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.

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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