Since we've been up and running here for a while, I thought it was time we started an intro thread for the folks who're here regularly to stop in and tell us about themselves.

I'll start. I'm Elizabeth, the Romance Novels Host. I've been hosting the Romance Novels site here at BellaOnline since the initial start-up of the site back in 1999, and have stayed on throughout the various incarnations and owners. I've been reading romance novels forever now, and have added to my auto-buy list over the years so now I probably have a couple dozen auto-buy authors in the genre. I have also been writing romance novels for quite a long time, with an eye toward selling. I've written contemporary, both series length and single title length, paranormal and erotic. I'm doing the agent query game and plan to have some mss. out with editors again this fall.

My reading is mostly in the romance genre, though I have been a huge Stephen King fan for years, and have a handful of authors outside of romance that I read regularly. In romance, I will give most anything a shot once. But I'm not a fan of the inspirational stories--just not my cup of tea--and I'm sick of vampires and demons. I'd love to see some good time travels again, and I wish Diana Gabaldon would write that last Jamie and Claire story and let Lord John wait until later.

I usually read very quickly, so can read a book or so a day, depending on the book length. That's made my book room fill and overflow in a rather short period of time. lol

In 'real life', offline that is, I work in a bookstore, which serves to support my reading habit more than actually earning me money.

And that's probably more than enough for now.

Hi!
I'm Chel.
I lurk. I know that's bad.
But here I am.
I'm also the Pop Music and MP3/iTunes Editor here at BellaOnline.com.

Hi, I'm Stacy and I used to love romance novels! Now that I have 3 small children, my reading time is more limited and is mainly things like Winnie the Pooh.

Still, I do usually have a book by my bed for about 30 minutes of Me time before I go to sleep and I usually read Sandra Brown or Nora Roberts. They can always be counted on to get my mind off the busy day.

I have a degree in education and was a kindergarten teacher before I had the kids, now I home school them.

Just a bump to keep the thread current.

Hello! My name is Deb, and I live in south central Kansas, US. Unfortunately, I have never actually met Dorothy or Toto, for you "Wizard of Oz" fans. I have been dangerously close to meeting a few tornadoes, though. They are very real in KS. I am a book-a-holic, bibliophile, whatever term you prefer. I am looking forward to reading posts about books read! I'm glad to be here.

I'm bumping this one, since I see we've got some new posters. :-) Welcome!

Giving this one a nudge for the new year as well. :-)

My love affair with reading started early when my summer vacations were spent trekking back and forth to the library. Then it was to read every book about horses I could find, and then I grew older and discovered romance!

I am married to a very handsome man named Ian-Michael who thoroughly understands I am brilliant, witty and must be obeyed at all times. Life is good.

BrendaK

And a little bump for the new folks. <g>

Hey all,

I am Amanda, i love to read, mostly romance, and i adore paranormals! My fav. is currently Kresley Cole. I love to talk about romance, and other things of corse. i like to meet new people.... Books i've read, etc. i do reviews etc. on myspace.com i dedicated it to all writers, so if ya'll have a fav. or want to do a review etc. just let me know and i'll add it.

you can check it out here.
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