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Odysella: Empress Of Nar - A Futuristic Tale About An Intergalactic Leader

Odysella (pronounced Odd-Is-Ella) is a futuristic tale about two young people, Odysella, a 23rd century farm girl thrust into her destiny as an intergalactic leader and War B, a handsome rapper from …

Mother & Daughter Literary Team Fuse Psychology, Science Fiction & African American Identity in Compelling New Series

Collaborating under the name D. C. Cowan, ‘The Legend of the Black Roses’ sees the authors depict a cruel reality where racism rules society.  While fictional, their gripping narrative is poised to p…

THE DEEP by Zetta Elliott

The highly anticipated companion book to SHIP OF SOULS ~Booklist 2012 Top Ten Sci-Fi/Fantasy Youth Title ~Finalist, 2013 Phillis Wheatley Book Award  “Urban fantasies are nothing rare, but few mesh…

Blerd Book Club Now Offers Two Book Selections!

We've had so much fun reading and #blerdbookclub chatting about books on twitter! We’re excited to be a part of a growing, engaging and positive community! Since we’re all about our love of books…

The Dark Side of Money: American Dream Meets Murder as Gritty New Novel Peaks behind the Glamour of an African-American Family’s High-Life

Written by d. E. Rogers and uniquely fusing fact with fiction, ‘The Dark Side of Money’ proves that some people would do anything to retain their wealth and the promise of the American Dream – even i…

Novella Series Creates a New Universe for African American Women by Merging Romance with Science-Fiction

Theory 1,” the first book in a new novella series for African American women titled “A Parallel Love,” will be released on November 25, 2013 on aparallellove.com . In a world where media is bombarded…

The Offspring of Rose Foreman: Hard-Hitting New Book Awakens 21st Century Women to ‘Hell’ of 1930s Female Disrespect

For Immediate Release Hazel Crest, IL – While young girls and women today enjoy equal social footing, the opportunity of limitless professional promotion and high respect from most men – thing…

Dick Hallorann from "The Shining", As Told by Stephen King

As a fan of both the book and film version of The Shining , there are a few differences between the two.  Besides Kubrick's more subdued characterization and focus on the psychological horror of …

Bored With Pop Culture

Photo from blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com Yes, I said it. Every now and again I get bored with Pop Culture. It takes a lot of television consumption, magazine reading, Internet trolling strolling, …

Rejection Letters and The Road to Yes.

Maybe I’m just not the next JK Rowling.  Maybe I am doomed to die in obscurity, a penniless author of a dozen self-published books that never circulate much farther than my sphere of influence. Maybe…

Netflix for Books?

I was going through my emails and got an inquiry from a reader of the BGN website about this new service from Scribd.com. I perused the website and was immediately intrigued by this new platform. …

Heels of Love: Prepare to be Enraptured and Left Yearning for More!

Heels of Love by Phoenix Rayne is a book that is an edge of your seat thrill ride wrapped in a web of mysteries and anchored by a love story. Each chapter equally makes you want to speed read to the…

Kickstarter Launch: HALATION written by Jade Brieanne

Jin Amaris, a 27 year old African-American editor, discovers a sinister secret about her long time beau. For her protection, she is uprooted from her posh South Korean high rise apartment and deposit…

Book Preview: The Player & the Game

Over three generations, the Gibbons women of Chesterton, Virginia, have built their reputation as a family of shameless—but refined—gold diggers. They even have a strict set of rules by which they op…

Feminine Transitions

For women, aging brings with it an inner grace and beauty that is more than skin deep. From birth to old age, women transition through many physical, psychological, and emotional phases that are reco…

Paranormal Romance Author MJ Duffy Brings Passion and Sensuality to Readers

If you don’t believe that true love conquers all, MJ Duffy’s Lost Love , The Zankli Chronicles Book One , will turn you into a believer. Described as one of the hottest upcoming authors in Hollywood,…

The Gentle Man

Good grief, not another vampire book!  Yes, but this one is truly different. In the tsunami of self-published books flooding the market these days, Michelle Mogil’s story of a middle-aged woman sudd…

In Case You Missed It...BGN Podcast 7/7/13 - Sherri L. Smith author of Orleans

Our first Blerd Book Club selection is over and now we're ready to discuss the story of Orleans by Sherri L. Smith! Blerd Book Club members be sure to have your notes and questions ready for S…

Sherri L. Smith - Author of "Orleans"

The Blerd Book Club is a new group on Goodreads for blerds, bleeks, nerds, geeks, and everyone else in-between who all share an affinity for reading.  The first book selected for June 2013 is the sci…

Is “Q”the Graphic Novel the Next African American Super Hero?

Raising $29,000 in 30 days for what may be the next Big Super Hero Graphic novel is no small feat, but a local San Franciscan has created something that just might go beyond his wildest dreams. Odi…
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