http://www.crspring.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 04 May 2008 19:33:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Announcing Celebrate Romance 2009! Next year's conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, from Friday February 27th to Sunday March 1st. The registration fee will be the same as it was this year, $150. Leanne has made arrangements for us at a beautiful hotel in the heart of downtown Portland, The ... http://www.crspring.com/2008/05/announcing-cr-2009.html The sad news... CR is over for another year. But there is good news - we've already started planning Celebrate Romance 2009! We're still working out the details, but we are looking at several cities in the West and Northwest, and dates in March. (It may be a bit chilly, ... http://www.crspring.com/2008/03/cr-in-2009.html We’re famous!  CR has been written up and discussed on blogs and discussion groups all over the web.  Here are a few of the sites: http://www.myspace.com/celebrateromance http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/03/11/celebrate-romance-report-2008/ http://www.romancenovel.tv/wordpress/rntv/marias-blog/ http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/880000288/post/650022665.html http://flickr.com/photos/freshfiction/sets/72157604039528325 http://www.kodakgallery.com/pjsgallery/rwa I’m sure there are more that I’ve missed, so if I’ve missed your favorite, send me a link and I’ll add it to the list!  Karen ... http://www.crspring.com/2008/03/all-the-buzz-about-cr.html CR 2008 was a great success, and I had a great time - I hope everyone else did, too! If you'd like to share your thoughts on the conference, please take our survey - there's one for authors and one for readers.  (Most of the questions are the same in both ... http://www.crspring.com/2008/03/your-two-cents.html FRIDAY 5:30pm: Registration opens 7:00pm: Dinner and meet and greet hosted by Jade Lee & Elizabeth Hoyt SATURDAY 9:00AM: Stephanie Bond, "New Genres & New Settings: How Dead Bodies lead to Romance" 9:20AM: Jenna Black, "Demons, They're not just evil anymore: How Urban Fantasy is ... http://www.crspring.com/2008/02/events-schedule-2008.html HOTEL DEADLINE Our room block was released by the hotel as of Saturday. This means we can no longer guarantee rooms at the Inn for conference attendees. However, the hotel will continue to honor our rate, as long as they have rooms available. That means you can still reserve a room ... http://www.crspring.com/2008/02/hotel-deadline-and-other-updates.html Thanks to Wendy Etherington we have a mailing address for mail and packages.  Send them to: Celebrate Romance c/o Wendy Etherington 106 Gallantry Drive Irmo, SC  29063  We appreciate any items you want to send us for our goody bags.   Leanne http://www.crspring.com/2008/01/mailing-address.html Celebrate Romance is just under 2 months away. It's a time when the committee has to really kick into gear to make sure plans are progressing so that it all appears flawless at CR. Yeah, right! We've just had some new authors sign up which is really exciting. So ... http://www.crspring.com/2008/01/anticipation-mounting.html I just sent out a newsletter with some more information about the hotel. Even though it's early, we've already had questions about hotel registration! I think Leanne picked a fabulous hotel this year! The Inn at USC is a small hotel that was originally built in 1912 as a family ... http://www.crspring.com/2007/11/more-about-our-hotel.html As authors you want as many of your fans, and potential new fans, to attend CR. We do our best to get the word out, but as attending authors you have far more power. This is how you can help us help you... 1) Add one of the CR banners (scroll ... http://www.crspring.com/2007/10/promote-cr2008.html