A Kate Bit

The Great Big Blog Party has reached a sort of midway point. I'm not sure yet if it's exactly half way or not. I'm still getting posts from peole who want to join in and I'll be continuing to post then through July as well.

Because of course this Great Big Blog party is to celebrate the publication of The Sicilian's Red-Hot Revenge - my 50th title.

We started in June when the UK edition of this book came out and we'll be going on into July because July is when the American edition of it appears in Presents and the Australian edition comes out as a Sexy Romance. These editions are out now so they should be in the shops this week.

So I'm going to keep on celebrating through July as well - as long as I have posts coming in from friends, writers and assorted other individuals - I'm never quite sure whose post is going to appear in my inbox next.

But this isn't the only blog party going on at the moment. Those of you who read Kate Hardy's contribution to the blog party will remember that she mentioned her own reason for celebrating - the fact that her July book Breakfast at Giovanni's will be her 25th title for Harlequin Mills & Boon. (But you don't want to know how quickly she's written those 25 titles - you really don't! Not for nothing do I call her Scary Kate!)

So T'Other Kate (Scary Kate) is celebrating this month too. And she's running a blog party with lots of guests and lots of prizes too - so if you want more chances to win or you just want to join in the fun then head on over to her brand new blog . You'll see some familiar faces over there too.

But don't abandon me completely - you'll miss too much good stuff if you do. I have lots more guests arriving every day and there are some of the biggest names in romance writing lined up ready to post.

Oh yes, and talking of some of those big names - over on the Pink Heart Society they snuck in a sneaky post that I didn't know was coming, asking some of the best writers of romance to name a favourite Kate Walker title. Seeing as there are some authors there who I deeply respect and some of my own personal favourites to read, I am so honoured that they would do this. You might like to go and visit over there and maybe add the name of your favourite to the list - right now I think The 12 Month Mistress is the most popular choice.

While you're there you could post a comment on Saturday's post to have a chance to win the wonderful PHS Hamper crammed full of wonderful books - and even if you don't win that then there's always something interesting to read over on the Pink Heart Society blogazine. (I have to say that - they just asked me to become oneof their regular columnists so you'll soon be able to see me over there as well.

And in the meantime - on with the Great Big Blog Party!