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EKG Literary Online Magazine promises to be the pulse of the literary community.
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Somewhat Saved -5 star book review
by Pat G’Orge-Walker (Author)

From Publishers Weekly
In the latest loving church spoof from G’Orge-Walker (Sister Betty! God’s Calling You, Again!), Sister Betty and her fellow evangelists get shipped off to Las Vegas to attend the evangelical Mothers Conference.
After Betty and her two nemeses, Mother Sasha Pray Onn and Mother Bea Blister (about whom the Reverend Bling thinks to himself Doggone Alzheimer’s gonna make those two old crones destroy my place of business), arrive with much hullabaloo, Bea spots someone she recognizes but can’t place.
The narrative then shifts to Zipporah, a beautiful homeless woman, and G’Orge-Walker expertly balances touching emotion with the ladies’ antics as Zipporah gets a job that eventually leads her to the ladies and learns some things about herself in the process. Bickering, gambling and comeuppance are all on the agenda as the crew, far from the Pelzer, S.C., parish whence they came, negotiate Sin City. (A
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In her latest, most soulful and side-splitting send-up of church life yet, Pat G’Orge-Walker’s hilarious cast of parishioners battle their worst vices, the funny and serious sides of aging, and each other… Mother Sasha Pray Onn and Mother Bea Blister live on the edge–of Christianity, that is, and they’re about to knock Sister Betty off her sanctified perch. As the senior citizen matrons of the Ain’t Nobody Saved but Us-All Others Goin’ to Hell church, their devotion to the Lord must compete with their secret passions for gambling and grudges against each other.
But their long-held animosity is about to be complicated when the new pastor, the Reverend Leotis Tom, wants to reorganize the Mothers Board in time for the upcoming Las Vegas Conference and asks a reluctant Sister Betty to run for President.After a scuffle at a secret Bingo game at the No Hope Now-Mercy Nevah church, the bumbling Reverend Bling Moe Bling pacifies Mothers Blister and Pray Onn by giving them two tickets to Las Vegas where the annual Mothers Board Conference will be held. In Vegas, Mother Blister befriends a destitute young woman named Zipporah who does something no one has ever been able to: touch Mother Blister’s heart. But in trying to help her, Mother Blister finds out Zipporah’s past might be at complete odds with Mother Blister’s present.
As the chaos and comedy get out of hand, so do the questions about who is who, who did what to whom, and where and when. Just as surprising are the answers, which show that despite everyone’s best–or worst–intentions, from cradle to grave, it’s God who is ultimately in charge.
All That Glitters (Paperback)
by D.L. Sparks
All That Glitters (Paperback)
by D.L. Sparks
ISBN-10: 0979975743
ISBN-13: 978-0979975745
If the wrong opportunity came along at the right time....what would you do?? Santee Mitchell seems to keep coming up short in life. At least that's how it seems in her mind. Growing up she constantly played second best to her older sister Sonya, and in adulthood, the patterned painfully continues.
She's stuck with a two-timing, drug-dealing boyfriend, while her sister lucked up and hooked a professional ball player. Her money is always running short, when it ran at all. The last straw comes in the form of an eviction notice coupled with an ill-timed pregnancy. Determined to turn her luck around, as well as put some money in the bank, Santee turns to her friend Monique and is immediately hypnotized by the sparkle of her diamond encrusted world. But what she doesn't realize is that help from Monique comes with a price.
A price that not even Santee is willing to pay. Haunted by a fire that still burns for her ex and driven by a wanton lust for a trick turned savior, Santee's plan starts to unravel and it may be too late to right her wrongs when Monique turns up dead and she is fingered for the gruesome crime; revealing a secret that changes her forever and forcing her to look for answers in the one place she's tried to avoid - inside herself.
Family Secrets, Lies & Alibis (Paperback)
by Nanette M. Buchanan
Family Secrets, Lies & Alibis (Paperback)
by Nanette M. Buchanan
ISBN-10: 0979388309
ISBN-13: 978-0979388309
A story told through entangled fragments of a life painted by the brush of bitterness. Darrell's world is slowly unraveling as he finds his family has secrets revealed only after the unexpected death of his father. While caught in a web of emotions, he must sort through the lies and alibis to find out how and why he is tied into a family he never knew.
As he uncovers these secrets, Darrell finds himself creating secrets of his own. After the reading of his father's will Darrell must now keep those secrets to protect the business and his family. The Family...Secrets, Lies & Alibis continue....
About the Author
Nanette M. Buchanan is a writer of poetry, children stories and novels.
MPire Trilogy by TL James
Listen to the recording to be amazed!
ISBN-10: 0979187648
ISBN-13: 978-0979187643
The trilogy of The MPire starts with, In Search of the Lost, which is the story Mallory Towneson Haulm, a sexy financial powerhouse, who lives in a quasi paradise in Austin, Texas. His opulent world is decorated with expensive toys and women more exquisite than an exotic candy shop. After fourteen years of separation from his family, Mallory is summoned to return back home to join The Family Business.
