Thursday Tag Party for 6/10/10

Ground control to brigaders - systems' check...tag-ready targets will soon appear on your screen...

Why do we tag? It's a big universe out there - easy for some really wonderful SFR books to get lost in the vast reaches of Amazon. Tagging helps readers find us, helps bump us up in the searches and helps expand the ever-growing SFR community.

A brief step by step if it's your first time in the tag squadron:

• Go to the Amazon buy page (I've included the links below)

• Scroll down to the Tags Customers Associate with this Product header

• Look for these tags: SFR, Scifi Romance, SF Romance, Science Fiction Romance and Paranormal Romance - please feel free to add any extra tags you feel are appropriate to the work (i.e. Space Opera, Military SF, etc.)
  

• If the tags are already there, just click on them to add your 'vote'

• If not, type them into the 'your tags' box to add them (no need to save the page, just type and add)

I've listed a few of our members books below - and one interesting surprise!




Call and Response
by Sara Rustan









Naughty for Christmas
by Selene Noreen









Cherished Invader
by Samantha Gail







And our surprise! Did you know we can Tag a Blog? Yep! Heather Massey's Galaxy Express has a subscription page on Amazon - and look! We can Tag that, too! (I know, doesn't take much to get me all excited :) )


Galaxy Express
Heather Massey






Now get out there and Tag away! (Couple of minutes of your time and absolutely stress free)

And for anyone with a release, new or old, which we have not yet featured, email me at: ravenesperanza@yahoo.com

And the winner is...!

Thanks bunches to everyone who dropped by my Close Contact book launch yesterday and a special thanks to Laurie for hosting it.

So, the winner of the drawing is Spav! Please contact me at katherine@katherineallred.com and send me your name and snail mail addy.

Thanks again, everyone!

SFR Evening Post

OK, fooled ya.  It's morning.  (And I'm running a little behind as you can tell.)

The SF Signal Mind Meld discussion on science fiction romance is up and I'm in some very stellar company -- Jaqueline Lichtenberg, Linnea Sinclair, Heather Massey, Sasha Knight, Lisa Paitz Spindler, Susan Grant, Sandra McDonald, Michael Banks and more!  (the bolded names are Brigaders--we're well represented).  Come join in the conversation and leave your thoughts, comments and opinions about the R in SFR. 

And please help spread the word! Get notes up on your blogs, web sites, Twitter. Facebook, and send emails to your peers.  (Can this be posted on FF&P? Anyone savvy on their new posting restrictions?)  Here's our chance to sound off and generate discussion about our favorite subgenre.  (Oh, and prepare to expand your TBR list many fold.)

I'd also like to point everyone toward several discussions going on in the forums:

SFR Advocacy: What Can We Do as a Group?
This discussion includes an example letter that could be sent to contests asking that SFR be defined in the category descriptions, and forming an advocacy committee. 

Critique Group Discussion
Lost in a sea of shapeshifters?  Interested in finding critique partners that write SFR?

A Contest for Brigaders?
Should the SFR Brigade sponsor a writing contest?   

Shout Out
Where to discuss anything and everything--Holding a SFR Rave, promoting SFR, contests, obstacles for SFR, and more.

FF&P Gathering
The rumor is The Gathering will be steampunk theme this year.  I'm a little confused on how to put together a costume.  Any ideas?  Can you help me out?

Where and When Should We Try for a SFR Brigade Get Together
Ideas on when and where Brigader could meet for those attending RWA in Orlando.

REMINDER: HOAF news

We're light on news this week!

So, just a reminder that if you have any news, blog posts, net events, contest placings, requests, awards, interviews, new releases, a birthday or other newsworthy topics to promote on Hailing On All Frequencies, then email them to me - kyliegriffin(at)clearmail(dot)com(dot)au

Please don't forget web-links, your web address etc. as pertinent promotional information!

Your Communications Officer
Kylie