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The Spices In Life- My first Urban novel

Leave your comments and critiques and or ask for more: onmyownkikl@yahoo.com and don't forget to visit: http://kimkologne.synthasite.com 48Guys Gone…Continue

Tags: OOWEE, bestsellers, writers, women, short

Started by Kim Wilson Dec 11, 2009.

New Author in DC

Hello all! My name is Janice A. Vailes. I published my first novel: Santa Claus Don't Come To No Colored Girl's House. ISBN 978-1434879967. It is available on amazon.com or you can read a synopsis at…Continue

Tags: suspense, Colored, drama, African, Negro

Started by Janice A. Vailes Dec 11, 2009.

Review of my poetry book

Hi groupI have a book of poetry out called, "Finding the Way Home" It was released and published by outskirtspress.com. I am looking for websites that do reviews for poetry books. Also, I am looking…Continue

Started by Fabiola Sully Nov 27, 2009.

Did You Know...

...that quite often, it is what you don't know that limits your success? Here is a wealth of information you MUST KNOW!…Continue

Started by Gene Cartwright Nov 17, 2009.

Something for FREE

I'd like you all to to check out my trailer for my upcoming novella. It's FREE and will be available 7-31-09 Hope you like it. Continue

Tags: erotic, sexual, sensual, love, erotica

Started by Jay Francis Jul 23, 2009.

REVIEW OF THE CONFESSIONAL HEART OF A MAN

From A Man's Point Of View, July 1, 2009By Tinisha Nicole Johnson (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews"The Confessional Heart of a Man" was like reading a life story told in different stages in…Continue

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NOVEL TEASER

This is the opening to my novel, Scared 4 life, Check it out and blow up my box with comments.

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Well here goes. Out of Reality Chapter 3 (just wanting a basic critique of the impression this leaves on the reader) 3 Replies

We stepped out of the portal into a small clearing covered in grass, flowers, and sticks and surrounded by trees. The sky was just starting to get lighter, the birds were chirping in the distance,…Continue

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1st Manuscript -- Critque's needed PLEEEAAASSEEE!! 4 Replies

This part seems to slow people down when reading my manuscript. Do you think it's too long... boring, etc?CHAPTER 11Brook was excited, yet nervous, about her first day at work, almost like your first…Continue

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Agents 2 Replies

I am looking to get an agent for my next book. I was wondering if anyone has any advice or guidance to give.Thanks!Continue

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Support an up and coming southern , black writer-ME!!!

Hi, my name is Patricia Neely-Dorsey. I am from Tupelo, MS. I have just recently published my first book of poetry entitled "Reflections of a Mississippi magnolia: a life in poems". there are so many…Continue

Started by Patricia Neely-Dorsey Jul 10, 2008.

Portentum: Africa Reborn II

This is another chapter that I wish to share with you all. The Chapter is called "An Awakening"Dominique lights a cigarette, his face aglow from the glowing ash in the darkness as he stands behind a…Continue

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Started by Brent Mason Mar 26, 2008.

Portentum: Africa Reborn 5 Replies

Below is a chapter of Portentum: Africa Reborn. Just sharing with you all.The forest jungles are immense in the land of Mirobi. The hunters of the Winsfinnder tribe slowly descend the foothills of…Continue

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Comment by Dominique on May 9, 2011 at 10:21am

Hello everyone, my name is Dominique Watson. I'm a published author of 6 books. I hold workshops and one on one consultation for authors and writers who are serious about writing a good book. If you are interested in my help, let me know.

 

I can help you:

Develop your characters

Create an outline

Write your proposal for agents and publishers

Help you find the right publisher for your career path and more

 

Simply wanna know exactly what I do? Email me at dominiquewatson@literarycareermovesonline.com

 

I look forward to talking with you!

 

Thanks,

 

Dominique

Comment by Author Collective on April 27, 2011 at 2:54pm

The 2011 International Urban Book Festival, Cleveland comes to Richmond Town Square Mall, May 13 - 15, 2011. Throughout the mall will be local television, government and sports personalities reading for 30 minutes to a group of children or students. Authors will also sell and sign their books and novels and there will be several no cost literary workshops, classes and panel discussions open to the general public. We will identify 50 Cleveland area schools whose students may have financial challenges. Also, we will through our subsidiary R2Books, donate 20 gift certificates to each school, these can then be brought to our event and redeemed for a new book. We welcome other corporations to match our gift and help us give 10,000 books annually to deserving students across the United States. Tell everyone about us by sending them to our website: www.IUBFCleveland.info

For more information contact Takaya or Michael at 313.446.2262.

IUBFCleveland
Comment by Author Collective on January 11, 2011 at 4:07pm
 
Good Day Authors,
 
Looking to sell more books? The Author Collective has just organized two new book festivals which are certain to help!  The 2011 Michigan Spring Book Festival happens April 15th through the 17th at Laurel Park Place Mall in Livonia, Michigan and The International Urban Book festival, Cleveland takes place May 13th through 15th at the Richmond Town Square Mall in Richmond Heights, Ohio. We have rented the entire mall for these festivals and expect to have lots of book lovers and book buyers in attendance.
 
There will be workshops, seminars, panel discussions, classes and lectures on many topics in the field of literature. These learning sessions will be free of charge to public and will provide insight on writing, publishing and marketing books. We will be sending invitations to patrons from the Detroit and Cleveland area school systems & libraries. R2Books and other sponsors will donate 1,000 book certificates to deserving students in each of the two cities. These certificates are good for one free book and must be redeemed at the festival. Many of the student with free book certificates and their parents, will look to purchase additional books and meet the authors in attendance.
 
