Hello! It’s me, Jaunty P. Quills, Porcupine Extraordinaire with all the news from San Francisco. Just think of me like one of those embedded reporters going out on a patrol with the troops in Iraq. Except I infiltrated the Romance Writers of America conference. And let me tell you, that’s no day in a desert mine field.

I would have posted something sooner, but there was a situation where I got a little too embedded in a box full of copies of Blackthorne’s Porcupine. It was a tasty read—I chewed my way through several copies in an effort to escape.

And now! Finally, I’m here and can give you the scoop.

And the scoop is…there are big happenings in the world of romance. Deals were made, contracts signed, agents secured.

And the Jaunty Quills have big news of their own—no, Shana did not win the Rita for Blackthorne’s Porcupine. That honor went to Julia Quinn for The Secret Diaries of Miss Miniver Porcupine. A few tears were shed, but there’s always next year. And with so many talented Jaunty Quills, one of them will surely be nominated.

No, the big news is that—wait! I went to a workshop at the conference and the speaker kept talking about this thing called “show not tell.” So that’s exactly what I’m going to let the Jaunties do—show. So keep checking back. In the next few months you’re going to see some exciting changes.