Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Book Love is Color Blind!
Over the past seven months some of ya'll out there may have been sitting back reading my posts about "Seg-Book-Gation" and maybe shaking your heads and twirling your index fingers near your temples while declaring: "That Bernice McFadden has gone and lost her ever-loving mind."
True -- at times my posts may have seemed a bit "rant-ish" in nature - but sometimes you have to scream like a stark, raving lunatic, in order to get your point across.
And guess what? It's working!
For the most part, people don't even realize that they're NOT reading diversely...until its pointed out to them.
The most recent evidence of this comes from the blog: She Started It
"At book club last night, we discussed The Help (which I loved) as well as a blog post by Bernice McFadden, a best-selling African-American author. Here’s her take on The Help:.."
Read the entire entry here
I am so happy that readers are starting to realize, that Book Love is Color Blind!
Happy Friday Ya'll!
Bernice L. McFadden
True -- at times my posts may have seemed a bit "rant-ish" in nature - but sometimes you have to scream like a stark, raving lunatic, in order to get your point across.
And guess what? It's working!
For the most part, people don't even realize that they're NOT reading diversely...until its pointed out to them.
The most recent evidence of this comes from the blog: She Started It
"At book club last night, we discussed The Help (which I loved) as well as a blog post by Bernice McFadden, a best-selling African-American author. Here’s her take on The Help:.."
Read the entire entry here
I am so happy that readers are starting to realize, that Book Love is Color Blind!
Happy Friday Ya'll!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Glorious Thursday!
The National Black Writers Conference is happening (once again) right here in my hometown of Brooklyn, NY! So many wonderful writers of color in one place - I'm loving it. Scheduled to appear Donna Hill, Tayari Jones, Dolen Perkin-Valdez and the esteemed Toni Morrison. Oh yes, I will be there too! *smile* Check it out: TNBWC
Authors, Margaret Johnson Hodge (Red Light, Green Light) and April Sinclair (Coffee Will Make You Black) will be appearing together at the Oakland Public Library (Rockridge Branch) 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, California, on Saturday March 27th @2PM.
Check out Margaret's guest post on Carleen Brice's Blog.
Until next time!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Glorious Monday!
Glorious is an historical fiction novel, which follows the life of fictional, Harlem Renaissance writer, Easter Venetta Bartlett. I had the great joy and even greater honor of being allowed to weave in factual characters who were some of the major players during that important era in American History. Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes are just two of the factual characters.
Back in 2008 while researching Glorious, I stumbled across the 1930 Census and found that Zora and Langston had spent the summer in Westfield, NJ. They were there working on the play Mule Bone - the project would ultimately become the defining end of their friendship.
Over the weekend I finally got the chance to go and see the homes that for a few weeks in the summer of 1930 - housed these great and important American writers.
On the 1930 census form Zora Neale Hurston was a border at 405 West Broad Street in Westfield, New Jersey. The house was owned by Jesse and Frankie Johnson and was worth $7000. Jesse originally from South Carolina is a baggage porter, his wife Frankie a native of Mississippi has no occupation.
Zora is listed as being 28 years of age, born in Florida to parents who were born in Alabama. Her occupation is listed as: Anthropologist.
Other boarders listed are: Walter Williams, Howard Anderson and Charlie and Marjorie Newton.
Langston Hughes was a boarder at 514 Downer Street In Westfield, NJ. The home was owned by James and Fannie Peebles and had an estimated worth of $10,000. James Peebles was a porter clerk at Jerfferson Station, his wife had no occupation.
Langston Hughes is 28 years old and a native of Missouri. His father was born in Indiana and his mother in Kansas. Langston's occupation is listed as: Author.
There are no other boarders listed.
P.S. Please send in your census form!!!
I love you for reading!
xoxo
Friday, March 19, 2010
Glorious has arrived.. (well sorta)
Hey Ya'll!
No one was more surprised than I was when I received an email from Amazon advising that my publisher had changed the release date for my novel Glorious and so I would be receiving my ordered copy...not a few days earlier than expected...but nearly a month and half earlier!
Talk about premature birth!
I was all ready to celebrate on May 1st...I was stunned. I didn't know if it was a hoax. I was afraid to get excited, but then I started receiving emails from friends who had also pre-ordered Glorious who had received the same email..so I figured, it had to be true! My baby had arrived...well sort of.
As of today ( I say as of today because the industry has become as unpredictable as the weather) Glorious is only available through Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com.
