New Sunday night movies in Germany on ZDF, from my novels, From Glowing Embers, Aloha Always, and Rainbow Fire. I had the fun of traveling to Germany to do promotion for Rainbow Fire and meet the male stars. Not sure which part of this was the most fun.
In preparation for the launch of Sunset Bridge, please visit my contest/giveaway page and enter to win one of four pie-related gift boxes each Friday in June, plus a grand prize on July 1st. Details right here. Enjoy.
Readers are writing my publisher in support of the Shenandoah Album series. If you'd like to join them, the addresses are:
Mira Books
c/o Reader Service
P.O. Box 9049
Buffalo NY 14269-9049
Or in Canada:
Mira Books
c/o Reader Service
P.O. Box 616
Fort Erie ON L2A 5X3
To go along with Treasure Beach--see below--Emilie will be blogging on Tuesdays (Treasure Beach excerpts) and Fridays. Please visit and share a comment.
Have you heard about Treasure Beach? Every Tuesday beginning February 8th, I'll be publishing a portion of this original novella on my blog. And just as exciting? Fabulous quilt designer Pat Sloan has created a Happiness Key quilt block of the month pattern to go with it. So tune in to get the story and the links to the quilt pattern. Treasure Beach takes place between Fortunate Harbor and Sunset Bridge (coming to your favorite bookstore in July) and is only available on my blog. Read along and enjoy.
Emilie is now blogging twice weekly, on Mondays and Thursdays. Come visit Southern Exposure.
The final book in the Happiness Key series, has been edited and a new cover created. Sunset Bridge will be out next summer. Stay tuned for dates.
More television movies in Germany this fall, including the one adapted from Sweet Georgia Gal, one of Emilie's earliest romances, which she saw being filmed last February in New Zealand.
Two Florida booksignings this winter. Check out the listings under events.
Fortunate Harbor has gotten some fabulous reviews and Emilie was interviewed on two dozen radio stations to promote the book. Did you hear her? Let her know.
Prepare for another murder. . . mystery. A Truth for a Truth will be available on October 5th in the mystery section of your favorite brick and mortar and online bookstores. Read Emilie's blog in September for an interview with Aggie Sloan-Wilcox herself, plus a poem composed by one of Aggie's fans. Enjoy.
Enjoy the reissue of my very first single title release. Iron Lace has a brand new cover and it's now in trade paperback with larger print. Look for the sequel, the reissue of Rising Tides, in January.
Fortunate Harbor is now on sale at your favorite bookstore. Don't forget to print the $1.50 coupon to use during the first week of sale. Find it here: http://www.emilierichards.com/blog/?p=202
Authors in Motion, a three day, eight stop book tour with authors Rachel Vincent, Gena Showalter, Carla Neggers and Susan Mallery was a delight. Read about the "Glamorous Life of the Touring Author" on Emilie's blog.
Publisher's Weekly had a great review of Fortunate Harbor (July 2010):
"A juicy, sprawling beach read with a suspenseful twist, Richards's sunny sequel to Happiness Key reveals the next life step for Tracy Deloche and her tenant friends in Florida. . . Secrets, friendships, and the Florida gulf coast all come into play in Richards's engaging latest."
Happiness Key is now available in mass market paperback format. Fortunate Harbor debuts on June 29th in an easy to read trade edition.
Emilie and her husband traveled to New Zealand for ten days in February as guests of Polyphon and ZDF to see her novel Sweet Georgia Gal turned into a film for German television. For photos, see her Facebook page. For more details, check Southern Exposure, Emilie's blog. More movies to come, too.
Iron Lace and Rising Tides will be reissued in September and November with brand new covers.
A Stranger's Son, one of my most popular novellas, will be reissued with novellas by Linda Howard and Sherryl Woods in a Mother's Day anthology, A Mother's Touch, in May.
A Truth for a Truth, the fifth book in the Ministry is Murder series, will be out in October of 2010.
Emilie will be appearing at the Virginia Festival of the Book on March 20th. See the events list for details.
What a great signing in December at the Sanibel Island Bookshop in Sanibel, Florida. Happiness Key was a local bestseller for two weeks thanks to Hollie and her dedicated staff. Interested readers can contact this great independent store in January, too, to get a signed and personalized copy while Emilie's still in town.
Worried you won't find another novel on the shelves about Aggie Sloan-Wilcox and the town of Emerald Springs? Worry no more. Emilie's hard at work on book five. What's the obvious title after A Lie for A Lie? Easy. A Truth for a Truth. Stay tuned for pub date.
Visit my Quilt Studio Show and Tell to see photos from one of my favorite quilting readers and her family, inspired by the Shenandoah Album series.
Thanks to all my wonderful readers who turned out for the Buckeye Bookfair in Wooster, OH on Saturday, November 7. It was wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones. Buckeye is such a great event.
