Cheryl Bolen Reveals The Power? of the Golden Heart Award

With the entry period for Beau Monde’s Royal Ascot Contest now underway, many of us are polishing our manuscripts and daydreaming about what effect a win might have on our budding writing careers. In today’s article, Cheryl Bolen, award-winning published author of several historical romance novels, records her conversations with a group of Golden Heart award finalists. They share their thoughts on the impact which Golden Heart recognition had on their careers and their success in publishing their books.

Lauren Smith – Featured Beau Monde Author

Lauren Smith is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author.

Lauren Smith has been obsessed with writing since the third grade, when her teacher convinced her to submit her mystery thriller novella to a young writer’s conference in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ever since that fateful day, Lauren’s been a dedicated writer. Having grown up on classics and fantasy novels, she didn’t start writing romance until her second year of law school.

Lauren is currently an Intellectual Property attorney with both American and Canadian law degrees, but she stays up late to write by the flashlight app on her smart phone. She loves writing Regency and paranormal romances. In addition to the Beau Monde, she belongs to the Oklahoma Outlaws and Passionate Ink where she writes erotic romance under the pen name Emma Rochester. Lauren was a 2011 semi-finalist for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award. She was a quarter-finalist for the 2010 Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award.

Find her at Facebook — Twitter — theleagueofrogues.blogspot.com

Taryn Kincaid – Featured Beau Monde Author

Taryn Kincaid is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author.

Taryn Kincaid began writing as soon as she could and has never stopped. She is particularly pleased when she is lucky enough to be paid for her words. In additon to her books, she is also an award-winning reporter and columnist, covering stories ranging from fires and homicides to corrupt politicians and heroic dogs. Taryn is a member of the Beau Monde as well as the Hudson Valley RWA, in addition to the Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal chapters. Her most recent tale, a Regency novella, is Healing Hearts, which was published earlier this year.

Taryn enjoys reading in all genres, but she says she likes writing historical romance and romantic paranormals best. She has a couple of paranormal stories in progress, but is eager to write another Regency, perhaps a story linked to the main characters in her novella, Healing Hearts.

Find her at Facebook — Twitter — dreamvoyagers.blogspot.com

Kate Pearce – Featured Beau Monde Author

Kate Pearce is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author.

Kate has been a member of RWA for the last ten years and a member of the Beau Monde for most of those years. She is originally from the UK, but has lived in Northern California for the past thirteen years with her husband and four kids. Having been published in all formats, (small press, UK press, digital, trade and mass market), she considers that has given her a good grasp on the publishing world and that experience will help in her in her role as PAN liaison. She is currently writing erotic Regency romances for Kensington Aphrodisia, (with the occasional steamy novella for Brava) and Tudor Vampire paranormal historicals for Signet Eclipse. Kate is also venturing into self-publishing.

Find her at: Facebook — Twitter — www.katepearce.com/blog — www.katepearce.com

Barbara Monajem – Featured Beau Monde Author

Barbara Monajem

Barbara, today’s Featured Beau Monde Author, wrote her first story in third grade about apple tree gnomes.

After dabbling in neighborhood musicals and teen melodrama, she published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young. Now her kids are adults, and she’s writing historical and paranormal romance for grownups.

She lives in Georgia with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and feline strays.

Take a peek at her books – BLOOD & MOONLIGHT, June 2011
NOTORIOUS ELIZA, Epic Winner!

Find her at - Website- Blog  – Facebook

Twitter: @BarbaraMonajem

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