Hangin' with TK Toppin

I'm super excited to be hanging out at TK's blog today. TK is grilling -- er -- interviewing me.

Learn my deep dark secrets...muahahahaha...okay, so they're not so deep but...well...oh, just go over if you have a chance!

http://thelancasterrule.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-guest-ar-norris.html

Darcy Drake a Finalist in the Espan Page One Contest!

Brigader Darcy Drake is a finalist in the 2011 ESPAN's Page One contest!  ESPAN stands for Electric and Small Press Authors' Network, RWA special chapter #200.

The ESPAN Page One is a unique contest that employs a series of eliminations using the following schedule:

Week 1 – First paragraph. 
The bottom 11 entries eliminated (leaving 23 entries) were announced by April 16, 2011

Week 2 – First two paragraphs.
The bottom 7 entries eliminated (leaving 16 entries) were announced April 23, 2011

Week 3 – First three paragraphs.
The bottom 7 entries eliminated (leaving 9 entries) were announced April 30, 2011

Week 4 – First four paragraphs up to a max of 250 words.
The bottom 5 entries eliminated (leaving 5 entries to be forwarded to the final Editor judges) were announced May 7, 2010

Darcy's entry survived all four rounds to enter the finals.  Entries can be read on the front page of the ESPAN website. http://espan-rwa.com/

Winners will be announced on June 29th at the ESPAN AGM/Afternoon Tea Party during RWA Nationals in New York City.

Congratulations, Darcy, and Best Wishes on the 29th! 

Brigader Barbara Elsborg Releases Her 20th Novel!

We're having a big celebration on Spacefreighters Lounge to commemorate Barbara Elsborg's 20th novel, Chosen, being released today by Decadent Publishing.

In her interview, here's what Barbara had to say about SFR:

Q:  Let’s talk SFR for a minute. Lucy in the Sky was such an amazing SFR/Erotica story that we named it as one of our recommended reads for SFR. Any plans for more SFR novels in the works?

Barbara:  Yes, I hope my next after my WIP will be sci fi and set in Walmart. Don’t ask!! Alright then – if you insist. I had a dream. A dream about Walmart and I got up in the middle of the night and wrote it down. Of course, in the cold light of day, it didn’t seem quite so wondrous but the niggle remains to write it.

To read the rest and enter the giveaway, chart a course for Spacefreighters Lounge.

New Steampunk Contest on my Website :-)

I am so lucky that I get incredible support from my family. When I made a little side trip into steampunk, my sister (who designs and sells jewelry locally) started looking for steampunk stuff and has come up with some truly fun stuff for my gift packs. Also, my sister-in-law, who brews up soap and other goodies in her basement, created a signature line of soaps and stuff in honor of one of my characters.

So I'm excited to launch a new, steampunk gift pack on my website (winner of last month's gift pack is posted). There is NO purchase required to enter. And I am being VERY  brave to give up some of it.  

Drawing runs from June 1-16th, 2011.

<http://www.paulinebjones.com/contests.html>