Sable Lit Reviews

Often in the arena of multicultural writing, the topics tend to only exhibit the broadest terms or characters a mixed audience can understand. For example, I was nine years old when I moved to Arizona with my father. My parents were splitting up and my father wanted to venture out West from New Jersey. Arizona [...]

Multicultural character development isn’t just about skin color or ethnic origin. Many occupations and jobs carry a culture all their own. As a result, the vast details of multicultural character development are some of the most interesting research work you can do for your novels and stories. Many authors choose to fictionalize a dream job [...]

If you’ve reviewed the content of this site for very long you know that I write about multiculturalism in current events and history but I also provide multicultural book and movie reviews.  Of course, I also cover multicultural writing and book marketing. There is no shortage of content when you take such a broad view [...]

Often in developing the details that make stories real, we take from what is around us. While I live in Arizona most of my stories and novels take place elsewhere. As a result, I often research for general everyday objects or watch television shows set in locations I write about in order to get a [...]

In a multilayered plot that pushed and pulled from beginning to end, Jean Holloway drifts in and out of the consciousness of Detective Shevaughn Robinson, an African American woman new to the homicide division, reporter and love interest Tony O’Brien, a Caucasian reporter sniffing for the big story to make his career, sexually depraved killer [...]

Only four days left till the end of the Sable Lit Reviews Spirit of Giving contest sponsored by Hachette Book Group. Here’s the winning book list especially picked by Hachette Book Group for each of the three special holidays: We Wish You a Merry Christmas Book Giveaway: Engaging Father Christmas By Robin Gunn ISBN: 0446179469 [...]

It seems like the celebration of Kwanzaa has become more prevalent over the last twenty years, it actually originated over 40 years ago and is observed by some 18 million African and African Americans. While I don’t specifically celebrate the holiday, this blog and this month’s holiday contest gives me an excellent opportunity to learn [...]

Christmas in Arizona is a culture all its own. In the metro-Phoenix area we make up for the lack of snow with lights reaching as far as the eyes can see. Fake snow abounds and electric bills skyrocket as homeowners attempt to be the brightest most original lit Christmas wonderland on the block.  The Arizona [...]

It is the natural order of things where the dominating culture’s rituals and beliefs are the norm. In a multicultural society, the exploration of minority rituals and beliefs allow for an opportunity for growth and further life enrichment. I spent my first nine years of life living in New Jersey where a Jewish population was [...]

All the blinders are removed from the world of BDSM in Bridget Midway’s Woman in Chains. Dakota “Dak” Ricci is many things; A military veteran of the US war in Kuwait, a husky wood craftsman and a former Dom turned burly Paul Bunion savior-type who falls in love with his most recent save he names [...]