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Insane Messiah

Insane Messiah
Stafford L. Battle
978-0-9818262-1-9
$15.95
Spring 2012
Trade Paperback
An African-American scientist seeks to stop an invasion from within.



Global warming is making life difficult as raging tsunamis are ripping the continental coastlines causing considerable commercial and human loss. The world's economies again are drowning in hyper-inflation as the super rich struggle to secure better financial control and safer places to live.

However, according to one discredited African college professor, humankind has even bigger problems to consider. He tries in vain to warn his colleagues about the wrath of a superior alien species that has been living on earth for millions. But nobody will believe him unless he can produce proof and prevent a devastating retaliation that could utterly wipe out all human civilization.

Read a preview here.

Call for Submissions - Speculative Fiction Anthology

NOTICE: This anthology has been pushed back until 2012. Invitations will be sent when the project is back on track.

Announcing The Black Fantastic Anthology 'zine

Tales of Space, Romance and Weirdness on the black hand side




Submissions open  thru July 30,.


  • Publication Date: October 2011. Please do not submit your stories before then. 
  • DEADLINE: Before July 15, 2011 would be rightgeous!.
  • WORD LENGTH: 1,500 to 6,000 words. Preferably around 5,000 words.
  • No reprints
  • Theme: Speculative Fiction (includes science fiction, fantasy, and horror) from, about, and pertaining to members of the African diaspora. 
  • Guidelines 
  • Payment: Original fiction - advance payment is $0.025/word, Poetry - $15 per piece; plus contributor copy of the issue.
    • Rights: First rights electronic and print - see publishing agreement. No reprints at this time.
    • No multiple submissions

  • Art Submissions needed for full color cover work and interior. Queries with samples 6" wide x 9" tall (trade paperback size) at 300 DPI
     or website portfolio links.
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AfroCyberspace

Afro Cyberspace
Stafford L. Battle and Rey O. Harris
978-0-9818262-0-2
$16.95
Spring 2011
Trade Paperback
7.5”x7.5” perfect bound
178 pages
72 B&W Photos

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1000 plus websites that will enrich your world. The web is wide and it can often be difficult to find exactly what you need solely through search engines. AFROCyberspace is more than just a Web guide to more than 1000 of the best Black Web sites online. It is a resource of Internet destinations not easily found by popularity or ranking on search engines. This book can help simplify searching the Web for specific African or African American content.




 

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Share Your Heart & Help Fellow Member LA Banks

L.A. Banks - Leslie Esdaile - signed up as a member in our first year of operation and even though she was constantly busy with her Vampire Huntress series and other new projects, often took the time to answer member questions and provide help and support for others.



Right now, she needs our help more than ever. She…

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Milton Davis

Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology

Griots (gree-oohs), my latest book, is a dream come true. A collaborative…Continue

Started by Milton Davis in Announcements Aug 11, 2011.

Diane

Young Writers - Enter the PBS Kids Writers Contest by Tomorrow!

If you have a book or you know a child that has something they would like to submit, get on the horn and enter by April 11th, 2011.From the…Continue

Tags: contest, wirters, pbskids

Started by Diane in Contests, Giveaways & Other Offers Apr 11, 2011.

Black Author Showcase

It's Writer's Conference Time

While you may have missed a few in the beginning of the year (Arizona State University's 2011 Writers' Conference - "Desert Nights, Rising Stars", Tallahassee Book…Continue

Tags: authors, writers, workshops, conferences

Started by Black Author Showcase in Writer's Workshops News Apr 11, 2011.

Black Author Showcase

Google Digital Library Shot Down by Court - Hope for a Better Way

"Don’t let a for-profit company monopolize knowledge. Create a public — and free — online collection of our books."". . . only a digital public library will provide readers with what they require to face the challenges of the 21st century — a vast…Continue

Tags: publishing, Google, library, digital

Started by Black Author Showcase in Publishing News, Jobs, and Gossip Mar 26, 2011.

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Diane

Ten Rules for Writing Fiction - A Look Back on a 2010 Guardian Article

Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing, the Guardian surveyed established authors' tips for successful authorship. It's totally worth taking a look at today.

