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January 12, 2017
NGOLO: The Graphic Novel Is Coming!
Wow!!!
In 2014, authors Balogun Ojetade and Milton Davis joined forces to create the near-future Afrikan Martial Arts screenplay, Ngolo. That screenplay went on to win Best Screenplay at the 2014 Urban Action Showcase competition in New York.
Today, we are happy to announce that MVmedia, Roaring Lions Productions (Atlanta, GA) and Pedastudio Ltd. (Lagos, Nigeria) are joining forces to produce the Ngolo graphic novel!
We will soon launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise fu...
January 6, 2017
The Pleasure of Reading
Ahhhh. Cheers to the pleasure of reading indeed!
January 4, 2017
Author Animal Farm—New York GOOOOD, Self-Pub BAAAAAAD
Original image via Kabsik Park courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons.
Okay at first I wasn’t going to say anything regarding the latest Let’s Bash Self-Publishing rant over at HuffPo, but (like all “real” writers) I am in the business of serving my audience—YOU—what you want to hear and after about the tenth person who sent me Laurie Gough’s Self-Publishing—An Insult to the Written Word, I figured y’all might want my take
January 2, 2017
How to Keep Your Readers From Asking, “Why Didn’t They Just…?”
Oooh la la! So using number 4!
by Stephanie O’Brien
My siblings and I have sometimes joked that we could take over several fictional universes with the power of “Why didn’t they just…?”
When characters fail to use an obvious solution, or forget a skill or superpower that could easily resolve the situation, it can be pretty frustrating for the readers.
It can also hurt their opinion of the characters’ intelligence, or of your attention to detail, even if the story is otherwi...
January 1, 2017
BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA: MARY JACKSON, KATHERINE JOHNSON, DOROTHY VAUGHN AND CHRISTINE DARDEN – THE WEST COMPUTER WOMEN
What a breath of fresh air. To hear beautiful facts about Black women and not be force-fed repetitive stories of slaves. That slave media train is old and tired. Happy New Year!
BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS
Their names are not known to millions of Americans. Their major contributions have been hidden for decades.
They are the Black women known as the West Computers, Black women who made their indelible contribution to NASA’s space race program. Thesefour women with their...
December 26, 2016
You Might Be Sexist If . . .
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According to the documentary Dark Girls: The Story of Color, Gender, and Race (which everyone should watch no matter how much melanin their skin possesses) deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color – particularly dark skinned women, exist outside of and within the Black American culture. And based on my own experience growing up as a little black girl in the United States of America, I can attest that this phenomenon is shamefully and painfully true.
The reality of this secret (which...
December 22, 2016
12 Days of Christmas #11: Lyn Minmay Day on Macross Exceed
Nostalgia. I miss Robotech. Thank you, Vox!
Fanfiction is a subject of contention at my house. My wife is angry she wasn’t encouraged to do it, since it’s a big moneymaker now for the likes of Chuck Wendig and Gareth Roberts. Me, I value originality, though it can be said that Chuck and Gareth do a wonderful job giving us new stories for beloved franchises.
This bit of fanfiction is in the shop to become a full-fledged novel. Its chosen franchise is the Macross series, which some p...
December 13, 2016
Want to be a guest writer?
David Snape and Friends - The place to show off your hidden talents
You can come and do a guest blog anytime you want. This is the website that can reach to the world and we have had loads of successful stories already. They will be the most popular stories of this site.If you want to publish your work, email me at davidsnape2@gmail.com and I will look forward to reading them. They can be original post, new or ones you have done before. If you are lucky, your post will be mentioned on my rad...
December 6, 2016
When to Ignore Negative Feedback
I love this article. It helps me to filter that helpful comments from the negative and as a result improve my stories. I will also keep this in mind as I continue to critique other writers’ works. Well done, Tonya!
by Tonya R. Moore
I think we call all agree that getting feedback on our writing is very important. Most of the time—whether it’s positive or negative, feedback serves to encourage or help us grow.
We can learn a lot from negative feedback but this isn’t always th...
The Value of Joining a Writing Group
I was thinking about writing a piece like this, but when opportunity knocks? Thank you, Kyle Massa!