Join Emilie at Chautauqua Institution in Western NY for a Special Studies class on writing the mystery novel. The class runs from August 17-21, at 2:30-3:30 in the Alumni Hall ballroom. We'll discuss basic skills and the particular requirements of the traditional mystery.
Visit Emilie's Facebook page for up to date news and comments. You can even become her "fan."
Visit Emilie's Quilt Studio "Block of the Month" page for the new July stocking pattern from Sister's Choice. Join quilters all over the country and sew along with Emilie and pattern/fabric designer Pat Sloan.
Visit Emilie's blog to print a coupon for a $1.50 discount on your purchase of Happiness Key. Coupon valid until July 31st at the discretion of your favorite bookseller.
Visit www.freshfiction.com and enjoy their "Christmas in July" celebration. Emilie is one of the authors offering a gift giveaway for one lucky reader. Enter to win Emilie's J. Crew straw beach bag and a Bath and Body Works "Fun in the Sun" gift set, along with your autographed copy of Happiness Key.
Read all about Emilie's latest contests, including a fun new Facebook quiz to help you find out which Happiness Key character you're most like.
Emilie will be autographing at the Romance Writer's of America Reader's for Life Literacy Event on July 15th. Come meet your favorite authors and have Emilie sign Happiness Key.
Visit veoh.com to "see" a video excerpt of Endless Chain. It's a preview of the new audiobook from BBC Audiobooks America, and the reader is wonderful.
Sister's Choice, the fifth book of the Shenandoah Album series, is now available in mass market paperback at your favorite bookstore as well as in audio download. Details on the download at BBC Audiobooks America.
5.4 million people watched the debut of Sehnsuch nach Neuseeland on German television. Das Paradies am Ende der Welt debuts on May 10th.
Emilie and Pat Sloan, quilt designer, now have four patterns to enjoy in their Season of Grace block of the month quilt. It's not too late to join in and work on your own version. Visit Emilie's quilt studio and click on block of the month to get started. Anyone making the quilt and posting a photo on the Season of Grace Flickr page, is automatically entered in a grand prize giveaway.
Gumshoe Review has a great review of A Lie for a Lie in their May edition, including the quote: "Part of the joy of reading Richards comes from her quirky and fully rounded characters."
Sehnsuch nach Neuseeland, the German made for television movie based on Emilie's novel Smoke Screen debuts on German television on May 3rd.
May is the last month to enter and win the delightful Noah's Ark musical water globe on Emilie's contest website. Just answer one simple question about A Lie for a Lie. Then, beginning in June, watch for a brand new contest to celebrate Emilie's upcoming novel, Happiness Key, along with four mini-contests, leading up to publication.
Out of the Ashes, one of Emilie's Silhouette novels, is now being filmed in New Zealand for a German television movie which will be seen by millions there. A recent online newspaper tells the story. The star hopes to raise awareness in Germany for protection of the yellow-eyed penguin. Read all about it here.
A Lie for a Lie was number 6 on the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association bestseller list. Yay Aggie. Go get 'em girl.
Block of the Month patterns debut for your enjoyment. Emilie and Pat Sloan, quilt and fabric designer, are hard at work on free block of the month patterns for 2009. The first month debuted on Pat's website in February, and the second will be posted on Emilie's during the first week of March. Emilie and Pat are taking turns with the blocks on their websites. Stop by Emilie's quilt studio to see the fun in progress. The finished quilt is based on one in Emilie's novel, Sister's Choice, and suitable for even the newest quilter.
A Lie for a Lie from Berkley Prime Crime is at bookstores near you. Visit one to find your very own copy and discover what Aggie's up to now.
Emilie's new contest is up and running now. Enter to win an adorable Noah's ark musical water globe.
Mira will issue Emilie's next novel, Happiness Key in trade paperback in July 2009. So those of you who prefer to buy and read paperbacks won't have to wait a year. Mira will follow this with a mass market paperback version in 2010.
With Happiness Key still months from publication, Emilie has already agreed to write the sequel, tentatively titled The Treasure of Happiness Key. She's looking forward to a new adventure with the women who live there.
Emilie's novels From Glowing Embers and Smokescreen are being filmed for television by a German production company. The movies are set to debut in May.
Sister's Choice and Wedding Ring are both available from BBC Audio at your favorite library, so ask them to order if they haven't already. Find Sister's Choice at Audible.com, and Itunes, too, followed soon by Wedding Ring. Watch for the other Shenandoah Album books in 2009.
Mira Books has donated multiple copies of Sister’s Choice to cancer centers throughout the Shenandoah Valley after a reader pointed out how much she wished the book was available to breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Thanks, Mira, for so graciously stepping up to the plate.
