Starting a Lady Jane’s Salon of your own
Are you interested in hosting a Lady Jane’s Satellite Salon in your hometown? Due to popular demand, the New York City Salon’s co-founders have schemed and plotted to incorporate all lovers of romance reading under the banner of Lady Jane’s. Here’s how it works:
- Get a group together. Trust us, you can’t run a salon on your own.
- Get in touch with us—we’ll give you some information on how to get it all rolling, from finding the right spot, starting a Google doc, and booking authors.
- Join us on the blog! We’ll set it up so that, say, the organizer(s) of Lady Jane Chicago can submit a post about upcoming speakers, guest blog, or post salon videos.
- Last but not least, Lady Jane’s is about sharing a love of romance fiction. One way we do that is by charging a modest admission fee of five dollars OR one gently used romance novel. Net proceeds at the year’s end support a local charity, preferably one that assists women and in some way promotes literacy.
By signing on to host a Lady Jane’s Satellite Salon of your own, we ask that you agree to:
- Donate all admission books to a charity 501c3 that supports women. Town libraries are fine; your personal library is not.
- Direct admission dollars to 1) supporting the salon’s operational costs e.g., venue rental if applicable/staff gratuities, web site admin, and 2) a designated charitable organization. The money isn’t yours to spend, so don’t spend it on you.
- Invite authors! From big names to newbie’s, or historical to paranormal, all authors are welcome so long as their work fits within the broad category of romance fiction.
- Invite book lovers! Lady Jane’s is for everyone who appreciates the pleasure of a good romance story, so don’t forget local librarians, publishing industry professionals, and local reporters. Hint: The latter are always on the look-out for romance related stories for February.
Once you sign on to the above stipulations, we’ll hook you up with the logo and a presence on our website as an official Lady Jane’s Salon satellite. Welcome to the salon!
Best wishes,
The Lady Jane Salon Team:
Maya Rodale, Hope Tarr, Leanna Renee Hieber, and Ron Hogan.
Interested? Email us at ladyjanessalonATyahoo.com or contact us on Facebook
