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Charm City Romanticon, 2700 Turf Valley Road, Ellicott City, MD (2025)

03/03/2025

Author Spotlight: Stella Moore

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with Author Stella Moore
Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qampa-with-author-stella-moore

02/26/2025

We are super excited to announce Tina Gallagher will be an attending author at Charm City Romanticon 2025!

02/24/2025

Author Spotlight: Samantha Cole

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with Author Samantha Cole

Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qampa-with-author-samantha-cole

02/17/2025

Author Spotlight: Samantha Christy

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with author Samantha Christy
Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qampa-with-author-samantha-christy

02/10/2025

Narrator Spotlight: Samantha Brentmoor

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with narrator Samantha Brentmoor
Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qampa-with-narrator-samantha-brentmoornbsp

02/03/2025

Narrator Spotlight: Rose Dioro

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with narrator Rose Dioro
Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qandarosedioro

01/30/2025

We are super excited to announce Anna Blakely Author will be an attending author at Charm City Romanticon 2025!

Her preorder form is below!
https://forms.gle/pj9bb9NbrDwEv8og7

01/27/2025

Narrator Spotlight: Rob Brinkmann aka Robert Hatchet

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with narrator Rob Brinkman, aka Robert Hatchet.
Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qampa-with-narrator-rob-brinkmann-aka-robert-hatchet

01/20/2025

Author Spotlight: Riley Edwards
We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.
And this week, we’re keeping it going with Author Riley Edwards

Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qanda-with-author-riley-edwards

01/13/2025

Narrator Spotlight: PJ Freebourn

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with Narrator PJ Freebourn
Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qampa-with-narrator-pj-freebourn

01/06/2025

Author Spotlight: Patricia Eddy

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with author Patricia D Eddy
Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/patriciadeddy-qanda

12/30/2024

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with author Gracie York, the co-writing author name for Jenni Bara and AJ Ranney

Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qampa-with-author-gracie-york

12/28/2024

We are super excited to announce Gracie York will be returning as an attending author for Charm City Romanticon 2025!

Author AJ Ranney

12/23/2024

I originally published the blog post included in March of 2023, as Julie, Rhon, Susy, and I were getting ready for our very first Charm City Romanticon (CCR). ** some information in the blog post has been updated to reflect the current timeline.

This past weekend (Dec 2024) I promoted to 4th degree black belt at WKD K4G. People often ask me why I train. Why a woman nearing 40 stepped on the mat as a white belt nearly 14 years ago and decided to try a karate class. Why I continue to train and teach in my 50s.

It's actually one of the questions Sensei Monique Washington Jones asks every student at every test. And my answer has definitely changed over the years.

On Saturday, in addition to earning my 4th degree black belt, I watched 21 other young women ranging in age from 7 to 15 years old, and everything from white belts to a brand new black belt, advance in rank. They are my why.

Because representation matters. Because female martial artists are significantly outnumbered by their male counterparts. Because I am dedicated to being on the mat with them as long as I am physically able. To help & guide them along their journey. To provide them with the tools and encouragement to keep going.

This journey has not been easy. It's not always fun. It's not always convenient. But it's always worth it. They are worth it.

I am worth it.

And as we prepare for a new year, another CCR, and even more promotions to 4th degree (3 of our security squad will be promoting to join me at the rank within the next 6 months), I wanted to highlight this amazing karate school, the women who are part of it, and how it is woven through every element of my life—including my bookish life.

Read more about it here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/heres-to-badss-women-1

As a side note: We are offering a practical self defense workshop Sunday, April 6, 2025 taught by members of our all-female security squad. You can find details for that in the event Facebook group: Charm City Romanticon Attendees

12/16/2024

We love finding out what the people we love to read and listen to love to read, write, and listen to.
What their favorite parts of their job are.
What elements of the book world hit the hardest.

We're continuing our Q&A quality time with the authors and narrators who are attending Charm City Romanticon 2025. Bringing a little insight to who they are, and why they do what they do. A little way to find some wonderful common ground and some new things to lean into.

And this week, we’re keeping it going with narrator Paige Reisenfeld
Check it out here: www.brayzensblog.com/blog-3/qampa-with-narrator-paige-reisenfeld

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