The Kindle version is not yet available.
So rattled was I by the news that I only slept three hours last night. I went to sleep at 9PM and was up midnight. And what did I do? I baked a damn apple pie! Don't ridicule me, my hips already did a great job of that.
So Glorious is here (sorta, kinda) and I am really looking forward to hearing your thoughts. I'm very proud of this new novel of mine.
I almost forgot, you can read a sample of Glorious here.
Please spread the word!
xoxo
B
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The fish is the last to acknowledge the existence of water.” - African Proverb
Disclaimer: This is not an attack on the authors of the books that will me mentioned here today, this is an attack on the system that has propelled said books into the literary and cinematic spotlights.
(Clearing throat)
“Until the Lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. - African Proverb
It is not that African-Americans do not have our own historians or writers; it is that these historians and writers are operating within a system where we are not represented in the boardrooms. And the few that are there – sorry to say- have little to no power.
To the wider, whiter reading audience, characters written by Af-Am writers deal with issues that are not relevant to their way of life, even though
African Americans write about varied and universal experiences.
But the confining and stereotypical portraits of African-Americans have largely apprehended the attentions of publishers and movie producers. I.e., The hoodlum, the ghetto rat and the sex-a-holic.
A decade ago Debbie Allen walked my novel, Sugar, into Steven Spielberg’s office and placed it in his hands. Ten years later, Spielberg is bringing Kathryn Stockett’s novel, The Help, to the big screen.
I can spend the rest of my living days asking why her and not me, but that would be a waste of time because it is a well known fact that books written my white women inspire respect – while the equivalent goes ignored.
This goes back to African Proverb about the lion and the hunter.
Now, I love Spielberg’s work and I know that if he had chosen to direct or produce Sugar that the movie would not have been anything short of amazing. So to make myself feel better I will take the stance that he may have found the The Help intriguing – but I’m sure that it made natural sense to bring a book, which sold 1Million copies - to the big screen. The audience is already in place. This of course is called commerce.
Now let me reiterate that I have not read "The Help" - I've only read the glowing reviews written by readers – but the fact still remains that Kathryn was afforded an opportunity that very few Af-Am writers who have cut and created stories from the same fabric were granted. And that was a publicity and marketing machine.
Not unlike many first time authors, I’m sure Kathryn spread the word of her upcoming release amongst family and friends and maybe she even reached out to some local organizations. I did the same for Sugar back in 2000. But the key to her success was not only that she wrote a wonderful and enthralling story, but that the publisher made sure that that story was placed into as many hands as possible BEFORE publication. Black and White hands.
I was not given that opportunity. Sugar was placed in “black” hands – and only black hands.
So here I am a decade later, desperately trying to right a wrong that was done ten years earlier.
A very wise man (whose name is escaping at the moment) once said, “You have to create your audience.” And that’s what I have spent the past six months doing and it’s working.
Writer, Mary Helen Washington said, "There is a wisdom one derives from suffering and disllusionment."
Truer words were never uttered! I will never again leave my career in the sole care of....anybody...publisher, agent or manager.....
Am I mad at publishing and Hollywood for how we are marketed and portrayed? Frustrated would be a better word. Disappointed would be an even better word.
The fact the we Af-Am authors are absent from the end of the year best books lists, or from the short-lists of major literary awards are no coincidence. We Af-Am authors who are active on Twitter – did not even get a mention on the Mashable: 100+ Best Authors Who Twitter.
You would think that we were invisible! Us -- with our brown-hued skins..... LOL
Writing duo Deberry and Grant received calls and emails from readers around the country who could not find a copy of their newest release Uptown and what the authors discovered was there book was only available on order in most “non-urban” bookstore chains.
If that confuses you, let me break it down:
If you are white and live in a predominantly white neighborhood – your Borders or B&N would most likely NOT have the book in stock because it was written by black authors.
Makes you sick to your stomach don’t it?
I sent Sugar and This Bitter Earth off to a publisher in the UK and this is the response I received:
"You are a fantastic writer and these are two very compelling novels which I enjoyed reading very much. But I'm afraid I don't feel confident enough to consider taking these on to publish in the UK as I worry that they don't quite have the wide appeal that THE HELP did."
I asked if she would explain exactly what that meant…I’m still waiting for a response.
Black and White writers need connectedness, a connectedness that would automatically seep down to the reading audiences. I cannot imagine that the wails and shouts of marginalization from the Af-Am writing community have not made it to the ears, doorsteps and emails of Kathryn Stockett and Sue Monk Kidd.
