Iam hearing a lot of sci fi inspired beats in rap right now the track's use to sound generic now Iam hearing stuff that sounds like my TANGERINE DREAM CDs from the 70's how many rap songs can u name that have science first beats. I am waiting for som
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This is actually a blog post by author Nnedi Okorafor. As she writes:
On Sunday, a friend of mine wanted to see my World Fantasy Award statuette. When he saw it, he was taken aback. He looked like he’d seen an ugly ghost.
“That’s a bust of LOVECRAFT!
Read more…Amazon Aims to Empty Competitor Shelves of Indie Ebooks
Mark Coker, founder Smashwords
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-coker/amazon-ebooks-kdp-select_b_1139260.html
Amazon yesterday launched a broadside against competing ebook retailers when it intr
Read more…Curious, why was a report able to announce Atlanta having the widest income gap of all major U.S. cities? It is a Shining Symbol of Southern Segregation, standing proud and erect.
Hey Fam Happy Holidays! Check out the latest news from Kindle. It sounds good, but from what
I can see I'd have to remove the books I've published through pubit to take advantage of it. Sisters and Brothers, what say you?
Fun book to read if you get a chance. "Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments" by Alex Boese. Interesting historical experiments. some made me cringe because they seemed so cruel (Attaching the upper half of living puppies onto grown German
Read more…Anyone interested in becoming a pilot or having their kids fly the friendly skies should look into this flight school.They specialize in training under privileged youth in Compton, California.A few of their pilots set some flight records in honor of
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The site is up and running providing a new black owned and operated online entertainment network. We’ve spent long hours getting this ready but can’t do it all alone. We need your help providing intere
You may remember my previous post where I quoted the noted Disney animator Dan Haskett where he said, "We have to make our own movies. I don't want Disney to do the black characters." Well, along those lines I decided it was time to really do it, and
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A long time ago I had the honor of being given a tour of Stan Winston's studio and posted some pics of the experience.
Just recently his family has started a school in his name so check out the website.
I already have the dvd and it is very informati
Read more…As I prepare to write at 6:30 a.m (after a 4 a.m. workout), I'm making a hot cup of tea and thinking back to when I was a little girl, ten years old and typing away at my Sci-Fi/Fantasy masterpiece "Angela Queen of the Angels" on an Underwood typewri
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Few documents portray the ethnicity of the Moors
in medieval Europe with more passion, boldness and clarity than the epic of
Morien. Morien is a metrical romance rendered into English prose from the
medieval Dutch version of the Lancelot. In the La
Does anyone know where to find graphic novel illustrators for a current project I am working on? I am hoping to find a person or company that is sensitive to ethnic characters and familiar with noir. If you know of someone or are this person post an
Read more…Umoja Karamu, meaning "unity feast" in Swahili, is an African American celebration begun in 1971 by Dr. Edward Sims, Jr. Celebrated in a manner similar to Thanksgiving, Umoja Karamu is held on the fourth Sunday in November. Its purpose is to instill
Read more…"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?" Actu
Read more…Reading Too Much Into Race By Carleen Brice Sunday, December 21, 2008; B04 December is National Buy a Book by a Black Author and Give It to Somebody Not Black Month. What, you haven't heard of it? Wondering whether it's a joke? Well, it is and it isn
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The Dell Award (previously the Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing) is an award given annually to the best short-story in the science-fiction and fantasy genres written by a full-time
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