Why Book Reviews Matter! Part One-The Creative Side

Yay! So happy to announce our latest #newadult #na #eroticromance #Samepage available now on netgalley. Had so much fun writing this but nervous to how it will be perceived since it doesn't follow a "traditional" romance format. But all I can say is that it was the romance story I wanted to read and I Cant wait for The sequel which will be on in late February-early March. In the meantime time check it out on netgalley. Link is in bio!! #interracialromance #contemporary #contemporaryromance #bwwm #naromance #multicultural #multiculturalromance #bookstagram #wocinromance #booknerdigans #steamyromance #weneeddiverseromance #Nigerian #naija #newreleases bwwmromance

Cover Reveal and $250 cash giveaway #booklover

Cover Reveal and $250 cash giveaway #booklover

We are rearing for our first release of the year Lesson That Taught Love, our first book in that’s Contemporary Romance( traditional romance that isn’t New Adult) and its quite different from our normal style of writing, so we hope people like it! But did you know we’re nearly complete with a second release? We just got the cover done for it, and it’s super pretty that we just had to share it!

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“We both are in the middle, and nobody teases us for it.”

ICYMI: Kumu Hina, an indigenous Hawaiian hula teacher who identifies as mahu (”in the middle” when it comes to gender), comforts a transgender student in the trailer for the upcoming film A Place in the Middle. (via BuzzFeed)

This can save lives of many Black people who were wrongly convicted and arrested on drug possession charges. Please spread!

I am BEYOND excited about @lyssachiavari cover reveal for her sequel to a book I adore, New World. This book is like my dream come true with a multicultural cast of awesome characters! Synopsis: MARS, 2075 C.E.Isaak has returned from Iamos, but life hasn't exactly gone back to normal. In what felt like a month to him, two years passed in the world he left behind—and now that he's home, he's not sure if he knows what home is anymore. Mars has become a world of riots and police states, with GSAF doing everything in their power to clamp down on the burgeoning rebellion started by Isaak's once-best friend, Henry Sandhu. It doesn't take long before he realizes that maybe coming back to Mars wasn't such a good idea. But unless they can find a way to get to the time postern—currently guarded by heavily-armed GSAF agents—Isaak is stuck in the future... and so is Nadin.Nadin thought that the future would hold her answers, but everything changed the moment they passed through the door. All she wants now is to return to Iamos and make sure that her partner, Ceilos, is safe. But once her identity as a native Martian gets out, she finds herself caught in a political struggle she doesn't understand, with both factions trying to win her over to their side. And when GSAF learns that Nadin holds the key to deciphering the mysterious System, they'll stop at nothing to keep her on Mars—permanently. Add New World to your to-read list on Goodreads! Expected Publish date :Early 2018 by @snowywingspub Custom stock provided by @mosaicstock Cover design by @najlaqamberdesigns

The We Need Diverse Books™ Walter Award Judges Committee has confirmed selections for the inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature – Young Adult Category. One winner and two honors have been named.

The Walter Dean Myers Award, also known as “The Walter,” is named for prolific children’s and young adult author Walter Dean Myers (1937 – 2014). Myers was a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature as well as a champion of diversity in children’s and YA books.

The winner of the first annual Walter award (2016) is the young adult novel All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. The judges also selected two Walter honor books: Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings by Margarita Engle and X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!

UPLIFT BLACK CHILDREN.

Teach them moral and values. Give them the knowledge and strength to survive in the world they will become a part of. Teach them to have great patience and great strength and the knowledge to know when to use it. Show them love nurture them protect them. Most of all lead by example. Little eyes are watching.

Pretty much!

Every Other Rom-Com Ever

Female Lead: I am an uptight workaholic, and am neurotic to the point of damaging my personal relationships. [trips and tells implausible lies] But I’m also clumsy and awkward so it’s okay.

Best Friend: I am a quirky free spirit who inexplicably enjoys your company. I’m sassy, laid-back, and somehow always right.

Quirky Parents: We’re benignly embarrassing! And also somehow always right.

Female Lead: I’m lonely, but I still have The Plan. That’ll make me happy, right?

Best Friend: [rolls eyes] The Plan can’t keep you warm at night, if you know what I mean.

Quirky Parents: You can’t spend your life with The Plan. [Insert adorkable old people moment]

Both Together: THE PLAN DOES NOT INVOLVE LOVE.

Male Lead: [enters, probably awkwardly] Hello, I am a charming asshole whose assholery hides a sensitive heart.

Female Lead: YOU DO NOT GEL WITH THE PLAN.

Male Lead: Fuck The Plan. Stop being so uptight. Stop caring so much about things I don’t care about.

Female Lead: But I have dreams! Aspirations that have nothing to do with you!

Male Lead: [follows her around] Me, tho.

Female Lead: [relents] Perhaps you are correct.

[They are happy for 5 minutes, in which he is overbearing and she is uncomfortable cool with it.]

[Insert The Event. Maybe she lied to him. Maybe she prioritized her career and life goals over her sort-of-boyfriend. Maybe *gasp* AN EASILY EXPLAINABLE MISUNDERSTANDING. He shames her for what she’s done and storms off.]

Female Lead: I was wrong. But it’s too late to apologize for some reason.

Best Friend OR Quirky Parents: You should apologize.

Female Lead: But it’s too late for some reason! Also The Plan! Perhaps we were never meant to be.

Best Friend OR Quirky Parents: Fuck The Plan. This guy you’ve known for like a week eclipses everything else. Go to him.

Female Lead: You’re right! [leaves friend’s wedding/important meeting/family reunion/etc. Goes to him with big gesture. Trips, because she’s still clumsy and awkward.] I’M SORRY FOR NOT MAKING YOU TOP PRIORITY IN MY LIFE, MAN I’M ONLY KIND OF DATING.

Male Lead: I’m sorry I shamed you for having a life plan that doesn’t revolve around romance/sex, but this scene still implies I was right to do so.

Female Lead: Fuck The Plan.

[They kiss]

Female Lead: [narrating] Thus I learned that romantic love is more important than any other kind of love, or financial stability, or dreams you’ve had for literally decades. And I am better for it now. The End.

As well as girls with nose rings... #weakness #mce #nosering @tiara_thomas

Women in the pics: (clockwise) Daniele Suzuki-Japanese-Brazilian, Dascha Polanco-Dominican American, Gloria "Goyo" Martinez of Chocquibtown -Afro-Colombian and Joanna Hausmann- Venezuelan. Proof that there is no such thing as "Latina"features. Mini rant: Have been reading a lot a books that center on or have Latina characters but almost always they are the stereotype of what #Latinas look like. Tan skin, corkscrew curly hair, "exotic". First off, people being described as exotic is disgusting. Writers should really consider using it unless they're talking about a rug or a plant. And second, all Latinas do not fit the jlo stereotype mold. We come Black, we come Asian, we come white(and yes you can be a white Latina. Ppl think that by being Latina you're suddenly not white) and we come indigenous. So please tell me why no one wants to challenge the idea? I've read just 3 books total in my lifetime that centered on an Afrolatina and I want to read more. Writer friends, please do better!