Poised for success, Mallory is focused on turning around the ailing business, not realizing that taking his assigned reigns will put him in a position of unrelenting power which he is unaware he even has. His world crashes as he reunites with his brothers and becomes Death, the forth horseman of the Apocalypse.
With every complication popping up in his life, the biggest one by far is in the form of an old lover from the past coming back to reclaim the spot in Mallory's heart. What would you sacrifice to be a part of the MPire?
Greetings,
Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Ella Curry and I am the owner of EDC Creations, the Sankofa Literary Society, and the Black Authors Network Radio. I am a former events buyer for Karibu Books and presently work to promote African American authors globally. My company hosted the first ever, historical, 29-day online Black History Month Book Fair. We brought together over 200 authors, concerned citizens, and poets to discuss improvements in the African American community and our literature.
I am interested in showcasing you on my Internet talk show during May, The Black Authors Network, which is also an eTour stop for Nia Promotion and EDC Virtual Tours; we offer African American readers and consumers the best entertainment, literary resources, and business advice on the market.
Over the last few months we have spotlighted a series of bestselling authors and community leaders on the show such as: Jesse Holley of the Cincinnati Bengals, Simba Sana owner of Karibu Bookstores, Kim Shaw, Felecia Pride, Pat G'Orge Walker, Stephanie L. Jones, Dwight Fryer, Nelly Fuller, Marissa Monteilh, Woody Campbell former Houston Oiler, Mary B. Morrison, Pamela Samuel Young, Donna Hill, Francis Ray, Jessica Tilles, Michelle Valentines, Stacey L. Ford, Beverly Jenkins, Sherri Lewis, Ann Clay, Dr. Monica Anderson, Mo Flames, Andrea Blackstone, Jessica Tilles, Gwynne Forster, Detri Bey-King, Wanda D. Hudson, Pastor Joshua McClure, T. Styles, Lutishia Lovely, Reginald Lee Hameth, Trice Hickman and Tee C. Royal of the RawSistaz Bookclub. We hope to add you to our glowing list of celebrities!
It is with the utmost respect and admiration for your work, that I invite you to call into our BAN radio show to discuss your writers' journey, the details of your book or business, and what new projects you are currently working on. The show is on 3 nights per week at 8pm-10pm EST. There are a lot of back end promotions behind the BAN radio show.
There are weekly eblasts to 35,000 readers; a full recap is spread through out MySpace and 6 other social networks; your BAN showcase is announced on 8 other sites, released through 3 press-release services, we also syndicate the recorded BAN shows to the world after its posting. We offer more Internet exposure than most radio shows out today. You may check us out at the following sites, in our amazing network of 18 sites:
BAN Website: http://www.edc-creations.com/banhome.html
EDC Creations: http://www.edc-creations.com
SLS Main site: http://sankofaliterarysociety.org
SLS Bookclub: http://slsbookclubcenter.ning.com
Black Hist. 365: http://edc1creations.squarespace.com
Preview our latest talk show by visiting this link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Black-Author-Network
Tell other authors, poets, and business owners too...spread the word!
Email Ella at this address to schedule your special appearance on the BAN radio show:
elladcurry@edc-creations.com
Ella Curry
President/CEO EDC Creations
Black Author Network Radio-Founder
Sankofa Literary Society-Founder
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Intimate Conversation Interview with Author Wanda D. Hudson Lunch with Ella Series
Newly Released LuvMe and Wait for Love: A Black Girl's Story
by Wanda D. Hudson
LuvMe is a tantalizing collection of romantic and sensually charged erotic stories.Your imagination will roam in pleasure. Your body will explode with heat. Sheree, Bertice, and Eva are a few of the sexy ladies in LuvMe that promise you your days, afternoons, nights – and everything in between - will never be lonely.
Read the words. Delve into your soul. Find your heart. LuvMe – Because Everybody Needs A Little Luv
Listen to the Intimate Conversation Interview above to fully explore the passion and drama brought to you by "The Sexy One" author Wanda D. Hudson!
Wait for Love: A Black Girl's Story is my first novel. This book is the story of Lynnette Donna Lee's life.
If you have ever been in love, or are longing for that special someone, you've probably experienced many of the same emotions as she. Join her on this adventurous, sometimes humorous, and sometimes painful literary romp. Lynnette bares her soul and her body many times in search of the man she'll marry. The only problem she has is with the men she chooses to give her all to. They show her they don't love her and then go to extremes to get the point across. Why does she keep holding on when the only love involved is nowhere to be found?
"It's the story of someone realizing that life is living her, she's not living life," Hudson said. "She gets to a point where she says, that's it."
If this is a question that you have asked yourself please treat yourself to Wait for Love: A Black Girl's Story. Lynnde's conscience and her soul ask her repeatedly why does she feel worthless without a man. Lynnde never answers them, but instead, takes her life on a journey that shouldn't be traveled. Here is a brief excerpt to take you into her world.
