Sable Lit Reviews

SLR:   What’s the biggest initiative going on at EDC Creations right now EDC: EDC Creations, The Sankofa Literary Society and The Black Authors Network announce the launch of their 2009 “Give the Gift of Knowledge Campaign,” bringing readers and authors together to help improve literacy. In 2004, during the Christmas holidays, Ella Curry, the founder of [...]

     SLR: Why did you decide to focus on authors and the process of better connecting them to the publishing world and the book-buying public? EDC: Often times launching your own business is difficult and the expense that comes with owning your business can be overwhelming. In an effort to increase my income and to acquire health insurance, [...]

SLR: As the owner of EDC Creations and the Sankofa Literary Society and the producer and moderator of an Internet radio talk show, The Black Authors Network, which showcases authors, publishers and community leaders across the global network, what put you on course to become an entrepreneur?    EDC: My motivation to become an entrepreneur [...]

SLR.                  Who or what inspires you? EDC: My mother who has survived, against all odds, when the doctors gave up on her life. My father who became a successful man in the South, when no one believed a Black man could own acreage and have a sizeable bank account. My best friend Samuel Barclay who [...]

SLR:  Who influenced you growing up? EDC: Mary Glass was my high school librarian. Mrs. Glass instilled in me the art of being a lady. Mrs. Glass was a chocolate, petite, Delta Diva — very refined in every sense of the word. All my life I wanted to be like her and to make her [...]

As the president of EDC Creations and The Sankofa Literary Society, located in Prince George County, Maryland, Ella D. Curry’s firm provides press kits, graphic design, website design, and branding to small and medium-sized businesses, authors of all literary genres, and individuals.  EDC Creations’ specialization in Internet book promotions, publishing website and marketing materials for [...]

As a successful writer, your career involves more than just writing good material. While producing the best written work is the core of any writing career, getting the attention your work deserves is an important component of your career and is no longer just the responsibility of your agent or publisher. Additionally, it begins long [...]

More than just a catalyst to ticket sales, the predominant face associated with a film has a lot to do with the direction it will take and how it will be perceived. The same holds true for the making of The Secret Life of Bees, a New York Times bestseller by Sue Monk Kidd. While [...]

Books and their parts are often used as metaphors for life. For example, “never judge a book by its cover” or “judge a man not by the color of his skin by but the content of his character”, but Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist, Alicia Keys, as she often does in her music, reveals a new [...]

Before going into the drugstore, Director Gina Prince-Bythewood tapped her young actor on the shoulder, “Jennifer, whatever you do, don’t hit anyone.” Confused, the Oscar-award winning actor of Dream Girls, Jennifer Hudson walked into the North Carolina drugstore unsure what would happen next or why she would need such a warning. The unique telling of [...]