Archive for July, 2007

Overcoming Writers Block by George Brandt

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Does writers block stopped you from being a thriving article author? Well to be honest every article writer has had to overcome writers block. For reasons ranging from what do I write about, to those kids are just too noisy. Anything that distracts you and causes you to quit is writers block.
In this brief summary [...]

Black Writers’ Guild of America – Call for Memberships

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

What: Black Writers Guild of America Membership Meeting
When: Saturday, August 11, 2:00 PM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Event Description: What is an organization without its membership? Pretty much nothing.
Starting August 2007 we will conduct 2 hour membership meetings around the tri-state area starting in Harlem first at Sisters Uptown [...]

Thank You Sister’s Uptown Bookstore!

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

A big “Thank You!” to Janifer Wilson, owner of Sister’s Uptown Bookstore in Harlem for hosting the Black Writers’ Guild of America’ Self-Publishing Seminar.
Today, Sister’s Uptown Bookstore has become a positive staple of our community, a place where members can come and receive their daily dose of literary nourishment, love and encouragement. Sister’s Uptown is [...]

Romance Slam Jam Conference!

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Romance Slam Jam 2008
12th Annual National Conference
April 30, 2008 – May 4, 2008
Chicago, IL
Greetings from the Chi-Town RAWSISTAZ and your Romance Slam Jam 2008 host authors Ann Clay, Dyanne Davis, Barbara Keaton, Deatri King-Bey, and Lisa G. Riley! We have TONS of fun planned and can [...]

Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories Contest

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

For the last 5 years, Cheerios has teamed up with parents and families to encourage reading with “Spoonfuls of Stories®,” distributing more than 25 million books in boxes of Cheerios and donating more than $2 million to First Book®, an international children’s literacy organization.
This summer we’d like to encourage aspiring children’s book [...]

Cup of Comfort calls for Submissions

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

A Cup of Comfort for Breast Cancer Survivors
It has been said that “stories are medicine” and that “one of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is to share our stories.” This volume gives the healing power of story to women (and men) who have survived breast cancer, enabling them [...]

HARLEM BOOK FAIR!

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

The 9th annual Harlem Book Fair will be held on Saturday, July 21, from 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on West 135th Street from 5th to 7th Avenues. Publishers, writers, literacy vendors will exhibit and author panel discussions will be televised by C-Span’s Book TV.
Opening the book fair’s festivities will be the Wheatley Book Award [...]

How to Self-Publish A Book in 90 days!

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

The Black Writers’ Guild of America will have an Unpublished Writers Luncheon meeting at Sister’s Uptown Bookstore. If you’re a writer who has not been published, this meeting is for you. Maybe it’s writers block or just simply procrastination. Why haven’t you finished your 1st draft yet? I honestly believe there is a book inside [...]

Author Quote

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

“I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, “To hell with you.””
Saul Bellow (Canadian born American Novelist, 1915-2005)

Why Anyone Can Write A Book by Bob Burnham

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Ask anyone that you meet if they’ve ever had an idea to write a book and I bet that 99% of the time their eyes light up and they say ‘Yes.’

Everyone has numerous wonderful book ideas. My experience and conversations with thousands of people tell me that this is true. The difference between those [...]