Hello, everyone. I’m back from a brief vacation with more market news to
share with you all.Agent Nathan Bransford (_http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/) _
(nathanbransford.blogspot.com/) ) with the Curtis Brown Literary Agency is
holding a Surprisingly Essential First Page Challenge on his blog at
_http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/2008/01/surprisingly-essential-first-page.html_
(nathanbransford.blogspot.com/2008/01/surprisingly-essential-first-page.html)
or _http://tinyurl.com/2mrjs9_ (tinyurl.com/2mrjs9) Enter the first
page of your novel — no more than 500 words. The winner gets a choice of a
critique, a book, or a ten-minute phone conversation with Mr. Bransford. All
the submisssion particulars are at the link posted above. But hurry! The
deadline is Today, January 30th, at 5 p.m Pacific time.

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Brown Skin Books (_http://www.brownskinbooks.co.uk_
(www.brownskinbooks.co.uk) ) is a UK publisher of “erotic fiction by women of colour.” The
editors are interested in erotic novels and short stories and erotic crime
fiction. Stories should be sexy, sensual and erotic, but ‘not sleazy.’ They must
have strong characters and plot. They accept short stories between 6,000 and
10,000 words and novels of 75,000 to 90,000 words. Please send a synopsis and a
sample chapter to Brown Skin Books, PO Box 5742, London E5 0Z For novels,
they pay an advance of 750 to 1500 pounds, plus royalties. Payment for short
stories is 25 to 100 pounds. Check out their guidelines at
_http://www.brownskinbooks.co.uk/guidelines.htm_ (www.brownskinbooks.co.uk/guidelines.htm)

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Amy Pierpont, the new editorial director of Grand Central Forever (formerly
Warner Forever) is actively seeking submissions of single-title contemporary
and historical romance, paranormal romance and romantic suspense. Grand
Central publishes 2-3 romance titles each month. They accept only agented
submissions.

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Dorchester Publishers (_http://www.dorchesterpub.com_
(www.dorchesterpub.com) ) (Leisure Books and LoveSpell) are interested in seeing dark,
sensual thrillers and light romantic mysteries. The editors at Dorchester (Senior
Editor Christopher Keeslar, Editorial Director Alicia Condon, Editor Leah
Hultenschmidt and Editorial Assistant Alissa Davis) are interested in unusual and
‘outside the box’ romances with unusual plots and settings. They are not
interested in women’s fiction, straight contmeporary romance or young adult
novels. All submissions should be 80,000 to 90.000 words. See their submission
guidelines at _http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SubmissionGuidlines.cfm_
(www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SubmissionGuidlines.cfm) They do accept
unagented submissions.

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I’m the guest this week at Make Believe Mondays.
(_http://makebelievemondays.blogspot.com_ (makebelievemondays.blogspot.com/) ) Please stop by and
read my interview and post your comments.

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My website has been updated. Stop by to read an excerpt from The Right Mr.
Wrong and find out about upcoming books.

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The Right Mr. Wrong Harlequin American, Feb. 2008
A Soldier Comes Home, Super Romance, June 2008
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