You Call This Christian Fiction????????? By ReShonda Tate Billingsley I am curious. Do you think people go online and email Janet Jackson and tell her that her latest song sucked? Or do they email Yolanda Adams and tell her she looks too ‘worldly’ in some of her beautiful gowns? I am nowhere near Janet or [...]

You Have To Ask For What You Want by Francis Ray I am a Southern girl.  My parents always taught me to be respectful, to be polite and never, ever ask for anything.  If it is not offered, too bad.  I adhered to their teaching for twelve long years in the publishing industry, until I learned the [...]

 Crabs in the Barrel By Tracy Price-Thompson I have been in this publishing game for a few minutes now, and while the industry is certainly dynamic, some things just never change. Sure, there has been a major revolution in the way publishers do business with African-American writers and I, myself, have benefited from the emergence [...]

And Your Point Is? By Djuanna Brockington How many times have you waited for a new release, or picked up a book that was highly recommended by a friend or the bestseller list you frequently peruse, only to find out that you cannot get into because of the pontificating?  There is a message (that you [...]