{"id":16,"date":"2016-07-25T20:59:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T20:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/?p=16"},"modified":"2018-01-15T19:45:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T19:45:08","slug":"2016-golden-heart-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/2016\/07\/25\/2016-golden-heart-award\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Golden Heart\u00ae Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Golden-Heart-Necklace-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I could tell you how I was late to the national RWA Conference in San Diego this year.\u00a0 How the airport lost my luggage and I spent all day in baggage claim trying to track it down.\u00a0 How a person accidentally took my luggage, threw it in the trunk of her rental car, and drove off on her vacation.\u00a0 I could go into great detail about all sorts of other crazy mishaps that occurred at the beginning of\u00a0this trip, but I really can&#8217;t remember now because something amazing happened to eclipse all that forever and ever and ever!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignright wp-image-42 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Awards-Speech-250x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Awards-Speech-250x276.jpg 250w, https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Awards-Speech-120x132.jpg 120w, https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Awards-Speech.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday night, I won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rwa.org\/p\/bl\/et\/blogid=20&amp;blogaid=1569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Golden Heart\u00ae Award<\/a> for my\u00a0paranormal romance,\u00a0Don\u2019t Call Me Cupcake.\u00a0 This\u00a0has\u00a0truly been one of the highlights of my writing life.\u00a0 I know I&#8217;m supposed to be this writer with all the words but seriously, I have no cool words for this.\u00a0 My heart is exploding with gratitude and love, you guys!\u00a0 It may not sound eloquent, but that&#8217;s how I feel right now. I&#8217;m incredibly grateful to RWA, my wonderful Golden Heart\u00ae groups, and all the amazing people who have inspired me to keep writing and never stop learning.\u00a0 No matter what comes next, I&#8217;m going to cherish this moment, always. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/mermaids2016cocktailreception\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mermaids2016CocktailReception-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36'>\n\t\t\t\tAt the RITA &#038; Golden Heart\u00ae cocktail reception with the 2016 Mermaids\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/anna-nalini-tara\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Anna-Nalini-Tara-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30'>\n\t\t\t\tWith 2015 RITA winner, Anna Richland, and Nalini Singh\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/mermaidgroup_awardsnight\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MermaidGroup_AwardsNight-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-35\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-35'>\n\t\t\t\tThe 2016 Golden Heart\u00ae Mermaids on Awards Night\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/laughing\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Laughing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-33\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-33'>\n\t\t\t\tWith 2015 Golden Heart\u00ae Dragonflies, Seana Kelly &#038; Kimberly MacCarron\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/hotel-view\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hotel-View-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-32\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-32'>\n\t\t\t\tGoodbye, San Diego!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I could tell you how I was late to the national RWA Conference in San Diego this year.\u00a0 How the airport lost my luggage and I spent all day in baggage claim trying to track it down.\u00a0 How a person accidentally took my luggage, threw it in the trunk of her rental car, and drove&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/2016\/07\/25\/2016-golden-heart-award\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literary-events","category-writing","tag-2016-golden-heart-award","tag-2016-rwa-national-conference","tag-author","tag-rita-golden-heart-awards","tag-romance","tag-romance-writers-of-america","tag-rwa","tag-tara-sheets","tag-womens-fiction","tag-writers-conference","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarasheets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}