Last year I posted a few links from around the web about how little the Quill Awards appeared to be accomplishing. For the second annual Quills, it appears little has changed.

From Publisher’s Lunch:

AP reporter Hillel Italie remains dubious [about the Quills]: Created “in an attempt to make publishing awards more glamorous and accessible, the Quills so far have attracted little attention beyond the publishing industry, with virtually no sales impact for nominated books. Comscore Networks, Inc., an Internet research firm that monitors Web traffic, was unable to compile any numbers on visits to the Quills links, saying low traffic was the likely reason. Even several publishers attending Tuesday night’s ceremony acknowledged not voting, among them Alfred A. Knopf head Sonny Mehta.”

A number of presenters (including celebrities) stumbled in reading their Teleprompter remarks. Donald Trump actually silenced himself, leaving co-author Robert Kiyosaki to read both their parts and misfire in his ad lib. Trump’s one remark came before announcing the winner in the business category: “No winner is here tonight, so why should this be any different.” (The business winners were there after all.)

Last year’s blog posts:

Voting for the Quills Award

More About the Quills

I meant to tell you about my daughter’s cowgirl costume and I got hit with work. Galleys for one book and copy edits for another book arrived in the same package with only one day’s gap in due dates between them. Three contracts are in various stages — nego, signing, returning. I’m in the process of writing three stories, while editing another story, and wrapping up a proposal on a series.

I’m also fighting a cold. So forgive me. *smooches* I’ll be over at RTB on Friday 13th, if I don’t make it back here before then. ((hugs))

Cheyenne McCray’s enchanting and deeply sensual Forbidden Magic left readers captivated and eager for more. Now, in Seduced by Magic, the stakes are higher, the passion hotter, and the danger darker than before.

DESIRE

Copper Ashcroft is an accomplished D’Anu witch, but the magic she wields is a potent force-strong enough to hurl her into a mysterious Otherworld when a spell backfires. Before Copper can escape, another being is pulled into her realm-Tiernan, a powerfully virile Tuatha D’Danann warrior. Blond, blue-eyed, and shamelessly seductive, Tiernan could be Copper’s savior.and his touch sets her body on fire.

DUTY

Like others of his kind, Tiernan stands alongside the D’Anu witches to battle the demons of the Underworld. Obligation to his cause and his people cautions against any entanglement with Copper, yet each second spent with this beautiful, uninhibited woman stirs an insatiable hunger. Desire explodes into carnal bliss, but the visions that haunt Copper’s dreams are growing stronger, and they foretell a terrifying evil waiting to be unleashed.

DESTINY

Saving the city will take more than brute strength.more than witchcraft. Only together can Copper and Tiernan find a way to overcome the dark forces-and seize a passion that has bewitched them both.