News &
Events
2014 - RITA® Finalist
- I'm thrilled to announce that DARK ANGEL: A Gothic Fairy
Tale, is an finalist in the Romance
Writers of America® Historical Romance category! Available
now at Amazon
and Barnes
and Noble.
NEW RELEASE October 21, 2013
- DARK ANGEL: A Gothic Fairy Tale, available now
at Amazon
and Barnes
and Noble.
Check back frequently for news
on TJ's
October 2013 blog tour for Dark Angel: A Gothic Fairy
Tale.
Book launch June 8, 2012, for AT
THE END OF THE DAY! Details at my blog, www.tjbsopinion.blogspot.com
* * * 2012: Foreign rights for
The Legacy sold to France (avail as Lhéritage)
and Spain (avail as Legado de amor). Rights also sold
to France for The Promise * * *
08.14.11 - Speaking
Engagement
04.20.10 - My first foreign rights sale!
04.17.10 - Performance
reviews in hell
04.17.10 - Some Good
News (new dream agent and OCC Book Buyer's Best finalist)
04.15.10 - Winners
of free books
04.11.10 - Best
laid plans...
04.04.10 - Well,
hello there!
02.22.10 - Too Late
for King George to 'pologize!
02.14.10 - Winner
of February 13"Smart" Prizes!
02.13.10 - Winner
of February 12"Smart" Prizes!
02.12.10 - Winner
of February 11"Smart" Prizes!
02.11.10 - Winner
of February 10"Smart" Prizes!
02.11.10 - A Romance ad
I'd Like to See
02.11.10 - Winner
of February 10"Smart" Prizes!
02.10.10 - Winner
of February 9 "Smart" Contest
02.09.10 - February 8 winner
announced!
02.07.10 - Winner
of February 7 "Smart" Prizes!
02.02.10 - Smart
People are Sexy...
01.30.10 - Unclaimed
Random Freebies given to new winners! Is it you?
01.25.10 - Random Freebie Winners!
01.22.10 - Psst!
I'm giving away some random freebies!
01.21.10 - Under the Radar
Romances
01.17.10 -
New event planned for Valentine's Week!
01.09.10 - Winners of the "Dang it's Cold" Random Freebies!
01.08.10 - "Dang, it's COOOLD" Random Freebie Giveaway
12.20.09 - Even
more Thank-y Thankfulness!
12.28.09 - And the
winner of the Christmas-theme tote is...
12.09.09 - Why my blood
pressure was 149/84 today...
12.04.09 - Snow
in Houston!
11.30.09 - And the winner of the "Giving Thanks" tote bag is...
11.26.09 - And the winner of the
"Thank-y! Thank-y!" tote bag is ...
11.24.09 - And once again!...thankful thankfulness!
11.23.09 - Thankful
is as thankful does...
11.22.09 - And the thanks
go on...and the thanks go on...
11.20.09 - Even
more Thank-y Thankfulness!
11.17.09 - More thankful authors giving thankfulness. Say thank-y!
11.16.09 - Thank-y! Thank-y! A
second
chance at a tote bag o' books
11.13.09 - Historical
Novel Cover Contest
11.12.09 - My Blog Talk Radio debut!
11.08.09 - Upcoming events
11.02.09 - Favorite quote of the day...
10.31.09 - And the winners
of the "Love is Scary!" tote bags (with info on November's contest)...
10.16.09 - A beautiful tote bag you CANNOT win.
10.09.09 - FTC regulations,
blah blah blah
10.04.09 - And the
winner of the "Back to School" tote bag is...
09.28.09 - A
sad loss for the romance industry: Kate Duffy, RIP
09.28.09 - You know you want it...A picture of
Sept's IMHO gift bag!
09.06.09 - Another "Madly Desirous"
Magnetic
Romance poem
09.04.09 - My family
is brilliant
09.02.09 - Problems
commenting?
08.30.09 - Winner
of the "This Kiss, This Kiss" Tote Bag!
08.27.09 - Odds and ends and Nalini
Singh
08.25.09 - Another Final
for DARK ANGEL: A GOTHIC FAIRY TALE!
08.18.09 - Being interviewed
on The Good, The Bad, The Unread
08.16.09 - Yes, dadburnit, I'm
on Twitter
now...
08.14.09 - My current work-in-progress,
DARK ANGEL: A GOTHIC FAIRY TALE, Finals
in The Rebecca!
08.03.09 - Whine
Fest
08.02.09 - Kiss
me, you fool!
08.01.09 - Winner
of New Random Freebie!
