Hey brothas and sistas of the dark skin! NHWI animated movie trailer coming in december. Started 4 yrs ago, its amateurish but full of AFRICAN love. Stay tuned...LOVE RESPECT
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I am not going to lie, I use the term because of all the hub-bub behind it, the anxiety of something being untouchable and the clamor of folks looking to be learned or advanced. So much fun to see all that play out. Envisioning yourself as something more and then snatching it away from yourself...ah, the art of self-seductive/inductive b.s.
Truthfully, I would just say I am a mental alchemy writer or a mind scribe, but damn, I do not have the patience to mentally induct people over time to believe in my b.s., so sci-fi is the perfect answer. It even sounds shiny when you say. SCIIII-FI....like air getting sliced with a thin blade. One thing...the 'SCI-FI' I write about is not external. Let's pull another Voodoo move like we did with the plagurized Saints(energies of nature) time to rock some veils and kill some Vampires...Enjoy the rant!!!! Rise in Excellence!!!!! www.renpetscifi.com
Rise in excellence, working hard on my next Novel 'N'. It is difficult to fully incorporate into the writing system of this planet but it is coming along regardless of the tendency to psychically project on paper and Microsoft word only to end up having my words visible only in the 5th dimension.
Anyway, I didn't come here today to talk about my challenges; other beings from my world already think I am a social-media-retard because I just won't mentally induct everyone into following me. I am here to wish everyone well and to remind those that have not checked out my website to do so....and no, there are no undercurrent 5th dimensional sentences in this post. Science Fiction Renpet Sci-Fi - www.renpetscifi.com
Hi all!
i just published my first set of short stories on Lulu. I'm new to the whole ebook phenomenon, and I thought that it could be me. But, my friend bought it, and couldn't download it, and I bought one, and it didn't download! I emailed my friend a copy, but that could be a problem! I put the Adobe Editions setting so people can't steal it, but if people have trouble with it, it won't sell! Ah, live and learn. I'll see how it goes...
Who Fears Death has won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel! See the full list of winners here.
And where was I when this awesome news was announced? In a maximum security jail in Chicago visiting one of my students who'd gotten into some trouble. I needed to make sure he was ok. He was. As much as he could be. He’s maintaining.
It was good to see him. He said he was enjoying the latest book I’d sent him- a copy of His Dark Materials. Regardless, seeing him there made my heart ache and eyes burn (as it did back in April). He’s a brilliant young black man.
I came out of there fighting sadness. So many young men of color, predominately black, locked up like animals. I'd noticed when I walked in that on the controls on the wall (which featured several buttons), the one marked "trouble" was flashing and beeping. Apparently (my student told me), someone had just been stabbed and was in bad bad condition.
So, I got into my car sat there for a few moments and then looked at my cell phone (you can't bring your cell phone into the jail). Even as I picked it up, it buzzed as it received another text. When I flipped it open, my eyes nearly popped out of my head. For several minutes I was in a sort of mental turmoil as my sadness battled my extreme happiness. I drove to my mother's house in a sort of shock (had to pick up Anyaugo).
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| Happy Flower by Anyaugo Okorafor |
But when I got there, my family had already heard the news from my editor and I could do nothing but give in to the happy dancing and confetti throwing. Now, week later, I sit here smiling.
I am really proud of this novel. I worked so hard on it. It worked so hard on me. This is beautiful.
Well after a long delay, I want to announce that I have completed the first book in my series of Novellas in the "LOST CHILD" Fantasy series: The HOUSE of GALES.
There are some great illustrated images included in the e-book and I'm already hard at work on book Two which I'm shooting to release for the begining of the year.
I hope that folks embrace the book because I'm sure you're like the ride and the multitude of dynamic characters that I will be introducing
Barnes and Nobles as an e-book!
Come check it out:
I took Stafford's advice and put it out there. Been working on the universe since early 2000's, but I've been tweaking and writing and building their worlds etc. Here is the link (I dropped the price a buck since yesterday : )
I just got it from Amazon. You can get it really cheap if you get the soft cover (mine was around $8 WITH shipping!!) I wrote a few reviews of what I read so far. Lots of good stories--I can wait!
The Next is Now
The New is You
Refresh & Renew
Chainbreaker - Rayla Illmatic
My wife and I flew down from Maryland (boy, were our arms tired) to attend Alien Encounters II in the ATL. Last year, we attended "I"; "II" did not disappoint us.
Thursday featured a very moving tribute and discussion at the Hammond's House about L.A. Banks who passed away this summer. Leslie was a phenomenal writer and overall good person. She touched a lot of lives and broke many barriers for speculative fiction writers of color.
Friday, was devoted to "Griots" with a lively panel discussion and readings featuring the authors and artists from the book. Much love goes to the Davis and Saunders dynamic duo for putting together the first Sword and Soul Anthology.
Saturday afternoon was the most informative, entertaining and inspirational lecture I have been to in years. Scholar Kevin Sipp took us on a musical journey from ancient African drummers and chants to George Clinton's Mother Ship and the Hip Hop folks via "Black Noise Navigators". Brother Sip well-presented his extensive knowledge of Black music and how it has evolved to inspire and encourage us to live "outside of our bodies" and dream the fantastic.
