New African American Books: New African American Authors
August 14, 2011
Press Release — Book Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (August 12, 2011)
Eclectic Life Books Exhibiting at the Los Angeles Black Book Exposition Saturday, August 20, 2011
Los Angeles, CA– Author Cherise Charleswell, President of Eclectic Life Books will be exhibiting at the annual Los Angeles Black Book Expo. Ms. Charleswell will be there to debut her book, Real Talk TIPS: Laugh-Out-Loud Pointers & Suggestions For The Morally Challenged, Socially Inept, & The People Who Love Them.
The Los Angeles Black Book Expo is being held on Saturday August 20, 2011 from 10AM to 6PM, inside the Los Angeles Convention Center #403. The LA Convention Center is located at 1201 S. Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015.
The book, just published in May 2011, is a non-traditional, sassy, tongue-in-cheek, and painfully honest self help guide and workbook for the morally challenged and socially inept members of society; as well as those who want to improve on their quality of life. The Adinkra image that graces the book’s cover is called “Mate masie” and it loosely translates to “What I hear, I keep”. The book draws on my experience as a West Indian child, where wisdom was often imparted as a series of “old time” sayings, tips, and proverbs; leaving one to interpret the true meaning and come to their own conclusion and understanding.
The book has always garnered the following praises and reviews:
“Cherise Charleswell is a fresh and funny young voice with wisdom for the ages. The author takes aim at the morally challenged, the socially inept and everyone else and skewers them to hilarious new heights. Highly recommend. ”
Robyn McGee
Author and Educator at California State University Dominguez Hills
“Bug in your ear wisdom, you have lint in your hair or you missed a
button. A good read intent on being more cautious of our attitudes
behavior and Appearence. Whimsical light hearted Examanation
of pop culture from a concerned sister prospective. Real Talk Tips
Is full of timeless tips, Critiques, and Compliments. Noteworthy
Thoughtful solutions , tuff love with a hug. Its Funny Bitterly
Honest The way family is. A must read for all ages that actually
builds self esteem and self worth.”
Yawo Watts
Writer, Poet, Spoken Word Artist
CONTACT:
Contact Person: Cherise Charleswell
Company Name: Eclectic Life
Voice Phone# 818-521-8422
Email Address: eclecticlifediva@yahoo.com
Website: www.createspace.com/3550362
August 14, 2011
August 12, 2011 – For Immediate Release
Real Talk TIPS: Laugh-Out-Loud Pointers & Suggestions For The Morally Challenged, Socially Inept, & The People Who Love Them.
“Who Are The Morally Challenged?”
Los Angeles, CA–They walk among us, are related to us, and may be that reflection that one views in the mirror. Moving about in ill-fitting clothing, wearing questionable hairstyles, and consistently making poor decisions in life. They are the morally-challenged, and they are often ignorant of their predicament.
Author Cherise Charleswell uses biting wit and a great sense of humor to identify and mentor these individuals. She discusses her motivation for writing this book,
“I began this book after posting a series of daily words of wisdom, or TIPS as they became known on a social networking site. These TIPS were based on daily interactions, observations, and self reflection.”
Real Talk TIPS, just released in May 2011, is a non-traditional, sassy, and painfully honest self help guide and work book for the morally-challenged and socially inept members of society; as well as those who want to improve on their quality of life. The book draws on the author’s experience as a West Indian child, where wisdom was often imparted as a series of “old time” sayings, tips, and proverbs; leaving one to interpret the true meaning and come to their own conclusion and understanding.
Real Talk TIPS: Laugh-Out-Loud Pointers & Suggestions For The Morally Challenged, Socially Inept, & The People Who Love Them offers readers a chance to Laugh-Out-Loud at the witty social commentary, as well as motivate them to conduct a honest self evaluation. The book is published through Amazon Publishing, and is available for purchase at:
Direct from the author at: www.createspace.com/3550362
Amazon.com
Barnes & Nobles
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cherise Charleswell is a poet, author, accessories designer, and President of Eclectic Life Books. Contact Cherise at eclecticlifediva@yahoo.com or 818-521-8422.
