When Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts wrote an essay on Black joy for The Washington Post, she had no idea just how deeply it would resonate. But the outpouring of positive responses affirmed her own lived experience: that Black joy is not just a weapon of resistance, it is a tool for resilience. With this book, Tracey aims to gift her community with a collection of lyrical essays about the way joy has evolved, even in the midst of
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Building Your Readership #17 – Implementing Your Plan Before I share more tips on building your readership, I want to thank you for taking time each week to read this newsletter. You are here every week which means you are ready to build your readership and that puts a smile on my face. I know how hard it is to be consistent especially when it comes to book promotion. I’ve given you a lot of
Lost You’d think being abducted by aliens would be the worst thing that could happen to me. And you’d be wrong. Because now, the aliens are having ship trouble, and they’ve left their cargo of human women – including me – on an ice planet. Found And the only native inhabitant I’ve met? He’s big, horned, blue, and really, really has a thing for me…. CLICK TO ORDER
As you know I love a good goatee and this man had one in Mr. Sunshine that made him look like a totally different person without it. He wasn’t the lead man in the series, but he stood out in every scene he was in. A few years later I watched him in a few other series and didn’t know it was the same person until I did a little more digging. Yes, facial hair
Ailsa Connery has waited three long years to finally escape her enslavement at Stirling Castle and reunite with her clan. But her carefully laid plans are completely destroyed by the arrival of the infamous Highland warrior known as Dubh Mahoun, the Black Devil . . . who has plans of his own. Kallum MacNeill’s fearsome reputation has long allowed him to keep hidden his secret double life of freeing enslaved captives across the land. It’s
Tang Jan-sang was one of my boys from Crash Landing On You. He was the youngest of the soldiers. He had the lead in Move To Heaven as an autistic young man who cleans up after the deceased. He’s acting grabbed you in both series. You wanted to hug him a few times. My favorite scene in Crash Landing On You I when the guys all get dressed up and the female lead sees them
For Harry, this is that story at last. Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness—and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight. At twenty-one, he joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero
Woo Da-hwan is another second lead who steals the show. I loved him in My Country, but he was wonderful in The King: Eternal Monarch. He played a dual role, and you would believe he had a twin the way he played both characters. He was sexy strong in one character and playful cute in the other role. I’m looking forward to seeing him get more leads. My favorite scene – In the King: Eternal
Shy, bookish, and admittedly awkward, Lily Greene has always felt inadequate compared to the rest of her accomplished family, who strive for Black excellence. She dreams of becoming a children’s books editor, but she’s been frustratingly stuck in the nonfiction division for years without a promotion in sight. Lily finds escapism in her correspondences with her favorite fantasy author, and what begins as two lonely people connecting over email turns into a tentative friendship and
This young man captured my heart as one of the brothers in Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Reyo. He was adorable in the series. My favorite scene is when he tells his brother, the King, he’s not letting him have his child. He’d rather die. He loved that baby. I’m sure he’ll be having his own shows soon because the camera loves him. Kissing Points – N/A I haven’t seen him do a kiss scene, so
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