'Not a Fairy Tale' has been nominated for a RITA!
The RWA's Rita ® Awards are the romance novel equivalent of the Oscars, and a pretty big deal in my world. I've entered two years running and had high hopes for this year's entry, Not a Fairy Tale . Since the announcement of the shortlisted novels was due out yesterday (Good Friday, and what a good day it was!) I expected nominees to be contacted on Thursday. Thursday passed by without an email, so I shrugged my shoulders and forgot all about it. After all, it was a long shot anyway - what were my chances realistically in placing in such an exalted competition? So when, half way through a marathon of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries on Friday afternoon, I went to check my cell phone and saw a missed call from a US number, my heart stopped. I don't know a lot of people in the US who would call me rather than email. It could only mean one thing... I listened to the voice message that had been left, did a dance, then composed myself to return the call. Thank you ...
