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Diane, oh . . . I said that already.
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Author, Reader, Publisher and occasional Editor
- Do You Have A Website?
- Yep - Several.
http://www.22ndCenturyPress.com
www.blackauthorshowcase.com
www.blackauthors.ning.com
www.ajoyfulspirit.com
www.yourvirtualspa.net
- About Me:
- Writer, Coach, Consultant, Publisher, Trainer
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://blackprimetime.blogspot.com/
- Favorite Books:
- Too many to mention. I have at least one favorite book for every year of my life - starting with Seuss, Carroll, and Dumas.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Karibu - now gone. Sisterspace & Books . . . also gone.
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A Buck For Books For Kenya
This drive kicks off our goal to raise $10,000 in the next year for the White Cots School Centre in Kenya and to supply them with all types of books - fiction and non-fiction, especially text books. Each book costs 40 cents to send to Africa. It costs us 40 cents per book to ship them to the Minnesota BFA warehouse. That's why we ask for a minimum donation of $1.00.
Help us spread literacy, knowledge and to end poverty throughout the world.
If you are in the Washington, D.C. area, please drop off a "Book and a Buck" at the Black Author Showcase Holiday Book Fair on December 13th, 2008, 10 am to 5 pm at the Show Place Arena, Upper Marlboro, MD.
http://www.basbookfair.com
Thank you from all of the literary lovers at the Black Author Showcase.Can't attend the book drive? Help our efforts by donating as little as $1.00.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TODAY!
Have you posted your books on the Black Author Showcase site yet? It's a great place to share your info and meet authors and readers. Check it out:
Visit Black Author Showcase Click here to join our free authors community: Black Author Showcase, and promote your new works for free, get advice from other authors, and join in the conversation.
22nd Century Press
of traditional small independent press publishing with the new wave in print on demand.
22nd Century Press is a small, independent publishing company that specializes in bringing great reads by African Americans and others to light. We:
Send manuscripts to:
submissions@22ndCenturyPress.com (electronically in Word .doc form)
or send CD's or copies to:
22nd Century Press
12138 Central Avenue
Suite 223
Mitchellville, MD 20721-1932
This drive kicks off our goal to raise $10,000 in the next year for the White Cots School Centre in Kenya and to supply them with all types of books - fiction and non-fiction, especially text books. Each book costs 40 cents to send to Africa. It costs us 40 cents per book to ship them to the Minnesota BFA warehouse. That's why we ask for a minimum donation of $1.00.
Help us spread literacy, knowledge and to end poverty throughout the world.
If you are in the Washington, D.C. area, please drop off a "Book and a Buck" at the Black Author Showcase Holiday Book Fair on December 13th, 2008, 10 am to 5 pm at the Show Place Arena, Upper Marlboro, MD.
http://www.basbookfair.com
Thank you from all of the literary lovers at the Black Author Showcase.Can't attend the book drive? Help our efforts by donating as little as $1.00.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TODAY!
Have you posted your books on the Black Author Showcase site yet? It's a great place to share your info and meet authors and readers. Check it out:
Visit Black Author Showcase Click here to join our free authors community: Black Author Showcase, and promote your new works for free, get advice from other authors, and join in the conversation.
22nd Century Press
of traditional small independent press publishing with the new wave in print on demand.
22nd Century Press is a small, independent publishing company that specializes in bringing great reads by African Americans and others to light. We:
- Pay royalties
- Choose our projects
- Provide professional editing, layout, and book cover illustration
- Do not release a book until it looks & is the best
- Provide professional publishing consulting and coaching
- type="square">Provide marketing plans and venues
- Work with authors who are serious about selling a minimum of 5 - 10,000 books
- Don't play silly vanity press games.
Send manuscripts to:
submissions@22ndCenturyPress.com (electronically in Word .doc form)
or send CD's or copies to:
22nd Century Press
12138 Central Avenue
Suite 223
Mitchellville, MD 20721-1932
Diane's Blog
Gearing Up for the BEA
This is our first year as participants in Book Expo America - the premier event for the North American publishing ind… Continue
Posted on April 21, 2009 at 1:27pm —
22nd Century Press & Black Author Showcase Get Publishers Weekly Mention
The article sidebar Issues of Race in SF in this weeks' (April 13th) Publishers Weekly has a quote from BAS founder and 22nd Century Press publisher, Diane Williams.
Writer Rose Fox takes a quick look at two presses who produce speculative fiction for non-white readers and authors.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6651138.html
Writer Rose Fox takes a quick look at two presses who produce speculative fiction for non-white readers and authors.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6651138.html
Posted on April 13, 2009 at 11:43pm —
What Makes A Book Christian?
Can you answer this question? Is a book Christian because it is based on testimony? Can any genre book be Christian just by virtue of its writers' religious preference? Or is a Christian book a specific genre that is developing before our eyes? Can a non Christian write a Christian book?
We have many writers that profess to be Christian book writers. Tell us what that means to you and we will post it on the main page along with having this discussion live on the… Continue
We have many writers that profess to be Christian book writers. Tell us what that means to you and we will post it on the main page along with having this discussion live on the… Continue
Posted on January 31, 2009 at 2:00pm —
A Buck For Books For Kenya
Books For Africa Donation Drive
This drive kicks off our goal to raise $10,000 in the next year for the White Cots School Centre in Kenya and to supply them with all types of books - fiction and non-fiction, especially text books. Each book costs 40 cents to send to Africa… Continue
Posted on November 24, 2008 at 7:00pm —
Fall 2007 Black Author Showcase™ A Standing Room Only Success!
Comments heard last October 19th at the Black Author Showcase at Howard University Continuing Education:
"That was just fantastic!"
"A premium experience"
". . . so upscale"
"We really enjoyed the authors and their presentations . . ."
"The food was excellent!"
(It was) so good – more than I expected."
"Please make sure I'm on your invitation list for the
Posted on December 22, 2007 at 9:04am —
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Slides, Anyone?
I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?
A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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