My blog tour in support of Codename: Knight Ranger launches Monday, 2 November 2015! Check out Seventh Star’s announcement here. This blog post will serve as the master list, and I’ll add live links to the each post as soon as I know they’ve gone up. It’s going to be an exciting week and I hope youContinue reading “Codename: Knight Ranger Official Blog Tour Master Link List”
Category Archives: African American writers
SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR DONALD GOINES
African American author, Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 15, 1936. He came from a middle-class background, where his parents ran a laundry business. According to stories told to him by his mother—Myrtle Goines—the family was descended from a sexual encounter between Jefferson Davis and a slave. At age 15, Goines liedContinue reading “SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR DONALD GOINES”
SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR CHESTER HIMES
Chester Bomar Himes was an African American writer born in Jefferson City, MS, on July 29, 1909. His parents were to Joseph Sandy Himes Sr. and Estelle Bomar Himes; his father was a peripatetic black college professor of industrial trades and his mother was a teacher at Scotia Seminary prior to marriage. At age twelve,Continue reading “SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR CHESTER HIMES”
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY WITHIN SPECULATIVE FICTION IS NOT DIVISIVE OR SEPARATIST
WHAT WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH Last month, I ran a series of blog posts spotlighting Black Speculative Fiction Month. BSFM was designed to acknowledge and spread the word about black authors and artists within the speculative fiction genre. In and of itself, speculative fiction is mostly represented by whitesContinue reading “CELEBRATING DIVERSITY WITHIN SPECULATIVE FICTION IS NOT DIVISIVE OR SEPARATIST”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #25
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS BALOGUN OJETADE! Balogun is the author of the bestselling Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within and screenwriter / producer / director of the films, A Single Link and Rite of Passage: Initiation. He is one of the leading authorities on Steamfunk – a philosophy or style of writing that combines the AfricanContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #25”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #24
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS WAYNE RILEY! Wayne Riley is the brainchild behind All Knightz, a team of animators, graphic designers, illustrators and writers who are together most notably responsible for the animated series known as ‘Hard Wired’. Their aim is to give you a whole new fresh take on how you view comicContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #24”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #23
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION SPOTLIGHT IS MILTON DAVIS! Milton Davis works as a full time chemist and a part time writer. He is finally fulfilling my dream of writing by self publishing his novels and stories. His publishing company is MVmedia Publishing and Beyond. Some of his titles include:Continue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #23”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #21
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS SUMIKO SAULSON! Sumiko Saulson’s blog “Things That Go Bump In My Head” focuses on horror fiction writing and features author interviews, writing advice, short stories and editorial pieces. She is the author of three novels in the science fiction, horror and dark fantasy genres, “Solitude,” “Warmth”, andContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #21”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #20
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS SHAWNTELLE MADISON! Shawntelle Madison is a web developer who loves to weave words as well as code. She’d never admit it, but if asked she’d say she covets and collects source code. After losing her first summer job detasseling corn, Shawntelle performed various jobs—from fast-food clerk to gruntContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #20”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #19
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS JOE ROBINSON CURRIE! My name is Joe Currie aka That Strictly Kid I am the Head Creator and Publisher for Strictly Underground Comics. I have been in the comic book business as a publisher and a creator for about 17 years. My credits: Include,Co-Creator, Co-Writer and Publisher forContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #19”
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