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I have just been given The Best Liar Award. Per the rules, I will:

1: Thank the person who gave you the award and link to them.

2: Add the award to your blog.

3: Tell six outrageous lies about yourself and One Truth.

4: Nominate six creative liars... I mean writers and post links to them.

5: Let your nominees know that they have been nominated.

Okay. First, Thanks to Cate Masters!

The award appears on my blog.

Next, the seven statements, one of which is truthful. If you think you know which is the truth, leave a comment. If any guess correctly, I'll give a pdf copy of Angel of Windword.

1. I speak fluent German.

2. I trained tigers in the circus.

3. I spent a year in Romania.

4. I went out with Warren Beatty.

5. I shared a two-stall, tiny bathroom with Lauren Bacall and Lily Tomlin.

6. I recorded a song.

7. I worked as a makeup artist in California.

Ahem. The dubious distinction, I mean honor, I now pass along to:

M.C. Halliday

Tabitha Shay 

Angela Daniels

J.A. Saare

Trent Kinsey

Mary Corales

Congrats guys! As Cate noted, these awards may make for an extra workload, but anything we do to get our name out on search engines helps promote our work. And like the commercial says, we're worth it!

FOR THOSE WHO ARE WONDERING, #5 --  I  SHARED A TWO-STALL, TINY  BATHROOM WITH LAUREN BACALL AND LILY TOMLIN IS THE ONLY TRUE COMMENT ON THE LIST!

My historical romance with a mystery - released by Eternal Press on October 7th, 2009!

Today, I feel as though I've just won the Oscars and I am standing in front of a room full of beautiful people, but instead of holding the little statue of the much-coveted, bald, golden man! I'm proudly holding a copy of my novel, ANGEL OF WINDWORD, in my hand.

This is wonderful! The best part is that I can speak all I want and not have the sound of music interrupting me in the background when they feel I've been talking too long. Also, here in cyber space, Kanye West is not around to interrupt me! And Joan Rivers and her daughter are not ruining my evening with their snide remarks about my appearance. Not that I have to worry.

Ofcourse, I look marvelous darling in my Carolina Herrera gown and having lost those stubborn 20 pounds which I've been trying to lose for the past 10 years, I've never looked better. After I thank my grandmother, who is now in Heaven and was an avid reader of romance, my mother, my sisters, my brother, my brothers-in-law, my nieces, my cousins, my friends, my two invaluable critique partners, Diana Flori and Vicky Cocco, and dedicate the night to my husband and two children, who are sitting in the crowd and staring at me with wonder and love in their eyes, I acknowledge the presence of my wonderful colleagues, who are sharing the spotlight today: Mary Corrales, Roxanne Rhoads, Teel James Glenn, Shelley Dayton, Graeme S. Houston, Heather Kuehl and A.J. Ryan!

After much applause, I continue, "I want to thank the authors and readers of Eternal Press, the loveliest people I've ever encountered. I feel proud to be amongst you guys! I would like to thank Ally Robertson for making all this possible. I would like to thank Candace Clayton for being such a great mediator; Dianna Rubino for being such a great editor; Adrienne Morris, the wonderful copyeditor, for all her hard work on Angel of Windword, and  Sheryl for all of her promotional work on my behalf! I would especially like to thank Amanda Kelsey for the most beautiful cover art I've ever seen! I couldn't be happier with my cover. Last but certainly not least, I would like to thank Lisa Logan. Lisa, I'll be eternally grateful to you for making me a published author!

After enjoying the standing ovation, I walk away with Sean Connery. (This may date me a little, but I still think that he is the sexiest man alive!)

Maggie Dove

www.maggiedove.net

E-book available at www.eternalpress.ca

Paperback available at www.amazon.com

              Writing, CALL ME DUCHESS, the second book of the WINDWORD TRILOGY, is proving to be just as exciting as when I wrote my first book. I feel that one's books are like one's children. I never thought that I would love another book as much as I loved ANGEL OF WINDWORD...my first baby, but guess what, CALL ME DUCHESS, my middle child, is just as lovable to me! Hopefully, it will be finished by December, 2009. My third child, THE ENGLISH MARQUESSA, is still in gestation! 

               I have a wonderful critique group. It consists of two highschool friends of mine. We really enjoy our meetings and they are invaluable to me. I started my first romance novel, ANGEL OF WINDWORD, as a dare. My friend, Diana Flori, also a writer, dared me to write one and so I did. Diana saw how excited I was while writing my book, and jumped on the bandwagon...she wrote one too.

               I was busy raising my children, so I put it away for many years. Did not have the time to deal with submissions and rejections. I took it out last year, revamped it and I am getting it published! Diana did the same thing and is now waiting to get  hers published. I'm sure that she will, too. Her book, THE THORN AT HIS SIDE is wonderful. She writes about Key West in the 1870's. She is now writing her second novel, THE HOMECOMING, with many of the lovable characters from Thorn! It is a blast to read!

               The other friend in my critique group is Vicky Cocco, who has published four books under the name of Victoria Marquez, and is now writing, GRILL ME BABY, a hot, spicy story of two delicious cooks in competition for a television show!

              Thanks girls, I wouldn't have been able to do it without you...and if by any chance I would have been able to write these books without the two of you....it wouldn't have been so fun!