March 2009 Issue...a look inside

In this issue...

• Not All Pirates Are On The High Seas
• Jack Morgan from Pirates in Paradise!
• Chick Lit Books
• Interview with Lainey Bancroft
• Ellora’s Cave Romanticon 2009
• Historical Books
• Interview with Stephanie Laurens
• Inspirational Books
• Interview with Audrey Chadwick
• Romance Hijacked My Book!
• A Path to Publication
• Sweet Justice is Coming-Article
• Counsel from a Successful SelfMmade Woman: It's Better on Top
• The Grapevine Grind
• Turning the Tables
• Lessons from a Newbie – Installment 3
• Five Quick and Easy Recommendations for Career Women
• To Blog or Not to Blog:  How to Promote Your Writing
• Book Reviews
• Champagne Books Annual Author Awards -2009
• Bitten – Short Story
• Confessions of a Former Mistress
• Researching with Geniebug – Checking Vital Record Certificates for Hidden Information and Clues
• Calendar Events (Book Releases)

Audrey, How did you decide to write Christian titles?

God has always been a big part of my life, even when I didn't know he was. I've had some rough patches in my life and even though I might have turned my back on Him, he never has done so with me. All I had to do was open my heart to see He was still there. So when my version of Bourne Identity popped into my head--where I wanted to explore my assassin character's faith issues--I just knew I had to write it.

I have been told that by other Christian authors that my voice has an "edginess" to it. I didn't understand until one Christian author finally told me that edginess means sensual. I can't seem to edit that "edginess" out of my writing, and when I try to hold back, my writing feels flat to me. So, although this first book (The Glock & The Bible) is pretty tame and sweet -- at least to me -- I can't promise to always write that way! Rest assured, I will always explore the faith journey and I am hoping that this will open readers' hearts to God.

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In the spring of 2007, in a trendy New York restaurant, my blossoming romance writing career took a sharp turn into the historical fiction genre.

“We want you to write a serious novel about Tudor Vampires,” announced my wonderful editor, John Scognamiglio, editor in chief at Kensington Publishing, as we sat down to lunch.

“Historical fiction, not romance,” clarified my agent, Evan Marshall, savvy president of the Evan Marshall Agency. “The novel can be sensual, and you can write anything—action, drama, mystery, tragedy... The strict rules of romance do not apply.”

“Tudor Vampires…” I repeated dazedly. “There is such a thing?”

“Not yet, but there will be. You will create them.”

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Sweet Justice is Coming by Author, Jordan Dane

Imagine the horror of going to your teenager’s bedroom one morning only to find her missing. Her bed hadn’t been slept in and her clothes are gone.

In 2000, that’s what one mother in Florida faced. Her only child had conspired against her and ran away. And worse, she later discovered that her daughter had left the country—without having a passport. From the moment I read this news story, I was hooked and had to know more about how such an atrocity could happen. The teen’s trail might have gone ice cold, but her mother pushed authorities in a direction.

She knew where to start looking.

Only six months earlier, the girl had received a computer for a gift—a thoughtful present from a mother who wanted the best for her child. But this gift soon brought a virtual menace into their home. A charming and anonymous stranger lured the 14-year old girl to Greece—a man she’d met in a teen chat room. We’ve all heard stories like this. But after researching the facts behind this case, I was amazed at the audacity of this Internet predator.

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Confessions of a Former Mistress by Inga C. Ellzey

For 16 years I was the mistress of a married man. I was single, he was rich. I wanted to be someone. He was a doctor. I was a single mom. He had three kids and a nanny. I wanted romance and passion. He was horny. His wife was the turkey. I was the gravy. I was, "The Other Woman."

Being a mistress is exciting . . . at first. Romantic trysts in clandestine restaurants. Lunch quickies. Having sex on the operating table (not that comfortable) or on the exam room floor (oh my aching back).

I was young when I met Adam (not his real name). I was 27, wore a size 8, had gorgeous long blonde hair, beautiful teeth and a great personality. He was 43, with a sexy foreign accent . . . and he was a doctor . . . my doctor. That's how it all started. There was an instant attraction. He scheduled office visits more frequently. I became the last patient of the day. Then I got healed by the good doctor, but fell in love (and he with me). We started an affair that lasted sixteen years.

So here I was the mistress to a married man. Sixteen years you ask me? How is that possible? Didn't the wife suspect?

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