Let’s Talk! Favorite Genres

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It’s Tuesday, so time for Black Book Talks.  This week, we don’t have an author scheduled to join us, so we’re going to do a subject topic: FAVORITE GENRES.  Many readers prefer one genre over another, some read several genres, as long as the book is well-written, while others have eclectic tastes and are really [...]

Black Jack by Jean Holloway

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ISBN: 9780982447505 Release Date: July 3, 2008 Genre: Fiction/Thriller Retail: $14.00 (Pre-Release) Page Count: 284 Publisher: PHE Ink Genre: Trade Paperback Website: www.deckofcardz.com Distributor: Ingram Lead Homicide Detective Shevaughn Robinson has gone from the cop everyone, including herself, doubted to the “golden child” of the Portsborough Police Department with a record of sensational arrests and [...]

Publishing Contracts: Part 3 by Dyanne Davis

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Welcome to Part 3 of the Publishing Contracts Series. Before you begin reading the clauses listed below that I think you should try to have in your contract with publisher remember that before writing became my career I was a nurse not a lawyer.  That little statement is my disclaimer.  The information I’ve listed below [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28

LIT NEWS: Moveable Feast Is Recast by Hemingway Grandson – Hemingway with his first wife, Hadley Richardson, left, … http://ow.ly/15GjPB # New on RAWSISTAZ: : Sisters & Husbands by Connie Briscoe (Book Review) http://bit.ly/10ifh9 # LIT NEWS: I Led Two Wars – Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, left, and Colin Powell, the chairman of the [...]

June 30th is Brenda Jackson Day

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For Immediate Release: June 27, 2009 — Romance readers get ready as New York Times Best-selling author, Brenda Jackson, turns up the heat this summer with her 66th book, Intimate Seduction (Kimani Romance; June 2009; Mass Market Paperback; $5.99 US)!” The official release date of this sexy new book, June 30, 2009, has been declared Brenda [...]

Save the Date! Our July Book Chats

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Mark your calendars & save the date! We will be chatting with Tracy Price-Thompson (Gather Together in My Name) on July 7th and Terra Little (Where There’s Smoke) on July 14th to discuss their latest books, our June selections. I hope to see every one of you in the place via our site for those [...]

Sisters & Husbands by Connie Briscoe (Book Review)

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Sisters and Husbands by Connie Briscoe Grand Central Publishing, June 2009 288 Pages, Hardcover, $24.99 ISBN: 0446534897 Genre: Fiction RAW Rating: 4.0 (out of 5) SISTERS AND HUSBANDS is the sequel to Sisters and Lovers, where we first met sisters, Evelyn, Charmaine and Beverly…and the drama continues. Beverly has been engaged three times and the [...]

Introducing Deltareviewer

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It gives me great pleasure to welcome RAWSISTAZ member Monique Bruner (aka Deltareviewer). Monique has done a wonderful job promoting authors and their work through her site, so you are in for a treat with her column. BIO: Monique Bruner is an avid reader who reviews books for www.myspace.com/realpageturners.   To her credit, Bruner co-wrote a [...]

The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers win Best Reviewer at BBCR 09

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Woo hoo! The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers won the Best Reviewer Category at the 1st Annual Black Book Clubs Rock (BBCR) Awards last weekend.  It is great to be recognized for our efforts in reviewing, especially since this is our 9th year doing it.  5000+ books later, we’re still at it! Visit our book review site at [...]

Secrets Fit for the Grave by Dee Stewart

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When Books Come to Life Before I blogged I was a journalist. I reported about Christian apologetics and how it affected the Christian worldview. I featured entertainers who were Christian, but didn’t necessarily believe that their art and faith needed to mix. I wrote articles about people who overcome obstacles because of their faith. Sometimes [...]