50Ks in 30 days challenge

A few of the Bootcampers are going to tackle the 50Ks in 30 days challenge that has been organised by some wonderful RWA members - Sandie and Diane. Thank you ladies.

Progress and posts will be at the 50Ks in 30 Days blog. It starts 1st June, ie, tomorrow. Eeeek!

Will also keep you updated here for our Bootcamper progress. Good luck to all taking up this challenge.

~Eleni

What we write....Annie

Annie has been making up stories in her head ever since she was a teenager and wanted to know - what happens next? After many years of tootling around, she finally got serious about writing five years ago and began the journey that has led her to the wonderful Bootcamp compadres that now provide encouragement, sympathy, kicks in the butt and laugh along with her as she fumbles through the process of learning to be a better writer.

Annie has recently wrestled her futuristic action romance into near-submission, now just has to get her courage up to actual submission.  She has also started a fantasy trilogy, an half a dozen contemporary romances she might one day revisit. Currently she’s editing a contemporary single title romance set in Florida, and in her spare time is dreaming up a world peopled with angels and warriors, who all need a little more romance in their lives.

Alison as a finalist!

More great news from Bootcamper world. 

Alison Leake has finalled in the Windy City 4 Seasons Competition. This is the story of Sebastian and Sylvie and one day, we fellow Bootcampers have no doubt it will be gracing the shelves. It's a fab read.

WooHoo! Two announcements in two days, or is it one day. I think I posted less than 24 hours ago.

Melissa is a R*BY finalist!

The wonderful Melissa James is a finalist in the short sweet category of the R*BY Awards (known as The Ruby'), basically the best romance books in Australia and New Zealand as voted by readers.

Woohoo!!! Congrats Melissa!!

Melissa's shortlisted book is: A Mother in a Million

We are all so very excited for Melissa - expecially since this is her first time as a finalist of this award.

Winners will be announced at the Romance of Australia's conference in August. It's going to be some night!

Go Bootcampers!

Rachel Bailey website!

Rachel has just released her stunning website to the world, with the help of dark urban author & friend, Tracey O'hara.

Check out her site here and read her blurbs for her debut back-to-back releases in January and February 2010!! The titles are Claiming His Pregnant Bride and The Blackmailed Bride's Secret Child and will be published by Silhouette Desire.  Go Rachel!

New look blog

Hey everyone,

If anyone has been looking at our blog over the last hour, they would have been fascinated by the little changes I have been making. Yes, I thought it was time for the blog to have a makeover. 

Hope you like it.

The website is taking longer than expected, only because I'm playing around with templates and designs. 

A special cheereo to one of our favourite people who have had a rotten week. In fact, to anyone who has had a rotten week or day (my hand up here), let's give it the boot, and from this moment on, let it be a grand day/week/month/year..... 

~Eleni

The Rebel King is out now!

Don't forget to get your copy of 'The Rebel King' by the fab Melissa James. Out this month in Australia and New Zealand!

I got my copy today :)

~ Eleni

April BIAM round up

Wow!  What a month!  April was BIAM (Book in a Month) month for Bootcamp 101.  All up we had 11 Bootcampers and one honourary camper (go Cassandra Pennington!!!) participate.  Together we wrote over 112,000 words!!!  We had some star achievers, too!  Nikki Logan took out the BIAM First Place Pro Award with Melissa James taking second place.  In the Semi Pro category newcomer Fiona Gregory took first place and Alison Leake second!   An honourable mention was handed out to Anne Newton, who wrote during amazing hardships and inspired us all!  (Go Anne-you rock!!!)

 Participants include:  Anne Newton, Eleni Konstantine, Rachel Bailey, Fiona Gregory,  Alison Leake, Jacqueline Wilson, Nikki Logan, Tracey Turner, Melissa James, Rosie Smiles, Cassandra Pennington, and Dana Scully.

First place finishers took home Darrel Lea red heart awards.  Chocolate goodness to nourish the writer’s soul!!!

Even those who did not achieve placing are counted as winners, having written more than blank pages and received Bootcamp BIAM bookmarks!!! 

 Amazing accomplishments ladies!!!  Way to go!!!  But wait-there’s more to come…the incomparable Nikki Logan has set another BIAM challenge for May, so look out for further manuscript accomplishments in coming posts!!!

 As always Bootcamp Rocks!!!

~Dana Scully