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Crystal
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 13, 2005 - 02:16 pm: | 
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Finally got to meet JustWrite [Paula Edwards] at the L.A. Black Book Expo. Very nice young woman and I’m anxious to start reading her book, The Last Bad Decision. But I think I’ll hold it for my return trip to Vegas in a few weeks. [Side Note: yeah, had such a good time I’m going back. Nope I didn’t win much money – just enough to keep playing but that’s better than usual. Next trip we’re planning a mojito crawl down the strip!] Anyway, Paula has a sequel to Bad Decision coming out next year.
This was the 2nd year for the Expo and the first time I attended. I went in the middle of the afternoon on Saturday and not a whole lot of folks in attendance but a fair group I’d say. Most of the sellers were self-published I think. Not a lot of fiction but I picked up a couple besides Paula’s book: Dark Roots by Jeannie Cobb-woman goes to an African country to search for her brother and ends up going back in time to U.S. slavery times; Brother Status by Shadrach Linscomb-young man coming of age story. I’ll let you know how they are. Several poets selling their work and I even stopped and listened to a few of them [just for you Chris]. A couple of holistic type folks selling stuff and some “let me tell you the real story” about our history, our kids, our schools, our money, our health kind of books.
I mentioned the Expo to a few folks but none of them went. I hope they can keep it going. I’ll have to see what I can do about getting the word out more.
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Kola
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Username: Kola
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Registered: 02-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 13, 2005 - 02:48 pm: |
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Crystal THANK YOU! for the report!
I love Paula Edwards.
The book by Jeannie Cobb sounds really worth checking out.
Hope you have even more fun in VEGAS next time.
Me--I'm just starting to feel better. I've been sick.
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Crystal
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 13, 2005 - 06:23 pm: |
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Kola, put the LABBE on your list for next year. I think you'd be appreciated by this group.
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roXie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 13, 2005 - 07:25 pm: |
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Crystal:--A couple of holistic type folks selling stuff and some “let me tell you the real story” about our history, our kids, our schools, our money, our health kind of books.--
I've also seen those people at AFRAM,the east coast Jazz festival, AKA Boule',and to be honest almost every Black festival/convention I've been to.
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