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/

What's New at PageTurner.net!

First, we would like to welcome our newest client Phillip Thomas Duck. Please visit his web site at http://www.phillipthomasduck.com/ .

Congratulations

Congratulations to PageTurner.net Clients Victor McGlothin and Eric Jerome Dickey for making the April 2007 Essence Best Sellers List for Fiction-Hardcover!

# 6. Borrow Trouble by Mary Monroe and Victor McGlothin

# 9. Chasing Destiny by Eric Jerome Dickey

Hot off the Press

Love and Lies by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Truth and lies . . .

At long last, the Reverend Curtis Black appears to be living the straight life. The all-too-human preacher is a bestselling author now, and he and his wife, Charlotte, are raising two adorable children. But the ever-suspicious Charlotte doesn't trust that Curtis has put his womanizing past behind him. While he's on the road promoting his latest book, she knows that there just needs to be one extra-devoted fan in his flock for him to stray.

Secrets and lies . . .

Still, Charlotte is no angel herself, and she's been keeping plenty of secrets from Curtis while he's been away. For one thing, their daughter, Marissa, is behaving bizarrely, reminding Charlotte a bit too much of the man with whom she had an affair five years ago—an affair Curtis won't let her forget.

Then there are the disturbing visits from her so-called brother-in-law, a man once involved with drugs and the law. Curtis has forbidden the family to see him, but the guy simply keeps turning up on Charlotte's doorstep no matter how hard she tries to keep him away.

Charlotte believes with all her heart that things will be better once Curtis comes home.

Love and lies . . .

But Charlotte should be careful what she wishes for. She thinks love is enough to untangle the web of lies she and Curtis have woven for themselves. What she doesn't know is that when her husband finally returns, she'll have some tough decisions to make if she wants to save her soul and salvage her marriage.

Ladies' Night Out by Electa Rome Parks

Electa Rome Parks-acclaimed author of Almost Doesn't Count, The Ties that Bind, and Loose Ends-now explores the bonds among four women and the secret confessions that could put their friendship at risk.

Lexie, Meshell, Tonya, and Tracee are single and successful best friends. Devoted to each other since college, they've bonded over a monthly ritual to regroup and keep it real. With a little wine, drama, and laughs, they discuss their dreams, betrayals, families, and without a doubt, the men in their lives that come and go. But tonight, ladies' night out arrives with a twist- and a revelation that could threaten a longstanding friendship or bring four women closer to understanding themselves, their men, and their secret passions than ever before.

Grown And Sexy by Phillip Thomas Duck

In this explosive follow-up to his powerful debut novel, Phillip Thomas Duck tells the tale of an edgy ex-con turned minister who tries to escape his past—and discovers that God truly does work in mysterious ways… LeVar Path went into North Carolina’s Jeremiah Correctional Institution a guilty, angry, dangerous man. Two and a half years later, he’s come out a repentant and born again. And it’s a good thing, because LeVar is about to face all kinds of trials, not to mention temptations. While LeVar is looking for God, a notorious band of murderous brothers is looking for him, eager to avenge a crime they don’t believe he’s quite paid for.

Fleeing to New Jersey, LeVar hears that Fellowship Baptist Church is looking for an associate pastor, and he decides to risk it and apply for the job. The Lord saved his soul in prison, maybe He will shelter his body in the church. And maybe along with His love, LeVar will be blessed with the love of a good woman. For even a man of God is still a man. Faithful yes, but temptation is all around for a man who's grown...and sexy.

Soon enough, LeVar finds himself enjoying the role of pastor, and is strongly attracted to a member of his congregation—a woman who also happens to be his harshest critic. Denied by her, he moves on to another woman that challenges his sexual restraint. But that is just the beginning of a road that will lead LeVar and those whose lives he touches through a tangle of betrayal, long-buried secrets, desires. . .and hopefully redemption.

Coming Soon

April 10, 2007: Sleeping with Strangers by Eric Jerome Dickey

May 1, 2007: Intimate Betrayal by Recha G. Peay

Congratulations to Our October Essence® Best-Sellers!

Fiction - Hardcover

#1. Chasing Destiny by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton, $24.95)
#4. Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby (William Morrow, $23.95)

Fiction - Paperback

#4. Any Rich Man Will Do by Francis Ray (St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95)
#8. A Sin and a Shame by Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone, $14)

Go Kim! Go Eric!

Congratulations to our clients Kimberla Lawson Roby and Eric Jerome Dickey for their recent awards at The 2nd Annual African-American Literary Award Show.