CONTACT:
Contact Person: Cherise Charleswell
Company Name: Eclectic Life
Voice Phone# 818-521-8422
Email Address: eclecticlifediva@yahoo.com
Website: www.createspace.com/3550362
July 14, 2011
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The Kid With The Cubed Fro is the new all age comic book series from Graffiti On The Sun.
The Series follows the adventures of a young super genius African American boy that everyone calls the kid with the cubed fro, due to his square shaped afro. A kid that due to his high IQ causes him to often be at the epicenter of the weirdness of the world, everything from aliens invasion, monsters, bullies, secret government programs, quantum physics mishaps and that’s just a few of the things that the kid most use his smarts to deal with.
“In some ways this series is an oxymoron.” Says Martin Jackson the creator of The Kid With Cubed Fro. “On one hand even though kid genius characters are nothing new we haven’t seen many of Kid with the Cubed Fro’s background or personality in the media at least not as the lead and so that something fresh and new. But on the other hand the series somewhat a throw back to old comics. Not in the retro sense of just trying to copy the surface style of things in the past but the series has a similar energy and feel and gives the reader something they won’t find much in the modern comic market.”
The Kid With the Cubed Fro is on sale now in .99¢ eBook format at Amazon.com
See also
http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5643.
For more information please visited the Graffiti On The Sun website http://graffiti-on-the-sun.blogspot.com.
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July 14, 2011
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The African American community has experienced some improvement in recent years, however, there is much improvement needed. In addition to the work that other philanthropists are doing on behalf of African Americans, Adimu Mazwi, from Washington, D.C., tosses his novella into the cauldron. A labor of love, Mazwi hopes African Americans everywhere will be refreshed and enlightened with his first project.
Mazwi uses the platform of fiction to address major issues that affect African Americans in his first published work, Muddy No Longer.
Muddy No Longer is an unconventionally told, rough-around-the-edges, fictional novella about a former professor who becomes a high school teacher in an attempt to “save” the African American male students. He designs a class solely for their development and begins picking apart the indoctrination of the African American culture. While the professor, Haruni Nguimgo, touches on matters like professionalism, keeping our neighborhoods clean and loving our African features, the story makes the reader aware of the private struggles Haruni deals with. Muddy No Longer also spotlights one of Haruni’s students, Jerald Longfield, and reveals how hard work can pay off in the end.
Adimu Mazwi (pronounced AH-dee-moo MAHZ-wee) is a native of and currently resides in the D.C.-Metropolitan area. He self-published his first book entitled Muddy No Longer in June of 2011. He will be releasing a poetry book soon entitled My Heart Cracked Open and It Bled.
Visit my personal blog to taste a sample of my writing: http://perspectivedifferent.wordpress.com
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April 23, 2011
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Heart Stealer is a sexy, heartwarming novel of an unlikely duo as they navigate love, acceptance, and redemption. Movie star Randall Rowe returns home to repair his distant relationship with his father, but starts seeing stubborn Kayla Denton as an alluring woman with whom he can be himself.
Reluctant to decorate Randall’s house, one-time runaway Kayla is determined to keep her guard up with the charmer, despite her lingering crush, after being abandoned already by one man in her life. As she realizes underneath Randall’s bad reputation lies more than she could have imagined, keeping her distance becomes impossible. But can she ever trust the connection they share when faced with Hollywood and soul-crippling heartbreak?
Available: April 22, 2011 in Paperback and Kindle
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April 22, 2011
The 5th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair in Los Angeles is scheduled for Saturday, June 25th, from 10am to 6pm.
As in our previous festivals, the Book Fair will attract a large number of visitors to the Leimert Park Village for an entertaining day of readings, poetry, and musical entertainment. The centerpiece will be the Authors Tent where we will gather our community of authors to share and sell their works to the public.
The 2011 line-up for the Leimert Park Book Fair of authors, panel discussions, and entertainment promises to be the BEST year ever.
April 17, 2011
This is an easy to follow cookbook with the whole family in mind. Many recipes are from different countries and have become crowd pleasers. Mothers and Fathers may want to try out some recipes with their children to introduce them to the wonderful world of cooking!
