A Couple Announcements!!!

After months of work, the new Indiana Romance Writers of America website is live and the Indiana Golden Opportunity Contest is open for entries!!! If you're an unpubbed author or unpubbed in the last three years, you're eligible to enter the IGO Contest. Like RWA's Golden Heart Contest, entries consist of 55 pages, including the synopsis (maximum of 10 pages). Our score sheets provide detailed feedback by trained judges in the first round. The top three finalists in each category will then move on to the second round--ranking by TWO editor judges! Many of our finalists have gone on to final or win the Golden Heart and/or receive an offer of publication for their entries. Check out IRWA's website for the list of our editor judges, to view the complete rules, to preview the score sheets, and to enter!

AND I have a Super Spicy Gift Basket up for bidding at Brenda Novak's Online Auction for Diabetes Research!

Included in the basket: 1) An autographed trade paperback copy of my book, The Sextet Anthologies Volume 3: Occupational Hazards; 2) A autographed oversized postcard with an ebook gift code for my book, The Sextet Presents...Playing in the Raine: A Toy Story; 3) A autographed oversized postcard with an ebook gift code for my book, The Sextet Presents...Bound by Voodoo: Legends; 4) A red satin sash; 5) Three bottles of flavored lubricants; 6) A sex coupon booklet. Value $70. Current bid is $19. Check out all the great offerings for this worthwhile cause, and PLEASE SHARE!

Mellanie Szereto
Romance...With A Kick!