Wanda D. Hudson’s Biography
LuvMe is the second of numerous works that will come from Wanda D. Hudson, but the first of a collaborative effort. LuvMe, the fragrance, is the companion to this offering of romantic shorts. Her first novel, Wait for Love: A Black Girl’s Story, is available at all major booksellers. The next novel from Miss Hudson will be, A Sheltered Life, which will be available in the spring of 2008.
Miss Hudson will have a story included in the Zane anthology, Succulent - Chocolate Flava ll, which will be available in February of 2008. Check out Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 when it becomes available in November of 2008. Miss Hudson will be in that Zane anthology as well.
Please visit Wanda D. Hudson’s website – www.wandadhudson.com - to read excerpts and to stay in the know about this sexy dynamic writer.
Check out Wanda's Way! Radio Show too
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wandasway
Sankofa Literary Author Spotlight
Dream Real: A Top Sports Agent’s Tips for Teens
Serious About Going Pro"
by Eugene W Napoleon (Author), Michael J D’Amato (Contributor)

Dream Real offers critical, insider knowledge for teens serious about making it to the professional sports level. The book also explores Napoleon’s personal trials and tribulations as an African-American youngster from a single-parent home in one of the country’s toughest projects. Determined not to become another statistic, Napoleon went on to play professional football, won Teacher of the Year honors, and is now one of the country’s top sports agents, making multimillion-dollar deals for some of the world’s best athletes.
Featured on ESPN’s television show "Quite Frankly" and Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Finalist
"Primarily the memoir of an exceptional man, ’Dream Real’ recounts the life of a professional athlete turned classroom teacher and sports agent. Born to a single mother and raised in the Jersey City Projects,
Eugene Napoleon refused to be defined by low expectations, and succeeded academically as well as on the college gridiron. After an injury cut short his professional career, Napoleon rethought his goals and decided to use his experience and positive attitude to teach students how to succeed through perseverance."
NEA Today Magazine (October 2007)
"’Dream Real’ offers critical, insider knowledge for teens serious about making it to the professional sports level. The book also explores Napoleon’s personal trials and tribulations as an African-American youngster from a single-parent home in one of the country’s toughest projects. Determined not to become another statistic, Napoleon went on to play professional football, won Teacher of the Year honors, and is now one of the country’s top sports agents, making multimillion-dollar deals for some of the world’s best athletes."
Amazon.com’s Editorial Review (September 2006)
In 2005 alone, sports agent Eugene Napoleon represented the MVP of the WNBA, the U.S. Open LPGA golf champion, and a member of the White Sox World Series championship team. Napoleon, a former professional football player, is currently the CEO/President of Nap Sports and Nap Records.
Michael James D’Amato is a teacher whose experiences range from working with youth in Harlem, New York, to academic research in Paris, France. D’Amato’s first book, The Classroom, was a Barnes & Noble bestseller.
www.Theclassroombook.com
Intimate Conversation Interview with Author Hazel Mill
Lunch with Ella Series
Bare Necessities: Sensuous Tales of Passion
Whether newly discovered or rekindled, there is no feeling in the world like pure passion coursing through our veins. It erupts at our core and allows us to be free and uninhibited. Bare Necessities: Sensuous Tales of Passion is a collection of short erotic stories that explore passions that are buried deep in the subconscious as well as those that lie just beneath the surface and are easily exposed. The characters of each sizzling story experience passions that explode and send them hurling into a fiery universe of sensuous pleasure. What Bare Necessities can't you live without? Listen to the interview above to find out more about this tantalizing new release!
These questions and many more are answered by listening to our 30-minute Intimate Conversation, check it out!
Purchase Your Copy Today!
ISBN-10: 0979975794
ISBN-13: 978-0979975790
Meet Author Hazel Mills
Author Hazel Mills knew that she wanted to be a writer from the moment she penned the first words of a poem titled “A Tree” when she was in the third grade. As a college student, Hazel majored in business but writing continued to be her first love.
Hazel’s short erotic fiction can be seen in Playgirl Magazine’s Erotic Encounters (January 2007 issue) and in Best Lesbian Love Stories: New York City, edited by Simone Thorne (Alyson Books, November 2006). Hazel also has an essay published in Jolie Dupre’s series in The Blushing Ladies Journal.
Hazel is also launching PassionScape, a monthly column published online by EDC Creations and the Sankofa Literary Society. PassionScape seeks to explore all things relating to the genre of erotic romance including thought provoking essays, informative articles and intimate interviews with some of today's hottest authors.
Her debut erotic anthology, Bare Necessities: Sensuous Tales of Passion, is now available. Please visit the author's website for more details on her other books: http://www.hazelmillsstories.com You may also register to win $100.00!
So, how did you like the interview? Tell us below. Share your most Sensuous Tales of Passion!
Would you like an Intimate Conversation with Ella? Then let's do lunch! Email Ella to request your author interview today. Email: ellacurry@edc-creations.com
