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Me and author Jewell Parker Rhodes at the Detroit Public Library (Douglass Branch) on 2-25-2009. E. Lynn Harris and I at Borders Books in Dearborn, Michigan on 8-12-2008 picture taken by fellow bibliophile Roberta Thornton Me & Bernice McFadden aka Geneva Holliday at a book signing at the Detroit Main Library on 3-1-2006 The following are other authors in which I took pictures of or with, but are unable to transfer from my phone camera. Me & Mary Monroe on a Book tour for "Deliver Us from Evil" at a book signing. Picture taken 9-8-2007 with friend Roberta Thornton. Pearl Cleage at Shrine of the Black MaDonna Bookstore in Detroit on 3-4-2006 Kimberla Lawson Roby Promoting "Changing Faces" at Borders in Dearborn on January 26, 2006 Others Authors I've Met include: Rosalyn McMillan, Terry McMillan, Eric Jerome Dickey, Van Whitfield, Tina McElroy Ansa, J. California Cooper, Bebe Moore Campbell, Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant, Connie Briscoe, Evelyn Colem

Congratulations to our New President! Barack Obama

Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008 An American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and actor. _______________________________________________________ According to Hayes' official Web site, the music icon was set to play himself in a musical comedy starring comedian Bernie Mac, who died Saturday (August 9th) http://www.isaachayes.com/

Bernard Jeffrey McCullough "Bernie Mac" October 5, 1957 - August 9, 2008 You will be missed! _____________________________________ Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes will appear in a movie together -- "Soul Men". They play singers who reunite after 20 years to do a concert at New York's Apollo Theatre. Costarring Samuel L. Jackson, it opens in November.

This is my cousin by marriage, but she was a regal person. I got to know a little bit about her from the family reunions we had in San Antonio, TX. Jennifer Yevette Robinson Born in Trinidad, West Indies on April 10, 1955, Died June 30, 2008 and resided in Boerne, TX. Cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Jennifer Yevette Robinson, age 53, passed away June 30, 2008. She was born April 10, 1955, in Trinidad, West Indies, the youngest of three girls, to the late Vivian Arthur and Neutres Vena Wilson. Jennifer came to the U.S. in 1969 to reside in New York with her sister, Maudrilla and graduated from George W. Wingate High School, Flatbush, NY. She went on to receive a business degree from Siena College, Albany, NY, where she also became an Army ROTC cadet member of the Mohawk Battalion. After graduation, Jennifer entered active duty and her illustrious military career covered two overseas tours in Germany and Korea. Jennifer had the distinction of being the second black female te

Introducing Author and Playwright Cheril N. Clarke Cheril N. Clarke is a noted Author, Playwright and Producer. With 4 publications under her belt, a stage play and film version due out soon. Her fifth novel "Losing Control" (formerly titled "Emergency Exit") is near completion. A native of Toronto raised in Miami and now living in southern New Jersey, Cheril N. Clarke is the author of four novels, Visit her website at: http://www.cherilnclarke.com/ Novels : Foundations: A Novel of New Beginnings (2001) Different Trees from the Same Root (2003) Intimate Chaos (2005) Tainted Destiny (2006) Play : Intimate Chaos She has been featured in : Curve Magazine , the nation's best selling lesbian magazine The Princeton Packet Philadelphia Gay News (PGN) About.com, Out IN Jersey EURweb Burlington County Times Phillyburbs.com 247gay.com Femmenoinre.net Clik Magazine as well as Crain's New York Business newspaper, among others. Her opinion columns have been featured b

I just returned from New York/Jersey City to attend my sister's graduation. It was a wonderful occasion and very proud to say the least. My sister from Colorado, mom, sister and niece from Texas, and myself from Michigan. Our father was there in spirit from heaven. We met a swell of interesting and kind people. Despite what is said about New Yorkers, we met some very kind and friendly people in the neighborhoods, in the subways and in restaurants. My sisters is featured in the Rutgers University website - graduating with honors (magna cum laude) 3.7 GPA. Look out for her debut. She received a PA (Production Assistance) job just one day after graduation and unsure of a job. WOW! AN ABUNDANCE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHOICES Robin Laverne Wilson, Newark College of Arts and Sciences (Honors College), BA, Jersey City, N.J. and Converse, TX. Ceremony: May 20, 2 p.m., New Jersey Performing Arts Center, One Center St., Newark Robin Laverne Wilson still hasn’t decided what she wants to be whe

I discovered a strange coincedence, book covers that are similar or using the same artwork. Is it that there are just so many books and not enough unique ideas? Like the old school music remixed with the new music today. Is it better to have one attention getting cover idea recycled continuously than have a hideous cover? I tend to think that similar book covers will lead me to believe that i've already read or brought the book. In my quest for answers to these questions, I discovered that recycled covers may not be an author's issue, but a publishers issue. The art is stock and publishers have no idea that another publishing company may have used the same artwork. Is it innocent coincedence or great minds thinking alike? Simon & Schuster seems to be the biggest abuser according to these few books. Omar Tyree's What They Want (Simon & Schuster, 2006). Loving his life of carefree travel and insecure women, male model Terrance Mitchell experiences profound guilt whe

On a screen near you ... A book trailer is a video advertisement for a book which employs techniques similar to those of movie trailers. Complete with actors, cinematography and voice-overs, it's the closest the book industry has come to a movie-style preview of a new title. They are circulated on television and online in most common digital video formats. The first Book Trailer played publicly was at a book convention in Shreveport, LA in 2003. Though Book Trailers were being made as early as 2002, the term caught on in 2005 when user-generated online video upload sites became more popular. Sites such as MySpace, YouTube and iFilm allowed for the videos to be viewed by the public, creating a market for this promotional tool. Reaching out to the Internet's more than one billion users is one of the best ways to easily and inexpensively promote your book to your target audience instead of the usual press release or book tours. Creating a book video, also known as a book trailer,