Hi, I’m Judith Ashley, author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, romantic women’s fiction with light paranormal elements. My stories show you what life could be like if you had a place like The Circle where you are unconditionally accepted, supported and loved. And where, with this support, you make choices to overcome the darkest nights and choose love and light.
Running through my mind as I start this post are the words to a song from
many years (maybe even decades ago). One
is the loneliest number. Many of us who live alone have experienced loneliness which is not the same as being alone either for the first time or
in a vastly altered way. However add a 0 and 1 becomes 10!
We’ve seen many changes this past decade with the most challenging ones
this past year. Connecting, engaging with others has undergone significant
changes. And yet through it all, there have been some consistent touchstones or
anchors. I see Romancing The Genres as being one of them.
Ten years! A decade!! Who knew when we launched May 1, 2011 we’d still be
hanging out with each other so many years later.
We’ve logged 2928 blog posts from authors around the world.
Those posts have garnered 17,694 comments and 530,689 page
views.
Genre-istas live in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the United
States (east to west coast with a couple stops in between).
And the Blog Queens, Sarah Raplee McDermed and Judith Ashley, couldn’t have done it without the
support of the Genre-istas. Blogging isn’t always fun nor does the due date
always coincide with our lives. Then there are those pesky monthly themes the
BQ’s dream up each year.
Of the original 20 Genre-istas, five are still here. Of course the BQ’s,
Sarah and Judith. Also celebrating 10 years are Barbara Binns, Paty Jager and
Diana McCollum.
Celebrating our 10th Blog-O-Versary would not have happened
without you stopping by, leaving a comment or just reading our posts – taking away
what will make your day a bit better. In that vein, you are definitely invited and
encouraged to join us each day and help us celebrate.
We’ll all be talking about celebrating or what can happen in a decade or
something connected – at least in our own minds.
If you are not yet on my mailing list, you can
sign up for Choices here. I’ve created a
new free offering that includes the novella Sarah’s
Ankh along with the first chapter of Lily:
The Dragon and The Great Horned Owl. I hope you enjoy them.
Look for my next non-fiction Yes, You
Can Create The Life You Love by late spring aka early summer. And if you
need guidance on handling stress, Staying Sane in A Crazy World is available as are all of my books at your favorite e-book vendor. Be sure to ask your local library if
you’d prefer to read my books through that resource.
Learn more about
Judith's The Sacred Women’s Circle series at JudithAshley.net
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Twitter: JudithAshley19
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Judith’s Windtree Press author page.
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© 2021 Judith Ashley
6 comments:
Thanks, Judith, for starting this whole blog. I've loved being a Genreista, and you and Sarah have done a great job leading us for ten years!
Happy 10th Anniversary!!! You and Sarah have been so wonderful as lLog Queens. The organizing of topics, the reminders to authors to get their submissions in, the posting of every submission, and I'm sure a lot of things I don't even know about, has kept it going. It is a rare thing for a blog to last this long. I can't even begin to contemplate nearly 3,000 posts anywhere.
Truly huge congratulations! May it continue for another 10 years.
Lynn, hopefully the "loved being" is not a portent of your leaving! You would be so very missed!
Maggie, I remember clearly when Sarah and I first started talking about a group blog she was Very Clear and I Heartily Concurred, we would not "mother" people which is how our being "Blog Queens" came to be. The nice thing about the stats is that Sarah and I have not had to do it all. Once a month with an occasional extra "guest" post works really well for us - most of the time. And having guests who send their material in early (thank you for your May post) is an extra bonus for us.
Great post, Judith! What more can I say?
Thanks Sarah!
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