Showing posts with label RomCon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RomCon. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Rita Takes RomCon 2011! (PLUS Blog Updates)

Hello My Lovelies<3, 
I hope everyone has been doing good =) I've been busier than ever, but it's all worth it- at least I hope.

I thought I'd do a little blog update since I know I've been sort of off/on with everything and my consistency has been a little off. I am also gearing up for an extremely cool trip, so I am putting everything on pause so I can enjoy myself and get in a little more fun before classes begin.

First up...RomCon11' Baby!
Tomorrow morning I will be boarding a plane and making my way to Denver, CO. on what will probably be the most booktastic, orgasmic, squeetastic weekend of my life thus far. I am SO excited to be going to RomCon11' this year. It's my first big book conference, and when I tell you I am all that is excitement and nervousness, I mean it! I look forward to meeting some of my twitter buddies, some beloved authors, and gorging on something sweet (not necessarily candy) at the Chocolate MANgasm event!
Of course, being away Thursday-Monday will mean no blog posts during that time =(..But no worries! I will fill you in on all the MADNESS that is destined to takes place this weekend in my expose' "RomCon Revealed" (lol)- to be posted when I come home. Also, I am hearing that the con will be swag city and you know I LOVE to share swag, so a cool giveaway or two when I get back will definitely be in the works as well.

If you're going to RomCon11': I'd love to meet you! I've already started exchanging numbers and emails with some of the attendees, but I am sure I've missed a few. If you'd like to hang at some point during the con or just seek me out to say hello, please feel free to email me at: HistoricalRomanceJunkie(at)gmail(dot)com
My phone sucks, so I can't check my twitter that often or rely on it to communicate with people, but I will be able to access my email and will constantly check it for those of you interested in meeting up. Send a message and I'll let you know where the fun is ;)

Now, It's Time For Blog Updates:
You may have noticed I've been letting things get away with me. No Anticipated Releases list for the past two months, or AoTM selected... This summer was suppose to be my chance to catch up with all the things I let fall to the way side during the last semester and also to bring some sort of consistency to the blog with regular Recommendation of the Week posts and other blog features. But like I said, life has a way of giving you EXACTLY what you ask for--I remember this time last year, I was gearing up for my first year of college, I had no job, no other commitments to keep me occupied during the day, and spent my entire summer reading and working on my brand new blog. I was desperate for something to fill my hours, and while blogging definitely helped fill that void, a few months later, everything decide to work itself out for me. School became my priporiety and when I wasn't causing a commotion in the campus library, I was (and still am) working at a clothing store part-time. I work crazy hours with little to no consistency, I've got tons of side projects I've started, I am crazy addicted to twitter...All of these things play a role as to why I am not huddled in my cave of a room cranking out the blog post. SO yes, woe is me but I digress. ;)

Long story short- I've been saying this for FOREVER, but truly, expect tons of reviews coming your way. I'll use this last month of August to get caught up on all my review requested reads and my blog will be brimming with new posts to keep you entertained. I'll be working on consistency and having regular, weekly posts as you should come to expect from any dedicated book blog. I'll be revamping the review page along with some other things and getting this blog back on track before the new semester starts. Once school begins, I'll probably take a step back and focus on that- so I will be very selective with review requests and might not be able to coordinate too many events on the blog. I hope you'll bare with me a little longer and continue to amaze me with your wonderful support.

Best wishes to you all !
-and remember it's #RomConOrBust ...taking bets in the comments as to the likelihood of me being thrown in jail before the Con ends. Hot man flesh and chocolate will be my ultimate demise.

Friday, June 24, 2011

RomCon11' Ticket Giveaway WINNERS!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS:

Aislinn Macnamara

@aislinn_mac won the #RomCon11 ticket giveaway and meetup with the Pervy Trinity and Naughty Authors #1 and #2 AND DEREK!! YAY!!

The two runner up swag baskets full of awesome goodies go to:

Jen Martin aka @RedHotBooks 
and 
Isalys aka @IsaBookSoulmate

Thank you for all the entries and the fun over the past couple weeks!
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If you didn't win, I hope you'll consider coming anyway! I am still working out my deets, but I hope to be there too and rock out with all you cool romance lovers!!! It'll be so frecking amazing! Congrats again to the winners!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

RomCon11' Ticket Giveaway!!!

Romance lovers unite! If you're interested in attending RomCon 2011 August 5-7, 2011, in Denver Colorado, here's a great opportunity for you to win a ticket! Please see below for the rules and participating blogs:

The participating bloggers are known (in the twitterverse) as the Pervy Trinity. If you follow them you know why.

The Pervy Trinity is:


The participating authors, dubbed Naughty Author #1 and Naughty Author #2 by the Pervy Trinity are:

  1. Ashley March and
  2. Jenn LeBlanc
UPDATE!!! For those of you looking for quick and dirty with no hoops attached: Go straight to the entry form,  fill out your name and email, and click the Quick and dirty box then tweet the saying at number 3 below.

Here are the rules:
1. Follow the Naughty Authors and the Pervy Trinity on Twitter and 'Like' their pages on Facebook

(note: that this means you have ten things to click on-but chances are you already follow and like one or more of them, so just make sure you got all 5! **but for every click you get one more entry).


2. Find the hidden quotes from Ashley March's SEDUCING THE DUCHESS and Jenn LeBlanc's THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE that are hidden on the respective blogs (two quotes on each blog). We will be tweeting and facebooking hints about the locations of the quotes every day of the contest.

3. Tweet THE FOLLOWING PHRASE EXACTLY:
I entered The #RomCon11 ticket giveaway with the Pervy Trinity and Naughty Authors. Info here: http://bit.ly/lc9Q8J Please RT!
4. When you have collected all 10 quotes (5 from each book) go to Jenn's blog to fill out the entry form.

This contest will give away ONE entrance ticket for RomCon 2011 and a meet and greet (timae and day to be determined by group) with the Pervy Trinity, The Naughty Authors, and Derek. (If you don't know who Derek is, check out Jenn's book- or scroll down.)

You will be responsible for all travel, hotel, additional show (there are certain premium events that cost extra.) and other related expenses.

This prize is currently valued at $245 (procrastinator's special)

This contest can be cancelled at any time by the organizers should it be determined the contest has been tampered with, is being entered maliciously, is posted on any other sites, or it is determined to be abused or abusive in nature.

The official drawing will be held online and announced on Friday, June 24th 2011 on every blog, Facebook and Twitter.
Good luck. Hope to meet you there!

Additional note: the winner will be selected from all entries by Random.org as there may or may not be entries from real and or twitter friends of the contests hosts. The only people excluded from the contest are the hosts of the contest, and anyone not actually human.

This is Derek! If you see this picture, you've found 1 of the 2 hidden quotes on my blog! Make sure you remember where you found it and have it ready for when you fill out the entry form! Hope to see you at RomCon!