 

It's a two-parter featuring the likes of Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore,…

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Posted by Diane on April 11, 2011 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

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Self-Published Author Decides to Go with Traditional Publisher

Amanda Hocking, after nine self-published books, agrees to sell a four-book series to St. Martin’s Press.
“I want to be a writer,” she said. “I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc. Right now, being me is a full-time…
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Posted by Black Author Showcase on March 26, 2011 at 10:29am — 4 Comments

Lena Williamson

Bound by Time

At all times I am yours,

for all time you are mines.

The potent glue that seals us;

we are bound by time.

Lost in the moments,

the seconds fly by,

But the memories that exist

are endless, if only in our minds.

Husbands chained to their wives

gladly awaiting death to depart.

Parents attached to their children,

invisible strings tug at their hearts.

But our love is not held

together by vows or by…

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Posted by Lena Williamson on March 8, 2011 at 11:01am — 2 Comments

Cee Brooks

Life Of An Ethnic Writer

WRITERS WANTED: Upcoming Neo Soul magazine seeks Writers in Fashion, Hair & Beauty, Holistics, Community and Misc. If you are interested please INBOX me your information.

 

Do you have an Concert, Event, Community Project, Idea for a story? Well, HEARTBEAT mag maybe the NeoSoul outlet YOU'RE looking for. Please INBOX me if you want to apart of this Soul-isticated project.

 

Looking for Up and Coming Fashion Designers,  Artists, Go- Getters, Special Talents that…

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Posted by Cee Brooks on March 21, 2011 at 12:21pm

Nanette Buchanan

African American Author's Expo - Author of the Week



AUTHOR OF THE WEEK 
is one of the 2011 A.A.A.E…
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Posted by Nanette Buchanan on March 21, 2011 at 3:45pm

Terrod Arrington

Deaf Ear

Hello..?

Hello..!

I know you heard me

walking around here

saying the samething

for the last past five days!

You act like you don't hear me

when I'm talking all softly to you,

now that I'm yelling,

you seem amazed!

Then you start screamming and shouting,

calling me all kind'ah names,

before you start crying!

Baby..?

Baby..!

Don't do that ma, please..

WHAT?

YOU LYING!

Posted by Terrod Arrington on January 9, 2011 at 11:55pm

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National Black Writers Conference

We are updating with the happenings at the conference with facebook photo uploads (check them out now) and live tweets. Check back periodically for updates.

Sunday began the morning with individual 'talkshops' covering Book Reviews, Dramatic Writing, Book Proposals, Poetry with Sonia Sanchez, and Memoir writing. The afternoon started with a panel discussing Speculative Fiction featuring L.A. Banks, Michael Boatman, Jewell Parker Rhodes, and Cheo Tyehimba.

Saturday was a long day that began with Hip Hop and Internet panels and ended with a VIP reception featuring Toni Morrison, Imamu Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Cornell West, and Susan L. Taylor. Ah yes . . . the icons were in the house. It was indeed a rare treat to have been in the presence of Ms. Morrison. For those of you that missed it, the entire event was recorded and will be available on DVD.

The last session on Friday featured the venerable Sonia Sanchez waxing poetic on the memory of literary revolutionary Toni Cade Bambara. If you missed it, you must check out the recorded proceeds that will be available from the conference.

Ms. Sanchez was also gifted last night with a photo poster commemorating her 75th birthday. You can see that on our facebook page.

Follow my tweets on my blog throughout the conference.

NING IS ENDING IT'S FREE SERVICE - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY?

We all know the adage about the free lunch . . . and now it's time to pay for dinner. Ning got a new CEO and a new policy - along with 69 layoffs. Being in the I.T. industry I've known that this could not last, but rode the wave as long as it crested.

We are a community of over 2,500 writers, readers, publishers and more who have come together to further our love of the written word. I'm sure we will continue to do so. What do authors get? Free Author Profile page that links to any place you would like it to - for one. Along with the ability to get critiques, try out works with new readers, free event listings & classifieds, networking, advice and more.

Here's the big question - are you willing to donate to keep this vital community up and running? Is ten dollars too much of a one-time donation to assist black writers in finding their audience?
Besides this site, we have hedged our cyber-collateral with several social networking memberships: Facebook, Twitter (where your article postings are tweeted to our followers everyday), Groupsite(this web service was created by an African American), and Linked In. We've promoted this site on and off the web for three years with no cost to anyone but ourselves. We would like to hear from you - what are your ideas to keep this site up and running? Post your idea in the comment field at the bottom right of your screen.

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