LIT NEWS: Morbidity and Hilarity – This novel turns a teen’s fatal condition into a hilarious and hallucinatory que… http://ow.ly/16zGhd # LIT NEWS: William Tenn, Science Fiction Author, Is Dead at 80 http://ow.ly/16zE8K # LIT NEWS: The Life of a Death Penalty Lawyer – David R. Dow is a Houston lawyer. His dark, raw memoir [...]
Winners of the Holiday Reading Challenge
February 12, 2010 By
Okay, okay! It’s taken me a month to recuperate from all the reading and chatting from our Holiday Reading Challenge, held November 24th – January 12th, but I did not forget about our winners. Thank you all for participating!! So finally after 2441 comments in the various chats & 22,644 page views our winners are: [...]
Open Hearts Blog Tour – Getting to Know Victoria Wells
February 11, 2010 By
Getting to Know Victoria Wells When you’re not writing, what keeps you busy? What are some of your favorite things to do? Mostly reading keeps me busy when I’m not writing. Before I started writing I could easily knock out 3-4 books in a week. I really enjoy knitting, shopping with my daughters, traveling, and [...]
Sistahfaith Compiled by Marilynn Griffith
February 9, 2010 By
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? (Jeremiah 8:22, NIV) Twenty-five women, including Bunny Debarge, Sharon Ewell Foster, Stanice Anderson, Claudia Mair Burney and Marilynn Griffith, tell their stories of coming full circle from tragedy to triumph. Each contributor [...]
Ruler of Perfection by T. Onyx (Book Spotlight)
February 9, 2010 By
Chisulo Nkosi wanted Kam Okonkwo from the day she accepted the project to design the museum that would house the priceless artifacts he’d both collected and oversaw for his family’s estate. Unfortunately for Chisulo, the lovely architect was off limits. For centuries, the Nkosi and Okonkwo fought for dominance among the clans of shifters in which they reigned supreme. Now, a new conflict stands before them.
Do Unto Others by Marcia Brevard Wynn (Book Spotlight)
February 9, 2010 By
One morning Jasmine Rodgers sends her children off to school, only to have her marriage of ten years turned upside down. Her husband, Reginald, tells her that he is leaving her and the children for another woman.
Women’s Writes (Book Spotlight)
February 9, 2010 By
WOMEN’S WRITES: A MAmm Productions Collaborative Effort Angelia Vernon Menchan decided several years ago she would promote and publish work that spoke to all experiences and age groups. Through her own writing efforts she chose to try; however, now it has been decided that she will allow the voice of other, young women’s voices to [...]
SistahFaith Blog Tour featuring Robin Caldwell
February 9, 2010 By
Have you ever struggled with remaining silent to avoid confrontation or making a sister-friend angry? Have you ever remained silent and regretted it? Have you broken your silence and it saved a sister? SistahFaith – A Revolution of Restoration Silent as the Grave by Robin Caldwell My friend Pamela and I would recite the lines [...]
Author Showcase – J. D. Mason
February 9, 2010 By
J.D. Mason is the author of several bestselling novels including, And On The Eighth Day She Rested, This Fire Down In My Soul, and You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, which has been selected as one of the best books of 2008 by Black Expressions and the RAWSISTAZ Online Book Club, and has been nominated [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07
February 7, 2010 By
LIT NEWS: Off the Shelf: Terrorism and the Pocketbook – To fight terrorism effectively, a new book says, government… http://ow.ly/16wdvl # LIT NEWS: From Russia, No Love – English became a secret path to personal freedom for the author of this memoir, wh… http://ow.ly/16w5sp # LIT NEWS: Cruel Love – Louise Erdrich in 2001. http://ow.ly/16w5sm [...]