Kim was named Female Author of the Year.

Eric was named Male Author of the Year. Also his book Chasing Destiny won in the Best Contemporary Fiction category.

Congratulations Kim and Eric, we are very proud of you both!!!

Introducing New Author Recha G. Peay

PageTurner.net Would like to welcome our newest client Recha G. Peay. Please visit her web site: http://www.rechagpeay.com

MYSTERY OF A WOMAN

Twenty-seven-year-old Maria McCory's life is suddenly shattered after a brutal attack in the comfort of her own home. She's left feeling helpless and vulnerable only to suffer another life altering event when her aunt passes away.

Love is the farthest thing from her mind, when she meets Rowan Miller, the responding paramedic, but an unexpected fire is ignited. Rowan is attracted to Maria in more ways than one. Despite being involved with another woman, thoughts of Maria continue to haunt him.
Soon an unexpected friendship blossoms into hidden desires and forbidden thoughts of passionÂ…will Maria play it safe or will she allow herself to take a plunge into the unknown? Will Rowan remain trapped in a loveless relationship or follow his heart and unlock the mystery of a woman?

Order Your Copy Today!
Amazon.com

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Author Recha G. Peay currently resides on the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee. A graduate of the University of Tennessee in Memphis, she works as a Medical Technologist. When not dividing her time between her primary career and her family, she is fulfilling her lifelong passion of writing. Her support system consists of a loving husband, daughter and son. Recha is currently completing her second novel.

The African American Literary Awards Show

The 2006 Annual African American Literary Awards Show will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at Alhambra Ballroom, 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (corner of W. 126th Street) in Harlem at 6:30 p.m. The Open Book Awards recognizes, honors, celebrates and promotes the outstanding achievements and contributions that African-American authors and writers make to the publishing, arts and entertainment industries.

Congratulations to the following PageTurner.net clients for their nominations.

FICTION

• Geneva Holliday - Fever
• Marissa Monteilh- Make Me Hot
  

CONTEMPORARY FICTION

• Eric Jerome Dickey - Chasing Destiny
• Victoria Christopher Murray - A Sin And A Shame
• Kimberla Lawson Roby - Changing Faces

MYSTERY

• Jewell Parker Rhodes - Voodoo Season: A Marie Laveau Mystery
  

COMEDY/ HUMOR BOOK

• Nina Foxx - Just Short of Crazy

AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AWARD - MALE

• Eric Jerome Dickey - Chasing Destiny
  

AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AWARD - FEMALE

• Kimberla Lawson Roby - Changing Faces

Chicken Soup for the African American Woman's Soul

Congratulations to Pageturner.net client's Phyllis Dixon and Evelyn Palfrey. Both authors are featured in the upcoming Chicken Soup for the African American Woman's Soul (ISBN 0-7573-0520-2). The book also includes stories from authors as diverse as Mary McLeod Bethune, Patti Labelle and Lisa Nichols. It's easy and inspiring reading be sure to pick up a copy!

Buy it Now: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0757305202/thegoodbookclubt

Author Victoria Christopher Murray in the News

New Yorker Victoria Christopher Murray to receive Phillis Wheatley Award

By Glenn Townes
Special to the AmNews

Popular writer Victoria Christopher-Murray will receive the 2006 Phillis Wheatley
Award for excellence in contemporary fiction at the kickoff reception of the 8th annual Harlem Book Fair on Friday.

Christopher-Murray, a native of Queens, is the author of six Christian-based fiction novels. She is currently on tour to promote her latest novel, A Sin and A Shame, that was released nationally last month. For Christopher Murray, receiving the award is perhaps one of the major highlights of her literary career.

“I’m so excited about this opportunity,” she said recently in a recent interview with the Amsterdam News. “I’m honored to be in the company of so many wonderful people.”
Christopher Murray , who holds an MBA from New York University, spent more than 10 years working in Corporate America before eventually starting her own financial services business. She self-published her first book, Temptation in 1997. The book was eventually picked up and published by Warner Books.

“I didn’t even know that Christian fiction existed,” she said. “I knew that I wanted to write a book that was entertaining, compelling and put God in the middle and still have the book be a page-turner.”

Since those early days, Christopher-Murray’s books have regularly earned her a spot on Essence magazine’s bestseller’s list and garnered her a nomination for a 2001 NAACP Image Award.

