August 19, 2006 | contests, social life?
Wow, what a result! Cataromance had their Reviewers’ Choice Award ceremony last night and it was excellent!
I was actually out in London with Biddy and Jenny when the winners were announced. We went to Chinatown and had a huge Vietnamese meal, and then hung out in The Intrepid Fox in Soho, surrounded by goths and rockers. Jenny and I argued over who would have the Capt. Jack Sparrow lookalike and the Chris Cornell (lead singer of Soundgarden) lookalike, both behind the bar. Jenny said she was single and therefore had precedence in picking up men. I said I am six months pregnant and at the mercy of my hormones and therefore had precedence in picking up men.
In the end we didn’t get Chris or the Captain. Instead a Czech guy came up and asked me if I was “gravity with child” and if I loved the father of my baby (I answered yes to both, though I was guessing what he meant by the first question), and Biddy and Jenny were approached by some skinny guy who was going to Germany with his unsigned band, apparently to make it big somehow.
To escape our admirers, we took a cab to Tesco’s, picked up cheesecake, and went straight to Biddy’s to check the Cataromance awards. Imagine my delight when I found the results!
Kate Walker won best M&B Modern for The Italian’s Forced Bride
Kate Hardy won best M&B Medical for Her Celebrity Surgeon
Michelle Styles won Best M&B Historical for The Gladiator’s Honour
Liz Fielding won Best M&B Tender for The Five-Year Baby Secret
And I won Best M&B Modern Extra for Featured Attraction!
Rosie says:
Wayhay! Conga Rats and all that!
But you know it’s no more than you deserve, don’t you Julie?
Sue aka MsCreativity says:
LOL @ Czech guy! It sounds like you all had quite a night. What a great high to end the evening on - cheesecake *and* an award!
Congrats again!
Karen says:
Congrats to all the winners, including YOU Julie!!
Lis says:
Congratulations to all the winners!
lol at the Czech guy, I’m stumped on his first line too
Katie_S says:
Congratulations! Well done!
Michelle Styles says:
LOL on the gravity with child.
I am so v proud to be in such esteemed company as you, kate W, Kate H and Liz F.
Fatal Attraction was an excellent book.
Julie says:
Thank you Rosie, Sue, Lis, Katie, and Michelle!
Julie says:
Hi Julie!
Congrats on winning the award! You really deserve this as you are an awesome talent!
Well done!
Gemma says:
Congratulations Julie! That’s fantastic news - very well deserved! The first of many awards no doubt…!
Julie says:
Julie, THANK YOU–you’re the reviewer and I’m very grateful!
Thanks Gemma!
Jessica Raymond says:
Congratulations, Julie! I used to have a crush on Chris Cornell — didn’t he form Jane’s Addiction? Or was that bearded-guy-from-Red-Hot-Chilli-Peppers?
Christina Phillips says:
huge congrats on your award Julie. I’ve just started reading Featured Attraction and think the dinner will just have to burn. hehe.
Phillipa says:
Congratulations Julie - though it’s hardly fair that you now have extra help from a fecklet to write - two authors in one is cheating. Seriously, well done.
I read Featured Attraction and loved it to bits. BTW, what the hell are raisinets?
Julie says:
Thanks Jessica! I think he’s from Soundgarden. Maybe you’re thinking of Dave Navarro. I can’t keep up with these rock boys myself.
Thank you Christina, and I hope you enjoy Featured Attraction!
Pip, the Fecklet is hindering more than helping these days. I’d much rather lie around watching him kick than think or write. I’m glad you liked FA. Raisinets are a North American brand name for chocolate-covered raisins. I hope the popcorn and the condoms translated to British okay…?
Phillipa says:
Yes - the popcron and condoms translated perfectly but stil have not recovered from the technicolor um..movie show. I’ve managed to get some Snickers Flapjacks and a tube of tingly lube in my next LBD - sigh..it’s a hard life, writing, isn’t it?