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Danica Winters
New Release: Just Like Her by DJ Winters

WHEN DEATH COMES FOR YOU

Sergeant Brooke Forester wants to live a life that means something, and one in which she isn’t perpetually shrouded by her father’s sins.

YOU MUST FIGHT

But in the blink-and-you-miss town of Sula, Montana, gossip constantly sweeps through the community… And, while Brooke has been the public’s target for years, soon no gossip is juicier than that about the sexy, new FBI agent Sawyer Reynolds who has come to investigate a series of strange and gruesome murders.

OR DIE

Just when Brooke thinks she escapes her past, her past returns—

and brings a cold, calculating psychopath right along with it.

And this time, the killer won’t stop until they take every last shred of her identity and eventually, her life.

New Release: Just Like Her by DJ Winters
For Readers
Danica Winters
Cover Reveal: Hidden Truth (STEALTH Series, ...

Excerpt from Hidden Truth (STEALTH Series, Book 1):

She clicked open the tabs of the gun case, exposing the M24 sniper rifle. It was a thing of beauty. Even without firing a single round from this particular gun, Trish Martin could recall the precise feel of pulling the trigger, smelling the spent powder and watching as her enemies fell to their knees.

There was no greater feeling in the world than a justified kill. The men standing around her, those dealing in death, would be easy to strip from this earth…

Cover Reveal: Hidden Truth (STEALTH Series, Book 1)

Rionna Morgan

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Book Signing Event

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I'm proud to announce that this Saturday the Romance Under the Big Sky writers group will be coming together under one roof to participate in a book signing event!

Support First Night Missoula

Saturday, December 1st
Support First Night Missoula
Authors Signing All Day at Fact & Fiction Downtown
Noon-1:30
Danica Winters
Rionna Morgan
Casey Dawes
Pam Morris
 All proceeds from this event will go to support Missoula First Night--a program that provides safe and fun events for local people and their families.
Kate Whittle of the Missoula Independent has kindly written an article in advance of the event, spotlighting Danica Winters and Montana Romance Writers.
 An Angel's Justice,to be released by BTGN December 2012
"...Danica Winters, who says finding your niche is an important part of becoming a successful genre writer. Winters would know: she's been writing paranormal romance for a few years, with published titles like Curse of the Wolf and The Nymph's Labyrinth, and can boast about making Amazon's bestseller lists.Haters can hate, but the romance novel industry—and it is an industry, with about $1.4 billion in sales in 2011—provides fun and escape for many readers, mostly women, while paying the bills for many authors, mostly women. Yes, romance novels are easy to make fun of, especially because our society loves to deride stuff that's for chicks.So let's dispense with the mockery, because romance authors face the same difficulty as everyone in a media-related job: The Internet has maximized our ability to create and share information, while devaluing creative work and imploding our paychecks. Winters says a book she released in May has already been pirated online at least 20,000 times, mostly by foreign websites..."
If you are interested is seeing the full article, please click here.
It is my sincerest hope, that I will see you at this event.  I will be there answering questions, signing books, but be prepared to laugh!
Thank you for your on-going support,
Danica Winters
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Paranormal Romance Author Danica Winters Interviews Rionna Morgan

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This has been a great week and I had the chance to end it with another Montana up and coming romantic suspense author and my friend, Rionna Morgan.  Rionna grew up out West, where she followed her love of horses to the rodeo arena and her love of English to the classroom and to writing. Rionna is a founding member of Montana Romance Writers; she reads as much as she can possibly hold, and the thrill of great suspense threaded through into a great romance.  Rionna lives in Montana with her husband, four children, and the mountains outside her window. This year she sold her first novel to Crimson  Publishing and which should be available Summer 2012. 

I'm proud to introduce her to you.

Danica: Do you like to listen to music while you write? If so, who are your favorite artists?

Rionna:I do. When I am settled into the moment, when all the world outside my imagination is quiet, I listen to Celtic music. It is sweet and serene. I find that the music creates a more focused feeling so that I can just get in tune with my characters.

Danica: Tell us a little bit about your newest release. Feel free to include a small excerpt.  Rionna: My newest release is THE WANTING HEART soon to be published by Crimson Romance.  It is about a barrel racer who gets swept off her feet by a serial killer. 

Danica: Where can readers find your newest release? Feel free to include links.

Rionna: On July 9, 2012, it will be available electronically through Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, Google, Sony and The Crimson Romance Website. It will also be available in print. 

Danica: Where can others connect with you? Twitter, Facebook, blog? 

Rionna:http://www.facebook.com/RionnaMorgan

http://www.linkedin.com/in/rionnamorgan

https://twitter.com/RionnaMorgan

http://rionnamorgan.blogspot.com/

 My website rionnamorgan.com 

Danica: How do you go about choosing names for your characters? 

Rionna: Names, to me, are very important. I choose names in all manner of ways. If I hear a great name just in passing, I write it down in my ever present notebook. On a more structured note, if my story takes place in a certain part of the country...Texas for instance. I get a Texas phone book and look at the names of the people so that I can get a feel of how people are named: nationality, sound of names, how they are linked together. 

I have lived all over the United States, and I know that some names are prominent in some areas where as they are completely foreign to other parts. I want my names to seem authentic and believable while still fitting with the character I have in mind. 

If I happen to find a name in the phone book that catches my attention, I look up the meaning in my baby name book. I have it right next to my dictionary and thesaurus. For my heroes and heroines, I want the names to be strong while having a meaning that helps illuminate their personality. I feel the same for my antagonists. Yet, the antagonists are a bit more tricky. I write romantic suspense, and I don't always want my readers to know who the antagonist is; I definitely don't want to give it away by the use of a stereotypical "evil" or "bad-guy" name. So I am a lot more careful about choosing their names. 

Danica: Do you write under a pen name? If so, who knows about writing? 

Rionna: Yes I do. Only my close friends and family know my true identity. Ha Ha. That's funny. Sounds like I'm a secret agent. 

Danica: Tell us about your upcoming writing projects. 

Rionna: My current project is about an artist who stumbles upon a murder scene that has a fairy-tale twist.

Thank you very much for this opportunity. I really enjoyed sharing my writing and a bit about my writing life. And I hope you enjoy my stories!

All the best!

Rionna Morgan

 

 

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