Have either woman reached out to at least one AF-Am author in the spirit of sisterhood or author-hood – taken that author under her wing and introduced them to her readers?? Please let me know if this has happened.
White readers listen up – publishing is picking and choosing what they deem fit for you to read and because of that you are missing out on some wonderful stories. You are being mind-fucked into believing that you would not and could not enjoy a stories written by Af-Am writers – simply because we have different skin tones and so based upon that and that alone - you as the reader would not be able to "relate."
How come this theory was not applied to The Kite Runner or Life of Pi?
I suspect with those stories it wasn’t about relating, it was about discovery, it was about being entertained and educated. It was about being swept up and away by great writing and superb storytelling.
I know what "real" readers want - i know this because I am a "real" reader and so I began reaching out to those voracious bibliophiles (who were not Black) and who devour more books in one month than I do in a year and guess what....they loved Sugar – even those who were resistant to reading it could not deny the affection they developed for the story and the characters.
This of course shattered the aforementioned theory and I soon discovered that the publisher was sending copies of Sugar to white bloggers/book clubs - without my prodding.
What was the ten-year delay? Did they need more than twenty white readers to give it the thumbs up? The seal of approval? Was it commerce?
Here is another African proverb: “The fish is the last to acknowledge the existence of water.”
White readers/bloggers/bookclubs ask the publishers to send you works written by African-American authors and help this country to truly become a post-racial society, one book at a time.
And so I will end todays rant with a quote from the wise woman who gave me life:
“Never let anyone tell you how you should feel, or what it is you should like—you go out and discover it for yourself.”
Bernice L. McFadden
(Clearing throat)
“Until the Lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. - African Proverb
It is not that African-Americans do not have our own historians or writers; it is that these historians and writers are operating within a system where we are not represented in the boardrooms. And the few that are there – sorry to say- have little to no power.
To the wider, whiter reading audience, characters written by Af-Am writers deal with issues that are not relevant to their way of life, even though
African Americans write about varied and universal experiences.
But the confining and stereotypical portraits of African-Americans have largely apprehended the attentions of publishers and movie producers. I.e., The hoodlum, the ghetto rat and the sex-a-holic.
A decade ago Debbie Allen walked my novel, Sugar, into Steven Spielberg’s office and placed it in his hands. Ten years later, Spielberg is bringing Kathryn Stockett’s novel, The Help, to the big screen.
I can spend the rest of my living days asking why her and not me, but that would be a waste of time because it is a well known fact that books written my white women inspire respect – while the equivalent goes ignored.
This goes back to African Proverb about the lion and the hunter.
Now, I love Spielberg’s work and I know that if he had chosen to direct or produce Sugar that the movie would not have been anything short of amazing. So to make myself feel better I will take the stance that he may have found the The Help intriguing – but I’m sure that it made natural sense to bring a book, which sold 1Million copies - to the big screen. The audience is already in place. This of course is called commerce.
Now let me reiterate that I have not read "The Help" - I've only read the glowing reviews written by readers – but the fact still remains that Kathryn was afforded an opportunity that very few Af-Am writers who have cut and created stories from the same fabric were granted. And that was a publicity and marketing machine.
Not unlike many first time authors, I’m sure Kathryn spread the word of her upcoming release amongst family and friends and maybe she even reached out to some local organizations. I did the same for Sugar back in 2000. But the key to her success was not only that she wrote a wonderful and enthralling story, but that the publisher made sure that that story was placed into as many hands as possible BEFORE publication. Black and White hands.
I was not given that opportunity. Sugar was placed in “black” hands – and only black hands.
So here I am a decade later, desperately trying to right a wrong that was done ten years earlier.
A very wise man (whose name is escaping at the moment) once said, “You have to create your audience.” And that’s what I have spent the past six months doing and it’s working.
Writer, Mary Helen Washington said, "There is a wisdom one derives from suffering and disllusionment."
Truer words were never uttered! I will never again leave my career in the sole care of....anybody...publisher, agent or manager.....
Am I mad at publishing and Hollywood for how we are marketed and portrayed? Frustrated would be a better word. Disappointed would be an even better word.
The fact the we Af-Am authors are absent from the end of the year best books lists, or from the short-lists of major literary awards are no coincidence. We Af-Am authors who are active on Twitter – did not even get a mention on the Mashable: 100+ Best Authors Who Twitter.
