Our Golden Girl

Tomorrow night is a big night for our 'Nista, Amanda Brice. She's a finalist in the Golden Heart Award from Romance Writers of America for her unpublished book, CODENAME:DANCER. She'll find out tomorrow evening if she won the much coveted award.

We are so, so proud of Amanda and want to wish her the very best of luck. This is her second year in a row of being a finalist. Every year, there are more than 1000 entries in this contest. It's a huge honor to be a finalist, but I think she's got the stuff to take the whole thing.

So, Amanda, this post is for you. You are an inspiration to us all. Not just for your amazing writing skills, either. You are a great friend. You are a warm and giving woman and you never shy away from a challenge. I'm so glad to call you friend. Good luck tomorrow night--we'll all be sending you warm, fuzzy vibes. I only wish I could be there to watch you walk across that stage.

CONGRATS on the Golden Heart finals!!

It's my day to post, but I'm too thrilled to talk about whatever goofball nonsense I was going to yap about. Instead, I wanted to give a shout-out to my friends for finalling in the Golden Heart category of the Romance Writers of America contest:

Jeannie Lin, for finalling in the historical category with her lush, amazing novel Butterfly Swords.

Cynthia Justlin, for finalling in the romantic suspense category with her novel Intrusion.

And our very own Amanda Brice, for finalling in the young adult category with the fantastic novel Codename: Dancer.

CONGRATS! I'm ecstatic for you and hope for big wins, which will be announced at the RWA national conference in July.

(And here's hoping I can update this post again today with more friends' announcements!!)