TaKeshia Brooks, co-author of Life Begins at 30

Dear Community,

Over the past couple of years, I have made many attempts to entice people to buy my work and support and independent writer. So far, my efforts have been futile and as a result I find myself growing deeper in dire straits. I have tried to avoid this route as long as possible, but it seems I have little other recourse. Now I must beg.

I know that people donate to various causes or things that do not directly relate to helping a person’s livelihood. Well, I am not asking for dona… Continue

A few days ago I mentioned I got a rejection that said the protagonist’s name in my suspense novel was too “exotic” for Mary Higgins Clark fans. I asked the question if the person who made this suggestion, whose agency is defunct by the way, thought that black readers did not also read

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I recently got a response to a blog of my mine with a reply that quite frankly I think I here way too often. I almost ignored it because the woman who wrote 1) responded to the wrong blog and 2) is obviously one of those people who actually does not listen to what others say but simply waits for the opportunity to show others how much she knows ( I encounter that a lot). However, I had to addre

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I recently got the chance to see a documentary entitled Street Fight chronicling the mayoral race in Newark, NJ, in 2002. Incumbent Sharpe James faced some serious competition from newcomer councilman Corey Booker. Street Fight follows Booker’s campaign as he attempted to run a dignified respectable campaign.

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Warning: If you are at all offended by adult language and themes, the real or black womanhood, this is not for you.

I Can’t Wait Until I’m Robin Quivers

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