A fast selling mother and daughter cookbook filled with wonderful recipes. A book that is filled with scratch family home cooked creations like: Jerk Chicken, “Millennium Potato Salad,” Shrimp Fried Rice, Seafood Lasagna, Spaghetti & meat, and Stuffed Cabbage, just to name a few that will make you want to smack your lips
April 14, 2011
2011 AAMBC Awards COMING soon
Catering to the independent writer and artist the annual AAMBC Literary Awards is set to announce the official winners at the 1st annual Baltimore Urban Book Festival on April 10, 2011 at the The Fredrick Douglass-Issac Myers Maritime Park Museum. For the third year African Americans on the Move Book Club will honor those who made an impact in the industry with new categories such as Reader’s Choice and Honoree categories such as Awarding of the Indie Writer Sponsorship Award, Literary Legend Award Honoree, and Urban Fiction Book of the Year Honoree. With the same goal in mind of exposing prominent independent writers, there is no other award like AAMBC.
With a new development of the AAMBC awards committee who will take it upon themselves to select the honorees this year’s Award Ceremony is destined to take it to an all new greater heights.
And the nominees are…
AAMBC Author of the Year
Larry Wilson
Desirae Day
Marian L. Thomas
Rahiem Brooks
China Ball
Breakout Author of the Year
Kai
Rahiem Brooks
Karla Brady
Traci Bee
VJ Gotastory
Indie Book Store of the Year
Zahra’s Book Store
Novel Tees
Horizon Books
Urban Knowledge Book Store
Literary Joint
Book Club of the Year
OOSA
Rawsistaz
Chicago Reading Circle
BMORE Readers
Distinct Ladies
Magazine of the Year
Alive
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Ebony
Essence
Today’s Black Women
Publicist of the Year
Dawn Hardy
Tyora Moody
Pam Perry
Marlene Harris
Indie Publisher of the Year
Melodrama
Cartel Publications
Synergy Publications
Triple Crown Publications
Strebor Books
Street Lit Writer of the Year
K’wan
Wahida Clark
T Styles
KD Harris
Miasha
Reviewer of the Year
Rhea Banks
Urban Book Source
Joey Pinkney
Rawsistaz
Jennifer Cossiore
Poet of the Year
Marc Lacey
Samara King
Charlene Green
GPA
Male Author of the Year
JM Benjamin
Carl Weber
Gregg Burton
Moses Miller
Brian W. Smith
Romance Author of the Year
Trice Hickman
NTyse
Sheila Goss
Suzetta Perkins
Zuri Day
Female Author of the Year
Reshonda Tate Billingsley
Tu-shonda Whitaker
Karla Brady
Monique Mensah
Lutisha Lovely
Readers Choice
Shelia Lipsey
Yasim Harrison
Lutisha Lovely
April Bowden & Jeanie Bell
Isiah Hurst
Cherie Johnson
April 14, 2011
To give exposure to African-American authors and writers, increase their book sales, motivate, and develop aspiring new writers and authors.
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WHEN:
Saturday, April 16, 2011 – 9:00am to 4:00pm
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WHERE:
Carson Community Center
801 E. Carson Street
Carson, California 90746
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ACTIVITIES:
Seminars and Workshops
Exhibit Booths
Poetry Jam Competition
Let the Elders Speak Forum
Children’s Writing Contest
Children Writers’ Competition Showcase
April 2, 2011
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Being the eldest of three children, Kim assumed several responsibilities after her father’s death without any complaints. However, problems started to plague the family when Myra entered the picture. The daughter of the family’s house tenant, Myra was into drinking and cutting classes. It was not long before the Washington’s realized that Myra was a bad influence on Kim. It was through her that Kim became exposed to boys, drugs and sex – vices which eventually destroyed her. Kim realized that much of her problems were caused from living at home so she left. How will things turn out for Kim after leaving? Life, Will It Take Me Under is a painful journey of a woman as she searches for the right path and a family’s fight to bring back the peace in their home.
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Available March 24, 2010 in Paperback
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