Do you love selling at book festivals but hate the rain, cold and the wind that almost always happen during an outdoor event?  Join us for our indoor festivals which will span the entire common area of these shopping malls. Interact with the more than 10,000 shoppers who visit these malls everyday. Author applications are now available on our websites.  Click the links below or call me to reserve your table today!
 
Look to see you there.
 
Michael
313.446.2262
 
Comment by Author Collective on August 26, 2010 at 11:55am
Greetings Fellow Authors,

Join us November 5th thru 7th at the Northland Shopping Mall in Southfield, Michigan for the International Urban Book Festival, Detroit. A great place to sell books and teach young people the importance of reading. We have rented the entire shopping mall to get our message across to the young at risk generation. Reading is essential! Let's all encourage our youth to read at least two books per week. Let's encourage parents to make this a family mandate.

Meet and network with celebrity authors, purchasing agents from schools, libraries and major corporations plus other members of the literary community. We will hold literary workshops, panel discussions, lectures, seminars and classes on self publishing. We have 200 author tables now available, but they are certain to sell out quickly. The cost for the three day weekend is only $225. Author tables are 2' by 4' skirted with two chairs. Out of state attendees may receive discounts on hotel rooms by logging onto our website after September 2, 2010.

This is certain to be a fun filled event. Don't miss it.

Call us at (313) 446-2262 or log onto www.iubf.net Facebook
Comment by Alexander Devereux on July 7, 2010 at 2:25pm

Gar Fish & Long Gravy
Memoirs of Southern Sensibility
by Alexander Devereux


Format: 6 x 9 paperback cream
ISBN: 978-1-59800-675-9
Cover Price: $12.95
Trade Discount: 40%
Pages: 96
Category: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / New Thought
Available at: http://outskirtspress.com/alexanderdevereux
Distributed via: Ingram, Baker & Taylor
Published by: Outskirts Press, Inc.
Full trade discount at: http://outskirtspress.com/buybooks
Publication Date: Jun 30, 2010



Growing up poor in the small town of Vicksburg, Miss., Alexander Devereaux didn’t have much. But there was no lack of remarkable personalities, each of whom left an indelible imprint on his life. Gar Fish & Long Gravy collects the stories, insight, tragedies, and uproarious wit of an unforgettable cast of characters. Meet Granmama Lia’, whose hard-won wisdom on life, love—and mistresses—is dispensed to in her kitchen to her beloved grandson, sometimes over Johnny Walker Black. There’s Ms. Peaches, who raises chickens in her ramshackle hut yet might be one of the richest people in town. Big Daddy is an imposing hulk, but his massive frame hides a vulnerable past and humiliating secret. Ms. Annie Laurie is a fabulously wealthy white woman who never had children of her own. But her love rains down on young Alexander. And that’s just for starters.

Based on real-life experiences, Gar Fish & Long Gravy is about the mistakes we make, the loves we share, and the stories we tell each other that make us who we are. And it is the touching story of a boy who ultimately breaks free of the poverty and abuse of his extended family, yet never forgets the important lessons he learned along the way. As Grandmama said, “If sense were common, everybody would have it.”





About the Author, Alexander Devereux
Alexander Devereux overcame epilepsy at birth, dyslexia, and poverty to graduate from college and become a highly successful professional. An ordained minister, he works in the administrative field of higher education. Devereux is at work on his second book, a follow-up to Gar Fish and Long Gravy. He lives in Atlanta.



For more information, visit http://outskirtspress.com/alexanderdevereux





Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd - 515, Parker CO 80134 Phone: 888-672-6657 Fax: 888-208-8601
Comment by Jay Francis on March 17, 2010 at 1:25pm
Comment by Bernice McFadden on December 11, 2009 at 10:33am
Happy Holidays!

Join Actress Kimberly Elise (Beloved, Diary of a Mad Black Woman) in celebrating Sugar's 10th Anniversary!


“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”



I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.

If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering and Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.

Peace & Light,

Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
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Comment by Kim Wilson on September 7, 2009 at 3:50am
I have just completed a spicy and emotional drama titled The Spices In Life. It is a tale about Christine Veronica Webbster, an Afro-American business owner in the bustle of Atlanta’s entrepreneurial world; dragging along heartaches from her past. What makes this story unique is the fact that not only does she survive excruciating Common migraines from birth, the absentee rearing of her mega-millionaire parents, the emotional abuse of her social circle as a teen; she comes to truly believe that life may not be worth striving for if her world doesn’t rotate soon. She rushes into adulthood as a force to be reckoned with with only those who can, with unwavering loyalty, stand by her; she’s either the bitch or the banker. With unlimited finances, gained social power and earned privilege, she is literally forced into an insane asylum after being found not-as-guilty from the trumped up charges of being a high-ranking drug trafficker; anything to drag her down. The one thing she wasn’t suppose to become she does and it’s about to cost her everything.

Oh it gets dramaticly juicy.
kimkologne.synthasite.com
Comment by Ericka Stafford on July 30, 2009 at 12:58pm
hello new to site just want to no how can i post preview chaps of work for feedback. Please anyone help me.
Comment by Jay Francis on July 23, 2009 at 12:44pm
I'd you all to check out the video trailer for my upcoming novella>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0AKYC9Lbk
 

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