USA Today has a great article in the Life section about Jerry Pinkey and his family. He, his wife Gloria, their son Brian, and his wife Andrea, all have been published. Their other son Myles and his wife, create picture books. The family name, the article says, graces the covers of 175 books. Their other
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That Cover
The person responsible for the Publisher’s Weekly cover and tagline “Afro Picks!” offered up a defense that many will recognize as an attempt to derail the true issue. Say it with me: “It’s not about the photo.” It’s not about the book the photo is in, or the artist, or any of that. The photo
Writing, Worrying, and Working
I wish I had something scintillating to share, but I don’t. I’ve been writing this novella and this novel forever it seems. I am still keeping their tones distinct, which is the best thing I can say about the process. Based on advice from author and fellow GRW member Stephanie Bond, I took my synopsis,
Happy Black Folks Month!
It’s that time of year again, the time when people acknowledge the accomplishments of black people then promptly forget when March 1st comes around. Okay, yeah, that was a little harsh. I’ve always been of two minds about Black History Month. On one hand, it’s the best way to discover little known facts about black
CBC.ca Arts – Romance cuts across racial lines, publishers find
CBC.ca Arts – Romance cuts across racial lines, publishers find Between the cat food and the diapers in most North American supermarkets lurks a haven of verdant passion. It’s the aisle for romance novels and its customer in 2007 is nearly always female, but just as likely to be a woman of colour as a
Race in Romance: Affaire de Coeur
The Romance Slam Jam is roughly five months from now. I’m really looking forward to it, not the least because I get to return to Chicago for their hot dogs and pizza, but because I get to see the largest gathering of black romance readers and writers on the planet. If you want to join
Readin’, Writin’, Racism, Romance ~ pt 1
A comment-laden post on Dear Author that started as a dissertation on opinion vs. actual defamation quickly became a discussion on race, veered closely to defamation on someone else’s blog (no, I’m not going to link to the blog, but saying that an author is breaking the law by exchanging sexual favors for money sounds
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