You would think that we were invisible! Us -- with our brown-hued skins..... LOL
Writing duo Deberry and Grant received calls and emails from readers around the country who could not find a copy of their newest release Uptown and what the authors discovered was there book was only available on order in most “non-urban” bookstore chains.
If that confuses you, let me break it down:
If you are white and live in a predominantly white neighborhood – your Borders or B&N would most likely NOT have the book in stock because it was written by black authors.
Makes you sick to your stomach don’t it?
I sent Sugar and This Bitter Earth off to a publisher in the UK and this is the response I received:
"You are a fantastic writer and these are two very compelling novels which I enjoyed reading very much. But I'm afraid I don't feel confident enough to consider taking these on to publish in the UK as I worry that they don't quite have the wide appeal that THE HELP did."
I asked if she would explain exactly what that meant…I’m still waiting for a response.
Black and White writers need connectedness, a connectedness that would automatically seep down to the reading audiences. I cannot imagine that the wails and shouts of marginalization from the Af-Am writing community have not made it to the ears, doorsteps and emails of Kathryn Stockett and Sue Monk Kidd.
Have either woman reached out to at least one AF-Am author in the spirit of sisterhood or author-hood – taken that author under her wing and introduced them to her readers?? Please let me know if this has happened.
White readers listen up – publishing is picking and choosing what they deem fit for you to read and because of that you are missing out on some wonderful stories. You are being mind-fucked into believing that you would not and could not enjoy a stories written by Af-Am writers – simply because we have different skin tones and so based upon that and that alone - you as the reader would not be able to "relate."
How come this theory was not applied to The Kite Runner or Life of Pi?
I suspect with those stories it wasn’t about relating, it was about discovery, it was about being entertained and educated. It was about being swept up and away by great writing and superb storytelling.
I know what "real" readers want - i know this because I am a "real" reader and so I began reaching out to those voracious bibliophiles (who were not Black) and who devour more books in one month than I do in a year and guess what....they loved Sugar – even those who were resistant to reading it could not deny the affection they developed for the story and the characters.
This of course shattered the aforementioned theory and I soon discovered that the publisher was sending copies of Sugar to white bloggers/book clubs - without my prodding.
What was the ten-year delay? Did they need more than twenty white readers to give it the thumbs up? The seal of approval? Was it commerce?
Here is another African proverb: “The fish is the last to acknowledge the existence of water.”
White readers/bloggers/bookclubs ask the publishers to send you works written by African-American authors and help this country to truly become a post-racial society, one book at a time.
And so I will end todays rant with a quote from the wise woman who gave me life:
“Never let anyone tell you how you should feel, or what it is you should like—you go out and discover it for yourself.”
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Little Book That Could & The Daughter Who is Making Sure That it Does..
Last week I had a conversation with my sister about her daughter, my niece.
Sister: Every time I ask Shania what she wants to be when she grows up, her response is either: Actress, Dancer, Model. Never, Doctor or Lawyer.
Me: Well she is a creative soul.
Sister: That just means that I am going to have to take care of her longer. *sigh*
Me: Yeah, probably.
I did not have parents who were in a position to "take-care" of me beyond 12th grade. Once I graduated high school I was on my own financially and was expected to find a job. College was something they wanted me to do - but it was not a deal breaker as in: Get the hell out of my house if you do not plan on going to college!
I did both....for a while and then I fell in love and then I had a baby and then I fell out of love and then I went back to college..for a while...and then i fell back in love with my very FIRST love..which was writing and you know the rest of that story.
But through it all I supported myself. I made a way where at times there seemed there was no way at all. I remained steadfast in my belief that I was put here for specific purposes one of which was to become an author, the other was to become a mother. I just didn't know that the "mother" purpose would come before the "author" purpose.
No matter, it worked out fine - because if at this age I had a five year old or even a ten year old, I would be seriously "fucked* 'cause there are child labor laws...you know what I mean?
You: Shaking head, looking confused.
Okay let me spell it out: Although my parents did not have to support me even though I was for many years a struggling artist - my child now has too.
Initially, it was not her intention to come home to find a job, (she had built a nice life for herself in NC. She had a car, home and friend - but she the situation here was "somewhat" dyer and so she packed home and came back. I did not ask her to come home, she made that decision on her own and I suspect that decision was based on a number of reasons:
Maybe it was all the fabulous vacations we took around the world
Maybe the six figure amount dolled out for her college tuition
Maybe because I took care of her when she was sick
Maybe because I set her firmly back on the right track when she began to stray
Maybe because I didn't give up on her, when she wanted to give up on herself
Maybe because she believes that "writing" is my calling as much as I believe it to be
Maybe because I am her "mother" and it is as simple and as natural as that
So she is out pounding the pavement looking for work and I am here spending my days working on a new novel while simultaneously spreading the word about an old favorite and a new release.
