Contest!! One Lucky Commenting Bella wins a nifty Diana Love Snell tote bag filled with nove
ls by Kiss of Death RWA chapter members including: Mary Buckham, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kelly St. John 'n more! Don't forget to check back tomorrow to see whether you've won!
Mary Buckham and I met over a snack at the RWA national conference in Atlanta last summer, and I liked her immediately. She was very excited about writing and romance, and she was awfully nice, too, especially as she explained how the week's informational workshops were planned and executed.

Perhaps executed's just the right word to use today, as Mary tells you all about the Kiss of Death chapter of RWA. Please, your warmest Monday am buongiorno for this woman who knows a lit-tle bit too much how to plan the perfect crime...
Tall. Dark. And many times deadly. These are the men of romantic suspense and mystery. Hi! I’m Mary Buckham, romantic suspense author and member of Kiss of Death [KOD] the only Romance Writers of America chapter dedicated specifically to writers of romantic suspense, mysteries, s
uspense and thrillers. With nearly 700 members spread around the globe we gather on-line to ask questions one can’t always ask just anybody. Questions such as: what type of weapon would an FBI agent carry or how could you poison someone without leaving evidence?
And we also talk about heroes. The tall ones. The wounded ones. The
charming ones. The actual term hero comes from a Greek word meaning to serve and protect. Natural that many of the heroes we write about do just that.
And today we’re asking you—our readers – to share your favorite heroes. Is he a knight of old or a charming thief turned protector? What heroes have stayed with you long after you’ve set a book down or walked away from a movie?
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or all of those who take a moment to share, your name will go into a drawing for a classy canvas tote bag from Dianna Love Snell [a RITA winner] chock full with books by the following authors: Mary Buckham, Caridad Ferrer, Rita Herron, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love Snell, Catherine Mann, Kelley St. John and Gayle Wilson!!
So jump right in and let us know your hero. I’ll start. NYPD Detective Mike Chap
man from Linda Fairstein’s mystery series. Any of Suz Brockmann’s Navy SEALS. Malcom, the ship’s captain from the movie SERENITY. Now it’s your turn…
Visit Mary Buckham at MaryBuckam.com , and her Kiss of Death pals -- who are just a bit too interested in murder and mayhem, if you ask me -- at RWAMysterySuspense.org !