Big Giant BtO Newsflash:Barbara Sissel's 2-Book Deal!

It's been so hard for me to contain myself, but it's finally official. BtO's own Barbara Taylor Sissel has scored big.

Check out the Publisher's Marketplace announcement:

Barbara Taylor Sissel's EVIDENCE OF LIFE, about a woman caught in a web of lies after her husband and daughter go missing during a camping trip to the Texas Hill Country, challenging everything she believes about her family and her life, to Erika Imranyi at Mira, in a two-book deal, at auction, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency (World English).

I've always know my long-time critique partner and very good friend was prodigiously talent, but now, she's officially a force to be reckoned with!

Congratulations, Barbara! We're celebrating with you!

Benefit Critique Auction

I've donated a 50-page critique to benefit former RWA National president Janis
Reams Hudson, who has just received a lung transplant in an effort to overcome
end-stage emphysema. Check out my auction on Ebay, please click here. Or check out other fabulous items here.

To read more about Janis and the auction, follow this link.

I hope some of you will consider helping.