I just found out that my manuscript KISMET’S KISS–an otherworld fantasy retelling of The King and I, but with an actual happy ending for all, mwa ha ha!–won the Paranormal category of the New Jersey Romance Writers‘ Put Your Heart in a Book contest. The final judges were Penguin editor Jhanteigh Kupihea, agent Roberta Brown, and multi-pubbed author Judi McCoy. W00t!
My thanks to Gwynlyn, one of my sister Golden Heart 2009 finalists, for passing along the lovely news. :)
That’s how I felt as soon as I bought my Kindle last year. I love that ebook sales are exploding and that ereaders are the next big thing. And let me tell you, I was never an ebook fan–until I had my Kindle and “got” the experience.
I don’t buy paper novels anymore, unless I have zero choice and I *must* get the book–which is exceedingly rare. 99.9% of the time, I’ll buy some other book that’s available for the Kindle. (Hear that, publishers? Once a book’s available in print, don’t make me wait for the ebook, ’cause I’ll just go somewhere else!)
The only kind of books I still buy in paper are nonfiction writing books. Since those are reference guides and I tend to use many at a time when I’m wrestling with a story problem, I like to have a bunch out in front of me at once so I can quickly flip between sections of each book. But no doubt that will be solved by e-technology someday, too. It’s going to be an electronic world.
Bring it on!
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