Coping with Huntington’s Chorea and Dementia as a Writer
by Dr. Maxine Thompson
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
--Zora Neale Hurston
“Cookie.” The words come out in a stammer or, better yet, maybe a sputte ...
Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 1:15PM
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Hostage of Lies by Dr. Maxine E. Thompson
How important is the past? For 40-year-old Titi, who’s always felt like an outsider in her own family, it’s vital.
Titi has returned home for her father’s seventy-fifth birthday celebration, ...
Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 1:08PM
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BLACK PEARLS MAGAZINE INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS
Interviewed by founder, Ella D. Curry
Nanette M. Buchanan -- An Author with New Drama, Page after Page
Nanette M. Buchanan was born, raised and educated in Newark, New Jersey. After ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 6:18PM
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Self Published? Are You Really An Author?
by Nanette M. Buchanan
• Questions posed by Black Pearls Magazine:
As a self-published author, do you get the same respect as authors produced by traditional publishing houses? Are you really an a ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 6:11PM
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Poem- What If by Nanette M. Buchanan
Celebrating those who heard the call to lead
What if......
There had been no ships approaching the coast, no overseers,
No masters, no plantations, no whips, no chains.
No slaves,
Those things that ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:57PM
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As They Slept by Nanette Buchanan
- The Black Legacy
While they slept.....
Their life was torn from it's roots
The land robbed and invaded.
While they slept....
They were shipped across the world,
Their freedom masqueraded.
Whil ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:53PM
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Do you know your Family’s Composition?
It was immediately after the sensational “Roots” saga and “The Next Generation” by Alex Haley that many of our families began to embrace the concept of family unity. The family no matter what the ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:50PM
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The Definition of Love by Nanette M. Buchanan
He said he knew a little about "true love", my ears tuned in.....
It had been weeks, no months, a few years.....since we had been just friends.
We had gone to heights where I felt pure ple ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:39PM
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Take a Poetic Journey- Taking It A Step Further
by Nanette M. Buchanan
Taking it a step further...takes a motivational force
Taking it a step further...
Is the difference between self destruction or a positive course.
Taking it ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:35PM
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On a recent visit to San Francisco I was able to spend a day with my sister Veronica. The one thing I know about my sister is that she will provide me with the latest research on food and nutrition. Unlike me she loves to cook and has recently t ...
Posted Wednesday, January 6th 2010 at 6:35PM
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Deborah Owens' passion is helping people of all incomes build wealth. She is a sought after speaker and expert on the topic of entrepreneurship and financial empowerment.
Deborah is the Wealth Coach on My Generation TV which airs nationally in ...
Posted Wednesday, January 6th 2010 at 6:23PM
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Advice from the Top: What Minority Women Say About Their Career Success
by author Valencia Campbell
Join me in welcoming author Valencia Campbell to the group. Valencia is a consultant on educational topics and women’s issues Her completed ...
Posted Wednesday, December 9th 2009 at 6:16PM
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On The Flip Side Synopsis
A Different Kind of Baby Momma Drama...
Tavares has one thing on his mind and that is being a good father to his kids. This proves to become a difficult act when he faces obstacles from the mother ...
Posted Friday, November 20th 2009 at 3:47AM
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Gillam Hale was born to free parents, and his life was untouched by slavery until his preacher father took him on a trip to minister to the Virginia slaves. Gillam wants beautiful Queen Esther from the moment he sees her, but the only way to purcha ...
Posted Friday, November 6th 2009 at 5:28PM
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Book Intro- PROLOGUE: Drunk for 27 Years by Cynthia Banks
Drunk for 27 Years: A Story of Victory - Her Choice to Live and Not Dieby author Cynthia Banks
The road of Priscilla’s life was paved by the people that made choices for her. T ...
Posted Friday, November 6th 2009 at 5:20PM
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Reviewed by Jeneke Lesak for RebeccasReads
“Color Me Jazzmyne” is an unconventional, yet fascinating first novel by Marian L. Thomas. Thomas definitely cuts to the core of serious subject matter: rape and incest and the cutthroat world of the ...
Posted Thursday, November 5th 2009 at 12:06PM
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Black Pearls Intimate Conversation with Pamela Samuels Young
Hosted by Ella Curry, EDC Creations
Pamela Samuels Young is the Essence bestselling author of the legal thrillers: Murder on the Down Low, In Firm Pursuit, Every Reasonable Doubt an ...
Posted Sunday, November 1st 2009 at 5:28AM
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Pat G'Orge Walker discusses Somebody Sinning in My Bed with Ella Curry
http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WTgtshhQ
Somebody's Sinning In My Bed by Pat G'Orge-Walker
Pat G'Orge-Walker delivers a wickedly funny, uplifting novel of love and ...
Posted Friday, October 30th 2009 at 5:10PM
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Authors Supporting Authors Article
by Essence Best Selling Author Pat G'Orge-Walker
Reprint August 15, 2009
First, I'd like to thank ASA for the opportunity to support a common cause. It's important that authors come together, for the grea ...
Posted Friday, October 30th 2009 at 5:05PM
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“SOMEBODY’S SINNING IN MY BED” by Pat G'Orge Walker
ISBN-10: 0758235402 | ISBN-13: 9780758235404
Available wherever books are sold
Pat G’Orge-Walker delivers a wickedly funny, uplifting novel of love and betrayal…good karma and bad ...
Posted Friday, October 30th 2009 at 4:55PM
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First Chapter: One Night with You by Francis Ray
New York Times bestselling author Francis Ray continues her captivating series about the Grayson family and their circle of friends with One Night With You, as two people with no plans for roman ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2009 at 3:06PM
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The Manual by Sherryle Kiser Jackson
Who said there isn't a manual for love, relationships and raising kids?
With a chance to confront their past with the hindsight of adulthood,
two high school sweethearts must forgive and forget to raise th ...
Posted Sunday, September 20th 2009 at 5:53PM
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Friendiligence
By Sherryle Kiser Jackson
Friendiligence is one of those Internet buzzwords up for consideration to be added to the upcoming edition of the Merriman Webster Dictionary. Google it. It loosely means the time and energy used to es ...
Posted Sunday, September 20th 2009 at 5:48PM
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