Sankofa Literary Society Bookclub

Author Spotlight: Danette Majette

nobody@vox.com(CEO of EDC Creations) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:04:09 -0700

http://paradigmshiftaap.vox.com/libra...

Black Pearls Featured author Danette Majette View the Black Pearls Magazine here: http://www.blackpearlsmagazine.com Meet author Danette Majette on BAN Radio to discuss her new book, "Good Girl Gone Bad". Her BP page: http://www.blackpearlsmagazine.com/danettemajette.htm Showtime: Monday, April 6,...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Author Spotlight: Danette Majette

nobody@vox.com(CEO of EDC Creations) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:03:10 -0700

Black Pearls Featured author Danette Majette
View the Black Pearls Magazine here: http://www.blackpearlsmagazine.com

Danettebanner0409

Meet author Danette Majette on BAN Radio to discuss her new book, "Good Girl Gone Bad".
Her BP page: http://www.blackpearlsmagazine.com/danettemajette.htm

Showtime: Monday, April 6, 2009 at 8:00pm EST
Call in to Speak to Danette and host Ella Curry: 646-200-0402
Chat room: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/black-author-network

Good Girl Gone Bad (Contemporary Fiction)
by Danette Majette
Release date- April 8, 2009
ISBN 10 – 1934230669
ISBN 13 - 9781934230664

Most people think when you say, “I do,” all problems come to an end. When happily ever after seems impossible, three women transform from good girls to bad women. Just when they think they’ve made it out of the grimy streets to a more ideal lifestyle in the suburbs, their lavish lives turn sour. Unfortunately, for the sexy threesome they are all suddenly faced with financial hardships that land them between a rock and a hard place.

Danette Majette
District Heights, MD 20753
Email: dcmajette@gmail.com
Buy Books at: www.lifechangingbooks.net

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Intimate Conversation Interview with Author Geletha Black

nobody@vox.com(CEO of EDC Creations) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:46:54 -0700

Intimate Conversation Interview with Author Geletha Black

Lunch with Ella Series

GelethaBlackInterview

Have You Ever Wanted to Choke a B!$@h?

By Geletha Black

Gelethablack

After having read an article that indicated that 65% of women cheat on their husbands and only 20% of women have ever experienced an orgasm, I figured that either women were too shy to speak up about their sexuality or men lacked the knowledge. This book was written as a reference manual for men in order to bridge the gap between the sexes due to their lack of knowledge of the inner workings of the female. In the book, I address dating fiascos, relationships disasters and marriage break-ups, whether it be because of pre-programming of boys and girls at a young age to fit into certain gender roles, the lack of "game", or the combination of both. I also address, in extensive detail, ways to achieve orgasms.

Most relationship books are geared towards women, leaving men floundering for essential information that they might not get otherwise. The reality is men want sex and women want good sex and most times men’s egos stand in the way of this significant desire.

Peek Inside the Book Today!

Though I am not a certified relationship expert, I use examples of dating experiences from myself and others that I have encountered during my life and provide solutions on how those situations could have been handled differently. For example, a married male friend of mine had an affair with his assistant. This affair went on for approximately six months without his wife knowing. He was so comfortable with this woman and he even thought about leaving his wife for her. However, one day his wife received an anonymous letter from a co-worker of hers which stated that this person had seen her husband out and about with another woman.

When his wife confronted him, he was able to weasel his way out of it. He told her that if it was a co-worker, why didn’t they just confront her instead of writing an anonymous letter and he led her to believe that it wasn’t him. After this ordeal, he got nervous and told the mistress that they should cool it for a while. She didn’t take it very well, because the next day he received a call on his cell phone from her. She stated that she was on her way to his wife’s job and that she had a gift for her. He got very nervous and stated that she wouldn’t do that, but she kept him on the phone as she went to the front desk of the office and asked for his wife. He hopped in his car and drove frantically to his wife’s job. He sat in the parking lot and called his wife from his cell phone.

When she answered, she told him that it was over. The gift that she left for his wife was pictures of him and his mistress having oral sex. In this situation, there is no real solution. However, bringing situations like this to light can possibly deter men from making similar mistakes. One of the major problems that men face is feeling that they have to fit a certain mold in order to be considered a real man. That mold can lead to problems such as this and others that are detailed in this book.

