Stephanie Cage - Writer

Firstly a huge thank-you to everyone who visited during the Wild Roses blog hop.  I hope you enjoyed the hope and maybe discovered some new authors, or rediscovered some old favourites.  Special thanks to those who shared their thoughts about the joys of Halloween - I wish I could give you all a prize, but since I only have one to give away, the winner, as selected by Random.org's random number generator, is: Drum roll and fanfare... JeanMP! Congratulations Jean, a copy of Desperate Bid will be hitting your inbox in the next few days.  I hope you enjoy it (and please don't be shy about letting me know what you think - like most writers, I love to hear from readers - feedback, both positive and negative, is how we learn!) Finally, before we wrap up Halloween for this year, here's something for those of you who wanted to know about my Halloween costume.  This is me playing dress-up - thanks to the Friends of Hyde Park cemetery for the costume, and for a ...

After a break from blogging over the summer, it's nice to return with some good news.  And what news!  My story 'Top of the World' won first place in the Yorkshire Ridings magazine romance story competition .  From the moment they announced the competition, I felt it was made for me - I live in Yorkshire, love Yorkshire, and read and write romance - but I still didn't quite dare to hope for the winning place.  I'd have been happy to be shortlisted and have my story featured in their beautiful, glossy magazine.  I'm told the winning stories will appear on their website , though as I write this I can only see the winners of 2010's ghost story competition, so to read my story you'll have to buy the magazine.  It's available on the shelves in WHSmiths in Yorkshire, and on subscription through the website (at the time of writing, it's a bargain at £10 for 12 shiny, fun-packed issues).  My story is set in one of my favourite spot...