RWA is over! And my feet are so grateful. If you missed the RWA RITA award ceremony, I hope RWA uploads it to their YouTube soon. I haven’t been able to find it posted just yet. The speeches were amazing. I cried. And we finally (FINALLY) have a Black author winning a RITA. Two authors, in fact! The RITA also has its first South Asian author winning. You could not recreate the energy in that … Continue reading Links: Brooklyn 99, Forced Proximity, & More→
It’s Links time, everyone! Let’s all settle in for some stuff around the internet. I’m currently en route to NYC for RWA, like many of the romance community. I’ll have my name badge on and if you see me walking around, do say hello. My resting bitch face is genetic, though admittedly being in New York makes me grumpy. … The Ripped Bodice has announced they’ll be starting The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in … Continue reading Links: Cats, Space, & More→
This edition of Wednesday Links will be a bit different. Instead of listing a big mishmash of things from the past week, I’m going to be focus on parsing all the RITA award and RWA happenings because a lot is going on. … The 2019 RITA award and Golden Heart finalists were announced. You can see all the categories and finalists here. However, it’s glaringly obvious how White the finalist list is when compared with … Continue reading Links: The RITA Award and RWA→
Hello there! It’s Wednesday Links time! RWA18 in Denver is over. Sarah was there and for those who attended, I hope you had a wonderful time. I was following along on Twitter and a little jealous of all the fun everyone was having. … Registration for BookLover’s Con is officially open! I’m personally very excited about the authors announced so far. As of right now, I’ll be there, as will Sarah and Elyse. Hope you … Continue reading Links: Announcements, The Ripped Bodice, & Nicole Byer→
It’s been a difficult week and we hope all of you have been taking steps to take care of yourselves. For this edition of Wednesday Links, we’re getting back to what brought us here in the first place: a love of romance. … Ana and Thea of The Book Smugglers posted a spotlight on the ladies of the romance store The Ripped Bodice, whom they interviewed about being ladies entrepreneurs, about kickstarting etc. Bea and … Continue reading Links: A Whole Lotta Romance Talk→
This year, RWA is live-streaming the festivities once again at 7:00pm EDT this Thursday, July 27th! We hope you’ll be watching along with us and cheering on your favorite books from last year. Earlier this afternoon, The Ripped Bodice accepted the award for the 2017 Steffie Walker Bookseller of the Year! Congrats to Leah and Bea! You can see their acceptance speech here. If you’d like to look through the books up for a RITA … Continue reading The 2017 RITA Awards Livestream!→