Ten Questions Answered in this interview. Look at the questions and comment on how you feel on each subject. This is an interactive conversation. Please share your view points and wisdom. We wanna hear!

Question 1: Why the title is Have You Ever Wanted to Choke a Bitch?

Question 2: Why this is Geletha's motto: "an orgasm a day makes the bitch go away." Explain your position.

Question 3: What do you feel you can help people overcome the pitfalls in our intimate relationships?

Question 4: Geletha explains why she stated that a major problem in any relationship is lack of honesty. What do you think about the lack of honesty in our relationships?

Question 5: Geletha speaks on the misconceptions of gender roles as well as the preprogramming of boys and girls. What are your thoughts?

Question 6: How do you feel about marriage?

Purchase a copy of the book today!

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Wild Impulses by Samara King

nobody@vox.com(CEO of EDC Creations) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:31:18 -0700

Samaraking

Sleeping with the enemy never felt so right...One night of pleasure was all it was suppose to be between Cosmetic heiress, Blu Evans and the mysterious man she’d met in a Paris hotel named “J" She never suspected that she’d slept with the man who could destroy her family!
If wanting her was wrong...he'd be wrong a thousand times over.

Jaden Graeham is a man who knows what he wants. And what he wants is Blu Evans.

He loves a challenge and life won’t be complete until he has her back in his bed, but when a troubling piece to his past comes back to take out revenge and unmask a dark secret, will Jaden be able to survive the greatest risk of all: watching the woman he loves walk away?

http://www.cobblestone-press.com/catalog/books/wildimpulses.htm

Purchase Your Copy Today!

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Erotica, Family Secrets, Classism....Lies & Alibis

nobody@vox.com(CEO of EDC Creations) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:41:51 -0700

"My Book is Out" Series--Erotica, Family Secrets, Classism....Lies & Alibis

Stimulate your mind, body, and soul with hot books!

Authors Nanette M. Buchanan, Petula Caesar, Kim Shaw, Geletha and Dale Black, Victoria Wells, Debra Owsley, Ella Curry owner of EDC Creations, and guest caller NFL Pro-baller WR Jesse Holley discuss new book releases relating to healthy AA relationships, erotica, classism, the male romantic perspective, and the business side of literature.

Topics of discussion during our Black Authors Network Interview
What would a pro football players like to read? Fiction titles or non-fiction?
Do women really listen to men when they cry out?
Who trains young men on the role they play in relationships?

The authors and special guests answer these questions and many more! Listen in...

Do African Americans still dwell over the light-skinned, dark-skinned issue?
Why do African Americans shy away from mental illness discussions?
How does a writer get their articles in magazines and newspapers?
What is the difference in erotica and romance titles?

These questions and oh so many more are answered on our BAN interview, to find out what each of these authors had to say to the questions, click here.

Novel Writing: Five Secrets Of Success
by Steve Dempster

Have you ever wondered, as you sit at your keyboard, if there are any secrets to successful novel writing? Well there are - and here are five of them. Remember these secrets and your novel writing will improve overnight!

To call the points below ’secrets’ is perhaps to invest them with too great an air of mystery, yet it seems that so many words of advice are looked on as ’secrets’ nowadays that I thought ’what the heck? Go with the flow - call them secrets. Why not?’

I’ll tell you why not. Because it isn’t fair. The ’secrets’ I’m about to tell you aren’t secrets at all - just good, solid advice that’s been proven on the writing mill time after time. So, when next you read some sales blurb offering to tell you ’secrets’ that will absolutely guarantee your success and turn you into an A-list writer - remember me. Remember these five points. Remember that the writer’s road is a hard and rocky one. And especially remember that that road is the best road ever made!

Point One: Adopt a professional attitude towards your work.
Does this seem obvious? Of course it does - and yet you would be amazed at how many people write ’when they can’ or ’when the mood takes them’. If you are one of these people, you need to change this mental attitude right now - and I do mean right now. Unless you are another Hemingway or Joyce you will not succeed with such an approach. Set aside a regular time to work - then stick to it. Period.

Point Two: Identify your target market.
Who will you write for? By this I mean what section of the reading public. A good thing to keep in mind is that you are more likely to be successful writing books on the subject your read yourself - romance or sci-fi for example - than forcing yourself to write in a genre unknown to you just because it seems to sell well.

