Interview with Writers and Authors

http://writersandauthors.blogspot.com/

My interview with Jo Linsdell under August 12.

Thanks again, Jo.

Celebrity Cafe- A local celebrity award.

Today, Celebrity Cafe, a chain restaurant in the Dallas metroplex, honored me and three other women as local heroes. I was honored due to establishing The Turning Point Legal Defense Fund, a fund that assist battered women with their legal expenses. The fund is managed by the Family Place, a local women's shelter in Dallas. A menu item that I selected, Cranberry Chicken Salad will now be Francis Ray's Cranberry Chicken Salad on the menu board. It was a fun event. I was humbled by the honor, and then totally blown away when several fans who were guests of another honoree promptly went to the Borders bookstore next door and purchased books for me to sign. It was an incredible afternoon.

So, if you're in the North Dallas area and want a great lunch with a fabulous dessert, may I suggest Francis Ray's Cranberry Chicken Salad at Celebrity Cafe at 10720 Preston Rd - Suite 1016 - Dallas, TX 75230 -214-373-0783. Please tell them Francis sent you.

Hugs,
Francis

Michelle's Birthday and the Delaney Vineyard

Today, Michelle and I visited the Delaney Vineyards in Grapevine, TX.

I just love doing research.

The equipment room that bottles and corks the wine.

Me in the field cutting grapes off the vine

Michelle doing the same

SORMAG online conference 8/26.

ONLINE CONFERENCE 2009. SORMAG 8/23-29/2009.
http://sormag.blogspot.com/2009/01/online-conference-2009.html

August 26, 2009

ONLINE:Panel: Meet the Mainstream Author - Francis Ray, Angela Benson,Tia McCollors, Tinisha Johnson

Shades of Romance Magazine (SORMAG) is having an online conference on August 23-29, 2009. With a live and online chats.Please call in, listen, ask questions, and join the fun.

I "plan" to start my chat at 4:30.

Featured book on InternetBookDatabase.

AND MISTRESS MAKES THREE is now our featured book - http://www.ibookdb.net/

NOBODY BUT YOU made The New York Times and USA Today list.

I'm so excited to announce that NOBODY BUT YOU made THE NEW YORK TIMES paperback Best Sellers Mass-Market Fiction Extended List as well as the USA Today Best-Selling Books list. It was an incredible twenty-four hours.I wanted to thank everyone who supported and believed in me. You made this possible. I love and appreciate all of you.

Thank you,

Francis

AND MISTRESS MAKES THREE in stores and online

Gina Rawlins is dealing with a cheating husband, a messy divorce, two unhappy children, and a floundering travel business when the very handsome new owner of the local B&B, Max Chaneau, enters her life. Not only does he make her heart pound, but it soon becomes clear that they need each other. Max needs to turn the B&B around and the first thing it needs is a woman's touch. And not just any woman. He offers to redesign her website for a bit of interior design help. As they work closely together, Gina realizes that her ex-husband wasn’t her only chance at love, even if Max has some scars of his own. However, when her ex (and all his baggage) abruptly reenters the picture, Gina’s love life is turned upside down, while her daughter and son are ecstatic to have their father home again. However Gina is left wondering what she should do? Be with the man she loves or take back the father of her children for the sake of her family?

Borders 2008 Bestselling Multicultural Romance Award.

Borders 2008 Bestselling Multicultural Romance Winner for

NOBODY BUT YOU


Thank you so much readers for making this honor possible.

Tee's Book List Reading Challenge from Written Magazine.

Tee's Book List for the 30 Books in 90 Day Reading Challenge.Thanks for including me. So proud and happy.

The list from Written Magazine's Reading Challenge. For more info, visit http://www.rawsistaz.com/whats-new/just-for-fun/30-books-in-90-days-reading-lists or http://written.ning.com.

New York Times Author spotlights the concept of fashionable and fabulous full-figured women.

I have written three short stories that featured other authors. A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE, BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY and LIVING LARGE. Three full length novels. "DREAMING OF YOU", "NOT EVEN IF YOU BEGGED" and the latest "AND MISTRESS MAKES THREE". In stores now.

Thank you