News & Links... for Historical Romance author Jacqui Nelson

Writing Awards

The Shadow Hour (Historical Romantic Suspense, Victorian London)

• 2011 Orange County RWA Orange Rose - Historical - 1st place
• 2011 Golden Network's Golden Pen - Romantic Suspense - 2nd place
• 2011 Toronto Romance Writers Catherine - Romantic Suspense - 2nd place
• 2011 Colorado Romance Writers Heart of the Rockies - Historical - 3rd place
• 2011 North Texas RWA Great Expectations - Romantic Suspense - 2nd place 
• 2011 Virginia Romance Writers Fool for Love - Historical - 3rd place   

A Wicked West (Western Historical Romance, Dodge City)

• 2010 Golden Network's Golden Pen - 2nd place 
• 2010 San Francisco Area RWA Heart to Heart - 1st place
• 2010 Virginia Romance Writers Fool for Love - 2nd place
• 2010 Tampa Area Romance Authors TARA - 3rd place
• 2010 Hearts Through History Romance Writers Romance Through the Ages contest (Legend Category - Most Memorable Hero) - 3rd place

Between Heaven and Hell  (Western Historical Romance, Oregon Trail)

• 2010 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart® Historical Romance - Winner
• 2010 North Texas RWA Great Expectations - 3rd place
• 2009 Silicon Valley RWA Gotcha! - 1st place
• 2009 Missouri RWA Gateway to the Best - Honorable Mention

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Writing Groups

• Romance Writers of America®  
• Greater Vancouver Chapter of RWA - Vancouver, Canada
• Vancouver Island Chatper of RWA - Victoria & Nanaimo, Canada
• The Golden Network
• Special Interest Writing Chapters of RWA 
• Hearts Through History Romance Writers 
• Petticoats and Pistols
• Love Western Romances
• Women Writing the West®
• Unusual Historicals 

Writing Friends

• The Unsinkables Blog - Writing, Come Hell or High Water
• 2010 RWA Golden Heart Finalists - The Unsinkables

Blogs

• BookEnds Literary Agency Blog 
• PubRants Blog - Kristin Nelson (Nelson Literary Agency)  
• Nathan Bransford - Literary Agent - Curtis Brown 
• Writer Unboxed 
• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
• Romancing the Blog 
• Jennifer Jakes' Blog 
• Get Lost in a Story

Publishers, Agents & the Business of Writing 

• Editors' Association of Canada 
• Association of Authors' Representatives 
• Publishers Lunch 
• Publishers Marketplace
• Preditors & Editors 
• Writer Beware 
• Piers Anthony's Internet Publishing - An alphabetical list of publishers
• Publishing House Payouts - Show Me the Money! by Brenda Hiatt

Contests

• Romance Writers of America Chapter Contests 
• Contest Divas 
• Award Winning Romances 
• Stephie Smith's Contest Chart for Writers 
• Charlotte Dillon's Romance Writing Contests 
• New Voices - Mills & Boon® Writing Contest 

Writing Challenges 

• Book in a Week  
• Write or Die 
• National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)  
• National Writing Project 

Writing Fun

• Wordle - Test word overuse with "Word Clouds"
• Gender Genie - Test the gender of your writing
• I Write Like - Learn which famous writer you write like
• Save the Words - Vote for words that are becoming obsolete

Writing Resources

• Etymology Dictionary
• Grammar Divas
• Grammar Girl
• Surname Database 
• Romance University
• Kimberly Killion's Writer Resources 
• Internet Resources

Reading Fun

• Finding the order of books in a series  
• Dear Author 
• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
• All About Romance 
• The Book Binge 
• Love Romance and More 

Dodge City Research

• "Dodge City is a wicked little town..."  
• Inspiration... Deadwood 
• The Yellow Rose of Texas - lyrics 
• The Yellow Rose of Texas - history of the song 
• Bat Masterson  
• Great Western Cattle Trail  
• Texas Longhorn Cattle 
• The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 
• Chicago's Union Stockyards 
• The Dodge House Hotel 
• Books of the Kansas Collection 

Victorian London Research

• Victorian Literary Studies Archive 
• The Twilight City - Late Victorian and early Edwardian London  
• Victorian Dictionary  
• 19th Century British Slang - Lower class and underworld  
• Sherlock Holmes Museum  
• Victorian Era Fashion History  
• Mostly Victorian - Articles & illustrations from Victorian books & magazines
• English Hertiage
• Britannia History
• The British Library

 Things mentioned in The Shadow Hour

• Bow Street Police Station
• Brougham 
• The Chemical History of a Candle 
• Collegiate School for Girls
• Drinking Fountain
• Hansom Cab
• House of Lords / Palace of Westminster
• Landau 
• Michael Faraday
• The Reform Club
• The Royal Institution
• Scotland Yard

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