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Advice on Exploring Erotica in Your Writing

MediaBistro's Morning Media Menu had a conversation with author Jamie Brenner about advice for writers looking to explore this newly crowded genre. 

An excerpt from Brenner: 

My first erotic novel came out two years ago. The landscape feels completely different. There is not just the…

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Added by Diane on May 15, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Short Excerpt from "Like Litter in the Wind" By L. M. Ross

“Essentially, we dream because there are songs inside our souls, though we sometimes forget their melody. We dream because our hearts are whispering singers, inspiring us to chorus. We dream because without their light and color, life would be a dreary and prosaic mistake. Each day of our existence on Earth, whether carefully or carelessly, we compose the curious Opus of Our Selves. We draw and plan and etch our dreams, we compose the lyrics upon this parchment of the soul. And yet,…

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Added by Lin Ross on May 14, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

Free Preview of Books From BEA 2013

Publisher's Marketplace announced the trade edition of BUZZ BOOKS 2013 FALL/WINTER is available for download.

Start reading exclusive pre-publication excerpts right now from 40 top fall and winter titles, including many featured on…

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Added by Diane on May 13, 2013 at 10:21pm — 1 Comment

THIS AIN'T NO PLACE FOR A HERO.

The game board is Planet Earth. The year is 2005 and beyond. Intellectual rights has replaced civil rights. The Chinese Players are the new world order. The European players are in a Custer's last stand to survive as they fend off a…

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Added by Enoch Mubarak on May 13, 2013 at 5:11pm — No Comments

2016

Added by Enoch Mubarak on May 9, 2013 at 11:24am — No Comments

IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF "YOU".....

Added by Enoch Mubarak on May 6, 2013 at 11:48pm — No Comments

EBook Freebie Time - Young adult or teen / Sci-Fi & fantasy

By Andrea Heltsley

Published: April 25, 2013 

Words: 19,197 (approximate)…

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Added by Diane on May 4, 2013 at 7:00am — No Comments

EBook Freebie Time - TV Tie-in/ Sci-Fi & fantasy/Gaming

Defiance:The Essential Guide by Syfy, Trion Worlds

". . . an informative companion to the groundbreaking TV series and the incredible multiplayer game. 



Set in the near future, Defiance introduces an exotically…

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Added by Diane on May 1, 2013 at 7:30am — No Comments

[Video] D.P. Da Prophet - Taking Shot After Shot ft. Ray-G

D.P. Da Prophet delivers his hit single Taking Shot After Shot dubbed
The "Drinking Anthem of the Year" featuring Ray-G produced by Agony
The Arson via VEVO!

Added by Mixtape Atlas on April 30, 2013 at 7:22pm — No Comments

Sign the Petiton to Help Secure African Americans Position in America

Peace be upon you reader. This blog post is to inform the public about the petition I have started to get the United States of America to become signatories on the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. This will begin to bring about radical change in America for African-Americans. …

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Added by Dominick Quarles on April 30, 2013 at 3:13pm — No Comments

Scattered Pieces 5 Star Review

5.0 out of 5 stars Broken,
By …
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Added by Nanette Buchanan on April 28, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments

EBook Freebie Time - Sci Fi Space Opera

Locus Origin The Never Born by Christian Matari

“When society is ruled from behind the scenes by massive corporate conglomerates that control powerful…

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Added by Diane on April 27, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Revolutionary Me

Marcus, Malcolm, Mumia, and Huey planted the seed,

for Revolutionary Me.

Being beat by the police at 17,

was the conception of Revolutionary Me.

The unwarranted harassment and checks for id,

strengthened the embryo of Revolutionary Me.

If there were no PG County police,

there might not have been the…

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Added by Dominick Quarles on April 25, 2013 at 3:35pm — No Comments

What Can We Do To Begin Unifying?

Peace be unto you reader. Today, I would like to explore some possible ways we can begin healing ourselves and becoming unified as a nation of people inside of a nation. Black Nationalism is still nothing more than an ideology in this day and time, and I feel it is past due for black nationalism to materialize and no longer be just an idea. Just because I support and am for black nationalism, that does not make me a racist. I do not subscribe to the…

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Added by Dominick Quarles on April 25, 2013 at 3:28pm — No Comments

READ UNDERCOVER SMART - AND...BLESS UP.....www.mubarakinter-prizes.com

Added by Enoch Mubarak on April 24, 2013 at 7:41am — No Comments

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Added by Enoch Mubarak on April 23, 2013 at 5:10pm — No Comments

Is your life Scattered?

