For our RSJ 15 Year Anniversary Conference, we are hitting the high seas and going back to the future with a look back at Black romance over the years. Starting next month, the novels to be discussed on the cruise will be posted, so you'll have plenty of time to search through those bookshelves and find your copy or head on over to the online store and grab a copy. Instead of setting up a pole, the authors will be selecting which of their titles they want to discuss. RSJ Crystal Anniversary Cruise!
When Love Comes Around by Victoria Wells is our next online bookclub discussion selection. We'll begin the discussion early April, so if you haven't gotten your copy of the novel yet, please do. Come on and enjoy the fun. Let's talk BLACK ROMANCE. Black Romance Bookclub Our online bookclub is hosted at http://www.shelfari.com. You'll need to sign up for a membership, which is free, and join the Black Romance Bookclub at the links provided above. Click here to check the trailer for When Love Comes Around. After the book discussion, Victoria will be having a drawing for everyone who participates. The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to Bath and Body Works!
The RSJ Aspiring Author Contest Submission deadline is 1 March
2009 and the entries have been coming in steady!
This years RSJ Aspiring Author contest calls for aspiring authors of Black romance and women’s fiction to take a big step toward being published. Winners Receive: 1st Place: This winner’s manuscript will be reviewed by Editor Esi Sogah from AVON/HarperCollins for possible publication 2nd Place: This winner’s manuscript will be reviewed by Editor Selena James from Kensington Books for possible publication. 3rd Place: This winner’s manuscript will be reviewed by Editor Theresa Stevens from Red Sage publishing for possible publication. The winners will be contacted 17 April, 2009 and their names posted to this site 20 April, 2009. For full details, review the RSJ Aspiring Author Page  |
• Back To The Future • When Love Comes Around • It's On And Poppin! • At It Again • Travel Writing Contest • Last Words | ||
Our blog interviews come from the immensely
talented author, Natalie Dunbar., aspiring author, Karen Dakuginow
and avid romance reader, Louise Brown. I hope you enjoy. Well, everyone we’re getting closer and closer to the time we will meet again. If there’s anything that we, the RSJ organization can do to keep you enthused please let us know. Remember we won’t know what you need if you don’t ask. Until next month, stay well. Dyanne Davis If there is someone you'd like interviewed (including yourself) send your suggestions to Dyanne at dyanne@romanceslamjam.org. | ||
We are all excited to set sail on our adventurous Romance Slam Jam Crystal Anniversary Cruise to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands in April 2010. But why wait until then for the fun to start? Let’s get in the traveling mood with a Travel Writing Contest relating to the theme: “Always On My Mind: My Most Memorable Trip.” Win a Travelers Survival Basket filled with books, movies, music, travel journal and other fun essentials! Share your treasured stories with your fellow “Slam Jammers.” We want to hear about your best and worst journeys, your falling in love, your near-death experiences, when you were robbed, lost your luggage, family reunion gone wild, even when you got arrested. We want all the juice. If you have electronic photos or scanned copies of your airline tickets, postcards, stamps, admission tickets, travel journal, foreign money, bail money receipt to illustrate your escapades, well that’s even better! All publishable entries will be published in the newsletter as we receive them. Entries will be judge by Travel Experts (vagabond, flight attendant, travel agent, fugitive) and Editors. Judging criteria are ability to capture the sense of the location, ability to engage the reader, overall quality of writing, creativity and—where appropriate—humor. Grand Prize Winner will be announced in July’s Newsletter. Continue Reading...
Important dates, prices, passport information, attending authors and
all that good stuff for the
RSJ 15 Year Anniversary Cruise can be found at:
The registration for the RSJ Crystal Anniversary Conference will open in April. The fee will be $50 Brenda Jackson's
Madaris/Westmoreland Family Reunion Cruise is quickly
approaching. View the previous link for details Presently, we do not have a host city for the 2012 Romance Slam Jam. If your bookclub is interested in being the host book club, please contact me at deatri@romanceslamjam.org. Trust me when I say it's never too early to start planning and you won't be alone. The Romance Slam Jam Organization is here to help. That's it for now. If you have questions, I'm here deatri@romanceslamjam.org Peace Deatri King-Bey http://www.romanceslamjamconference.com |
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