-Workshop on Grammar, Syntax, & Usage. An acknowledged authority on correct and effective written and spoken communication, Anne W. Jackson, Ph.D., holds a cum laude degree in English Literature from Mount Holyoke College, a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Columbia University, and a Diplôme des études françaises from the French government. Her research includes drama in the nineteenth-century novel, children’s literature, comparative grammar, the structure and development of English, and ESL teaching methods. She lives and works in Boston, where she writes, lectures, and conducts workshops on U.S. American English grammar and usage; small-business and life skills; and gardening, composting, and recycling. Dr. Jackson’s consultancy, Words are My Work, provides worksite training and small-group and private instruction in communication-skills enhancement, and offers premium editorial services, to a varied client roster of companies, organizations, and individuals. JUNE RELEASES Lisa Gardner, The Neighbor Frances Stockton, Rhiannon's Pride Carly Philips, Lucky Streak Lori Avocato, Shear Magic Diane Amos, Getting Personal (reprint) Diana Rubino, Traveling Light Christyne Butler, The Cowboy's Second Chance MAY 2009 RELEASES Marley Gibson, Ghost Huntress: The Awakening APRIL 2009 RELEASES Ashlyn Chase, Djinn and Tonic (a short story from Ellora's Cave) Linda Cardillo, A Daughter's Journey (in A Mother's Heart anthology) Judith Arnold, Hope Street MARCH 2009 RELEASES Jessica Andersen, Snowed in with the Boss Emily Bryan, Vexing the Viscount FEBRUARY 2009 RELEASES Karen Foley, Able-Bodied Caroline Linden, A View to a Kiss Suzanne Brockman, Dark of Night Annette Blair, Never been Witched Kristan Higgins, Too Good to be True JANUARY 2009 RELEASES Jessica Andersen, Dawnkeepers, Signet Annette Blair, Veiled Deception, Penguin Suzanne Brockman, Into the Fire, Ballantine Denise Eagan, The Wild One, Zebra See more NEC member releases by pressing the "Releases" button above.
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NOT A MEMBER - JOIN TODAY! Membership Renewal Please remember to renew your NEC membership asap. You can renew online via our website under JOIN and pay via PayPal or send a check at the address listed on the renewal form. We have an exciting new year ahead of us! BOOK SIGNINGS May 30 10 AM-4 PM at the Haverhill Public Library: Patricia Grasso NEC NEWS Lisa Gardner's book, THE NEIGHBOR, is due out June 16th! There will be a booksigning on Friday, June 26 from 6-8 p.m. at the Burlington Barnes and Noble. FIRST SALE! Samantha Cayto sold Illegal Moves (co-authored with Dalton Diaz) to Ellora's Cave. FIRST SALE! Penny Watson (Nina Borromeo) sold her first book with Sweet Inspiration, to The Wild Rose Press. www.pennywatsonbooks.com.
FIRST SALE! Barbara Wallace has signed a two-book contract with Harlequin Romance. Her first novel, tentatively titled THE SECRETARY BRIDE, will be released as part of the Harlequin Romance line (also known as Mills & Boon Tender Romance)
FIRST SALE! Corrina Lavitt sold an alternate history romance with Romans and Vikings in North America to The Wild Rose Press.
FIRST SALE! Suzanne Rock sold her first manuscript, CURSED, a dark paranormal erotic romance to LooseID, scheduled for release in June 2009.
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Bestselling Author Carly Phillips' second book in her Christyne Butler is very excited to announce her recent 2nd sale to Harlequin/Silhouette. THE SHERIFF'S SECRET WIFE (working title) will be a 2010 Silhouette Special Edition release. Kate Macarthur is a finalist in the Passionate Ink contest with her entry The Third Piece (in the contemporary category). Michelle Pressma (w/a Michelle Polaris) is also a finalist in this same contest, in the F/F/sci-fi category with her entry Bound Odyssey. Nina Roth Borromeo is a finalist for the HEA contest sponsored by the Mid-Michigan RWA with her entry Sweet Inspiration.
Loretta Chase’s summer 2008 release, YOUR
SCANDALOUS WAYS, made the shortlist in the 2009 American Library Association's
"Reading List Council” Chalk up another one for the NEC Conference. The proposal Emily Bryan pitched to her editor Friday resulted in a contract offer for a 5th book! STROKE OF GENIUS will be coming out in June 2010 from Leisure Books. Terri Brisbin is thrilled that her Holiday novella, BLAME IT ON THE MISTLETOE from One Candlelit Christmas (Harlequin Historicals, November 2008), is a finalist for the RITA for Best Novella!! Marissa Doyle has sold a third historical YA fantasy novel, tentatively titled The Waterloo Plot, to Kate Farrell at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, tentatively scheduled for a fall 2010 release. Her second YA, Betraying Season, is due out September 29, 2009, along with a paperback version of Bewitching Season to be released on September 1. Marissa is also thrilled to report her first foreign rights sale for Bewitching Season--to Japan! The publisher is Shogakukon, and Bewitching Season will be part of a line of fantasy adventure books for girls. Some of the other authors in the line are Tamora Pierce, Tanith Lee, Patricia McKillip, and Nancy Springer. In other news, Bewitching Season finaled in the YA categories of both the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and the National Readers' Choice Awards. |
