Keeping Track - For Professionals

It is critical to keep track of your career, what books you wrote, their reissues, isbns, awards and if any placement on the best selling lists. This is difficult to do, and due to my inexperience, my attempt started late--once that information is lost, it's almost impossible to retrieve. Now I keep two booklists: 1)for readers who want to know my upcoming books and related series and past books; 2)a personal notation for myself. Consider creating the latter for yourself. Mine isn't perfect, but you'd be surprised how useful it can be--

 

LOIS KLEINSASSER (aka CAIT LONDON and CAIT LOGAN)
(e-mail cait@caitlondon.com)
Note: Like most authors, I have been unable to collect all
Waldens lists and in 9/99 Ingrams became unavailable.

Writing as CAIT LOGAN:
(Berkley/Second Chance at Love Series)

LADY ON THE LINE Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award
Best New Romance Author 1986, Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice
Awards of 1986 Best Second Chance Nominee **
1986 ISBN 0-425-08911-8
RUGGED GLORY (Reissued as Diamond) 1986 ISBN 1-55773-582-4
GAMBLER'S LADY (Reissued as Diamond) 1987 ISBN 1-55773-720-7
LADY'S CHOICE 1988 ISBN 0-425-10680-2
LADY'S DESIRE ** 1988 ISBN 0-425-10873-2

(Berkley/Diamond Lead Historicals)
TAME THE FURY (Diamond Lead Launch Title, 1990) Waldenbooks Mass
Market #3 and B.Dalton Bestseller
Romantic Times Best Cross Over Nominee
Blockbuster Best seller, Ozark Periodicals
8/90 ISBN 1-55773-372-4
WILD DAWN (Waldenbooks Mass Market, Historical
Bestseller)#8,14,16,21 1992 Romantic Times Best Western
Historical Nominee
Best seller, Ozark Periodicals, #3 Mass market paprbk
6/92 ISBN 1-55773-732-0
NIGHT FIRE (3/94) Best seller, Ozark Periodicals
3/93 ISBN 1-55773-986-2

Berkley/Jove
DELILAH (3/95) Bestseller Ozark Periodicals ISBN 0-515-11565-7

Dell Publishing
THE WEDDING GAMBLE 8/96 ISBN 0-440-22241-9, Ingram's Bestseller,
RT nominee for Career Achievement for Historical Love and
Laughter, back to print 2-3 times in pub month
BE MINE 7/97 0-440-22242-7, Ingram's Top 50 Romance, #42, 25, 24
RTNominee/Career Achievement American Historical, Holt Award Long
Historical, Romance/Reviewers Choice Award Historical Fiction,
Laurel Wreath Award
LADY DESPERADO 9/97 novella in OUTLAW LOVE

Avon Publishing, writing as CAIT LONDON
THREE KISSES 11/98 Long Contemporary Ingrams #41,23,22; Waldens
Romance #6,10,9
SLEEPLESS IN MONTANA 0-380-80038-1 Contemporary 11/99 USAToday 147, 150
Waldens 8,7,6,9 HarperAvon 15/250, Nomination for Booksellers' Best 99

