Sable Lit Reviews

           In May of this year, Mildred Loving passed away of pneumonia at the age of 68. Ms. Loving wasn’t an ordinary African American inhabitant of Virginia. She became a pioneer for interracial romance in 1950’s when she and her Caucasian husband, Richard, where arrested for living as husband and wife in Caroline County. Like [...]

As Mary J. Blige would say, “What’s the 411, Hon?” Well, I am getting it done. This summer has gone so fast and I’ve had my hand in so many pots lately, it is surprising when I look back on it. After a spring of fun writers conferences and book promotions on the Internet, I [...]

Title: Latin Vision Media-Business Networking Event Location: New York City, New York Description: Latin Vision Media is the #1 US Hispanic Business and Media Network. Join them as facilitate the sharing of knowledge and building of professional relationships within the Hispanic business community. For ticket information see http://www.latinvision.com/lvp/events.asp Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-08-21 End Time: [...]

  April was filled with a series of firsts in my writing career. It was the first time:  I traveled to a new state alone without the intention of meeting family, friends or coworkers. I attended an RWA sponsored writer’s conference. I attended an African American writer’s conference. I visited Chicago, Illinois. I considered truly being self-employed without [...]

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       Jet magazine touts itself as the number one African American newsweekly in the world. It had been decades since I last read an issue.      In New Jersey, having an African American magazine on the coffee table was common. When I was a pre-adolescent, my father’s reading influenced everything I read. He read the [...]

Title: First Annual Erasing Borders Festival Of Indian Dance Location: New York City, New York Description: Help the Indo-American Arts Counsel, a not-for-profit secular service and resource center for the arts spread awareness for Indian and cross-cultural art forms in North America. For more information see: http://www.iaac.us Start Date: 2008-08-18 End Date: 2008-08-21

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  As we move away from self-indulgence toward self-discovery, the search for spirituality and humanity advances beyond the previous generations of excess.       As a society, we have entered this era’s search for life’s meaning and the guidebook in which to apply it. Unlike the past, our spiritual renewal is not limited to the interpretation of [...]

        This past April, I attended my very first writers’ conference. It was not only my first writers’ conference, it was the first time I networked in-person among readers, writers, editors and agents as a published author. The Tempe Arizona Desert Rose RWA chapter hosted the 2008 biannual writer’s conference in Chandler, Arizona. It was [...]