Judith is the author of
The Sacred Women’s Circle series, romantic fiction that honors spiritual
practices that nourish the soul and celebrates the journey from relationship to
romance.
Reinventing Ourselves is the chosen topic for our Sixth Blog-O-Versary here at Romancing The Genres. What started out as an idea Sarah and
Judith talked about over tea at the Border’s Café just over 6 years ago has now
developed into a world-wide blog focused on diversity of genre, geography and
gender. Genre-istas come from Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. They
span across the United States and we write in most of the sub-genres of romance.
If you’ve followed us at all, you know our new look is
Very Different from our initial one. There are similarities – books, a cup, and
our name. We’ve changed our ‘tag line’ and after weeks of trying to figure out
visuals to show visitors how diverse we are, Diana McCollum came up with the
idea of language and Sarah Raplee did the research.
What did I contribute to
this reinvention of RTG? Some initial brain storming and on-going feedback when
asked on the new banner and format.
While Sarah and Diana
worked on the new look, I tracked down alumni and invited them to guest with
us. It has been a fun journey—catching up with former Genre-istas.
Here’s our May Line-Up.
05/06 — Donna Hatch
05/13 — Terri Molina
05/20 — Deanne Wilsted
05/27 — Susan Horsnell
05/29 — Nadine Mutas
05/30 — Margaret Tanner
05/31 — Christy Carlyle
At one point in the past
six years these authors have been an integral part of Romancing The Genres and
added to our success.
Take the time and click
on their names to check out their websites and be sure to stop back by each
Saturday for an up-close and personal chat with them.
Another Reinvention organized
by Genre-ista Marcia King-Gamble is our Tuesday evening FB Events. Check in on
our Facebook Page between 9 – 10 EDT (6 – 7 PDT) and learn what these award
winning, bestselling authors have done and are doing to reinvent themselves. If you missed Carla Neggers on May 2nd,
don’t miss out on these other heavy hitters.
05/09 — Michelle Monkou
05/16 — Dianna Moggy
05/23 — Alyssa Maxwell
05/30 — M.L. Buchman
For me on a personal
level, I’m reinventing myself every day as I find the balance between writing
and my real life. I’m figuring out what I want to do myself, what I’m willing
to do and what I’m l hiring out.
Check out my Monday Judith Ashley blog. This month I’m
writing about
05/08 — Unconditional Acceptance
05/15 — Unconditional Support
05/22 — Unconditional Love
05/29 — Sacred Space
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Learn more about The
Sacred Women’s Circle series on Judith's website.
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@JudithAshley19
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Windtree Press author page.
You can also find Judith on FB!
8 comments:
Wonderful preview of our Blog-o-versary month for 2017!!! I can't believe it's been six years!!! Our chat with Carla Neggars was interesting and fun. I'm looking forward to Tuesday nights.
Thanks, Sarah! I often remember when we sat in that Borders and talked about blogging. Who knew it would turn into Romancing The Genres. We make a great team!!!
We certainly do, Judith! And now we have Blog Princesses like Marcia King-Gamble and Diana McCollum who help with various aspects of the blog such as Events and graphic design!
Thank Goodness for Blog Princesses!!!
Very nice post Blog Queen. 6 years and we've come a long way, baby and getting bigger and better. So nice to learn a bit about the history of the blog! Love the new banner!
Love the new look.
Thanks, Blog Princess Marcia! You've been inspirational and supportive. So glad you are one of us. Glad you like the new look!
Thanks, Robin. It's a huge change but even after a week, I hardly remember what we used to look like. This is much more streamlined and I think speaks to our commitment to diversity.
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