Have you ever wanted to take time off? Not just on your job. Have you ever wanted to take time off from being a Mom, a Wife, a Sibling, a Child, a Rescuer, the Catalyst, the Organizer, ...... what other titles do you hold, for yourself and others? Have you ever wanted to just close the door, take the phone off the hook, lay across your bed and rest..... no designated time to get up.... just rest.

Well, if you did that most would give you a label; stressed, overwhelmed, depressed,…

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Added by Nanette Buchanan on April 19, 2013 at 1:20pm — No Comments

THE ROAD LEST TRAVELED

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line

What we don't plan on

When contemplating the journey

Are the roadblocks that be you/me/us/we.

While we are hard pressed to believe it,

Sometimes the best way to move a mountain

Is to simply climb over it.

Yet here we are

Stranded in our respective ruts

As we stubbornly continue to walk in circles

around this vertical pinnacle

As though doing today what we did yesterday

Will somehow…

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Added by E. Joyce Moore on April 18, 2013 at 9:52pm — No Comments

THE ROAD LEST TRAVELED

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line

What we don't plan on

When contemplating the journey

Are the roadblocks that be you/me/us/we.

While we are hard pressed to believe it,

Sometimes the best way to move a mountain

Is to simply climb over it.

Yet here we are

Stranded in our respective ruts

As we stubbornly continue to walk in circles

around this vertical pinnacle

As though doing today what we did yesterday

Will somehow…

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Added by E. Joyce Moore on April 18, 2013 at 9:29pm — No Comments

QUIET WHISPERS

In homage to Yvette Cade*



And here I stand.

Quiet whispers silenced

by the desire

to see you as my truth.

messages went unheeded

while I danced to your music.

Problems, warning signs ignored

because the you that I adored

remained my fantasy.

Staying because of what I wanted it to be

not because of what it is.

Embarrassed to admit I might be wrong

Stubbornly believing I could make wrong right

I chose to stay and…

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Added by E. Joyce Moore on April 18, 2013 at 8:46pm — No Comments

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Advice on Exploring Erotica in Your Writing

MediaBistro's Morning Media Menu had a conversation with author Jamie Brenner about advice for writers looking to explore this newly crowded genre. An excerpt from Brenner: My first erotic novel came out two years ago. The landscape feels completely different. There is not just the hope to reach a mainstream audience with erotic novel, but the expectation that success is reaching everyone, not just the genre readers. Fifty Shades of Grey really raised the bar for that. At the same time, working…See More
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Free Preview of Books From BEA 2013

Publisher's Marketplace announced the trade edition of BUZZ BOOKS 2013 FALL/WINTER is available for download.Start reading exclusive pre-publication excerpts right now from 40 top fall and winter titles, including many featured on stage and on the show floor at Book Expo America. Last year…See More
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Tracey Edmonds’ Looking for ‘Faith-Friendly’ Web Series Pitches

From Janell Harris' interview on mediabistro:Her newest venture is the family- and faith-oriented Web network, Alright TV with her partner Bob Johnson of BET fame, launched last March.Edmonds wants to prove there is a market for feel-good programming. Busy as always, she also recently signed on…See More
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EBook Freebie Time - Young adult or teen / Sci-Fi & fantasy

By Andrea Heltsley Published: April 25, 2013  Words: 19,197 (approximate) ISBN: 9781301766093"How far would you go to keep your nightmares a secret? Wendy has been struggling with vivid, chilling nightmares that leave her exhausted and horrified. What will Wendy do to…See More
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EBook Freebie Time - TV Tie-in/ Sci-Fi & fantasy/Gaming

Defiance:The Essential Guide by Syfy, Trion Worlds". . . an informative companion to the groundbreaking TV series and the incredible multiplayer game.  Set in the near future, Defiance introduces an exotically transformed planet Earth, its landscapes permanently altered following the sudden – and tumultuous…See More
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EBook Freebie Time - Sci Fi Space Opera

Locus Origin The Never Born by Christian Matari“When society is ruled from behind the scenes by massive corporate conglomerates that control powerful secret organizations and even the very Republic itself, the clones will come…See More
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Poetry - Ebon Venus

This was written by Lewis H. Latimer, Renaissance man, son of slaves, worked with Edison & Bell - holder of patents for incandescent electric light bulb. He wrote this for his wife for their wedding. Perfect for National Poetry Month. The photo is the work of Milos Gazdic http://hirtc.comSee More
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