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Make sure you check the events categories and Author Spotlight with William Eric Graham this week.

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Destiny Interrupted
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Echelon - promoting good books and good people
Legacy Leonard
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RECENT BLOG ADDITIONS

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Book Launch 2.0 - How not to Internet Market?

Posted: 20 May 2008 10:26 AM CDT

This tickled me and I thought you'd like it too.

Wine And Chocolate Tasting June 13 Chicago

Posted: 21 May 2008 08:58 AM CDT

The Third Installment of the Wine and Chocolate Tasting Series will feature national jazz recording group Jabon and vocal performnaces from MASON, Paulette "Passion" Stinson, Wanda Lewis (Formerly of The Sounds Of Blackness) , and Nina Rae. The event will feature prize drawings, wine , chocolate and assorted refreshments refreshments. An indoor/outdoor event we're sure you will enjoy. Featuring:

fwd: BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.

Posted: 21 May 2008 08:56 AM CDT

BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition. For writers from the UK & Ireland. FIRST PRIZE �G500 To celebrate 50 years of the BSFA's promotion of British science fiction, we are please to announce our 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition. The competition is open to any writer resident in the UK or Ireland. The maximum length of stories is 8000 words. The stories must be science fiction, but

Call for submissions from Contesting Anthology

Posted: 21 May 2008 08:55 AM CDT

Special Project: Mirrors To Our Souls, Stories of Animal Spirituality Word Count: 1500-12,000 words Payment: $25 from earned royalties and once the anthology sells enough to go to print, a copy of the anthology in print. Contributors are able to purchase additional copies in accordance with our regular contract. Deadline: Essays must be received by July 15, 2008. Final decisions will be made by

Souls of My Sisters - Best Selling Authors

Posted: 20 May 2008 11:23 PM CDT

BookTour.com: Your weekly update

Posted: 20 May 2008 08:15 PM CDT

Greetings from BookTour.com! Add any events you know about for the world to see. Just click here! Here's a list of the authors coming to your area, 48227, in the next 2 weeks: Kurt A. David (author of FROM GLORY DAYS - Successful Transitions of Professional Detroit Athletes): Barnes & Noble Saturday, May 24, 2:00 PM 17111 Haggerty Road, Northville MI More info: http://booktour.com/

Motown Writers Network

Reviewers

Posted: 22 May 2008 09:20 AM CDT

Local Book Reviewers Please query in email the reviewer before sending book. Some reviewers prefer certain types of books. For example some may prefer Christain or Inspriational rather than erotic or Urban. Thanks Taveres Carney The Culture Clique http://thecultureclique.com/ http://christianbooks.myblogsite.com/ thecultureclique@... Andrea McCaskill Reviewer on 107.5 (Books she enjoyed

Fw: Chantay "Legacy" Leonard published in Bandana Republic Anthology!

Posted: 21 May 2008 08:29 PM CDT

I along with my fellow Strange Fruit member, Scorpiana X, have been published in the long awaited anthology "THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY BY GANG MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES" edited by Louis Reyes Rivera and Bruce George featuring the works of Abiodun of The Last Poets, Willie Perdomo, Dead Prez, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., Malik Yoba, Ruby Dee and more whom have either come from

Fw: Southfield Public Library PR Summer Schedule

Posted: 21 May 2008 02:11 PM CDT

Phone 248.796.4362 Fax 248.796.4365 News Release Date: May 21, 2008 Contact: Community Outreach For Release: Immediate 26300 Evergreen Rd �V P.O. Box 2055 �V Southfield , Michigan 48037-2055 SUMMER SCHEDULE @ THE SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY Southfield, MI �V The Southfield Public Library will begin its Summer Schedule on Sunday, June

Fw: Detroit Poetry Guide (updated)

Posted: 21 May 2008 12:18 PM CDT

Detroit Poetry Guide Tuesdays Byte This * **** Beans & Bytes Caf�m 4200 Woodward Detroit, MI Time: 8:30 pm Cost: $5 Host: LaShaun "phoenix" Moore Soul Pleasures - Poetry & Music Showcase Club Evolution 1314 BroadwayDowntown Detroit, MITime: 8pmCost: N/AHost(s): The Intellectual Divas (Ebonics, Nic Wells, KimArie and Andrea) Sophisticated attire. Strictly enforced.Poetry and Jam Sessions

5/26/08 Detroit Poetry Guide (New venues and updates)

Posted: 26 May 2008 10:50 PM CDT

Peace Good People, I have to give big props to all the hosts and venues that are cranking out these poetry series. More than 4 new series have cropped up and it looks like the scene is definitely growing with a place to go almost every night. This is great news. Keep up the good work hosts and poets! My Pick for the Month: Mo Black Open Mic Series @ Nandi's Knowledge Cafe If I have not