Summer Reads 2009

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Coming Soon From Author Kim Roby

Sin No More by Best-selling Author Kim Roby

Buy the Book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060892501/goodbookclubt

Visit Kim's Web Site: www.kimroby.com

Nina Foxx's Marrying Up

From the pages to the stage…Bestselling Book by San Antonio Author now a Stage Play

Nina Foxx's Marrying Up


(San Antonio, TX) – In the search for a husband, what's a woman to do? Make sure she marries up! At least that's the motto of Paris Montague and her meddling mother. Paris has got it all – beauty, brains and a fine man on her arm. There's just one problem – he's not the "caliber" of man she was looking for.

Tyson is content being Paris' sexy secret lover. He's a struggling brother chasing a dream and if Paris can just hang on long enough he'll prove he's worthy of her hand in marriage. But Tyson is about to face some stiff competition from the sexy, charismatic – and very rich Jabari Nolan. He's out to show Paris that when it comes to love, the best thing a woman can do is marry up.
Come experience one woman's discovery how all that glitters isn't gold and when it comes to matters of the heart, love has everything to do with it…

Based on the National Bestselling book by author Nina Foxx, Marrying Up is a stage play that's guaranteed to touch your emotions. This unique venture, produced by San Antonio-based Foxx Tale Productions stars R&B Swooners Gary "Li'l G" Jenkins (Silk) and Tony Terry, Comedienne Keisha Hunt (Comic View, Who's Got Jokes) Casme Barnes and Texas-based actors, Sondra Johnson, Reginald Johnson, Darrell Grant, Jacqueline Carter…and introducing Brooklyn Brewer.

"I'm excited about the play," says author Nina Foxx. "After the work was optioned the first time, I wasn't happy with what I saw. I got my rights back and this is my first attempt at writing, producing and directing. I love it when people tell me I can't.. We're starting in Texas and going from there. " Foxx plans ten shows, four have already been scheduled.

Foxx is producing the play in conjunction with The San Antonio Film District. "They built the sets and we are filming it. I'll be involved in everything, right down to film editing. It's a new model. In essence, we are filming a movie where the sets happen to be on a stage in front of a live audience. Five Cameras! I'm a hands on type of woman."

Tickets are $30 and available at TicketMaster.com.
Marrying Up
February 2nd - 3 PM and 8 PM
February 3rd - 3 PM and 8 Pm

The Jo long Theater (at the Carver Community Cultural Center)226 N Hackberry ~ San Antonio, TX

About Foxx Tale Productions

Foxx Tale Productions is a San Antonio-based minority-owned theater and film production company. Foxx Tale Productions is devoted to improving the state of theater in the African-American community by enlightening, entertaining and enriching through music and quality stories on the stage. With multicultural stories and universal themes, Foxx Tale Productions is garnering attention from around the country.This is not a production of the Carver Community Cultural Center.

Award-winning gospel songwriter Evie Rhodes invites readers into the world of a young girl who inspires everyone around her and reveals that the spirit of Christmas can be found anywhere--if you just believe...

On the surface, Jamie Lynne Brooks looks like your ordinary nine-year-old girl. She likes to skip, laugh, and play. But Jamie is far from ordinary. She has been blessed with a magical gift--a gift that will transform Jamie's world and all of the people in it this holiday season...
Although her loving grandparents have raised Jamie in a protective cocoon, Jamie is wise to the harsh realities of the tough neighborhood she calls home. And her mother's absence from her life has only made Jamie wiser beyond her years. Yet she has managed to hold onto hope--hope for a better life for her grandparents, hope that her mother will return someday, and hope for anyone who's lost their way. After all, Christmas is a time for miracles...

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T’was the week before Christmas,
When all through the house,
Not one soul was stirring—nary creak in the house.
One child was snuggled under the blanket with care,
While two Angels hovered, awaiting hope and love for all to be shared.
The two Angels watched her sleeping
And knew without a doubt, This Christmas would be remembered,
And so would the Christ Child, and his clout.
Though many had forgotten for many a year,
The true spirit of Christmas and its time was near.
And though this child was sleeping, the Angels knew
She’d bring back faith, and a love for Christmas, renewed.
And before they all slept on Christmas night,
They would hear Christ’s whisper, bidding them a good night.
And above all, wishing them a Merry Christmas,
And to all a good life!

Welcome New Author Stacey L. Ford!

Stacey L. Ford became a novelist by chance. After numerous talks with her girlfriends about the lack of available, single, quality men, Stacey and her friends jokingly had conversations about their perceived options as single Black women between the ages of thirty-five and forty-five: lesbianism, celibacy or polyamory (multiple partner relationships). “None of these were viable options for me and my girlfriends, but the idea of man-sharing sure did stimulate a hot topic of discussion,” she says. The end-result was a manuscript titled, Selling the Fantasy, Stacey created to start a buzz about another alternative lifestyle that is starting to surface in African American communities.

“Black people are testing out so many different lifestyles that five or ten years ago would have been considered taboo, such as bisexuality, swinging and polyamory. The idea of two women sharing one man, unfortunately, is not a new concept, but with poly-relationships at least women can make the conscious decision if they want to participate, rather than finding out there is another woman across town,” she says.

Selling the Fantasy allows readers to peer into the life of a typical, single, Black woman and the tough decisions she must make if she wants to have the man of her dreams. It also compels women to contemplate the question, “Could I live this lifestyle if done correctly?” Stacey describes the novel as a compelling mixture of humor, romance, erotica and betrayal.

Stacey is a native of Oakland, California. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from UCLA and an MBA in Marketing from California State University, East Bay. She is a contributing writer for The Mirror Weekly Observer newspaper in Shreveport, Louisiana and a member of the National Black MBA Association. Stacey currently lives with her son in Northwest Louisiana, but has her eyes set on Dallas, Texas. She is presently hard at work on her next novel.

Visit Stacey's New Web Site at: http://www.staceylford.com

Cheryl Robinson's Redesigned Web Site

If you haven't visited Cheryl Robinson's web site in a while, you are in for a treat! Check out Cheryl's new look at: http://www.cherylrobinson.com/

New Author Spotlight: Monica L. Jones

Monica L. Jones was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of six she witnessed the stage production of The Wiz, which sparked a love and appreciation for the Arts. Monica wrote and submitted a script for a popular situation comedy at the age of fourteen. She would later learn that her story would not be utilized, only to watch an episode that strongly resembled the script she submitted months before. Nevertheless, she realized her desire for writing, developing and telling stories.

Monica attended Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan where she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree. For a year she attended Howard University to where she studied Film and also studied drama under Al Freeman Jr. (Elijah Muhammed in the film Malcolm X). Years later she returned to Oakland University where she acquired a Masters of Education. Monica simultaneously attended Eastern Michigan University where she received a Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling. She is a member of the American School Counselor Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

What began as a “temporary” job as a substitute teacher, lead to a career in Education for more than ten years. Eight and a half of those years were spent as an English Teacher at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan. Currently Monica is an Academic Advisor/ Counselor at Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Michigan.

Monica has never lost her love for writing and the Arts. Years after an exceedingly long hiatus, she has come full circle. Better Late Than Never is her first novel.

Visit Her Web Site: http://www.monicaljones.com/