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Book Release

Posted by Dr. Angela Butts Chester on November 16, 2008 at 1:18am

I am pleased to announce the release of my new book and journals.

Pick up your copy at:www.angelachesterministries.org orhttp://stores.lulu.com/angelachesterministries

Novels by Diane Martin - Fallen Angel

Posted by Diane Martin on October 21, 2008 at 10:43pm

Fallen Angel is the story of a man. He’s someone who walks among us everyday. On the outside, he's the picture of perfection, but on the inside there's a war going on. His name is Izrael, biblically, the Angel of Death. He just wants to be left alone as he struggles to deal with the demons of his past - his fears, his guilt, and his regrets. Everyone wants him – to be a part of his world whether willingly or by force. He fights daily to destroy the frightening thoughts that wreak havoc on his ability to find balance and peace of mind. He realizes that in order to survive - a part of him must die. His survival – his redemption depends on it. Join me as we take a journey with Izrael as he delivers his message with contempt and conviction.Please visit my website to view my other novels at: http://dimartin01.books.officelive.com or email me at: dimartin01@yahoo.comWe are currently offering free shipping and free gift wrapping on the purchase of each (autographed) novel.

Never What it Seems by Diane Martin

Posted by Diane Martin on October 26, 2008 at 9:42pm

Never What it Seems is the story of Dee Wellington and AJ Madison, two women who were born in Chicago, and much like the city; their lives are anything, but ordinary. Dee grew up in a dysfunctional household that by today’s standards would be considered completely ‘normal’. Trying to cope with life’s complexities, Dee contributes all of life’s changes to God’s will. Throughout the changes in her life, she resists the urge to disrupt the balance of things unless she really has to. On the other hand, there is AJ Madison who is a rambunctious, intelligent, and outgoing character who lives by her own standards and believes that you get what you give. Both, Dee and AJ grew-up trying to maneuver in systems created to breakdown the human spirit. Readers will find a familiarity in their struggles, their desires, and their will to overcome.To order your autographed copy, please email me at: dimartin01@yahoo.comWebsite: http://dimartin01.books.officelive.com

Etsy Store of the Week: Distinctive Moments

Posted by Kamilah Campbell on September 17, 2008 at 4:54pm

We all want to capture distinctive moments in our lives. There’s nothing more special than receiving a beautiful card on that special day from that special person. This week’s Etsy Store of the Week is Distinctive Moments created by Ceneetra Anderson. Anderson’s designs are the three C’s…creative, cute and colorful. My personal favorite is the green, yellow and gold thank you card, perfect for sending out thank yous my fellow Pink Locketeers. Check out Distinctive Moment’s collection of cards, scrapbook pages and layouts. Visit www.distinctivemoments.etsy.com to view this beautiful collection of work.By: Kamilah C.The Pink Lockethttp://thepinklocket.comwww.thepinklocket.etsy.com

USED Book Giveaways for My Vintage and Thrift-Store Lovin' Sistas

Posted by Elana Pruitt on August 4, 2008 at 2:21pm

"I said that exclusive book reviews are coming, right? Well, here is my numero uno. While yes, you can see I have tons of books in the works. You're probably thinking, Why can't she just read one at a time like a normal person? Well two reasons: I'm not normal, and I like to skip around based on my mood and interest at that moment.Soooooo, my recent fave is called The Joys of Much Too Much by Bonnie Fuller. I am apparently late jumping on the bandwagon with this book -- it was published in '06 (I know, two years ago isn't too behind.).Here are a few reasons why I bought this book:"...READ MORE about how you can win my book, which was written by a magazine and media mogul who worked her way to the top!Oh, and if you have some chick lits, celeb bios, or deep novels you would recommend, please contact me and I will mention that you were the one who recommended it.Cheers!Elana

Meet, Greet & Win!

Posted by Lynn Emery on August 13, 2008 at 10:55am

Debut Author LaConnie Taylor-Jones dropped by my blog As I Was Saying... with an essay on the power of forgiveness. We've all been through some time when we felt hurt or betrayed. Read this author's take on the value of getting past that hurt. Two lucky people who comment on her essay will win a copy of her book When A Man Loves A Woman. So stop by, meet LaConnie and put your name in the drawing. You just might win a fabulous novel about love and forgiveness!

Good Reading for You and Friends

Posted by Lynn Emery on July 20, 2008 at 11:00pm

Stop by and visit my writing blog As I Was Saying... to read my lastest post on the publishing biz. Great links, too!I'm a regular columnist on Blogging In Black. Check out my July 21st post. In fact, read all the recent great columnist contributions. You won't be disappointed.Want distinct gifts? Something more than a greeting card to uplift the person who receives it? Then you should definitely visit Words of Sunlight You can give someone you care about a gift with words to encourage and black art to delight the eyes. The words are mine, the art from the collection of a great Black artist Jean Paul Hubbard. Jean Paul was my late husband. So share your love with Words of Sunlight and beautiful art!

