The Rita Awards

How many of you know that the highest award a romance novelist can win is the Rita?  Each year the Romance Writers of America (the largest writers’ group in the world!) honor the best books in the genre at their national conference.   As you might imagine, the...

Conference Report: National Nerves

Last week I went to the Romance Writers of America’s national conference in Washington, D.C.  Ordinarily, I only attend when the event is in New York City since getting there from New Jersey requires no white-knuckled, gut-twisting flight on an airplane (one of those...