Announcements!

Happy May Day!!! Besides my son's birthday, a couple other exciting events happen today. :)

Brenda Novak's Diabetes Auction opens for bidding today! Be sure to check out all the great items in the auction, including a Love Served Hot reader package and a Writing Tip Wednesday writer package. Bidding is open through May 31, 2014.

Also check out the 2104 IGO Contest for unpublished (or uncontracted for three years) authors! Modeled after RWA's Golden Heart Contest, IGO entries are 55 pages (includes up to 10-page synopsis) and receive detailed feedback from trained judges. Our scoresheets offer fantastic analysis of all writing aspects. Ten of last year's finalists received full manuscript requests from our editor judges and four finaled in the Golden Heart Contest!

Have a wonderful first day of May!

Mellanie Szereto
Romance...With A Kick!

A Couple Announcements!

Indiana RWA's IGO Contest for unpublished writers opens May 1! Get detailed feedback on up to 55 pages of your manuscript (opening + up to 10 page synopsis). We have trained first-round judges and TWO second-round editor judges in each category! Ten of the twenty-one 2013 IGO finalists received requests for full manuscripts from our editor judges and four are finalists in the 2014 Golden Heart Contest!

Brenda Novak's Diabetes Auction also opens May 1! I have two items up for bidding this year--one for readers and one for writers. Reader item is a signed print copy of Love Served Hot, a "Kiss the Cook" apron, and a pair of oven mitts. Writer item is a signed print copy of WTW: The Writing Craft Handbook, a first-chapter critique, and meet-up at the RWA National Conference in San Antonio.

Enter and bid!!!

Mellanie Szereto
Romance...With A Kick!

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!