The Wheatley Book award was established to recognize literary excellence and achievement that transcends culture, boundary and perception, according to Max Rodriguez, the former publisher of QBR—The Quarterly Black Book Review and an organizer of the Harlem Book Fair. Past recipients include, Dr. Maya Angelou, Maryse Conde, Carol Jenkins and Haki Madhubuti. In addition to Christopher-Murray, this year’s honorees include, Walter Dean Myers, author of the 1993 biography of Malcolm X; Omar Tyree, the outspoken and acerbic author of 13 books that focus on urban hip-hop culture; Chester Higgins, a photojournalist, whose works have appeared in the New York Times, Black Enterprise and Art News and Jan Carew, an educator and author whose works entwine some of his experiences as an educator and author in Europe, Guyana and the U.S.

Christopher-Murray will receive her award Friday night at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem between 7-9 p.m. She will meet fans and autograph copies of her books after the event.

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News From PageTurner.net

Greetings PageTurner.net Family and Friends,

Well, summer is here and it is HOT here in Texas! We hope your 4th of July includes friends, family, barbeque, homemade ice cream, watermelon, "red soda water" and all the things that bring back your favorite childhood memories. And since you have an extra few days off, I hope that you have picked up a great book to sit and read while you relax.

What's on my night stand? I am currently reading Baggage Claim by David Talbert, The Reckoning by Jeff Long, and listening to The Artifact by Patrick Astre. For you Techies out there I am also reading Macromedia Flash Professional 8 Beyond the Basics Hands-On Training. My next planned read is Three Sides to Every Story by Clarence Nero.

Last Month our book club, The Good Book Club Houston, was featured on the Bookclub In Your Pocket Show, a podcast presented by Tricom. We discussed George Elliott Clarke's "George & Rue" with the author. Be sure to check it out (you don't have to have an iPod, you can listen to it on your PC.)

Here is the Link: http://www.tricompodcast.com/site/archive/aiyp/gecgbc

The Black Writers Reunion and Conferece is coming up in a few weeks, so if you are in Dallas, be sure to say hi!

That's all for now, I have books to read and web sites to build!

Have a safe and prosperous month!

P. Walker Williams, President
The Page-Turner Network

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Congratulations July Best-sellers!!!

• Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #5 -Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby


• Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 4 - Any Rich Man Will Do by Franicis Ray

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Hot Off the Press

Ain't No Sunshine (Paperback)
by Candice Dow
Publisher: Dafina Books (June 6, 2006)
ISBN: 0758210558
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0758210558/thegoodbookclubt

Dominion : A Novel (Hardcover)

by Calvin Baker
Publisher:
Grove Press (June 28, 2006)
ISBN: 0802118291
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802118291/thegoodbookclubt

When Love Calls, You Better Answer (Paperback)
by Bertice Berry
Publisher: Harlem Moon; Reprint edition (June 13, 2006)
ISBN: 0767916387
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767916387/thegoodbookclubt

Diva Diaries (Paperback)
by Janine A. Morris
Publisher:
Dafina Books (July 6, 2006)
ISBN: 0758213042
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0758213042/thegoodbookclubt

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PageTurner.net would like to welcome it's newest web site clients..

www.sisterbetty.com

Pat G’Orge (pronounced Gee-or-jay) - Walker is in a league of her own. This accomplished Christian author and comedienne has an amazing mind and talent for turning her observations of church and black church life, in particular, into gems of sidesplitting humor. It is her own special gift from God that enables G’Orge-Walker to depict the often ridiculous antics of church folk. She does it without subverting the Good News or watering down the potency of its message.

www.beverlyjenkins.net

Beverly Jenkins is an African-American, historical romance writer. She and her family live in southeastern Michigan. She is married, and the mother of two children. Born in Detroit, she graduated from Cass Technical High School and attended Michigan State University, where she majored in Journalism and English Literature.

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Public Service

One Dollar For a Cure

We at PageTurner.net are proud to support "Divas For a Cure", a women's cross country motorcycle run to raise money and awareness in the fight against Breast Cancer. We are asking all of our Literary friends to donate at least $1.00 to this most worth while cause, we know that every little bit helps! We pray, that this deadly disease has not affected you personally, but chances are you know some one who has had to fight this battle.

Help us make a difference. Your donation is 100% tax deductible and ALL of your money will be donated, as each of the riders have paid their own expenses.

Link: http://www.firstgiving.com/PamWalkerWilliams

The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will enable writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia got her start. It is meant to cement Octavia's legacy by providing the same experience/opportunity that Octavia had to future generations of new writers of color. In addition to her stint as a student at the original Clarion Writers Workshop in Pennsylvania in 1970, Octavia taught several times for Clarion West in Seattle, Washington, and Clarion in East Lansing, Michigan, giving generously of her time to a cause she believed in.
The first Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will be awarded in 2007. We'll announce details of the application process later this year.

