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November 17, 2014November 17, 2014 Leanne Tyler

Fairy Godmother?

Apparently that is what I have been for the past seventeen years without knowing it. My romance writers group, the Smoky Mountain Romance Writers, presented me with the Fairy Godmother award thanking me for making so many of their dreams come true. Our president, Kate McKeever, counted up that 15 new authors had come out of SMRW in the last seventeen years. That is wonderful! And therefore they felt that none of those dreams would have come true if I had not started the chapter in 1997.

I don’t normally like to draw attention to myself but I love this group of writers so much and I am recognizing them really. Sure I had a vision of getting other writers together, but SMRW wasn’t me, it was them all these years. I am one person. They are the organization. Without each other the group couldn’t have prospered.

Thank you ladies for this wonderful honor. I appreciate it.

Published by Leanne Tyler

Award winning author, Leanne Tyler lives in the South and her writing reflects her heritage. She writes sensual Southern romances whether historical or contemporary. Leanne's debut release Victory's Gate was the 2007 American Rose winner of the Through the Garden Gate contest and was released electronically by The Wild Rose Press in December 2007. Finally in December 2009 the Through the Garden Gate Anthology is available in print and includes the four winning entries. Stepping into the Contemporary circle, she debuted with her Class of '85 Reunion story It's Always Been You in August 2011. And her first full-length novel Season of Love (Nov. 2011) is a time-travel set in 1850 Charleston, SC. She invites readers to step into her world and enjoy the passion. View all posts by Leanne Tyler