Glorious (prologue) |
As you all know a novel is a constant work in progress, ever changing, ever shifting. Today I moved the beginning of my novel to the end, started the story with what was the middle and wrote a new pro...
Posted by Bernice on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:26:00 PST |
Looking back, moving forward |
Last month I celebrated my special-day. (with help of Air Jamaica) I spirited myself off to the calm waters of Negril beach. Readers of this blog know that if nothing else, I take a birthday vacation...
Posted by Bernice on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:57:00 PST |
This and that.... |
The sequel to SEDUCTION is online and ready for pre-ordering:
I just found out today that after seven years my sophomore novel, The Warmest December has gone out-of-print. I feel very sad about this a...
Posted by Bernice on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:24:00 PST |
Dear Potential African American Author (final installment) |
So now you're on to book number two, and you feel that something is different about this second masterpiece. Your editor is overjoyed with what you've submitted assures you that you're sure to sell fa...
Posted by Bernice on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:59:00 PST |
Because Every Month is Black History Month |
Many of you know that I am a big genealogy buff. I've been researching my family history for a number of years. I do quite a bit of research on Ancestry.com and every now and again my curiosity gets t...
Posted by Bernice on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:26:00 PST |
Some of my Best Friends..I mean Characters are White |
Yesterday I saw the trailer for the soon to be released movie The Secret Lives of Bees which is based on the national bestselling novel of the same name written by Sue Monk Kidd. I met Sue some years ...
Posted by Bernice on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:14:00 PST |
Us and Them |
We had a very lively discussion last night on Conversations Live with C.A. Webb. If you missed it you can listen here.As I was surfing the net, looking for new information regarding this subject I stu...
Posted by Bernice on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:23:00 PST |
I’m on Live tonight!!! |
Hello Family!
I will be on Conversations Live tonight with fellow authors Margaret Johnson Hodge, Gloria Malette and Angel Hunter. Hosted by C.A. Webb the topic we'll be discussing this evening is: "...
Posted by Bernice on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:55:00 PST |
Black Power (final installment) |
...Mama cried something terrible and Black Power chained herself to the light pole banging her drum and talking in tongues until someone finally called the cops and then the cops called Bellevue."Our ...
Posted by Bernice on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:36:00 PST |
Black Power (Part II) |
I could have asked mama exactly what it meant, 'cause she'd spent two whole semesters at Howard University, before she met my daddy and dropped out, but I didn't bother to ask because she would have g...
Posted by Bernice on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:57:00 PST |
