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Seattle and Washington State home to bestselling romance authors
In 2013, the estimated annual sales value of romance was $1.08 billion, according to BookStats. Some of the bestselling authors contributing to this number hail from here in Seattle and across Washington State. Here are a few of the well-known romance authors representing the Pacific Northwest.
Debbie Macomber (Port Orchard)
Lisa Kleypas (Bellingham)
Kristin Hannah (Bainbridge Island)
Julia Quinn (Seattle area)
Jayne Ann Krentz w/a Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle (Seattle area)
Washington state is also home to six RWA chapters. For a comprehensive listing of romance writers based in the Pacific Northwest, visit the membership listings for these chapters.
Inland Empire Chapter (Spokane)
Peninsula Chapter (Washington)
Who is your favorite Washington State romance author? Or, if you’re a writer from Washington State, tell us what you love most about living in The Evergreen State!
Cover Reveal ~ WOMEN UNDER FIRE
Check out the cover for WOMEN UNDER FIRE (Book 2 in the Grayce Walters series).
The first glimpse of a new book cover is both thrilling and nerve-racking for authors. There is always a moment of fear and panic when we worry that the cover artist failed to grasp our concept and we’re going to end up with the worst romance cover of all time.
I’m happy to report that Kim Killion has once again exceeded my expectations and created a cover for WOMEN UNDER FIRE that strongly conveys the romance, intrigue, and mystery on Seattle’s Waterfront in Book 2 of the Grayce Walters series.
WOMEN UNDER FIRE is in the final stages of production and will be available in early September.
Seattle Free Lances
Dan Slater, head of independent publishing at Amazon, was the guest speaker at the June 3rd meeting of Seattle Free Lances. After learning much from this industry expert, I got a picture with him, along with Deb Schneider of the King County Library.
Blog Tour for An Inner Fire
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for your support of my books. I promise not to inundate you with newsletters, but I want to keep in touch with all of you. I’m aiming to send my next newsletter in April or May with a sneak preview from WOMEN UNDER FIRE.
Currently, I’m in the research mode for WOMEN UNDER FIRE, hopefully to be released at the end of July, 2014. I thought you’d like to hear what I’ve been doing so far. Recently, I attended Gay Bingo Night, a fundraiser for Lifelong Alliance for Aids. If you’ve read An Inner Fire, you’ll remember that James was dressing to attend Gay Bingo. I have a feeling that James will be attending Gay Bingo in Women Under Fire.
I’ve taken the Duck Tour, a land and water tour of Seattle on a World War II amphibious landing craft. I wanted a fresh view of Seattle. I don’t want to give anything away about where the big suspense scenes will take place, but I did want to get a closer look at the downtown waterfront of Puget Sound.
For doing research on developing my new characters, I’ve spoken with a national expert on terrorism. He is a big fan of Grayce Walters and was thrilled to help me. I’ve also reconnected with a psychiatrist who had previously helped me when I was developing the premise of Angie, the missing veteran with PTSD.
For A CODE OF LOVE readers, I’m also doing research for The Code Breaker Series. I’m going to be in Washington, DC and will visit again the National Spy Museum. I love spies and their stories. The next book will be the story of Michael, Henrietta’s brother. I hope you got a sense of how much I like Michael. I have great adventures and a tender romance planned for him. I don’t yet have a title for Michael’s book.
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Hope you’ll enjoy. Sending all my best.
Jacki
A Code of Love
By Jacki Delecki
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