New Children's Book Released - Sunny's Adventures

Posted by Leketha Johnson on July 22, 2008 at 4:58pm

Hello Friends!I wanted to let you know that my new children's book Sunny's Adventures, a fun mystery book was just released at www.sunnysadventures.com! It's now available for purchase ($12.95) on the web-site, Amazon.com, and other participating retailers. Buy your copy today for your young reader!Log onto www.sunnysadventures.com today to receive a free newsletter, online fun for kids, and have your little ones enter a coloring contests with great prizes! Kids will receive free bookmarks just for entering the contest!About the Book:Children will get to help the young heroine Sunny solve such mysteries as locating a stolen pie, a lost dog, a disappearing turtle, and much more! The clues provided at the end of each chapter will help children develop their critical thinking skills but in a super fun way!

About Me - Kimberly Ware

Posted by Kimberly Ware on October 6, 2008 at 1:30am

Hello and welcome to my page. I am a fiction and non-fiction writer. I am the author of The Nia Trilogy, The Natalie Series, The Days of Madison Creek (upcoming teen book series), and Foreshadowers (upcoming fantasy series). I am also the author of Heal My Wings: A Healing Guide for Women and Heal My Wings: A Healing Journal & Workbook for Women. You can learn more about me, my books, and workshops at http://www.kimberlyware.com, http://www.myspace.com/kimberlywrites, or http://www.freewebs.com/messenger1.

A Few Things

Posted by Kim on July 4, 2008 at 10:48pm

I'm kind of nervous since this is my first post here, but here goes.I love this site so much. The information, services and potential contacts provided here by Ms. Henry are things that would've taken literally weeks for me to find. But now, I just click over to this site/group and everything is right there and easy to find!I also want to talk about a company that I've done some freelance graphic design work for. The company, Infinite Xpression Publishing, is owned by a good friend. So I've decided to spotlight it and one of its books here.Infinite Xpression Publishing is an independent, relatively new publishing company with one title published and several titles in the works. Infinite Xpression Publishing mainly focuses on Contemporary Fiction, Spiritual Fiction/Non-fiction and Young Adult Fiction. They are currently looking for more submissions, if anyone reading this is interested either go to the site and download the submission guidelines, fill out the contact form on the site or email directly: tonyashirelle@ixpublishing.comIts first book "Circumstances" is about a young college undergrad caught up in the game. Its book where you can feel sympathetic towards the protagonist, Khiala Williams, but still want smack some sense into her. Here's the complete synopsis:

Khiala Williams grew up as a middle class suburban Detroiter, not knowing any difficulties until she goes off to Michigan State University. She meets and soon falls in love with Brandon Davis. Just when she thinks life couldn’t be better, things take a dramatic turn. Khiala and Brandon are both faced with extenuating familial circumstances, which causes them to get caught up in illegal activities. Their decisions turn them from over achieving college students to convicted felons. Things go from bad to worse as they fight the suggested life sentences. Khiala continues to make decisions based on her circumstances and goes from one game to another trying to regain the life she knew before her downfall. Her determination and vigor help her battle the cards which continue to stack against her. She merely escapes death, but is determined to win the game.

What's That Ur Reading???

Posted by Charna on July 3, 2008 at 3:30am

What is it that I'm reading... stop by my blog and see for yourself...http://majestiqueworld.blogspot.comSee you there!

Bootleg Publishers Exist, how to tell the difference!

