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April 2008 Blog Posts (47)

Author Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke's May News

Happy May!

Stop by www.lovestroubadours.com and celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Essence Magazine, Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks, Mother's Day, and Women's Health Week. Learn how Author Ananda Leeke's debut novel Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One is connected to these celebrations.

Check out the new women's health links and DC May Yoga Events located on the home page. www.lovestroubadours.com

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Added by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke on April 30, 2008 at 23:44 — No Comments

What is important to me.

The most important thing in my life is breaking the chains of mental slavery that bind African Americans today. Liberating us from the belief systems we learned in slavery is paramount to any other thing I can do in my lifetime. We hold on to the things we learned in slavery and they are detrimental to our psyche, they debilitate us, they cripple us emotionally and psychologically, and we defend those things to the death. It is of the utmost importance to make my people see that the things that… Continue

Added by AfroerotiK on April 30, 2008 at 22:39 — No Comments

Confessions of a Mistress-Part 1 (Adult Readers Only)

Cocoa Brown here, my friends call me Browny

How do you do, what you do... they ask

Let me tell you

But first let me warn you

What you are about to hear may shock you

But then again, I’m only telling you what you’ve already thought

You see I’m that chic that everyone woman would love to be

Yeah, your mouth exclaims skank, ho and whore

Ha, I laugh, but before you point that finger of judgment

Grab a pen and paper…let me teach you a few things

Let… Continue

Added by Corrie on April 30, 2008 at 11:00 — 1 Comment

RIGHTS: African Maids Face Abuse in Lebanon

RIGHTS: African Maids Face Abuse in Lebanon

By Simba Russeau

BEIRUT, (IPS) - Driven by poverty and conflict in their home

countries, women from Africa travel to Lebanon only to find themselves

hungry, abused, raped and subjected to conditions akin to slavery.

Amira is 25 years old. She comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo. "One

time, Madame found dust on the furniture. She told me that the house… Continue

Added by Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau on April 29, 2008 at 19:19 — No Comments

DIVAS OF LITERATURE TOUR 2008 AUTHORS INTERVIEW APRIL 30TH, 9 P.M. EST

"Writer's Cramp Radio"

proudly presents

Click to the link below to listen to the show…

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Added by IN MY PAJAMAS SHOW on April 29, 2008 at 12:44 — No Comments

Our Latest Book Video Trailer: Italian Mothers Never Die

Every mother speaks with a unique voice, and, if you’re Joia Barone, you manage to do so from “the other side”…witness this true story of a fiery Italian mother who commands attention in death by maintaining a unique bond with her son from the “great beyond,” remaining a voice to be heard.

Visit our YouTube Channel (www.YouTube.com/User/GWExtra) to view the video in its entirety, and check out… Continue

Added by Ghostwriter Extraordinaire on April 28, 2008 at 23:16 — No Comments

Writing and Marketing Your Self-Published Bestseller

No one can guarantee that your book will become a bestseller,

but you should write and market that way…and by following

certain the Martha Tucker techniques, it could rise to the occasion.

When she received the “2007 Best New Author Award,” less than 2,000 people had heard of the novel. Since that time, it has become a

rising star.

So you see, it all depends on the creativity you put

in, the subject matter you choose, the bigger-than-life characters you… Continue

Added by martha tucker on April 28, 2008 at 22:49 — 2 Comments

WRITER'S CRAMP HAS A NEW BTR RADIO - CHECK IT OUT

In My Pajamas show is expanding - we have created a "BTR RADIO" for WRITERS CRAMP and would like everyone to join in as listeners to the upcoming show - May and June will be one of the best months - on the 30th of April we will be closing the month with an all-author cast of the DIVAS OF LITERATURE TOUR 2008 AUTHORS interview and you can listen to their interview just click to the… Continue

Added by IN MY PAJAMAS SHOW on April 28, 2008 at 22:14 — No Comments

Spring Writers' Resources

Blessings All,

I thought it would be a good idea to share resources that I use as a writer. See below. They are links from my web site - www.lovestroubadours.com. Enjoy.

Peace and Creativity,

Ananda

SPRING WRITERS' RESOURCS

1) Writers’ Resources

a. Merriam-Webster Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/

b. Chicago Manual of Style

www.chicagomanualofstyle.org

c. National Novel Writing… Continue

Added by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke on April 27, 2008 at 15:58 — No Comments

Check Out Author Ananda Leeke's November 2007 Virtual Book Tour Interviews

Blessings All,

November 2007 was an amazing month filled with numerous author adventures including my first virtual book tour. Below is a list of web site links for the various interviews that I had during my virtual book tour. Enjoy!

Peace and Creativity,

Ananda

Author Interviews Conducted During Love's Troubadours' November Virtual Book Tour

a. November 27th Event - Interview with St.Louis Blogger/Scholar… Continue

Added by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke on April 27, 2008 at 15:55 — No Comments

Listen to Black Author Showcase Radio's Author of the Month Interview with Ananda Leeke on 2.27.08

Blessings All,

Click on the link and listen to my first online interview with the Black Author Showcase on February 27 at 7:30pm:

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=11955&cmd=tc

The interview is an hour. So plan to listen, relax and/or do work at the same time.

