Are You the Next Great Writer?

Posted on November 14, 2007 
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Austin, TX (BlackNews.com) – Family Digest Magazine – Black America’s No. 1 Family and Relationship Magazine – is holding a contest to find the Next Great American Magazine Writer. We are looking for fabulous writers who enjoy discovering and sharing the latest information on health, family, parenting, relationships, marriage, great food, travel and more. These writers have to be passionate about uncovering that choice bit of information that makes each article all that much more interesting to our audience — African American adults with families.

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Family Digest Vacation Sweepstakes

Posted on November 14, 2007 
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FAMILY DIGEST MAGAZINE IS GIVING AWAY EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS — FREE VACATIONS!

Austin, TX (BlackNews.com) – The holidays are quickly approaching. With all the shopping, cooking, cleaning and holiday guests, moms and dads are going to feel like they could use a break. Family Digest Magazine — in partnership with great vacation destinations — will give away free vacations in the Family Digest Vacation Sweepstakes.

According to Darryl L. Mobley, Family Digest’s founder, "I have always considered travel the greatest gift. And, the vacation destinations Family Digest is giving away can rightly be considered once-in-a-lifetime gifts to our readers." Registering for the Family Digest Vacation Sweepstakes is free, easy and includes a no-cost subscription to Family Digest Magazine — Black America’s No. 1 Family and Relationship Magazine.

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Introducing the Brown Bookshelf

Posted on November 8, 2007 
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ANNOUNCEMENT by Kelly Starling Lyons, author of  One Million Men and Me, Just Us Books, 2007 and NEATE: Eddie’s Ordeal, Just Us Books, 2004

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2326/1809846277_7264ec9e99.jpg?v=0According to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), less than two percent of children’s books published last year were written by African American authors. Want the raw numbers? That’s just 87 children’s books by African-American authors out of an estimated 5,000 children’s books published in 2006 overall.

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BOOK TRAILER | Them

Posted on November 8, 2007 
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Nathan McCall’s novel, Them, tells a compelling story set in a downtown Atlanta neighborhood known for its main street, Auburn Avenue, which once was regarded as the "richest Negro street in the world." Using a blend of superbly developed characters in a story that captures the essence of this country’s struggles with the unsettling realities of gentrification, McCall has produced a truly great American novel.

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Endurance Series, Pt. 2

Posted on November 8, 2007 
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Mama, Why Did You Let Them Do That?

"Go take a shower with Big Jim and I’ll dry you off when you’re done."  With no questions asked, I stood before mama while she pulled my panties down and my shirt over my head.  I joined my step-father in the shower for had become my bathing routine.  As mama lifted me into the shower, she playfully slapped the back of my behind as she told me to be a good girl.

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How Strong Women Pray

Posted on November 7, 2007 
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HOW STRONG WOMEN PRAY by Bonnie St. John

Tune in to hear Bonnie St. John, one of the nation’s leading inspirational speakers, talk about her new book, How Strong Women Pray, with On The Air host, Marlive Harris.

Bonnie St. John, a Rhodes scholar, Olympic medalist, single mom, amputee, former White House official and nationally acclaimed speaker, is the author of, How Strong Women Pray; a deeply moving and entertaining new book about communicating with God, from 28 extraordinary women, with Bonnie’s own personal journey to prayer woven in!

Check out the podcast at On The Air With TheGRITS.com.

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