If you've been following the AMP debacle, you know this was coming. I've kept pretty quiet about the whole thing because I'm adamant about not burning bridges in this business, but today I need to shout out the news. This is the letter I sent to Aspen Mountain Press, reclaiming my rights to The Cowboy and the Cougar and Calendar Boy:
Dear Ms. Hicks:
On October 16, 2011, Aspen Mountain Press suspended operations "due to the current health of the owner." Today, December 17, 2011, the website is still down and operations remain suspended.
Section XIX of the contract I signed for The Cowboy and the Cougar and Calendar Boy states in part:
If Publisher suspends operations for more than sixty (60) continuous days, other than for technical difficulties such as a loss of Web Server, all rights hereunder shall immediately revert to the Author.
Because Aspen Mountain Press has suspended operations for more than sixty continuous days, all rights to The Cowboy and the Cougar and Calendar Boy granted to Aspen Mountain Press have now reverted to me as per the contract. This letter serves as notice to you that I now control the rights to those two stories and I am free to take them elsewhere.
I wish you the best in your professional and personal life.
Helen Hardt
To all AMP authors -- congratulations! I hope to see all your work elsewhere soon.
Sex and the Season Series by Helen Hardt
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Cookin' with Lizzie!
Please come visit me at Lizzie T. Leaf's blog. I'm sharing my recipe for Holiday Wassail and giving away a copy of Ivy League Cowboy and 20 pages of deep editing!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
RELEASE DAY
A Cowboy and a Gentleman
Dallas is a cowboy and a gentleman who never makes the same mistake twice...even if it costs him true love.
Newly divorced Dallas McCray wants a sweet country girl like his sister-in-law, so why is he lusting after the new veterinarian in town, striking New Jersey transplant Annie DeSimone? Also divorced, Annie yearns to leave her difficult past behind and start a new life in beautiful Colorado. Sparks fly between her and handsome cowboy Dallas, but attraction and emotion aren’t always enough…especially when a cowboy has vowed never to make the same mistake twice.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
RELEASE DAY!
Ivy League Cowboy by Helen Hardt
This one's a book of my heart, folks, and I hope you you'll check it out. Find it here.Dusty doesn't fear the the feisty bull...but his owner's another story.
Dusty O’Donovan, an accomplished bull rider, isn’t afraid to ride El Diablo, a feisty stud whose owner, Zach McCray, is offering $500,000 to anyone who can stay on him for a full eight seconds. Though Zach refuses to let a woman ride his bull, he's intrigued by the headstrong Dusty, who he last saw when he was thirteen and she was six. Sparks fly when they’re together, but will Dusty’s secrets tear them apart?
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