Over the last few weeks, I have had many explosive Facebook debates about whether or not Black people need to forgive and forget slavery and pursue life as it relates to being prosperous in 2018. I have tried making my argument, but I will use this blog post to demonstrate what I think Black people can do to work with existing platforms to excel.
Top six things Blacks need to pursue, resisting didn’t make the list:
1) Guiding high schoolers to have stellar college applications/resumes to get into the TOP UNIVERSITIES. Top means the ones...
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Sunday, July 27, 2014
STOP THE E-BOOK vs. PAPERBACK ARGUMENTS. Here's why. The true question is if authors only produced paperbacks are they going to EFFECTIVELY get them to the readers. Other than social media, which I am certain brings in very little money, how are readers going to know about an author's book, if only they sell it. To sell E-books and Paperbacks together is MANDATORY. No mainstream publisher would ever even contemplate this proposition of not selling one or the other. We as indie authors have to think and run our companies more like them to truly...
Monday, May 20, 2013
In the competitive world of publishing authors often sit and contemplate how to live off selling books. How can I quit my day job and be a full-time author? How can an author effectively do that if every avenue that they must utilize to sell books has a method for them to be undercut, and lose potential sales. Indie authors have to compete with mainstream authors and the money put behind them to market and advertise their book, and the huge print...
Thursday, February 7, 2013
My Urban Books: A Conversation with Rahiem Brooks: Every author has a story and every writer has their own writing style that will make the world stop dead in their tracks. But the o...
Sunday, February 3, 2013
I don't want to get all HOLLYWOOD as I visit here, but I sell far more books to MYSTERY BOOK STORES in remote places like Boise Fuckin Idaho, and I don't even try to get into so called black owned stores. It's so sad, but they want you to kiss they ass to carry a book and then kiss they ass some more to pay you. You have some that don't want to try to carry ya book and give you a shot, and alas they going out of business months later. Good for them! They book you on a signing and do absolutely no promotion to help both parties. And what's strikingly...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Unseen Promise's Blog : Guest Blogs Interview - Rahiem Brooks: Please welcome Rahiem Brooks to our Blog Interview regarding his latest novel. Let’s hear what he has to s...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
There is true power in your future if you effectively use Facebook to advance your goals and platform. Yesterday, I posted my letter to BAM, and someone inboxed me about an error. They suggested that as opposed to addressing my letter to Dear Director, I should address the person by their name. I wholeheartedly agreed with the advise, but I informed them that I submitted the letter in the manner that the company asked for it. After we reviewed...
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