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May 30, 2006

Spring News at the LC

Another holiday weekend, and guess who is left here at the office to clean up the mess from the barbecue?? That's right, me, Jonathan “Jazz” Terlicki, the Literary Chicks’ office manager, wardrobe coordinator, and general genius-of-all-trades. (Whitney INSISTS upon leaving her sticky margarita glasses EVERYWHERE!!!)

Right now I’m sitting on the garden/terrace here at the LC offices, surrounded by yet another mess to clean up. Let’s just say that a little break to "clean up" the last of the tequila and send out this short note about what my darling Lit Chicks are up to these days is a great way to break up my underappreciated day . . .

Okay, enough about moi. On to the FAB news of each of our brilliant and beautiful authors:

The lovely Lani’s hot news is the BESTSELLER LIST!! Her marvelous new release - THE COMEBACK KISS, hit the Barnes and Noble bestseller list at Number 15!!! Also, her rocking romantic comedy from 2005, MAYBE BABY, finalled in the Madcap Awards for best romantic comedy of 2005!! We here at the LC are totally unsurprised - and did I mention that Lani's hunky heroes never, EVER wear red pants with yellow shirts? (I mean, Fish. DUDE. 'Nuff said.) Please visit our Lovely Lani at her website!!

The amazing Whitney is busy working on a book that many of our LC readers should relate to - THE MOMMY WARS . She also has a super-secret deal in the works - stay tuned!! Also, in between an awful lot of telling Sam the amazing hurricane child NO, she is gearing up for the release of TESTING KATE,which will be out in October. Please check out Whitney's book project and other news at her website!

Beth, the token badass Lit Chick (oh, geez, I giggle when I say that!) is crazy busy and pretending she doesn't have much going on. She's ONLY in the midst of writing the third "310" book (out March 2007); gearing up for the release of the second in August 2006; finishing copyedits for NEARLYWEDS, her holiday-themed marital comedy (November 2006), and watching COMMERCIALS ABOUT HER BOOK ON FREAKING MTV!!!! (But does she invite ME to the MTV parties??? Does Jazz get to meet Mariah Carey, my idol??? NOOOOOOOO. I'm just saying. BETH.) Please visit the brilliant Beth online at her website for details!!

Our enchanting Michelle – the official LC European jetsetter – is gearing up for yet another European mini-tour and shepherding Teen #1 and Teen #2 through exams and the end of college. She's freshly back from an appearance in the States with Lani and will soon be packing to meet us all in Atlanta!! (Yes, they're going to drag me along to that one to carry their bookmarks and whatnot.) Michelle is also in the process of her own super secret project – deets soon!! – and wanted to remind us about the upcoming book about the rocking TV show DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES!! Welcome to Wisteria Lane! Please visit Michelle online at her site for all the details - she's busy trying to translate the copies of the Indonesian version of 32AA!!!!

The marvelous Eileen is pleased as punch to announce that BALANCING IN HIGH HEELS is a finalist for the Beacon Award, an award for published authors given by the First Coast Romance Writers, in the Chick Lit category and that it also took first place in the Mainstream with Strong Romantic Elements category in the Lories, an award given by the From the Heart Romance Writers.

Her latest release, UN-BRIDALED, got a sentence and a half in People Magazine and she is still basking in the glory of being in the same magazine as Julia Roberts.

She has also gone another week without strangling either of her adorable wonderful and yet ever-so-adolescent children. Perhaps that doesn't seem like a big accomplishment to others, but to her it is a very big deal right now. Please see all of Eileen's's news and appearances at her website!!

Our wounded Alesia (yes, she broke her toe at the pool, sliced half her thumb off getting ready for a barbecue, got burned with a pan and smacked in the head with a lawn chair cusion - do these holiday weekends TAKE THEIR TOLL or what???) is worn out from all of her travels over the past two months, but she had a TOTAL BLAST! Now she's gearing up for the release of SEVEN WAYS TO LOSE YOUR LOVER, which just got a FOUR AND A HALF STAR REVIEW from Romantic Times BookClub! They said: "Holliday does it again! The reader won't be able to put down this uproariously funny story filled with colorful and heartwarming characters."

Well, enough about them. Let’s talk about ME. I’m writing a TELL-ALL EXPOSE about the secret lives of the LC, and . . . oh, crap. That’s the phone. I promised to drive Alesia to the ER and get that toe taped. Well, CIAO for now!! And be sure to stay tuned for news of our ROCKING SPECIAL GUEST FOR JUNE!! -- Oh, and a special guest star week - THE MEN OF THE LC. Yep, you heard it here first. Now back to that expose . . . .
Smooches,
Jazz

Posted by Alesia at 2:36 PM | Comments (3)

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Posted by: Eileen at May 30, 2006 9:25 PM

Posted by: Jazz Terlicki at May 30, 2006 9:44 PM

Posted by: Eileen at May 31, 2006 10:35 AM