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Hello Everyone!
I am your new moderator for this group. I have been a member of it for over 10 years. Since the original moderator hasn't been on in a while and this group has become a bit too quiet to my liking, I thought I would become the new moderator to get things back up and running.

I still see lots of potential with this group as it was one of my favorites back in the day. I will be cleaning up folders and adding new ones to get better participation within the group. Whether you're a veteran of this group or new to it, I look forward to getting to know you and hope you will help me in making this group thrive once more.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns feel free to ask them in the thread or reach out to me.

Thanks,
Justin

Hey bro, I got your message and for some reason GR is telling me that direct messaging isn’t available anymore?.
Whatever. But all of what you were talking about sounds cool.. I have a blog and I do a lot of presenting work to open submission publications I’m working on a book of short stories right now, etc.

It would be awesome to be able to come back and participate in the group. I haven’t been here in a while..

William wrote: "Hey bro, I got your message and for some reason GR is telling me that direct messaging isn’t available anymore?.
Whatever. But all of what you were talking about sounds cool.. I have a blog and I d..."

Hi William, thank you for coming back to the group. Looking forward to seeing you around in here.

Just want to let everyone know there's two new folders for Authors, Crime and Steampunk. Crime was with Mystery but I separated it so now they are their own categories. Steampunk I added because I happen to love the genre and even have a steampunk book out myself and I'm sure there are other fans and writers of the genre. I removed Middle-Grade lit as I found it to be slightly contrived.

We currently have 20 Genre Folders which seems like a good number. I will take considerations for others but please look at what we have and see if your book fits under one of those, if not and its a reasonable genre I will add it.

Thank You,
Justin

Thank you for all this work, Justin. I know it is much appreciated.

Jeffrey wrote: "Thank you for all this work, Justin. I know it is much appreciated."

Thank you, Jeffrey. I'm doing my best

After a busy and chaotic month, I am now able to come back and turn my focus back to this group and other Goodreads related things.
If anyone has any questions, comments or concerns please let me know in here. I know Goodreads got rid of private messaging so if anyone wants to comment anything please do so here.

Justin wrote: "Hello Everyone!
I am your new moderator for this group. I have been a member of it for over 10 years. Since the original moderator hasn't been on in a while and this group has become a bit too quie..."

That's so great to hear! I haven't been particularly active in a while due to some work on my hands, but I am very excited to see some new life breathed into the group, and to be more active in it myself! Thanks for being here :)

Leann wrote: "Justin wrote: "Hello Everyone!
I am your new moderator for this group. I have been a member of it for over 10 years. Since the original moderator hasn't been on in a while and this group has become..."

Hi Leann, welcome! Yes, I am very much hoping to make this group more active so please feel free to comment in threads and create new ones.