IT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT 0-380-81550-8 11/00

Writing as CAIT LONDON for Silhouette:
Award-Silhouette Desire/Best Overall Sales Performance 1993 for
Silhouette Desire (B.Dalton)
THE LOVING SEASON 6/89 *** #502(6/89) ISBN 0-373-05502-1, reissued 2 in 1, Do You
Take This Cowboy? 7/00 0-373-21708-0
ANGEL VS. MACLEAN 9/90 *** #593(9/90) ISBN 0-373-05593-5,
reissued 5/98 (direct mail) "Men at Work" (81029-6)
THE PENDRAGON VIRUS #611(Sam Loring, W.I.S.H. Award)
(12/90) ISBN 0-373-058165-3, reissued 12/98 in "Mistletoe Kisses"
collection (20153-2)
THE DADDY CANDIDATE #641(5/91) Waldenbooks Bestseller, Romantic
Times Career Achievement Award 1991, Series Love and Laughter
Romantic Times Best Silhouette Desire Nominee, Series W.I.S.H.
Hero nominee (Max Van Damme) Reissue in Silhouette's Baby on the
Way Collection (8/94)#1,2 composite mass market 29, Waldens
paperback 11,15*** ISBN 0-373-05641-9
Reissued(8/94) ISBN 0-373-20104-4 BY REQUEST "Baby on the Way"
Waldens MassMarket #15, reissue USATODAY BESTSELLER
MIDNIGHT RIDER #726 Man of the Month, #1,1 Waldenbooks-B. Dalton
Bestsellers **** (7/92) ISBN 0-373-05726-1
THE COWBOY #763 Silhouette Desire Mystery Mate Collection, #1,1,2
Waldenbook Bestseller, W.I.S.H. award, Nominated '93 Romantic
Times for Best Silhouette Desire (2/93) ISBN 0-373-05763-6
MAYBE NO, MAYBE YES #782 (5/93) Waldenbooks Bestseller #3,4,7
ISBN 0-373-05782-2
THE SEDUCTION OF JAKE TALLMAN #811(10/93) ****Man of the Month,
#1,1 Waldensbooks Bestseller ISBN 0-373-05811-X
LIGHTFOOT AND LOVING (Silhouette Spring Fancy Collection 4/1994)
Waldenbooks Bestseller #14,15 ISBN 0-373-48266-3
FUSION (8/94) Man of the Month #871 Waldens #2,3 composite mass
market #20,31 ISBN 0-373-05871-3
THE BRIDE SAYS NO (11/94) #891 Jilted Collection ISBN
0-373-05891-8 Waldens 3,4,5,6 composite mass market 13,41
MR. EASY (4/95)#919 ISBN 0-373-05919-1 Man of the Month,Waldens
Series list #5, composite mass market #38, W.I.S.H. award
EVERY GIRL'S GUIDE TO... (10/95) Yours Truly Line (first of duet)
ISBN 0-373-52005-0 ++
MIRACLES AND MISTLETOE (12/95) #968, 0-373-05968-X paranormal,
RomCon's award "Best Paranormal".
EVERY GROOM'S GUIDE TO... #17 (4/96) Yours Truly 0-373-52017-4++
THE COWBOY AND THE CRADLE #1006 (6/96) 76006-X Desire, Tallchief*
Series, 1 of 5^, Celebration 1000 USA TODAY BESTSELLER
TALLCHIEF'S BRIDE #1021 (9/96) 0-373-76021-3, 2 OF 5^ Man of the
Month, RT W.I.S.H. award, USA TODAY BESTSELLER*
TALLCHIEF FOR KEEPS (2/97) 0-373-48337-6 3 of 5^ Single title
release, #9 Ingrams Romance, Ingram's Bestseller 11 wks, 3/99
reissue #18 Ingrams*
*A TALLCHIEF CELEBRATION is a 3 in 1 for above, 1/2001 0-373-20182-6
THE GROOM CANDIDATE (9/97) 0-373-76093-0 4 of 5^ Silhouette
Desire, RT W.I.S.H. Award, #1 (2 wks) Waldens series, #18
Amazon.com, #87 USA Today, #18 Ingrams
THE SEDUCTION OF FIONA TALLCHIEF (4/98)^ SD #1135, ISBN 76135-X,
Ingrams Top 50 Romance #18, Mass Market #38, RT's W.I.S.H.
Award,#5,#3 Waldens series
RAFE PALLADIN: MAN OF SECRETS (8/98)^(spinoff) SD 1160, ISBN
76150-0, Ingram #18,#39, USAToday 139, Waldens #1 (2Xs)
MATERNITY LEAVE (9/98)anthology ISBN 48366-X Ingrams, Waldens#4
THE PERFECT FIT^ (12/98)^(spinoff) 0-373-76183-X Man of Month,
Ingrams, #2Waldens
BLAYLOCK'S BRIDE (4/99) #1207 0-373-76207-0 Man of Month, 15
Ingram's**** W.I.S.H. award, Dorothy Parker Award 99
RIO: MAN OF DESTINY (8/99) #1233 Silhouette Desire****Ingram's
#27,W.I.S.H. award
TYPICAL MALE 12/99 ****Silhouette Desire RT W.I.S.H. Award, Top Pick, Waldens #5,4
LAST DANCE 4/2000 fv Waldens 10,9 MOM
TALLCHIEF: THE HOMECOMING 0-373-76310-7 8/00
SLOW FEVER 12/00 fv
GABRIEL'S GIFT 4/2001
** Spinoff ++Yours Truly Duet
*** The MacLean Series ^ Tallchief Series
fvFreedomValley
**** The Blaylocks

 

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