TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS NISI SHAWL! Nisi Shawl is an American writer who when she was little, I told her middle sister Julie convoluted tales of how she was a mermaid that had come to dwell in the small midwestern town of Kalamazoo, Michigan. This odyssey involved the Saint Lawrence Seaway, severalContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #13”
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BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #12
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS JIBA MOLEI ANDERSON! Jiba Molei Anderson was born in the city of Detroit, MI on August 17, 1972. The son of Liberian mother and and African American father from the Motor City. He was the product of two environments that were similar, but too different for him toContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #12”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #11
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS TANANARIVE DUE! Tananarive Due is an American author and educator born in Tallahassee, Florida. She is the oldest of three daughters of civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due and civil rights lawyer John D. Due Jr. Tananarive was named her after the French name for Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. She wentContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #11”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #8
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS AUTHOR JAMES LEE NATHAN III! James Lee Nathan III author, was born in Birmingham, Alabama and moved to Jackson Heights Queens NY in 1963. He grew up in Corona and East Elmhurst and graduated from the HS of Art and Design in 1979. He entered the US AirContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #8”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #7
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS ALICIA MCCALLA! It took thirty years for Alicia McCalla to accept her calling as a writer of “unusual stories.” Always writing edgy tales that pushed the envelope. She learned to hide her violent, heart-pumping,and tragically romantic stories from family and friends. It wasn’t until she joined RWA that sheContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #7”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #6
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS MAURICE BROADDUS! Maurice Broaddus has written hundreds of short stories, essays, novellas, and articles. His dark fiction has been published in numerous magazines, anthologies, and web sites, including Asimov’s Science Fiction, Cemetery Dance, Apex Magazine, and Weird Tales Magazine. He is the co-editor of the Dark Faith anthologyContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #6”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #5
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS VALJEANNE JEFFERS Valjeanne Jeffers is a graduate of Spelman College and the author of the SF/fantasy novels: Immortal, Immortal II: The Time of Legend, Immortal III: Stealer of Souls, and the steampunk novels: Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds and The Switch II: Clockwork (includes books 1 and 2). Valjeanne’s fictionContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #5”
SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?
FIVE THINGS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU BEGIN A CAREER AS A WRITER Many people who aren’t writers or who aspire to one day write the “NEXT BEST THING” have absolutely no idea what a writing life entails. It is because of their skewed and/or misguided ideas on what being a writer is about thatContinue reading “SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?”
URBAN FANTASY HAS ROOTS
While I’m not a big fan of romance novels, I don’t mind them nearly as much when the characters are gritty and preternatural creatures are involved, downplaying the sappiness associated with most novels where the word romance is used. Paranormal romance novels are the next big thing and filling the bookstore shelves in record numbers.Continue reading “URBAN FANTASY HAS ROOTS”
THERE’S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
When I was a child, my grandmother told me one day, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” At first I didn’t understand what she meant. Later, as I got a little older I refused to believe her, and was determined to prove her wrong. Finally, when I began focusing on my career as a writer,Continue reading “THERE’S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN”
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