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Thought I would share a photo of two talented go-getters who don't sit around on their butts, waiting for someone to do something. Kelley St. John and Laura Hayden are two of the hardest working people I know. Kelley is a self-promotion queen and damn fine writer. Laura is a wizard at putting together the award ceremonies for the National RWA's conference and damn fine writer. And I'm proud to say they're members of my writing group, Southern Magic.

What's In A Name?

No. I'm not about to spout poetry. Today, I attended the Heart of Dixie Romance Readers' Luncheon. Lots of fun. One of the ways the RWA chapter makes money is to sell tickets to win a chance at having your name in a book. What that means, is your name can become a character in an author's book. You don't have rights to the book and the character can be a villian or a good person, author's choice. You can be a secondary character or the main gal. My oldest daughter won one and her name is in Kelley St. John's TO CATCH A CHEAT. I can tell you my daughter was thrilled to no end as she's a big fan of hers.

Well, one sweet lady who attends the HOD luncheon and my local chapter's luncheon (we offer it too) has won numerous times. So if you read a book and someone in the story is named Tewanda Hardy. That's who it is. LOL! We were teasing her on how she was becoming world famous and how all the editors were asking WHO'S TEWANDA HARDY!!! LOL!

Role Models

I was thinking today about my role models when it comes to being a writer. Luckily I have several and most I see on occasion.

A special thank you to Sherrilyn Kenyon, Linda Howard, Kelley St. John, Peggy Webb, Debra Webb, Paula Graves and Lyn Randal.