That Literary Lady to Give Social Media Workshop
That Literary Lady will be conducting a Workshop called Social Media Past the Big Three. Saturday, April 21st from 9am – 10:30am The Nussbam Center for Entrepreneurship 2007 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, NC 2405
Revelations Now Available!
It’s time to move on and that’s exactly what Renee Matthews is trying to do. Last year, her mother interrupted her wedding to tell her that over thirty years ago, she had been intimate with her fiancé and Renee was the result of that intimacy. Barbara Jean Jackson will do everything she can to ensure that her daughter’s life is as miserable as possible; even if that means destroying the love she has managed to find with Stuart Humphries.
Stuart Humphries left Monroe, Louisiana to attend college. He left everything behind . . . including Barbara Jean Jackson.
Charlie Thatcher fell in love with Renee the day he laid eyes on her. Ever since that day, he has been her protector and her best friend and he is determined not to let anything or anyone hurt her.
Revelations is the sequel to Circumstances. Renee and Stuart were on their way down the aisle of wedded bliss—that is until Barbara Jean shows up unexpectedly and utilizes the minister’s option to object to her daughter’s wedding. Barbara Jean reveals that she and Stuart conceived Renee when they were in high school and Renee is devastated. In addition, Stuart is hurt as well. Sure, he had a relationship with Barbara Jean in high school and he had his share of women long after his college days had ended, but he had finally found that missing piece to his puzzle. He is sure that he couldn’t possibly be his fiancé’s father. Unfortunately, he knows that whether he is or not, he can’t continue his life with Renee because, after all, he did have a relationship with her mother.
Charlie is the only one who isn’t surprised that his best friend’s nuptials didn’t go off as planned. He has asked for Renee’s hand on numerous occasions. Each time, Renee turned him down, but they remained friends and he was okay with that . . . for a while.
Even after all her evil deeds, when Barbara Jean receives a health scare, she expects her only daughter to be by her side to comfort her and be at her every beck and call. In spite the fact that Barbara Jean had done everything to ruin her life, Renee is by her mother’s side. And, as if it was God’s plan, secrets of sex, lies and generational curses are revealed. Renee struggles to get past these obstacles because she is determined to be happy and she will make sure that Barbara Jean did not dictate that.
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The 12 Days of Christmas!
Hello America! I’m that Literary Lady and I’d like to welcome you to the 12 Days of Christmas presented by Literary Wonders! Media Group and Bryant Consulting. As you know, Bryant Consulting features entrepreneurs making a difference in their businesses and their communities and Literary Wonders! features authors, their written works, and their contributions to their communities.
Starting tomorrow, December 14th through Christmas day, we will bring you the 12 Days of Christmas podcast. We will highlight a combination of literary geniuses and entrepreneurial giants. We will feature real estate moguls to published authors to chefs to IT/AV geeks.
In addition to these iTunes podcasts (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lw!s-the-authors-hideaway!/id489293831), you will be able to catch these feature pods on our websites at www.literarywonders.com, lwtheauthorshideaway.blogspot.com, thatliterarylady.com and all our social media profiles. You will be able to learn more about our guest, learn how to interact with them and find out how to get in touch with them.
I hand selected our guests personally because I feel that each one of them add value to the lives of others and they deserve to be recognized. I know each of these very important people, and in addition to their careers, they give back to their communities in a big way.
These special people yield from Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina and other places across the country.
So, from all of us at Literary Wonders! Media Group and Bryant Consulting, that Literary Lady would like to wish every single one of you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanza, Feliz Navidad and a 4P Kind of New Year!
That Literary Lady to facilitate self-publishing seminar
Join the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship and Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership and Learning (WELL) and learn how to self-publish a book.
Yolanda Johnson Bryant will discuss how to:
· Realize and determine costs associated with self-publishing
· Create your own publishing platform
· Develop a marketing strategy
· Increase your brand and capitalize on the Ebook market
Introducing . . . Revelations
If God gave you a second chance, would you squander it or would you treasure it? In Circumstances Barbara Jean fed Renee to the wolves, in Revelations, they go toe to toe. Who will come out on top?
Monday Morning Rant 8-29-11
Happy Monday to all! It is my hope that you’ve started your week on the right foot. My prayers go out to those who were affected by Hurricane Irene. There are still over 400,000 people here in North Carolina without power and unfortunately, six North Carolinians lost their lives as a result. Situations and events such as this always tend to put things in perspective for us. Anything can happen and at anytime, so we should attempt to live our lives to the fullest.
So, I posted last week that HP made what “I” felt was a dumb move and decided they didn’t want to be in the computer business anymore and that meant they would stop production of their HP TouchPad. This news started a fire sale frenzy and Wal-Mart started selling the 16 and 32 GB pads as low as $99. In fact, most retailers sold out of the marked down Tabs almost instantly. Best Buy stopped selling them all together.
There was, and still is, a lot of talk centered around its webOS operating system, and since that is geek talk, I won’t get into that.
Now mind you, this Tablet hit the market at the beginning of July and was supposed to be an Apple iPad contender. Unfortunately, the tablet was not received as expected and it lacked features that the iPad featured, umm . . . like and extra camera and apps! HP is taking a $1 billion write off on this failed product. And, while many are snagging up what’s left of the tablets, HP has announced that buyers are “stuck” with the current apps as no more will be developed for this particular product and there will be no upgrades. Take that how you want to. Although I must admit I was about to run out to my local Office Depot or Barnes and Noble to get one, but I reconsidered and decided to wait to see what the Amazon Tablet will have to offer versus the Galaxy Tab.
If this doesn’t deter your decision to forgo the discontinued tablet, HP says they still have a few more in their inventory and will be ridding themselves of the product soon—to everyone . . . except Canada.
Ha! To make matters more interesting, for lack of a better word, retailers such as Radio Shack, Staples and HH Greg are selling the tablets for $499 and $599. Uh, yeah, good luck selling those!
In other news, the American Library Association is accepting nominations for the My Librarian Award. You can nominate your favorite library/librarian for the award and you have until September 12th to do so. Click here for more information about this award.
Banned Books Week is September 24th – October 1st. Banned Book Week is the only known national celebration of the freedom to read and draw attention to the problems with censorship. To learn more about the annual event, click here.
Many of you are familiar with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Well, writer and new author Erin Morgenstern will publisher her debut novel, the Night Circus, a novel that she completed in a past NaNoWriMo challenge. She received thirty, yes, I said thirty, rejections. She is said to have received a high six-figure advance for the novel and is pegged by New York Times as the next J.K. Rowling. This is positive proof that you should never give up on your dreams and that persistence pays off . . . eventually.
That’s all for now. I’m still recovering from surgery and am venturing off to take a nap. Look for more headlines on www.thatliterarylady.com, www.literarywonders.com, www.lwtheauthorshideawawy.blogspot.com, our Facebook Page at Literary Wonders and on Twitter at @thtliterarylady and @literarywonders.
Have a great day and a great cup of coffee!