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RAWSISTAZ is in search of avid readers/writers interested in being reviewers for The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (TRR). We are looking for both volunteer guest reviewers and team members. (And, we have not limited it to readers only this time around; authors are welcome.) This is not a paid position, but books are supplied and your byline [...]
Hello RAW family. I thought I’d switch it up and not talk about contracts for the moment. That gets pretty boring even to me. What I decided to talk about was being the member of a critique group, having a friend read your work and give a critique or have a stranger read it and [...]
MEET STACY HAWKINS ADAMS Stacy, tell us about yourself. I’m a wife and mother of two. I grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and was always an avid reader and writer. I decided in high school to pursue journalism as a career and after obtaining a degree in mass communications, worked for newspapers in Florida [...]
Okay everyone, as we mentioned last week, we will be participating in Written Magazine’s 30 Books in 90 Days Summer Reading Challenge. For more information, CLICK HERE. If you’re not participating via the Ning group Written has already set up, this is the spot to post your list. Or, you can post both places. I know [...]
LIT NEWS: Ideas & Trends: Get a Life, Holden Caulfield http://ow.ly/fjw4 # LIT NEWS: Get a Life, Holden Caulfield http://ow.ly/feRX # LIT NEWS: A Literary Legend Fights for a Local Library http://ow.ly/fe07 # LIT NEWS: Jodi Picoult and the Anxious Parent http://ow.ly/faPG # LIT NEWS: Books of The Times: The Sharp and Empathetic Eye of [...]
      BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE DAY 1 | Monday, June 22 Rhonda McKnight http://www.urbanchristianfictiontoday.com Victorious Cafe http://www.victoriouscafe.com LaTara Ham-Ying http://www.momunplugged.com DAY 2 | Tuesday, June 23 RAWSistaz Literary Group http://www.rawsistaz.com Joey Pinkney http://www.joepinkney.com Linda Beed, D.R.Ed http://lindabeed.blogspot.com/ DAY 3 | Wednesday, June 24 SORMAG http://sormag.blogspot.com Patricia Woodside http://readinnwritin.blogspot.com/ Ella Curry – [...]
We are currently voting on our 3rd Qtr Book of the Month (BOM) Selections. Members, if you haven’t , please do so as soon as possible. The books nominated are as follows and winners will be announced at the end of the week. Stay tuned!! If you’re an author with a book that fits any [...]
Even the young, beautiful and privileged struggle with growing pains despite large bank accounts and caring men in their lives.
I hope while I was gone you all had a productive week. Did you have any questions about that contracts I posted? Hmm. Probably. Well I’m going to go over a few points that I think are important. Just remember this: Talking with my agents and lawyer does not make me a lawyer. I’m a [...]
What the Bayou Saw by Patti Lacy Segregation and a chain link fence separated twelve-year-old Sally Flowers from her best friend, Ella Ward. Yet a brutal assault bound them together. Forever. Thirty-eight years later, Sally, a middle-aged Midwestern instructor, dredges up childhood secrets long buried beneath the waters of a Louisiana bayou in order to [...]
