YIPPEE!!!!!!! Look what I just learned:
MISS ISABELLA THAWS A FROSTY LORD is a finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence contest, novella category!

I am so very happy about this! After not entering any contests since being published in ‘05 (I confess to entering many before then, for the judges’ critiques and feedback) I decided to enter two contests this year. Deceived by Desire I entered in the erotic romance category of one (who hasn’t yet announced finalists) and my traditional Regency Christmas novella, Miss Isabella, I entered in the above mentioned contest.
Gayle Wilson has the distinction of being an author I’ve long admired. One of her novellas, published by Harlequin Historical, has long been in my keeper pile. Interestingly, it wasn’t until completing Miss Isabella, that I realized while my heroine is blind, the hero is blind in the story by Ms. Wilson. Quite a coincidence.
Anyway I’m delighted! This contest is open to all published authors, whether electronically or in print, and to know that the judges thought my story worthy of being named a finalist — Tom T. Terrific!
FYI, I know I’ve been playing least-in-sight lately when it comes to blog posting and other things, but I’ve been working furiously on Jonah and Suzy’s story (Bottoms Up Book II) and expect to be submitting it to our editor in just the next couple of days. Whew! I’ve been working on this one since last May…that’s a long time to spend with two characters. I’m happy to report that I just completed reading the entire manuscript, and just this morning Mr. Lyons finished his “proofread”. Both of us found the emotional and physical journey of these two very satisfying.
More soon!
Larissa
PS, Miss Isabella Thaws a Frosty Lord can be found in this book:
Tags: Bottoms Up, Regency romance





(and why oh why does the centering never want to work on this blog??????)
Well this was like a Christmas bonus! The Romance Studio announced their 2009 CAPA nominees and

