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April 21, 2020

African American Images on Book Cover Premades!

If you’ve been following this blog for the past five years you know one of my biggest complaints has been the lack of African American/Black themed premade book covers. And guess what? I found a few! Beetiful Book Covers “Launched in 2013 by Stefanie Fontecha, Beetiful Book Covers offers African American premade book covers.” Cover… Continue reading

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March 6, 2020

Stella: Between Slavery and Freedom (Preorder Book One)

Stella is a work of Historical Fiction and is distinctive in its focus on one woman’s road to self-discovery, against the backdrop of the African American fight for justice, racial equality, and freedom. The 3-Part series focuses on the history of one family in their struggle for racial identity. We discover in this Trilogy how… Continue reading

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February 24, 2020

Revising The Stella Trilogy: A Behind the Scenes Look

Tomorrow will mark five years since I released the first book in The Stella Trilogy. Wowzers! I am celebrating by introducing the new cover to book one and two. If you haven’t heard, I removed the books from amazon for some much needed polish and am re-publishing them. To learn why check out the blog… Continue reading

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January 9, 2020

Caution: Careful Not to Share Black History Memes with False Information

I am reposting this because February is approaching and we will see a lot of false information attached to Black History memes, same as always. According to a famous Facebook post, King was not killed during an April 4, 1968, assassination attempt, but survived that shooting and was later “smothered by someone in the hospital.”… Continue reading

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November 1, 2019

Black History Fun Fact Friday: “In Africa they Didn’t Teach about the Period of Enslavement of Our People.”

I thought this quote was an interesting and thought provoking one to share considering the crisis going on today. What Crisis? The one where schools are trying to remove Black History Courses from their Curriculum. The one where today’s kids only know about Slavery and the Civil Rights Movement. The one where the only Historical… Continue reading

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October 21, 2019

The Inspiration of Alex Haley’s Roots

It took Alex Haley 12 years to finish Roots: The Saga of an American Family, known widely as simply, Roots. The book shot straight to the top of the bestseller charts, and the twelve-hour mini-series (Jan. 1977) was watched by 130 million people. They translated the book into 37 languages; it won a Pulitzer Prize and National… Continue reading

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September 13, 2019

Even Salt looks like Sugar Audiobook

I have been MIA on social media lately and I’ll return to my regular blogging soon. In the meantime, the Even Salt Looks Like Sugar is available now in audiobook. If you are a first time audible user this book is free with the 30 day trial. 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 >>Click here to order the Audiobook<< Not… Continue reading

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