
Thank you to this month’s co-hosts: Kim Lajevardi, Cathrina Constantine, Natalie Aguirre, Olga Godim, Michelle Wallace, and Louise – Fundy Blue!
Congratulations to Linda Budzinski, Melissa Maygrove, Michael Di Gesu, Sylvia Ney, Katie Klein, Kim Elliott, Templeton Moss, S.E. White,Denise Covey, and Sammi Spizziri for writing stories about first love in the new IWSG anthology!
I was honored to serve as a judge, and I swooned over the sweet and sexy meet cutes in each story.

First Love: The Art of Making Doughnuts
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology
The sweetness of first love…
Could a fiercely independent cop’s heart be stolen by the guy who makes her favorite doughnuts? Will a maid who used deceit to snare a mail-order husband get a dose of her own medicine? Can her handsome neighbor rescue a modern-day “princess” from a tenacious ex-boyfriend? Can two strangers in a rideshare be honest enough to fall in love for real? Can you remember your first love? How about your second? Third? Fourth?
Featuring the talents of Linda Budzinski, Melissa Maygrove, Michael Di Gesu, Sylvia Ney, Katie Klein, Kim Elliott, Templeton Moss, S.E. White, Denise Covey, and Sammi Spizziri. Hand-picked by a panel of agents and authors, these ten tales will touch your heart and rekindle lost feelings. Prepare to return to that first love…
Release date: September 6, 2022
Print ISBN – 9781939844880, $14.95
EBook ISBN – 9781939844897, $4.99
Romance – Clean & Wholesome (FIC027270) / Contemporary (FIC027020) / Historical (FIC027050)
186 pages, Freedom Fox Press, an imprint of Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C.
Congrats to all the authors in the anthology!
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A job well done!
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We really appreciate you judging the stories!
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I enjoyed it, Alex!
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Hi,
Looking forward to reading the anthology. Congrats to all the authors.
Shalom aleichem,
Pat G @ EverythingMustChange
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Thanks for stopping by, Pat! ❤
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Congrats to all the authors in the anthology!
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Their stories were fantastic, Kim!
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Congrats to all the authors in this anthology. How wonderful you got to judge, must have been exciting, yeah? 😀
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I’ve never judged a writing contest before, Damyanti, and yes, it was exciting! I need to buy the finished product to see how it morphed over the editing process.
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