false 1732648 1409296 Valjeanne Jeffers http://www.scribd.com/Valjeanne%20Jeffer... MEDU Bookstore, Atlanta Georgia and The Know Bookstore, Durham, NC. I also write poetry under the pen name Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson. My poetry has been published in Revelry 2006 and Drumvoices Revue. My fiction and poetry have appeared in Pembroke Magazine and I was chosen as semifinalist for the 2007 Rita Dove poetry award. My poetry has been featured in the anthologies: Little Black Book Vol II, Making Sense of the Madness; The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South and Liberated Muse Volume I: How I Freed My Soul: the featured volume for Capital City Hip Hop Soul, Fest. An excerpt from Immortal 2nd edition; and my nonfiction book: The Story of Eve were also published in PurpleMag #7. An excerpt from my 3rd novel, Stealer of Souls, will appear in the SF anthology: Future Passage.]]> 42 female Durham, NC 11/2008 12/2009 1176923 D.K. Gaston 2843307 Davis, Milton 6587 Tad Williams 23417 Tananarive Due 29535 Octavia E. Butler 2941036 Edward C. Uzzle 78 72 53 true 5674698 read 1 true 3792885 currently-reading 18 true 3792884 to-read 0 false 5249592 all http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/2213 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251003519p2/1732648.jpg 1732648 Valjeanne Jeffers http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251003519p2/1732648.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1732648-valjeanne-jeffers Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:31:24 -0800 Palimpsest (Paperback) by Catherynne M. Valente]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78951519 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081312s/3973532.jpg 1732648 Valjeanne Jeffers http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251003519p2/1732648.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1732648-valjeanne-jeffers Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:49:48 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/86892-letitia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1179856054p2/86892.jpg 1732648 Valjeanne Jeffers http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251003519p2/1732648.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1732648-valjeanne-jeffers Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:33:13 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78913796 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51npGwN2m8L._SL75_.jpg 1732648 Valjeanne Jeffers http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251003519p2/1732648.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1732648-valjeanne-jeffers Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:23:53 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78707471 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Drtb9999L._SL75_.jpg 1732648 Valjeanne Jeffers http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251003519p2/1732648.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1732648-valjeanne-jeffers Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:01:47 -0800 Disappearing Acts (Paperback) by Terry McMillan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78707471 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Drtb9999L._SL75_.jpg 1732648 Valjeanne Jeffers http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251003519p2/1732648.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1732648-valjeanne-jeffers Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:01:13 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/240019-does-size-matter http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1226894076p2/10915.jpg 1732648 Valjeanne Jeffers http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251003519p2/1732648.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1732648-valjeanne-jeffers Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:45:45 -0800 I've been told, though by bookstore owners that long books don't sell as well as the shorter ones. But I don't think size matters if the book grips and holds you (smile) (like Tad Williams Otherland). Character development and an enthralling plot are both a must, to hold the reader's interest. ]]>