August 18, 2011
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Lorna Clarke Osunsanmi aka Lorna O. is not your average love coach. She is a life changer with an uncanny knack for vividly identifying self-help strategies. Her witty yet practical style underscores a nurturing demeanor that is a gateway way to big advice. A film and television host and producer of her own show “Yin N Yang” in Hollywood, Lorna O. graduated magna cum laude from Texas Woman’s University. The native Christiansted, St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands is the byproduct of parents who have sustained a 40-year marriage. With two older and younger siblings in 20 and 10-year marriages, respectively, Lorna has seen and heard the gamut of ups and downs in both relationships and marriages. The happily married advice diva continues to live bold daily and has plans for a series of additional inspirational books. Be BOLD and uncover Lorna O’s guidance at http://www.lornaonline.com and http://www.mylobsterforlife.blogspot.com.
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Becoming Bold unleashes a straightforward guide for delving deep and mining one’s inner audaciousness. With the goal of unmasking and releasing latent deterrents to success, “Becoming BOLD” serves as the definitive guide to self-actualization and transformation. By going for the gusto, we set the pace for achieving ideal love and life.
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(1) Among the many volumes of self-help, self-improvement, and self-sustaining that
weigh heavy on the store shelves, what makes Becoming Bold stand out?
The Orange Lady! Most people love the cover and people have told me how compelling it is. It encapsulates how they feel either as a person stuck in the row or the Orange Lady breaking out of the mold to become the person they want to be. Personally, I am inspired by the Orange Lady!
(2) What were your inspirations in writing it? What is the message that you want to
impart to your readers?
I always wanted to be writer growing up. I wrote articles for my school newspaper, I wrote poems, and short stories, but I got serious about having a career as a writer after college. It then decided to pursue a career as a television film writer and ended up working as as Assistant to Executives on a variety of popular shows and on the movie “Get Him To The Greek”. My career expanded early on as a talk show host/producer and with each episode I researched for Yin N Yang, I came up with more and more ideas about how to help people have healthier relationships and fuller lives with themselves and others. I drew from my own journey and my own struggles on how to achieve success, and knew if I was having to become a stronger, bolder person and overcome challenges, that others were going through the same thing. I wanted to tell people that they could change. I wanted to share what I discovered: that with a little bit of courage, fearlessness, your entire life could change for the better. Mine’s did! This is where the idea for Becoming Bold was sparked.
(3) What does “mining one’s inner audaciousness” mean?
Audacious means invulnerable to fear or intimidation, which is essentially being bold! Boldness also includes being direct, clear and honest even in the face of opposition. But I believe everyone has a level of boldness and audaciousness inside of them except the fire burned out. The switch was turned off. Fortunately, that switch is still there. It exists! The ability to be bold, audacious is possible, it’s just deep inside of us. It calls for us to make choices and moves that ignite those bold fires so we can turn that switch back on. When we do we’ll our life will change for the better. I love the quote that I use in the book because it so true and encompasses the ideas in Becoming Bold: “Courage [Boldness] is the greatest of all virtues. Because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.” (Samuel Johnson, Novelist, Poet)
(4) What are you doing to promote Becoming Bold?
I’ve been doing radio interviews across the U.S. I’ve also been sited in news articles. I was featured on Tom Joyner’s Black America Web.Com with Erica Taylor; and I’ll be a part of the Author’s Circle at the Tom Joyner Family Reunion in Orlando, Florida next month. With my own dating and relationship talk show, Yin N Yang, I’m able to promote my book and discuss different ideas that I talk about in Becoming Bold. I’m also planning a book tour. Basically, I’m promoting my book in every way possible!
(5) What has been the response like to Becoming Bold?
The response has been fantastic! A friend told me that just by looking at the cover she felt stronger. She made a “bold” decision that she was vacillating on that ended up saving her $3000.00 dollars and she was motivated by the cover of Becoming Bold. Stories like that are what I’ve been hearing. It’s truly a blessing to be a blessing to others. It makes every second I spent writing the book worth it!
June 19, 2011
Pretty Tony offers an urban perspective to the age-old quest of men trying to understand women by first examining themselves with honesty. His first two novels, “Playaology” and “Playa Step Your Game Up” sent ripples throughout the community as his ‘keep it real’ street logic laid it bare. With “Who is she & What is she to you?,” Pretty Tony emerges as a seasoned street master decoding ultimate truths, bring hip hop flavor to the never ending questions men really have about women. He lends great insight from the mindset of a self professed “womanizer” with a perspective that is still relevant to everyday relationships.
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(1) Tell us about the “who” in “Who is she & What is she to you?” Who is your book written for?
THE WHO IS OF COURSE WOMEN, IN GENERAL AND THE BOOK IS PRIMARILY AIMED AT MY BROTHERS OUT THERE IN THE WORLD.
(2) If you were to break down the book, is there a philosophy or a key insights that are shared?
THE BOOK IS BASED ON THE ‘PLAYAOLOGY’ PHILOSOPHY THAT PROMOTES A WAY OF LIFE THAT IS BASED ON COMMON SENSE AND CONSCIOUS THINKING TO ENABLE A GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
(3) Why do so many relationships seem to need “counseling”?
BECAUSE MOST OF US DON’T TAKE ENOUGH TIME TO DEAL WITH THE MAN/WOMAN IN THE MIRROR AND ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE’VE HAD OVER OUR LIFETIME, THEN WE GET INTO RELATIONSHIPS AND NOW WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH MORE ISSUES FROM OUR PARTNERS, AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IS TOO BUSY FRONTING.
