Vote For Your Favorite Author

Posted on September 4, 2008
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The African American Literary Awards Show is an entertainment event production and marketing company with a focus on writers and authors. This year’s show will be held on September 25, 2008 in New York, NY.

AALAS produces an annual Literary Awards show to recognize, honor, celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements and contributions that African-American authors and writers make to the publishing, arts and entertainment industries. Yvette Hayward, CEO & Founder of AALAS and is the president of Y. Hayward Inc, a public relations company that has been a powerful resource in the literary field for over seven (7) years.

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African-American Market Comes of Age

Posted on September 4, 2008
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Angie Kiesling of Publishers Weekly writes an encouraging article.

A rising crop of new authors

Within religion publishing, it’s hard to miss the surge in growth over the last several years of the African-American market. Industry professionals of all stripes-agents, authors, editors, PR gurus-will tell you the market demand is there, the desire to reach the market is there, and strong sales records of heavy-hitting backlist authors and new literary voices promise to keep demand high. But if ever a market required targeting the right way or finding the heart and soul of its people and communities, it’s this one.

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SNEAK PEEK | The Making of Isaac Hunt

Posted on September 1, 2008
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Linda Leigh Hargrove’s latest title, Loving Cee Cee Johnson, will be released this month. Written Voices will post an interview will Linda in the next few weeks. Check out this excerpt from her first book release, The Making of Isaac Hunt.

Prologue

On an ordinary afternoon in late October I discovered the truth about me. Like fire, that single truth stirred a hunger and created a hurt, but in the end it opened the door to a wholeness beyond my wildest dreams. All in all, I don’t regret embracing that truth. I only regret the time I wasted in running from the freedom that came with it.

I was planning to drive to Richmond that Sunday afternoon a few hours ahead of my parents. I told them I wanted to visit old school friends before our Sunday visit to the rest home where granddaddy stayed.

Romance Slam Jam Celebrates 15 Years with a Celebration Cruise

Posted on August 28, 2008
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The Romance Slam Jam Conference will celebrate its 15th Anniversary with a Celebration Cruise

With the theme, Back to the Future, participants can plan to depart from Miami, Florida , Saturday, April 10, 2010 and embark on a five day Carnival Cruise voyage. Featured authors include Andrea Jackson, Angela Benson, Beverly Jenkins, Chrystal Rhodes, and Rochelle Alers, just to name a few. For more details, visit the Web site.

The Secret Life Of Bees Opens in Theaters October 17th

Posted on August 22, 2008
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The Secret Life Of Bees, based on the New York Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in 1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Hilarie Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Paul Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother’s past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo and Alicia Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.