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Meet 2013 Golden Heart Finalist AE Jones

Posted by Elisa Beatty May 6 2013, 12:01 am in AE Jones, Golden Heart finalist, paranormal

Today we’re welcoming the third of our guest bloggers from the Lucky 13s–the Golden Heart Finalists of 2013. AE Jones is a finalist in the Paranormal category with her manuscript MIND SWEEPER. Here’s a blurb: Born with the ability to erase memories, Kyle McKinley is summoned to cover up a supernatural smack down between a [...]

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Meet 2013 Golden Heart Finalist Leslie Lynch

Posted by Elisa Beatty May 2 2013, 12:01 am in golden heart

Today we’re delighted to welcome Leslie Lynch, the second in our series of guest bloggers from the Golden Heart Class of 2013, now officially known as the Lucky 13s. Leslie’s manuscript, HIJACKED, is a finalist in the Contemporary Single Title category of the 2013 Golden Heart® contest. Her tagline is: Out of Darkness, Into Hope [...]

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Step Into The Time Machine!

Posted by Elisa Beatty Apr 29 2013, 12:13 am

As I occasionally get to do, I’m teaching a creative writing class for high school kids this semester. It’s fun to work with teens on creative work—as opposed to torturing them with academic papers, especially once the beautiful spring weather arrives—and it’s also a great way to keep my own creative energies flowing. Because most [...]

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Meet 2013 Golden Heart Double Finalist Nan Dixon!!

Posted by Elisa Beatty Apr 23 2013, 12:01 am in golden heart, Golden Heart finalist, Nan Dixon

Today we’re delighted to welcome Nan Dixon, the first of several 2013 Golden Heart Finalists who’ll be guest-blogging with us between now and Nationals. This is one of my favorite things on the Ruby blog every year: getting to put faces and voices to the names that filled those highly-coveted slots on the RWA website [...]

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What Is Your What?

Posted by Elisa Beatty Apr 5 2013, 12:08 am

When he sits down to write, the playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie never starts without his “What.” What is a “What”? Van Itallie describes the “What” in his wonderful and inspiring book on writing, The Playwright’s Workbook. Here’s how he describes it: If the story or plot is the backbone of a play, the “What” is [...]

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Reflections on the Winter Writing Festival 2013

Posted by Elisa Beatty Mar 6 2013, 1:14 am

Phew!!! It’s almost a week since the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood’s Winter Writing Festival closed for 2013, and I hope you’re feeling good about the progress you made. I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely missing the sprints. (For the time being, at least, the RSSWWF chat room remains open, so grab a buddy and [...]

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Grab a Snifter with Debut Author Jennifer McQuiston!

Posted by Elisa Beatty Mar 1 2013, 12:04 am

Today we’re delighted to welcome Jennifer McQuiston, Golden Heart finalist in both 2011 and 2012, who’s been a friend of the Rubies for a long time now. (You may also know her as a Starcatcher, a Firebird, and also one of the Dashing Duchesses….and you should track her down at the next RWA convention because [...]

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Winter Writing Festival Closing Ceremonies

Posted by Elisa Beatty Feb 28 2013, 1:01 am

Amazingly enough, DAY FIFTY of the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood’s Winter Writing Festival has already arrived! This is our Final Check-In Thursday and Closing Ceremonies rolled into one. You still have ALL DAY today to work towards your goals–nothing ends until midnight your time. (As always, the Festival is always about YOU.) After that, though, the great Writing [...]

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