Upcoming Appearances
Speaking Engagements
“When
Your Princess Isn’t Perfect: Understanding the Dark Side of
Your Romantic Heroine” Using
her training in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, TJ will share
techniques for finding and using the dark side of character
that is the primary source of internal conflict between the
hero and heroine.
West Houston Chapter of RWA Guest Speaker
WHEN:
August 14, 2010 from 10:30 am- 12:00 pm
WHERE: Memorial Drive Christian
Church
11750 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77024
Previous Appearances
Speaking Engagements
“The Secret
Handshake - Five Authors Dish about Writing, Publishing,
and a Very Special Friendship” Authors TJ Bennett, Colleen Thompson, Joni Rodgers, Barbara Sissel, and Wanda Dionne will lead a discussion of their writing careers and how they work to support each other as novelists. If you’ve ever wondered about the lives of writers and how they achieve publication, come prepared to listen or ask questions.
WHEN:
August 23, 2009, from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm,
WHERE: Windsor Lakes High Tea, Windsor Lakes Clubhouse, The Woodlands, TX
“Finding the
Dark Side of Your Knight in Shining Armor” Using
her training in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, TJ will share
techniques for finding and using the dark side of character
that is the primary source of internal conflict between the
hero and heroine.
West Houston Chapter of RWA Guest Speaker
WHEN:
March 14, 2009
WHERE: Memorial Drive Christian Church, Houston, TX
Houston Bay Area Chapter of RWA Guest Speaker
WHEN:
June 17, 2008
WHERE: Kirkmont MUD
Center, Houston, TX
Los
Angeles Chapter of RWA Guest Speaker
WHEN:
April 13, 2008
WHERE: Barnes
& Noble, Encino, CA
TJ Bennett,
local author of intelligent historical romances, discusses her
debut novel, The Legacy. TJ
gives a fascinating insight on the history you thought you knew.
She will lead an interactive discussion about her novel's unique
setting during Martin Luther's early Reformation period, as
well as the plot and themes. Don't miss this opportunity to
meet the author Romantic Times magazine says is "definitely
an author to watch."
Lone
Star College's Academy of Lifelong Learning Featured Speaker
WHEN:
November 6, 2008, 3 - 5 pm
WHERE:
2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, Houston TX 77073-3499
PHONE: 281.618.5400
Book Signings
WHEN: July 11, 2009, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
WHERE: Murder
by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005 (713)
524-8597 / (888) 4-AGATHA
WHEN: June 27, 2009, 10am – 12pm
WHERE: Tree
Frog Café (coffeehouse and roastery), 200 W. Milam, Wharton,
TX 77488, 979-531-0940
WHEN:
Jan 24, 2009
WHERE:
Read it Again & Again Bookstore,
38 Braeswood Square, Houston, TX 77096, Ph: 713-283-9188
WHEN:
July 30, 2008, Literacy Signing Participant
WHERE:
RWA's 87th Annual Conference, July 30 - August 2, 2008, San Francisco, California
WHEN:
April 20, 2008
WHERE:
Read it Again Bookstore,
Houston, TX
WHEN:
April 13, 2008
WHERE: Barnes
& Noble, Encino, CA
Guest Blogger
Fresh
Fiction
WHEN:
June 5, 2009
Jaunty
Quills
WHEN:
May 4, 2009
TOPIC:
What inspired me to write Günter 's story in THE PROMISE.
You might be very surprised to learn what former soap star
and pop singer had an impact on my decision. Come leave a
comment for a chance to win a copy of my debut novel, THE
LEGACY from Medallion Press.
To Be Read (PASIC) Blog
WHEN:
August 8, 2008
TOPIC:
What Victorian women really wore under their skirts
WHEN:
June 23, 2008
TOPIC:
If you loved me, you'd drive me to the airport
Unusual Historicals
WHEN:
May 10, 2009
TOPIC:
THE
PROMISE
WHEN:
June 29, 2008
TOPIC:
THE LEGACY
Interviews
The
Examiner, interviewed by Teri Thackston
WHEN:
February 10, 2009
Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, interviewed by Christie Craig
WHEN:
January 2009 issue, in print and online
Upcoming Online Class
*** Stay Tuned ***
For information about classes:
classes@tjbennett.com
Previous Online Classes
“The Black Moment...and beyond!”
What is the black moment? What
does it do, and why should every romance--from the darkest gothic
to the lightest comedy--have one?
WHEN:
May 11 - 31, 2008
WHERE:
On-line workshop for the Elements
of RWA chapter
WHEN:
June 15 - 30, 2007
WHERE:
On-line workshop for the League of Midwest Writers
|