I have said all of that, to say this:
More people than I can list turned down the opportunity to publish Glorious. Still more declared my career to be "dead." The lesson here (aspiring writers pay attention) is that you have to determine your worth. You have to hold fast to your beliefs, even in the face of rejection. You have to believe in order to achieve.
And so just like Sugar - Glorious has become my second "Little Book that Could." The pre-orders are rolling in and people in "HIGH" places are taking note. Publisher's Weekly astounded me with one of the best reviews they've ever bestowed any of my novels and my child is looking for a job so that "mommy" can continue doing what she was put here to do.
Today is a good day....
Glorious Bernice L. McFadden. Akashic, $15.95 paper (250p) ISBN 978-1-936070-11-4
McFadden, in her powerful seventh novel, tells the story of Easter Bartlett as she journeys from the violent Jim Crow South to the promise of the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights movement. Along the way, Easter forms relationships with both products of McFadden's imagination and actual historical figures: Rain, the sensuous and passionate dancer in Slocum's Traveling Brigade, a troupe that traveled the backwoods “entertaining negroes”; Colin, Easter's husband, who is provoked by a duplicitous friend into assassinating the Universal Negro Improvement Association leader, Marcus Garvey; Meredith, Easter's untrustworthy benefactor; and many more, including poet Langston Hughes, pianist Fats Waller, and shipping heiress Nancy Cunard. McFadden (Sugar) weaves rich historical detail with Easter's struggle to find peace in a racially polarized country, and she brings Harlem to astounding life: “The air up there, up south, up in Harlem, was sticky sweet and peppered with perfume, sweat, sex, curry, salt meat, sautéed chicken livers, and fresh baked breads.” Easter's hope for love to overthrow hate—and her intense exposure to both—cogently stands for America's potential, and McFadden's novel is a triumphant portrayal of the ongoing quest. (May)
- PW
Bernice L. McFadden
Sister: Every time I ask Shania what she wants to be when she grows up, her response is either: Actress, Dancer, Model. Never, Doctor or Lawyer.
Me: Well she is a creative soul.
Sister: That just means that I am going to have to take care of her longer. *sigh*
Me: Yeah, probably.
I did not have parents who were in a position to "take-care" of me beyond 12th grade. Once I graduated high school I was on my own financially and was expected to find a job. College was something they wanted me to do - but it was not a deal breaker as in: Get the hell out of my house if you do not plan on going to college!
I did both....for a while and then I fell in love and then I had a baby and then I fell out of love and then I went back to college..for a while...and then i fell back in love with my very FIRST love..which was writing and you know the rest of that story.
But through it all I supported myself. I made a way where at times there seemed there was no way at all. I remained steadfast in my belief that I was put here for specific purposes one of which was to become an author, the other was to become a mother. I just didn't know that the "mother" purpose would come before the "author" purpose.
No matter, it worked out fine - because if at this age I had a five year old or even a ten year old, I would be seriously "fucked* 'cause there are child labor laws...you know what I mean?
You: Shaking head, looking confused.
Okay let me spell it out: Although my parents did not have to support me even though I was for many years a struggling artist - my child now has too.
Initially, it was not her intention to come home to find a job, (she had built a nice life for herself in NC. She had a car, home and friend - but she the situation here was "somewhat" dyer and so she packed home and came back. I did not ask her to come home, she made that decision on her own and I suspect that decision was based on a number of reasons:
Maybe it was all the fabulous vacations we took around the worldMaybe the six figure amount dolled out for her college tuition
Maybe because I took care of her when she was sick
Maybe because I set her firmly back on the right track when she began to stray
Maybe because I didn't give up on her, when she wanted to give up on herself
Maybe because she believes that "writing" is my calling as much as I believe it to be
Maybe because I am her "mother" and it is as simple and as natural as that
So she is out pounding the pavement looking for work and I am here spending my days working on a new novel while simultaneously spreading the word about an old favorite and a new release.
I have said all of that, to say this:
More people than I can list turned down the opportunity to publish Glorious. Still more declared my career to be "dead." The lesson here (aspiring writers pay attention) is that you have to determine your worth. You have to hold fast to your beliefs, even in the face of rejection. You have to believe in order to achieve.
