Once, when I was as empty as a pocket, I spent and entire winter wearing a pair of sneakers with holes in the soles. I tried my best to fight back the biting cold, snow and ice of the NYC streets, with heavy socks and slabs of cardboard. Years, later when I shared this information with my mother, she stared at me wide-eyed with astonishment and asked, 'Why in the world didn't you tell me?"
I had no answer for her.
The reality was, I was a grown woman with a child of my own - who was I to ask my MOTHER to buy me a pair of sneakers? Her time for doing for me was over. I was the one who was supposed to be doing for her.
That winter, my silence levied a terrible price on my health and bedded me twice with the flu.
Ten years ago my silence may have cost me potentially thousands of sales and a spot on the NYT Bestsellers List.
Well, it's a decade later and I'm a wiser, thicker-skinned, not-so-shy - author. Ten years ago I placed all of my faith and belief in the MACHINE and not in the hands of the ones with the REAL power - YOU.
AS of today the torch has been passed.
I need your help to make Jan 9th 2010 amazing, wondrous and above all HISTORICAL!
Purchase your copy of SUGAR today and become a part of history.
Take a photo of yourself purchasing your copy or SUGAR at your local bookstore and I will post it here on the blog. Send photos to: bernicemcfadden.com
Biggups to Gerald Moore of Charleston, SC - who is doing his part to make SUGAR's 10th Anniversary - HISTORICAL! -- THANK YOU GERALD!
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Yes, do speak up woman! Write me. We need to talk how we're going to celebrate the anniversary in February. I have another request for you, too so write me asap, cora_litgroup@yahoo.com
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