"Playing for First" chosen as a finalist for the Ann Bannon Award!

I found out this week that Playing for First was voted by the members of the Golden Crown Literary Society as one of nine finalists for the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award. The award will be handed out at the GCLS Conference the first week of June in Orlando. I'll give you more info the closer we get to the date, but visit here to check out the Conference: http://www.goldencrown.org/site/index.php/conference-conference. In two weeks, another vote will be held for members to vote on the remaining nine finalists to determine the winner. Heck, I'm flabbergasted to have made the short list!

Anyone in the Atlanta area, please swing by Charis Books and More at 1189 Euclid Avenue NE this Saturday, April 24th at 7:00. Jane Vollbrecht, Mavis Applewater, and I are having a Blue Feather Books shindig, otherwise known as a reading and book signing. lol Jane and Mavis are always fun. Jane was nominated this past week for her book Detours in the Dramatic General Fiction category at the GCLS. Fellow Blue Feather author, Val Brown, is also up for the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award for her book, In the Works. Pretty darn cool, huh?

I'll be reading from Playing for First and Come Back to Me, scheduled for a May release. I'll also give readers a sneak peek at Two for the Show. We're hoping the weather holds out for us so we get a good turnout.

Hope to see you there!

Cover finalized for "Come Back to Me" AND...

Two for the Show has been accepted for publication. We'll sign the contract soon. Woo hoo!! It's a good day. You can find my new cover on my website, http://www.ckpaynter.com. I'm very pleased in how it turned out. It captures the story perfectly. You'll see once you read it. :-) I should be receiving the PDF version very soon for the final read-through prior to publication. We're getting down to the nitty gritty. I'm anxious and excited for this one to become available.

On another note, I was so excited to see Butler make it all the way to the final game in the NCAA National Men's Basketball Championship. They came within a hair of winning it all. They only graduate two seniors and now that Butler has signed Coach Brad Stevens for the next 12 years, they have a legitimate shot every year to make it. Wow. How great for mid-level teams, huh?

Baseball started this week. WOOOO HOOOO!!! Not sure if this is the Reds' year. I have a feeling they'll finish over .500, but I think it'll take until next year to really make a run for the playoffs. One can always hope and dream though.

Alrighty, time to get back to writing. I've already gotten one chapter finished for my next one, another romance.