Posted by ZLS Publishing, LLC on April 23, 2008 at 3:52pm

Hey again everyone,It’s your girl QP here to talk to you about Secret #4: Bootleg Publishers exist, how to tell the difference!As a member of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists, Writers Network) my boss gets monthly alerts on publishing companies going out of business, or just doing unethical things and are being sued. Every month there seems to be at least 6 publishers going out of business because of complaints from writers who have sent their manuscripts, sent money to be published, that sort of crazy thing.So, that has lead me to disclose this secret which sadly but not surprisingly, most writers don’t know: everything with publisher at the end of it does not make it a publisher. Here’s how you tell:Clue #1: If they ask for money when sending your manuscript they are bootleg. A legitimate publisher won’t and doesn’t need to be paid just to read your story.Clue #2: If they advertise in the back of a magazine, they are bootleg.Clue #3: If they request $3.00 for postage, shipping and handling for a response to your manuscript, they are bootleg.Clue #4: If they aren’t a member of any professional publishing organizations such as SPAWN, SPANNET, or PMA to name a few, they are bootleg.Clue #5: If they don’t have a website, they are bootleg.Clue #6: If they have email that looks like this: publisher@yahoo.com, publisher@gmail.com, publisher@aol.com, they are bootleg. Legitimate publishing compannies have company branded email:contact@zlspublishing.com.Clue #7: If you are presented with a 5 page publishing contract, they are bootlegged. The average publishing contract is at a minimum 10 pages long.Clue #8: If your book cover looks like the outside of a cereal box, they are bootleg.Clue #9: If you have to pay for all your books, including the “free ones”, they are bootleg.Clue #10: If you are paid in royalties of IOU’s, they are bootleg.Clue #11: If anytime you call the phone number for them and all you ever get is an answering machine or service, they are bootleg.Clue #12: If the only software they have to develop your manuscript into a book is MS word, they are bootleg. Legitimate publishers have top of the line publishing software. My boss has ADOBE CS3, which is the latest in publishing software.Clue #13: If you can’t find them on myspace, facebook, or gather, they are bootleg. Legitimate publishers understand the need and use for consumers to find them on all outlets. My boss in on all three and even SImon and Schuster is on Gather.When deciding to send out your manuscript to a publishing company, make sure you contact them first, talk to someone, ask if they have a website, a myspace page, a gather page, a facebook page, ask for their mailing address, office address, company email address, verify no money needs to be sent in order to hear a response or when you are sending your manuscript.Clue #14: If when you call them up, asking for these things and they are reluctant to give it to you, they are bootleg.Writer BEWARE!Until Publishing Secret #5QP Signing Out!

Your Book Isn't A Book Until It's Published!

Posted by ZLS Publishing, LLC on April 23, 2008 at 3:49pm

Welcome back,This week’s secret is a continuation from last week’s silly conversation with the caller. (If you need a recap, go to Secret #1)Writers have this crazy idea that they’ve written a book that deserves to be published. No! You’ve written a manuscript, a manuscript of a book hopefully to be published! In the publishing industry, contrary to popular belief they do not consider your book, a book until it is published! That thing you call a book is called a manuscript! At weekly meetings it’s Manuscript #205 or Manuscript BOW or whatever!In the publishing industry, a book is considered final. What you have written is not! It has yet to go through the final editing phase, if any editing at all! It has yet to have a cover designed for it; the book size decided; how it will be marketed, or who will print it. And we are missing the all important task of deciding who will publish it.My boss hates when people tell her they’ve written a book and when she asks who wrote it or where can she get it because it sounds good, they reply by telling her they wrote it, it’s not yet in stores, and that they are looking for a publisher. She always responds, “So, you’ve written a manuscript?” Not knowing what she’s talking about, they look at her funny eyed.So what do you do?Change your language, but more importantly, change your way of thinking!Remember, you have 7 seconds to make an impression. When you approach a publisher either in person or via writing, approach as follows:“I’ve written a potential book”“I’ve got a book idea, I’d love to pitch to you”“I’ve written a manuscript about xyz”Let’s repeat this again: You have 7 seconds to make a good impression. Approaching your potential boss correctly determines your next step career wise. it is the same for approaching a publisher. Remember, they get approached 500 times a day, mainly by clueless writers. Approaching them correctly is the difference between them actually taking your manuscript to read it or politely (and even in some cases) unpolitely, saying ”Thank you, but no thank you!”Let’s recap: Your book is not a book until it is published! We all know that’s your baby, but just like welfare doesn’t consider your baby a baby until it is born, the publishing industry doesn’t consider your book a book until it is published!Sounds harsh! I know, but I told you that the truth was going to hurt!Until Secret #3QP Signing Out!

My Valentine's Day Gift to You

Posted by Martha t"Marti" Tucker on February 13, 2008 at 12:53am

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!February 14, 20087 p.m Pacific“Come on over and accept my gift—just because I care about you.”Marti TuckerHi,This Thursday is going to be awesome. I’m going to tell you about the easy way to sell20,000 books in six weeks. So come on over to my free teleseminar and hear how you will be empowered to change your literary and financial lifestyle without any of the struggles I had—It’s my free gift to you.1. How you can sell 20,000 books in six weeks without pain2. First steps to making it happen3. Plan to make big literary money, not crumbs4. Plan to make big literary money without be afraid of it5. Plan to speak big literary money from your mouth and create it from your actions6. How to stop accepting pennies for genius from your heart7. Plan a literary career, not a one-book shot8. How the New Image Writers Empowerment Circle offers celebrity to your literary and financial lifestyleDon’t miss this one: IT’S YOUR VALENTINE’S DAY GIFT FROM ME!Dial in: 218 486-1616Code: 475229 #Date: Thursday February 14, 20087 p.m Pacific 10 pm. Eastern 9 StandardMartha “Marti” Tucker, author, publisher, Book Coach, Think-out-of-the-Box Marketingwww.urbanclassicbooks.comwww.myspace.com/author_marti_tuckerwritelink3@yahoo.comPlease e-mail me. Place in subject line: “Will attend.”

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