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| Judith Ashley |
When Sarah and I invited the original Genre-istas, we
asked for a six month commitment. When that was up, we asked for another six
months and because that ended April 30 and May 01 started our Blog-O-Versary
month, we asked anyone who was leaving to stay on for another two months.
So here we are, at that point where we say ‘Farewell’ to
two original Genre-istas and ‘Welcome’ to three more (yep, we had a vacancy
that we didn’t fill earlier).
Farewells:
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Tam Linsey, who has consistently posted fantastic blogs on the
third Tuesday of each month, writes post-apocalyptic science fiction. Her debut
novel Botanicaust is due out in August. I met Tam when we were paired
as ‘platform partners’ in an online workshop through 1st Turning
Point taught by Ann Charles and Jacquie Rogers. That was over two years ago!
We’ve remained cyber-friends, support each other as best we can given that we
live in Alaska and Oregon respectively, and write in very different genres.
Donna Hatch has filled the fourth Monday of the month spot since the
beginning. Donna writes historical romance. Her latest book is The
Stranger She Married. Her
last post had chocoholics drooling. I’d known of Donna for several years as I’m
a long distance member of Desert Rose, her home chapter and had seen her name
on the chapter loop. However, Laurie Schnebly Campbell, another Desert Rose
member is who connected us regarding this blog.
Click
here to check out our other alumni.
Welcomes
Opal Carew joins us from Canada. We wanted to continue to build our
geographical diversity as well as our romance sub-genre diversity. Opal writes
erotic romance and you’ll see her first and subsequent posts on the second
Tuesday of each month. You had a chance to meet Opal AKA Amber Carew on June 30th
when she was our guest. As Amber, she writes contemporary romance.
Erica Hayes, an urban fantasy author from Australia who spends time
in the UK, was our guest in March. When we were brainstorming who to invite,
Sarah and I said Erica Hayes
simultaneously! Erica’s posts will be up the second Tuesday of the month.
Deanne Wilsted, a contemporary author was our guest in June. Deanne,
who plans on writing an interactive post on different sub-genres of romance,
fills our fourth Monday slot. Her debut novel is titled Betting Jessica.