(4) Are men missing something in being able to be involved in a relationship?
THATS A GOOD QUESTION THAT COULD HAVE SO MANY ANSWERS BUT I’LL ROLL WITH THIS, MOST MEN ARE EMOTIONALLY DETACHED AND HAVE A ”BETTER THEM THAN ME ” MENTALITY, SO WE NEVER TRULY PARTAKE IN FORMING THE BONDS OF LOVE NEEDED TO TRULY LET A RELATIONSHIP BLOSSOM, BEING IN THE STREETS, POPULAR CULTURE AND SINGLE PARENT HOMES HAVE HAD QUITE AN EFFECT ON US, AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WE’VE LOST THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, WHEN IT COMES TO BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP OR EVEN LOOKING FOR WHAT WE WANT FROM OUR PARTNERS.
(5) What has been the feedback like for “Who is she & What is she to you”?
THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN POSITIVE BECAUSE THE BOOK IS SO REAL AND COMES ACROSS WITH RAW HONESTY, SO THAT ANYONE THAT READS IT CAN FEEL WHERE I’M COMING FROM AND THE FACT THAT ITS COMIN FROM A GENUINE PLAYA MAKES IT ALL THE MORE INTERESTING.
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May 26, 2011
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by Ondrea L. Davis & J’son M. Lee
Love between a man and a woman remains a mystery to many of us. The differences between the sexes will perplex our minds until the end of time. Love is parallel to none when it comes down to the impact that it has on our lives. For adolescents, it can change the course of emotions and academic performance. For adults, it can add purpose and fulfillment to our daily lives. For seniors, it can bring a warm feeling of comfort that embodies the ideal of twilight years.
How could my husband be GAY? is an autobiographical look into the life of Ondrea L. Davis. On the outside, Ondrea’s life is nothing short of a fairy tale. She has a dream home, the perfect husband and three beautiful children. Ondrea soon discovers that her husband, Marceous King, is not the man she thought she married. Exhausting all efforts to salvage her marriage, Ondrea finds herself in the fight of her life. In the process, she uncovers a highly sophisticated web of deception and shocking secrets. Marceous will stop at nothing to keep Ondrea from exposing the truth and derailing his plan – even if it means destroying her in the process.
Listen to Ondrea’s voice and hear her thoughts as scripted by J’son’s pen. Feel her pain as she struggles even until this very day. This painful experience is riddled further by a diverse conglomeration of talent: the mastermind behind such a powerful novel – a married family man, a single mother of three beautiful children and an urban gay professional. This team birthed a poignant, true tale of pain, distrust and at times fervent passion. This work is a testament of what life really is about – LOVE without boundaries.
Have you ever ignored any red flags regarding your mate? How could my husband be GAY? may cause you to never make that mistake again.
You can purchase your copy today at www.foresight-publishing.com. For the ebook format, visit Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Available May 12, 2011 as a Kindle Edition
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Author Foresight Publishing
January 20, 2011
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Black Passenger Yellow Cabs: Of Exile and Excess in Japan
by Stefhen F.D. Bryan
Kimama Press
Available August 29, 2008 as Kindle Edition
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Black Passenger, Yellow Cabs: A Memoir Of Exile and Excess In Japan, provides a gritty, explicit rendering of a life ravaged by sexual addiction in a land little known for such wanton exploits. Born in the Caribbean, Stefhen F.D. Bryan describes in frank detail an abusive childhood from which he emerged with an obsessive lust that would plague him for nearly 40 years.
Bryan immigrated to Japan solely to indulge his extreme fixation on East and Southeast Asian women. But rather than merely penning a series of sexual conquests, he interweaves his story with extensive research on the sociology and psychology of women in modern-day Japan, exploring the societal norms that made them easy prey to the sexual deviance he could not control.
The memoir describes Bryan’s carnal adventures through a cultural lens that touches on interracial relationships, promiscuity, patriarchy and abortion. Included is sex research that one reviewer asserts “would make Kinsey proud.”
From the dirty streets of a Jamaica that tourists never see to a pastoral Japan, Bryan takes the reader on an eye-opening journey of discovery.
September 6, 2010
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Welcome to the unpredictable world of Washington D.C.’s Sojourner Truth Regional Library where the psychiatric hospital and homeless shelters drop off clients every day. Driven by addictions, obsessions and temptations of all kinds, library staff and patrons alike fill each workday with its share of scandal and drama. Anthony Broadnax, an impulsive young crack-addicted circulation desk technician, is accused of assault and theft at a smaller branch. He must report to Sojourner Truth while his case is being investigated. Assistant regional library manager, Jackie Ramsey, declares all-out war against her underhanded and ambitious rival, Brian Cole. Brian, however, is trapped in a web spun by his irresistible attraction to Jackie’s best friend.
Ursula Swann is an industrious, straight-laced reference librarian who is wearing herself out trying to keep order in a branch spiraling out of control. Will she succeed in saving Sojourner Truth Regional, or will her own secret Dewey demons drive her mad? Check out this fresh urban library adventure that you will never forget!
Published by Xlibris Press Orders@Xlibris.com
ISBN Softcover 978-1-4535-5522-4
ISBN Ebook: 978-1-4535-5523-1
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Author Joyce Fay Fletcher
