Interview w/ 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

Delaney Vineyard. My Birthday.

Today is my birthday. We visited the Delaney Vineyard for research for Francis's next novel.

The pictures are of the equipment that desteams the grapes.

The owner and Francis

Me holding a cutter that helps remove the grapes from the vines.

SORMAG Online Conference 8/23[24]-29/2009

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.

The Featured book at Internet Book Database

The Featured book at Internet Book Database
AND MISTRESS MAKES THREE is now our featured book - http://www.ibookdb.net/