Point Three: Self-belief.
This is one thing that - unfortunately - no-one can teach you, yet it is one of the most important things that any writer can possess. Indeed, without self-belief it is highly unlikely that you will ever really ’make it’ as a writer. Why? Simply because writing is a tough game and only the strong survive. A writer’s strength lies in mental, rather than physical, toughness but it’s toughness just the same. Cultivate this strength at every opportunity.

Point Four: Support.
I’ve said this before in other articles and make no apology for saying it here - having the support of your family is of huge importance. If they understand that you are treating this writing business seriously and that you need to have set times in which to work then this will be of immense help to you. If they then go the extra mile and root for you at all times, well, you’re halfway there!

Point Five: Rejection.
This is perhaps the most dreaded aspect of writing for many would-be authors - the awful ’pink slip’ of the rejection letter. What you must realise is that rejection is not a personal slight. Publishing is a business and all that rejection means is that your story or book doesn’t fit with what that editor wants at that moment. Many writers in fact have a ’rejection selection’ that they keep to one side and resubmit at regular intervals. After all, times change - and so do editors!

So - five short ’secrets’ that, if you keep them in mind and more importantly act upon them, will always help you along the way to being a published writer. No guarantees, though - anyone who offers you those is someone you really shouldn’t listen to!

© Coypright Steve Dempster
Steve Dempster writes articles for the web and works of fiction. If you would like to get the know-how a novelist needs to write professionally, take a look at this: http://www.howtobeawriter.co.uk/page11.html

Currently reading :
The Foreigner's Caress (Kimani Romance)
By Kim Shaw
Release date: By 01 March, 2008

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Can you afford to be a bestselling author?

nobody@vox.com(CEO of EDC Creations) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:30:10 -0700

Can you afford to be a bestselling author?

Can you afford to be a bestselling author?

On our Books n’ Business segment, 20 authors, visitors, and community leaders discussed the business side of publishing and becoming a published author. Find out how to gain more exposure without going broke!

Stephanie L. Jones, a prior publicist to major publishing houses, gives valuable information about an author’s media campaign.

Monica Carter Tagore offers readers and authors insight in to stay focused on the prize. Monica also offers the listeners great business tips!

Debra Owsley, owner of Simply Said Reading Acces. discussed preparing for trade shows and conferences. COS Productions also discussed how book trailers can increase sells at literary events.

Wanda Childs, owner of Blessed 24:7, shares with readers how she was "Pushed into Her Purpose" of steping out on faith.

Jessica Tilles, author and Xpress Yourself Publishing owner, educates the listeners with insider secrets to publishing.

Click here to listen to the entire motivating, literary chat at BAN.

Recession proof your book promotions with COS productions, Stephanie L. Jones, Monica Carter Tagore, Ella Curry, author and publisher Jessica Tilles, Wanda Childs, Lynda Sanders, Wanda B. Campbell, Nefertari Imani Baraka, KL the writer, Laura Major, Dana Pittman, Mikasenoja, Leroy McKenzie, and special guest Niona Green.

Currently reading :
The Enemy Between My Legs
By Stephanie L. Jones
Release date: By 16 November, 2007

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Can you afford to be a bestselling author?

nobody@vox.com(CEO of EDC Creations) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:30:07 -0700

Can you afford to be a bestselling author?

Can you afford to be a bestselling author?

Stephanie L. Jones, a prior publicist to major publishing houses, gives valuable information about an author’s media campaign.

Monica Carter Tagore offers readers and authors insight in to stay focused on the prize. Monica also offers the listeners great business tips!

Debra Owsley, owner of Simply Said Reading Acces. discussed preparing for trade shows and conferences. COS Productions also discussed how book trailers can increase sells at literary events.

Wanda Childs, owner of Blessed 24:7, shares with readers how she was "Pushed into Her Purpose" of steping out on faith.

Jessica Tilles, author and Xpress Yourself Publishing owner, educates the listeners with insider secrets to publishing.

Click here to listen to the entire motivating, literary chat at BAN.

Currently reading :
The Enemy Between My Legs
By Stephanie L. Jones
Release date: By 16 November, 2007

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Be a part of the BAN Movement

nobody@vox.com(CEO of EDC Creations) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:17:24 -0700

BANradioad

Read and post comments | Send to a friend