NEWSDAY TUESDAY ...

The sun came out today! (Exclamation point intended.) Seriously. Around here, lately, that's very big news.

But I know YOU didn't come here to talk about the weather. You're wondering if we have any news. 

WHY YES, WE DO ...

-Irene Hannon is again on the CBA bestseller list.

-Susan Meissner's SHAPE OF MERCY is on the top ten list of Kindle bestsellers. 

- Carla Stewart's CHASING LILACS (just out from FaithWords on June 17th) is enjoying front table exposure at Barnes and Noble bookstores across the country this month. Also, Kathy Patrick, the creator of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club has invited Stewart to participate in the Books Alive weekend held in Jefferson, TX in November as an inspirational author. And, CHASING LILACS is a November selection for Pulpwood's Splinters Book Club – books Kathy recommends for readers from Young Adult and up. We are as excited about the exposure for Carla's book as she is humbled by the opportunities it is opening up for her. Way to go, Carla.

DEAL NEWS

Melanie Dobson will be doing another book with the Love Finds You line of Summerside Press.

Jeremy Kingsley is doing a non-fiction title with Bethany House, GETTING BACK UP WHEN LIFE KNOCKS YOU DOWN.

Harvest House is releasing Poppy Smith's new non-fiction title, tentatively titled WHY CAN'T HE BE MORE LIKE ME.

EVENTS

The Christy Awards are this Saturday, and we have three authors up for awards:

- Kaye Dacus in Contemporary Romance for STAND IN GROOM
- Lisa Samson in Contemporary Stand-Alone Novels for THE PASSION OF MARY MARGARET
- Mark Mynheir in Suspense for THE NIGHT WATCHMAN

Also, the International Christian Retailer's Show (ICRS) takes place next week in St. Louis. MacGregor Literary authors Arloa Sutter, Jay Payleitner, Carla Stewart, will be signing books.

Speaking of ICRS, something we can all be looking forward to next week is Chip's choice of the most notable Jesus Junk he can find on the ICRS floor.


OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE
Jeff Gerke, our creative publishing friend over at Marcher Lord Press is offering a cool book giveaway. When someone purchases a Marcher Lord Press novel from the Marcher Lord Press store  (link:http://www.marcherlordpress.com/New_Store/Fiction.htm)
on the Fourth of July, his or her name will be entered in
a drawing from which they will randomly select three winners and whose names will appear in the new MLP novels releasing in October. 
Janice Thompson, MacGregor Literary author and the Vice President of
CAN (www.christianauthorsnetwork.com)
let us know that they've just kicked off their 2010 membership drive
and asked us to spread the word. It's a great organization which
typically caters to published authors who are CBA focused. And this
year, for the first time, they are opening membership up to industry
pros. To learn more, click on the link above, or get there via Janice's
blog at http://janiceathompson.com/blog/?cat=1
Got News? Send it along, rain or shine.

Comments

[Barbara]

Odd line spacing. I could hardly read the RSS feed. Did you copy/paste from Word? Try and erase formats next time, THEN copy and paste into the posting "box" (for lack of a better word) and redo formats. Have a good day, Barbara

[patriciazell]

I'm reading from your site and most of the sentences are chopped off.

[Leah Morgan]

I think this calls for a certain pair of oversized white sunglasses.

[Jeff Gerke]

Thanks for posting about our contest at Marcher Lord Press! It will be so cool for people to have a chance to have their name featured in our novels.

However, I need to mention a change we had to make. I didn't know it, but requiring purchase to be entered into a random drawing for a prize constitutes a lottery--and I'm not legally sanctioned to create a lottery.

So we've had to change the contest a bit. Now there is no purchase necessary (though on the Fourth of July we're still offering bonus content to anyone who buys a MLP novel on that day). Now it will be that everyone who has signed up for the MLP newsletter, which is free, will form the pool of contestants from which the three winning names will be randomly drawn. Those three will have their names featured in MLP books releasing this October.

Jeff

[emily wierenga]

woohoo for sun! :)

[Carla Gade]

Kuddos on all the good news!

[Rhonda M]

I can't wait to see the Jesus Junk. Please take pictures.

[Sandra]

Thanks for letting us know about the formatting issues. Hopefully it's fixed now. Do let me know if it still looks off.