My only regrets were missing Sunday's events due to travel plans; but we certainly plan to attend next year's Alien Encounters III.
the comic never got off the ground, but I dig his crazy urban energy and his ability to capture my characters. He did it for free. Dark Horse turned us down. Maybe someday when my money is right, I can hire him (but he may be too famous for me LOL)
I was pleased to attend the authors' discussion and book signing at Auburn Avenue Research library. This Alien Encounters topic was "Beyond Twilight and Harry Potter: Speculative Fiction for Young Adults of Color." The dicussion was timely, interesting, and important. I'm sad that I missed the other sessions, I was knee deep in finishing Breaking Free. Sadness. But what I heard at this panel was awesome.
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Just wanted everyone to know that my book Lucero #0 was released today. This is her 3rd Solo book. If you would like to check the book out you can go to http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6213 or if you would like to check out all of her stuff go to www.indyplanet.com and use the keyword Lucero to find all her stuff. Thanks.
Sean
Many people have found themselves disappointed with the state of what passes as acceptable "black media" today. Ofen times we are portrayed as a loud, raunchy, and otherwise ignorant race of people on conventional television. Sure, there are a few rays of hope (Oprah's Network immediately comes to mind). However, they are certainly not the majority, nor extremely popular.
A substantial contributor to this state, we believe, is a lack in the number of black owned and operated media outlets in visual media. Did you know that there are a little over 40 channels specific to Hispanics (Spanish speaking channels) on National Cable? Yet, the number of channels targeting people of African Descent can be counted on one hand:
- B.E.T
- TV One
- Oprah Winfrey Network
- Bounce TV (recently launched Sept 27th, 2011)
Four channels?! And with a finger to spare! Simply stated, there's just not enough variety or choice out there for us. This is rather confusing since black people consume THE MOST visual media of any other ethnic group in America. WNWP-TV Internet Television (http://wnwp.tv) seeks to provide a better alternative with original, home grown, independent programs produced by black people, for black people.
This Sunday, October 30th, 2011 The Wombman's Song Community Experience will host Baba Djedi to discuss WNWP-TV Internet Television and its positive answer to our current media options. Speak with him LIVE this Sunday evening on The Wombman's Song Community Experience. 7pmEST/ 6pm Central.
Listen Online @ www.blogtalkradio.com/wombmanssong
Or Call-in @ (310) 634-1953
My new book is out “How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend” horror, science fiction, fiction and poetry available eBook and pdf from Amazon, etc $4.99 and paper next week. Check my site for updates
Reviewers: let me know if you want a copy.
What's happening fam :)? My Probe giveaway went very well, so I've decided to giveaway 2 pdf copies of my first novel Immortal. I think it's a great way to generate publicity for my upcoming novels Immortal 4: Collision of Time & The Switch: Clockwork. And I'll be doing some other promos as well :).
So, I'll give 2 free copies of Immortal to the first 2 people who email me at sister24moon@gmail.com.
Have a great weekend!
Hello, everybody! I managed to catch only a part of The History Detectives last night, but from what I saw, I thought it would make a good, if short blog.
Back in around 1952 or so, Fawcett Books published Romance Comic Books. To tie in with this trend and capture a whole new audience, a white man named Roy Ald created and wrote "Negro Romance," a series that had runs of 100,000 issues each. But due to poor sales and other pressures of the times, only 3 issues were ever produced. Of special interest was the artist, a young black man named Alvin Hollingsworth, who started working at Fawcett while still in high school. He was a jack-of-all-trades around there, and struck up a friendship with Roy Ald, who gave him the job of drawing Negro Romance.
Alvin Hollingsworth was the first African-American artist to be hired by Fawcett. He left the field of comic books in 1955, and went on to become a reknown painter. His paintings and his life were very integral to the Civil Rights Movement. He also had many showcase displays of his paintings at various museums. He died in 2000.
There was also a bit on journalist Orrin Evans, a white man who created what many consider to be the first black hero in comic books -- "Ace Harlan" (sic?) -- a detective or private eye.
Something I either did not know or long forgot was that in 1932, in the Captain Marvel comics, a black character named Steamboat was introduced. As you can imagine, African-Americans, as well as many white people found this character to be insulting. After years of letters and complaints, Steamboat was dropped from the comic in 1945.
I tell you, The History Detectives has become one of my favorite television shows. I wish I had caught the whole episode. But I guess i can always check it out on the InterNet!
I know I don't post or comment much on this site. That in no way is an indication of how I value being a member of Black Science Fiction Society. From reading forum and blog posts, as well as group posts and coments, I have gained invaluable insight and have been introduced to great writers I would never have encountered if not for this group. I felt I've become a much stronger writer since joining this group. Since I joined, I can give some credit to the Society for getting two short stories published--including one in Genesis magazine.
I'm glad I joined. Thanks for having me.
Screenwriters! There is an interview online today with John Truby, author of "Anatomy of Story."
Call: (TODAY!) Sunday, October 23rd, 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm EST, 4 PM CST
Dial: 712 432 0075; Pin#: 4392082#
Get on the line if you can!
