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EVENTS: Rockin' and Rollin' RJR for 6th Year Celebration in February 2009!

Get ready to celebrate with Romance Junkies for our 6th year together! February 14th, 2009 marks the day it all began, when Romance Junkies opened their doors on Valentine's Day and a few months later, this Yahoo group (aka RJR Book Club) was formed.

Every year we have a wild party with prizes, but since the group has grown so large, we're having a month-long celebration of Romance this year, broken down into sub-genres or 'theme' days.

So, if you want a hint of what is to come, check out the calendar in this group for topics such as...

Paranormal Freaky Friday (Friday February 13, 2009, Friday the 13th of course!)

Who done it Wednesday - Bring on your Romantic Suspense (Wednesday February 18, 2009)

Fantastical Friday - Take us to your other world aka Beam Me Up Scotty (Friday February 20, 2009) (Fantasy, SciFi, or Futuristic)

Come Tempt Me Tuesday - Celebrating Contemporaries and Chicklit (Tuesday February 24, 2009)

Days of Yore Friday - Take us back in History for real, or Time Travel (Friday February 27, 2009)

If you click on each day in the Yahoo group calendar, you'll find instructions for authors for that day. That means if you have a Romance book release in January, February or March of 2009 that fits one of these categories (pick the category that is the primary focus of your book if it's multiple), then that's the day you want to be here for discussion with us.

IMPORTANT - AUTHORS - read the instructions for participation by clicking on the topic on the calendar page here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RomanceJunkiesReaders/cal (reminders will be sent through the group messages prior to each date and the day of the event). Excerpts will NOT be allowed, but we're encouraging LINKS to excerpts to keep messages flowing quickly and easy for those on digest.

Participation in one of the theme days doesn't count toward your two promo a month limit because this isn't a promo day, but a chance to introduce your book to readers and chat together so we get to know you better.

We'll also have fun questions for authors and readers to generate more discussion. AND PRIZES - more information on how you can donate a prize for one of these events will follow in the messages and will also be posted in the files section of this group. Winners will be chosen randomly from each day's discussion, so readers - mark these dates on your calendar so you don't miss out! Get your mouse warmed up for some website zinging too because it wouldn't be an online party at RJ without zinging website hits for our guests!

MODERATED MEMBERS - PLEASE DO NOT SEND PROMOTION through to this group on these dates. They are marked as NO PROMO DAYS in the calendar, so hold your promotion and send it on a day that isn't a discussion day to help the moderators; please and thank you :) If you're UNmoderated, you should only promote on Sundays, so this won't affect you.

2009 PROMOTION RULES are located in the file section of the group in the 'Welcome, Rules and Group Events' folder. Please read them prior to promoting in this group.

For those of you wondering what this will be like, this is similar to our 'Delurks' or 'Book Talk Gone Wild' days. They're chatty days filled with laughter, great discussion and enough books to make your TBB list topple. We're doing this as several one-day events instead of one weekend this year so email volume will be easier for all members.

This gives you the option of changing your message delivery to 'special notices' or 'digest' for the days you won't be able to participate and then turn it back to individual messages if you want to stay on top of everything as it happens on the days you're here. They're fast-paced days, so read the group messages online if digests lag behind.

Remember - You should change your message delivery options about 24 hours in advance to make sure it's in effect when discussion starts.

WE'RE ROMANCE JUNKIES SO NO CURE FOR THIS ADDICTION FORTHCOMING! (Romance Junkies is NOT responsible for reading and buying frenzies caused by these events, email meltdown, or various other calamities such as spewing coffee on your keyboard in laughter - participate at your own risk and above all, we hope you have fun).

The moderators of RJR look forward to celebrating the month of Love with you!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RomanceJunkiesReaders/