This week I interviewed Maurice Broaddus, an urban fantasy author with dozens of published short stories to his credit and a novel trilogy titled, The Knights of Breton Court. We discussed the annual writing convention he hosts called Mo*Con and held in Indianapolis, IN. How did Mo*Con come about? Mo*Con came about for 3 different reasons. First, myContinue reading “MO*CON 2013: MIND & SPIRIT OF THE ARTIST”
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A WRITER’S DEPRESSION: PART TWO
Hello everyone! I’m picking off where I left off in the two-part series dealing with Writer’s Depression. As a writer how suffers from depression, I know first-hand how devastating the effects of it can be. The symptoms in and of themselves are enough to weigh a person down like an anchor, but how can weContinue reading “A WRITER’S DEPRESSION: PART TWO”
A WRITER’S DEPRESSION: PART ONE
I am a writer… I am depressed… I am not alone… Writing is very often a solitary journey into the inner depths of one’s soul. A lot of what writers do is re-experiencing moments from our lives and/or our environments. We recreate and reimagine events in prose form, all in the effortContinue reading “A WRITER’S DEPRESSION: PART ONE”
MY FIRST WRITER’S RETREAT EXPERIENCE
On Friday, February 22, 2013 I attended my very first Indiana Horror Writers (IHW) Writer’s Retreat and the experience was very rewarding. I went into this with feelings of excitement and wariness. I’d heard stories from my fellow writers on what to expect and prepared myself accordingly. The first evening was spent settling into ourContinue reading “MY FIRST WRITER’S RETREAT EXPERIENCE”
BETWEEN DARK & LIGHT BLOG TOUR WITH D.A. ADAMS
Today I have the pleasure of Spotlighting in my blog, a friend and writing peer D.A. Adams! His latest novel titled, “Between Light & Dark.” D.A. Adams is a writer at Seventh Star Press, publisher of my upcoming novel and short stories, so if you are a fan of speculative fiction within the fantasy realm, then thisContinue reading “BETWEEN DARK & LIGHT BLOG TOUR WITH D.A. ADAMS”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #3
This is the last book review in conjunction with Black History Month and even though Black History Month ended yesterday, I am honored to review Isabel Wilkerson’s “The Warmth of Other Suns.” In keeping with the common thread throughout my February blog posts, I found it poignant that this book dealt with the Great Migration.Continue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #3”
A RECENT HISTORY OF BLACKS IN JOURNALISM
This is the final Black History Month blog post for 2013! The weekly posts were so well received that this is likely to become an annual occurrence, so thank you to all of you who liked the posts!I will be looking at blacks in journalism. Black journalists were largely only hired by black presses, whichContinue reading “A RECENT HISTORY OF BLACKS IN JOURNALISM”
THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART TWO)
In this week’s blog post, I’m celebrating the rich history and influential accomplishments of black writers of poetry, literary fiction and romance. This is Part Two of a two-part post. Black writers continued to flourish even beyond The Harlem Renaissance and on into the Civil Right Era. During a time known as The Great Migration—whichContinue reading “THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART TWO)”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #2
The Man in 3B by Carl Weber Review by John F. Allen What do you get when you combine popular 80’s sitcom, 227, Desperate Housewives and Boyz ‘n the Hood, with a splash of Clue? You get more than what you bargained for, which is more than your average Urban Lit novel. That’s what you’llContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #2”
THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART ONE)
In this week’s blog post, I’m celebrating the rich history and influential accomplishments of black writers of poetry, literary fiction and romance. This is Part One of a two-part post. The history of black writers is rarely acknowledged before the Harlem Renaissance in mainstream America. Although that period was a great time of growth for blacksContinue reading “THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART ONE)”
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