Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

LIT NEWS: Improv Tonight – John Belushi, left, and Joe Flaherty, 1971. http://ow.ly/164VC7 # LIT NEWS: You Be the Judge – A professor of government reviews what he has taught in one of the most popular course… http://ow.ly/164VC5 # LIT NEWS: Holiday Gift Guide: Unforgettable Books for Those You Remember http://ow.ly/164E3p # LIT NEWS: Waldo Hunt, King of the Pop-Up Book, Dies at 88 – Waldo H. Hunt in 1986 with pop-up magazine ads created … http://ow.ly/164sC5 # LIT NEWS: From Footnote to Fame in Civil Rights History – Claudette Colvin's historic stand preceded... 

Holiday Reading Challenge

It’s the holidays and RAWSISTAZ is getting into the spirit of things with a 7-week Holiday Reading Challenge running November 24th – January 12th, featuring book chats & discussions, right here via our website.  We hope you’ll join us! The book list is below and the rules are simple. Read. Discuss. Read. Discuss. Yep, that’s it. Choose as many of the books as possible and read (preferably in the order listed) and then join us as we chat with the authors one-on-one via our Black Book Chats section on the site on the dates indicated, starting around 10AM EST and... 

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Zane – CONTEST

WIN A COPY by filling out the Contest Entry Form with your complete mailing list. Five winners will be announced mid-week. The long-awaited new novel by ZANE—The Queen of LOVE & SEX! “Throughout the centuries, love has been defined in many ways.  In today’s society, most people relate love to a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction.  They believe that as long as the sex is incredible, then love is definitely blooming in the air.  Too many people confuse lust and sex and end up trapped in toxic relationships.  The world is full of people who remain... 

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

BOOK REVIEW: The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers gave 3 stars to: This Ain't No Hearts and Flowers Love Story Pt1 http://ow.ly/163Bf8 # LIT NEWS: The Pain That Binds – In this novel, a girl’s disappearance sets off ripples of grief in a small South Da… http://ow.ly/163rEs # LIT NEWS: Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories – Raymond Carver http://ow.ly/163rEq # BOOK REVIEW: The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers gave 4 stars to: No More Tomorrows http://ow.ly/163iPf # BOOK REVIEW: The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers gave 4 stars to: Chocolate Lemons and Peppermint Tears http://ow.ly/163iPd # BOOK REVIEW:... 

Marriage 101 Blog Tour with Jewell Powell

**BLOG TOUR DRAWING** At the end of the week, one winner (randomly chosen from all participating blogs) will receive a  $30 DATE NIGHT gift certificate to the restaurant of their choice (Applebees, Chili’s, Ruby Tuesday or Red Lobster) and a gift pack of books (includes Marriage 101, I Don’t Want a Divorce, and Have a New Husband by Friday.) To enter, you MUST answer the question at the end of this post and actively participate in the discussion, not just leave an “I’d like to get this book, here is my email address.” 15 WAYS TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH YOUR... 

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-15

LIT NEWS: The Morning After – Mary Karr http://ow.ly/161B4Y # LIT NEWS: Illness and Intimacy – Kay Redfield Jamison http://ow.ly/161B4W # LIT NEWS: Donald Harington, Ozark Surrealist, Dies at 73 – Donald Harrington http://ow.ly/1619zE # LIT NEWS: Books of The Times: For Master of Surreal, This Cast Feels Real http://ow.ly/1613mh # LIT NEWS: Books of The Times: A Cool Pilot, but the Plane Was Cooler http://ow.ly/160P1Y # LIT NEWS: Books of The Times: In a Sketchy Hall of Mirrors, Nabokov Jousts With Death and Reality http://ow.ly/160z6O # LIT NEWS: Books of The Times: Agassi Basks... 

Black Book Chat with Carleen Brice

If you remember, we had a book chat with Carleen Brice earlier in the year to discuss her first book, Orange Mint & Honey and we’re back for a book discussion of our October Alternate BOM, Children of the Waters. Feel free to post your questions or comments and Carleen will be in throughout the day to “chat” with us and will wrap up any open questions Wednesday morning.  Now…let’s chat! ABOUT THE BOOK: Still reeling from divorce and feeling estranged from her teenage son, Trish Taylor is in the midst of salvaging the remnants of her life when she uncovers a... 

The Lovechild Blog Tour with Ashea Goldson

Ashea Goldson, originally born in Brooklyn, NewYork  is a wife of twenty three years, a mother of two daughters, a grandmother of one,a  graduate of Fordham University, a writer, a poet, a publisher,a reviewer, an internet radio host,an educator, and a co-founder of a Christian preparatory school. Active in the ministry, she is a dedicated member of World Changers Church International for many years. She has a lifetime of experience with writing which ranges from being published in local newspapers, magazines, and online  publications to full length books. Her first Christian fiction novel ... 

Writing for the Short Market by Dyanne Davis

Hello RAW family, In the past months I’ve been researching where to send shorter pieces of fiction.  I’ve decided it’s time to find out more about markets that would pay for our work.  I began with purchasing the newest edition of  Novels and Short Stories Writers Market.  It wasn’t until I reflected on my own work that I’d already began my journey into short stories. Several years ago while at the RWA National Conference in Atlanta an Amazon representative  gave a talk and told all about Amazon Connect where you wrote a prequel or sequel to your... 

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-08

LIT NEWS: Short Cuts – Julie Christie and Robert Altman on the set of the 1971 film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.” http://ow.ly/1603Vh # LIT NEWS: Nien Cheng, Memoirist, Is Dead at 94 – Ms. Cheng’s memoir, “Life and Death in Shanghai,” offered a harrow… http://ow.ly/16035z # BOOK REVIEW: The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers gave 4 stars to: Who's Your Mama? http://ow.ly/15ZM5x # BOOK REVIEW: The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers gave 5 stars to: When Lightning Strikes (Indigo) http://ow.ly/15ZM5v # BOOK REVIEW: The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers gave 5 stars to: The Barack In Me http://ow.ly/15ZM5t... 

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