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Join us as we spotlight various members in the Savvy Authors community. We'll introduce you to volunteers, members active in the Savvy writing community, as well as recently published authors from Our Authors, editors, and agents.

This week the Spotlight shines on contemporary and paranormal romance author Robin Covington. Her debut novel, A Night of Southern Comfort, has been nominated for Best Contemporary Romance from an Indie Press in the RT Book Reviews Reviewer's Choice Awards. Grabbing major league accolades with the first two books of “The Boys are Back in Town” series, her ability to blend sweet romance with suspense and steamy sex has her fans begging her to “please write faster”. With several books hitting the stands this year it's safe to say she is listening. Pull up a chair and join us as Robin talks about going from unpublished to an author with six book contracts, while juggling three jobs, kids and her very special Main Man!

It's great to have you here Robin, let's jump right in. Your latest release, His Southern Temptation just released April 1st and you're showcasing it with a blog hop from April 9 to May 16. Congratulations! Tell us what's on tap for your hop and where do we start?

Join us every Friday as we spotlight various members in the Savvy Authors Community. We'll introduce you to volunteers, members active in the Savvy writing community, recently published authors from Our Authors, editors, and agents.

This week we are shining the spotlight on contemporary and paranormal romance author Gina L. Maxwell. A self described romance addict, she has seen her debut novel Seducing Cinderella hit the USA Today best seller list in two weeks and the NY Times best seller list in one month after its release. Her follow up novel in the series, Rules of Engagement is due to hit the stands this winter and her fans can't wait. Fresh off her first official blog tour, please join Gina and I as we talk about writing a book in two months, mixed martial arts, and paying it forward as a writer.

Welcome to the Spotlight Gina, let’s jump right in. Seducing Cinderella, which helped launch the Brazen line of Entangled Publishing, debuted on July 20th this year, reached #9 on Barnes and Noble a week later and has spent every day since then climbing one chart after another, including the NY Times best seller list. This is a story you wrote in only two months! Why do you think you were able to write this story so quickly?

Join us every Friday as we spotlight various members in the Savvy Authors Community. We'll introduce you to volunteers, members active in the Savvy writing community, recently published authors from Our Authors, editors, and agents.

This week we are turning the Spotlight on Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Paranormal Romance author Jessa Slade. Stellar reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and RT Times for her work is just one aspect of this multi-published author. With a tagline like: “Love Conquers All...Which Explains the Scars”, you know you’re in for an interesting time. Jessa pulls no punches as we talk about what it takes to publish, why you never stop learning and a brief stop in the Twilight Zone to talk about carnivorous aphrodisiac clams. You just never know where the mind of a writer will take you.

You spent years writing through rejections before being published in 2009 with Seduced by Shadows (Signet). What kept you going during this time and what can you share about surviving rejection with aspiring authors?

Join us on Fridays as we spotlight various members in the Savvy Authors Community. We'll introduce you to volunteers, members active in the Savvy writing community, recently published authors from Our Authors community, editors, and agents.

This week we are spinning the Spotlight around and turning it on another of our very own Volunteer Divas, Susan Jessen. She is one of the many people working behind the scenes to help make your experiences here at Savvy Authors the best they can be. Susan has just returned from attending the Authors After Dark convention, held in the heart of the French Quarter in New Orleans. She's going to give us an inside peek on her experiences so pull up a chair and join us as we chat about beignets, pub crawls, masked balls and ...eating alligator??

Join us on Fridays as we spotlight various members in the Savvy Authors Community. We'll introduce you to volunteers, members active in the Savvy writing community, recently published authors from Our Authors, editors, and agents.

Today we are turning the Spotlight on multi-published best-selling erotic author Cassandra Carr. Her 2011 release of Caught was named Best BDSM book of the year by Love Romances Café. Impact, released in February 2012 was chosen May Book of the Month from BDSM Book Reviews, and is in the running for Book of the Year. Collision has been named a Top Pick by Scorching Book Reviews, Night Owl Reviews, Close Encounters with the Night Kind, and For the Love of Reading! Join us as we talk about hot hockey men, kinky sex and find out what her parents think of her stories.

In addition to writing, you are on the board of Passionate Ink, managing the newsletter and Member Milestones. You've also written articles for Savvy ("About Pen Names" and "Importance of the Author Website"). What is the most rewarding part for you about taking active roles in professional writer organizations like RWA and websites like Savvy?

Join us every Friday as we spotlight various members in the Savvy Authors Community. We'll introduce you to volunteers, members active in the Savvy writing community, recently published authors from Our Authors, editors, and agents.

This week we are turning the Spotlight on paranormal romance and urban fantasy author Cassiel Knight who, in a little over a year has released five books (one twice!) for three different publishers. The first book of her Relic Defender series, Key of Solomon is available now, and book two, The Death Skull is due to hit readers hands shortly. Cassiel also has a new series due to premier this fall. Sit with us and find out what new and exciting developments are down the road for Cassiel, her choice between print and digital and what she learned about book promotion after she published her first book!

Welcome to the Spotlight Cassiel, we're happy to have you here! Let's get right to the questions. Your main goal for 2012 was to find out who you want to be in the publishing industry. Can you share where are you in that process?