~ By Melina Kantor 

Hello Chick Lit Fans!

Welcome to yet another Friday. Raise your hand if you really, really need this week to be over.

Here are a few items of interest to kick off what will hopefully be a fantastic weekend:

News: 

• As you’ve probably heard, there was no 2012 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, which has upset many, many people. What are your thoughts on the subject?

Blog Posts of Interest:

• Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches Trashy Books attended the Romantic Times Convention, and wrote this post after sitting on the Contemporary Romance Panel.
• Author Sarah Pekkanen wrote this post for Writer Unboxed on what she’s learned about writing.

Just for Fun:

Announcements:

The winner of Rules of the Game by Sandy James is Alyssa Everett. We’ll be in touch soon!

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Have a great weekend!

Melina writes contemporary women’s fiction with a pinch of oregano and a dash of chutzpah. She recently returned from a two month trip to Crete and Israel, where she visited  family and friends did her best to turn her travels into research and inspiration for her writing. You can visit her at http://melinakantor.com.