You have several FREE listening options:

a. Look on the right side of the page for a green box labeled "last episode." Then click on the black circle… Continue

Added by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke on April 27, 2008 at 15:54 — No Comments

Author Ananda Leeke Accepts Honorary Member of the National League of American Pen Women

For Immediate Release

Ananda Leeke Accepts Honorary Membership into the National League of American Pen Women

Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke, artist, creativity coach, and debut author of powerful woman's self-discovery novel, Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One, accepts an invitation to become an honorary member of the National League of American Pen Women, Washington, DC Branch.

April 27, 2008 - Washington, DC -- Patricia Daly-Lipe, Ph.D, President of the… Continue

Added by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke on April 27, 2008 at 15:52 — No Comments

Author Ananda Leeke’s 3.13.08 Radio Interview on The Black Women’s Roundtable w/ Gina McCauley

Blessings All,

Take some time out of your busy day and and listen to my March 13th interview by Gina McCauley, the host of an amazing radio show, The Black Women’s Roundtable, an Internet radio show about current events affecting African American women, in particular, relationships and negative portrayals of Black women in popular culture. Click here: www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwomen.

The Black Women’s Roundtable radio show also featured the incredible independent DIVA… Continue

Added by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke on April 27, 2008 at 15:51 — No Comments

I support good Black writers.

I feature Black erotic writers each month on my website and jump through hoops trying to get people to comment and give feedback on the stories. At least three of the writers that I've featured on my site have gotten publishing deals from being featured. I go through a lot of stories that aren't good to weed out the ones that are.

I don't support crappy writers, nor should I. I'm not going to support writers who degrade Black people with stereotypes or who perpetuate detrimental… Continue

Added by AfroerotiK on April 27, 2008 at 14:27 — No Comments

A ROLLER COASTER RIDE - A Comparison Poem

A ROLLER COASTER RIDE

Up and down, up and down

It’s the pull of gravity isn’t it?

You’re down longer than you’re up

Isaac said it best

It’s easier going up

Slow, steady

But coming down is frightful

Fast, quick

No time to prepare

Up and down, up and down

The unsteadiness is making you sick

You’re screaming

It’s uncomfortable

You wanna get… Continue

Added by Brenda Farrar-Ejemai on April 27, 2008 at 10:23 — No Comments

THE GOAL - Part of a Motivational Series

THE GOAL

It’s like reaching for something far away. If you keep on reaching and running without stopping, you will obtain what you are reaching for. Persevering, not quitting, but going after it with all your might, as though you have to have it; that’s the driving force. Don’t look at time as a barrier. Look at it this way, the years are going to pass anyway, so why not accomplish what you wish.

The battle starts in your mind, that’s where it is. It is a war… Continue

Added by Brenda Farrar-Ejemai on April 27, 2008 at 10:22 — No Comments

Poem: Hair!!!

“I hate my hair!”

I screamed

And as the words fell out my mouth

I took it back

Because I immediately though of those cancer patients

Who had no hair to complain about

So I decided to stop the straigheners

Stop the blow dryers and the curling iron and the rollers

All the things that made me not what I really am

And instead I grew locks

Dread, Natty Dread

Whatever you want to call it

But I call it natural hair

MY natural… Continue

Added by ALLYSON B CAMPBELL on April 27, 2008 at 9:44 — 1 Comment

Poem: Black Power

Cocoa, walnut

Cinnamon, Charcoal

Coffee bean, mocha

Bronze, cappuccino

Hot chocolate, Hersey bar smooth

Blacker the berry, sweeter the….

Black is……..

Woman, man

Husband, wife

Uncle, aunt

Sister, brother

Ancestors….slaves

Independent, strong

Upset, angry, oppresses

Proud, happy, positive

Natural hair no nappy afro picks

Braid, cornrows, 50 styles

Soul food, soul music

Collard greens,… Continue

Added by ALLYSON B CAMPBELL on April 27, 2008 at 9:43 — No Comments

Poem: Mi Cuba

Oh how I would like to see you

Before you are changed

I dream of you every day

I see you are hurting

I see the faces of grief, anger and sorrow

I hear what they tell me

But I want to see you for myself

I want to know you for myself

But they stop me from seeing

They stop me from going

They fill me with lies

They fill me with joy

They fill me with the stories

Their eyes look at me and cry for help

They cry for love

They… Continue

Added by ALLYSON B CAMPBELL on April 27, 2008 at 9:42 — No Comments

Poem: For The Other Woman

Who are you to come into my home

Into my bed

Into my husband

And say that you deserve some respect

WHO ARE YOU

To hang out with my kids

And play games with them

Watch blue’s clues

And say that I am not the perfect mother

Who are you

To call my house

11 o’clock at night

Telling MY husband

That you miss him and can’t spend another night

Without him laying next to you

To have him leave OUR home at… Continue

Added by ALLYSON B CAMPBELL on April 27, 2008 at 9:41 — No Comments