And so just like Sugar - Glorious has become my second "Little Book that Could." The pre-orders are rolling in and people in "HIGH" places are taking note. Publisher's Weekly astounded me with one of the best reviews they've ever bestowed any of my novels and my child is looking for a job so that "mommy" can continue doing what she was put here to do.
Today is a good day....
Glorious Bernice L. McFadden. Akashic, $15.95 paper (250p) ISBN 978-1-936070-11-4McFadden, in her powerful seventh novel, tells the story of Easter Bartlett as she journeys from the violent Jim Crow South to the promise of the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights movement. Along the way, Easter forms relationships with both products of McFadden's imagination and actual historical figures: Rain, the sensuous and passionate dancer in Slocum's Traveling Brigade, a troupe that traveled the backwoods “entertaining negroes”; Colin, Easter's husband, who is provoked by a duplicitous friend into assassinating the Universal Negro Improvement Association leader, Marcus Garvey; Meredith, Easter's untrustworthy benefactor; and many more, including poet Langston Hughes, pianist Fats Waller, and shipping heiress Nancy Cunard. McFadden (Sugar) weaves rich historical detail with Easter's struggle to find peace in a racially polarized country, and she brings Harlem to astounding life: “The air up there, up south, up in Harlem, was sticky sweet and peppered with perfume, sweat, sex, curry, salt meat, sautéed chicken livers, and fresh baked breads.” Easter's hope for love to overthrow hate—and her intense exposure to both—cogently stands for America's potential, and McFadden's novel is a triumphant portrayal of the ongoing quest. (May)
- PW
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Women Writer Links..
For me The Black Book Blogger was as elusive as the famed unicorn! Mainstream publishers ignore them - even though they read "across" the color-line. So Lisa (a black book blogger herself) created a ning where Bloggers who happened to be Black can congregate, making it easy for us writers and readers to find them. So please hop on over to Black Book Bloggers and don't forget to join!
March is Women's History Month and we have plenty to celebrate!
Donna Hill is celebrating her 20th year in publishing and has kicked it off with the publication of her new book: What Mother Never Told Me.
The "Dynamic Writing Duo" Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant also have a new release: Uptown
JD Mason's newest "Take Your Pleasure Where You FInd It" also hit stores this month.
Writer/Educator Tayari Jones will be making appearances "just about every where!" I plan on catching her at The Greenlight Bookstore on March 8th - but check her appearance schedule and see when she will be in a town near you!
Bonnie Glover made a big literary splash with her novel "Going Down South" and so imagine how tickled I was to stumble upon her "Kindle" book Life With Peaches - a steal at just $1.99!
As you know my new novel "Glorious" is available for pre-order and people have been doing just that! (BIG HUG & EVEN BIGGER THANKS!)
Some of the beautiful, interesting women you will meet in Glorious are: A'Lelia Walker & Nancy Cunard.
And if you have not already done so, please support a sista by grabbing the I Love Bernice L. McFadden button and place it on your site --------->
And don't forget I have a wonderful contest for Book Bloggers who have blogs with 50 or more followers! Enter to win here.
Happy Women's History Month!!
Bernice L. McFadden
March is Women's History Month and we have plenty to celebrate!
Donna Hill is celebrating her 20th year in publishing and has kicked it off with the publication of her new book: What Mother Never Told Me.
The "Dynamic Writing Duo" Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant also have a new release: Uptown
JD Mason's newest "Take Your Pleasure Where You FInd It" also hit stores this month.
Writer/Educator Tayari Jones will be making appearances "just about every where!" I plan on catching her at The Greenlight Bookstore on March 8th - but check her appearance schedule and see when she will be in a town near you!
Bonnie Glover made a big literary splash with her novel "Going Down South" and so imagine how tickled I was to stumble upon her "Kindle" book Life With Peaches - a steal at just $1.99!
As you know my new novel "Glorious" is available for pre-order and people have been doing just that! (BIG HUG & EVEN BIGGER THANKS!)
Some of the beautiful, interesting women you will meet in Glorious are: A'Lelia Walker & Nancy Cunard.
And if you have not already done so, please support a sista by grabbing the I Love Bernice L. McFadden button and place it on your site --------->
And don't forget I have a wonderful contest for Book Bloggers who have blogs with 50 or more followers! Enter to win here.
Happy Women's History Month!!
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