Archive for February, 2010

On the ‘Net With Authors Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant

By • Feb 28th, 2010 • Category: Author of the Week

Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant are best friends who are as different as they come-Donna’s a married city dweller who loves camping and sports, Virginia is single in the suburbs and thinks roughing it is a hotel w/o 24 hour room service.



Building the Author’s Ethos – Part Two: Developing a Marketing Plan

By • Feb 28th, 2010 • Category: The Write Life for You

It is important to think about MARKETING. It is important to think about this even before you go about looking for agents and editors because there are some agents who want to know how you plan to promote your work.



Interview with Author Elizabeth Nunez

By • Feb 28th, 2010 • Category: Book Club of the Week

Anna Sinclair, a New York senior editor, goes home for her annual vacation to the island of her birth where issues of family dynamics, social climate, political views, cultural identity and class values collide.



Afraid of the Dark by Michelle Devlin

By • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

Afraid of the Dark is a riveting account of a woman on the edge. Ali Connery’s attempts to escape her emotional turmoil provide an unflinching look at the harrowing effects of childhood sexual abuse. Memories of sexual demands, dirty whispers, and rough hands set Ali on a path of self-destruction.



Fifteen Years Blog Tour Featuring Author Kendra Bellamy

By • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: Virtual Book Tours

KENDRA NORMAN-BELLAMY is a national best-selling author and the founder of KNB Publications LLC. She is the organizer of Visions in Print, an Atlanta-based national organization for faith-based writers, and The Writer’s Hut, an online fellowship for African American Writers.



Be Careful What You Pray For by Kimberla Lawson Roby

By • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

It will take a miracle to save the day. But God acts in mysterious ways, and soon a host of lies, longtime secrets, and acts of betrayal comes to light, and Alicia must face some very crucial and life-changing decisions. This time, she’s got to be careful what she prays for. . . .



Married But Still Looking by Travis Hunter

By • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

Women have flocked to Genesis Styles ever since he was a teenager. He’s a good-looking, smooth-talking former pro-basketball player, but he has a problem: He has never been satisfied with just one woman. Then he meets Terri and everything changes. Sort of.



Uptown by Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant

By • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

In Uptown a prominent Harlem family is strained to the breaking point by the high-stakes world of the Manhattan real estate industry, and one woman searches for her identity and the will to forgive. Steamy, provocative, and sexy, Uptown is a turbulent and triumphant read.



Heat Seekers by Zane

By • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002

The Heat Seekers is a wonderfully engrossing novel about friendship, love pain, and ultimately the ability to step up to the plate by being a responsible father and partner. A certifiable page-turner, this story delivers all the dramatic goods as it takes readers through a romantic journey in search of total satisfaction and self-knowledge.



Songs of Deliverance by Marilynn Griffith

By • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

Fifteen years ago, Zeely Wilkins and Ron Jenkins were students the school district stopped believing in. Lucky for them, their teacher knew something the principal didn’t; they were cream of the crop but they just hadn’t sprouted the way people expected.