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Tag Archives: Return to Paradise
2 MO and Counting
Well it’s now been two months since my partial of Return To Paradise landed on Wanda Ottewell’s desk in the Toronto Harlequin offices and a lot has happened since then. Hqn changed the guidelines for Desire, and they’re monkeying with the … Continue reading
Posted in Carol Burnside, Here at home, Stupid Stuff, submissions
Tagged Desire, guidelines, Harlequin, Mason and Leilani, Return to Paradise, Wanda Ottewell, Writing
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Update
Much better day today. Amazing what a full night’s sleep will do for you. Headache gone and I’m slowly, but surely making progress on Return to Paradise. Most of what I’m working on is totally new scenes. A lot is hitting the floor, but … Continue reading
Posted in Carol Burnside, Goals, Good News, Here at home, submissions
Tagged progress, Return to Paradise, revisions, Writing
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I WON !!!
OMG, y’all! I won the Maggie for Short Contemporary with Return To Paradise! Tanya Michaels (chapter mate,a humorous lady, and terrific writer) presented the certificate and a lovely Maggie medallion, which I’m wearing in the picture below. Tanya Michaels and … Continue reading
Posted in Carol Burnside, Contests, Goals, Good News, Good Wishes, Pics
Tagged 1st place, award, contest win, Return to Paradise, Tanya Michaels, the Maggie, Writing
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A first–and 2nd
I thought this deserved a post, because it’s another first for me. Today I received an e-mail notifying me that Return To Paradise placed 2nd in the Heart to Heart contest and Wanda Ottewell requested a partial! The HtoH only judges … Continue reading
H2H SC finalist
What does the title mean? It means I’m a finalist in the Short Contemporary Category of the Heart to Heart Contest with my manuscript, Return to Paradise. Apparently the judges see Mason’s appeal. 😉 Woo-hoo! Big smiles tonight. Now, please … Continue reading
Posted in Carol Burnside, Contests, Goals, Going Places
Tagged contest final, Heart to Heart, Mason and Leilani, Return to Paradise, Writing
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New beginning
Since I’m revising several WIP’s, I started a new meter system on the sidebar to replace the Weekly Productivity Reports. The reports were kinda blah and these are pretty. 🙂 Wish I could figure out how to put them in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Carol Burnside, Contests, Everyday blather, Goals
Tagged Black Lace Fantasy, CitA, contest entries, Return to Paradise, Weekly Productivity Report
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RTP does good!
Woo-hoo!!! This afternoon I got word that Return To Paradise, my Desire WIP (with a Hawaii setting) has finaled in the unpublished Maggie contest from Georgia Romance Writers. The Maggie doesn’t give you scores, but does offer critiques from 2 … Continue reading
Stretching unused muscles
That’s what I feel like every time I start a Synopsis. Like I’m stretching unused muscles. Who knows if they’ll respond like I want them to, or if I’ll strain something and the recovery will be long. Overly dramatic, you … Continue reading