Our goal for a fully endowed scholarship fund is $100,000. At this time, we welcome your tax deductible gift of any amount to this fund. Please use the button to the left of the page to donate via PayPal or a major credit card. If you'd prefer to make your donation in the form of a check or money order, please make it payable to "The Carl Brandon Society" and note that it is for "The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund."

For More Information go to: http://www.carlbrandon.org/butlerscholarship/

Good Book Club featured on "Book Club in Your Pocket" Podcast

Be sure to tune in and listen to the GBC Houston Chapter discuss last month's reading selection "George and Rue" By George Elliot Clark


Bookclub In Your Pocket Show

Featuring Award Winning Canadian Poet turned Author George Elliot Clark, discussing his book GEORGE AND RUE. The book is about a death that brims with fierce vitality and dark humor. Infused with the sensual, rhythmic beauty that defines Clarke's writing, this is a literary debut that is marked by celebration-and controversy...

Listen to the Podcast:

http://www.tricompodcast.com/site/archive/aiyp/gecgbc

News From PageTurner.net

Greetings PageTurner.net Family and Friends,

We hope that you are ready for summer, and to relax and read some great books! There are some hot new releases available for all of your exquisite literary tastes. Watch out for some new steamy summer releases that are bound to keep you up turning pages all night!

What's on my night stand? Well, I just finished Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby, and When a Sistah's Fed Up by Monica "Dr Moe" Frazier Anderson.
I am currently reading Just Short of Crazy by Nina Foxx and listening too (yep I do audio books also) Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book Two: City of Night. For you Techies out there I am also reading Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML. My next read is Baby Brother's Blues by Pearl Cleage (Good Book Club June Selection).

As I mentioned before, I listen to a lot of audio books (on my new IPOD that my husband gave me this past Christmas.) If you are into IPods or MP3 players, you are going to love the Podcast show "Authors In Your Pocket." Each week, they bring you a new interview with some on the country's top authors. Last week's interview was with PageTurner.net author Evie Rhodes, author of Criss Cross.

And last, but certainly not least I hope to see some of you next month at the Black Writers Reunion and Conference in Dallas, TX. I will have the pleasure to presenting a workshop titled "Put Your Best Foot Forward," or as I affectionately refer to as "everything you wanted to know about web sites but were afraid to ask" :-) If you are planning to attend, please stop by and say hi!

That's all for now, I have books to read and web sites to build!

Have a safe and prosperous month,

Pam

Click Here for the June Newsletter: http://www.pageturner.net/news2006/june2006.html

Congratulations June Best-sellers!!!

June 2006

• Kimberla Lawson Roby - Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #3 -Changing Faces
• Bernice McFadden - Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #10 - Nowhere is a Place
• Victoria Christopher Murray - Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 9 - Grown Folks Business
  

Criss Cross by Evie Rhodes

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Congratulations Page-Turner Best-sellers!

May 2006

Eric Jerome Dickey

• New York Times Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #6 - CHASING DESTINY (May 1, 2006)
  
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Sellers List Fiction #7 - CHASING DESTINY(May 1, 2006)
  

Monica Anderson

• Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 5 - When a Sistah's Fed Up.

April 2006

Kimberla Lawson Roby

• Cush City Hardcover Fiction #2 - Changing Faces
  
• Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #1 - The Best-Kept Secret
  
• Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #8 - Genevieve
  

Francis Ray

• Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 4 - Any Rich Man Will Do
  

Victoria Christopher Murray

• Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 6 - Grown Folks Business
  

Coming Soon From Author Eric Jerome Dickey...

Eight-time New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey’s new novel is filled with intrigue, speed, and sex appeal. And an unforgettable female narrator rides her sexy yellow motorcycle right through it all.

Billie (aka "Ducati") is known as much for her extraordinary beauty as for the sexy yellow motorcycle she rides through the mean streets of Los Angeles. Tough, talented, and self-assured, Billie's used to doing things her way—but that was before love threw an oil slick in the road and spun her life into chaos.

Billie's first problem is simple: she's pregnant.

Her second problem is that her lover, Keith, is still married.

Keith has some "things" to deal with, and the people in his life are dark and duplicitous enough to take matters into their own hands, determined to keep Billie from having her baby. Billie suddenly finds herself confronted, attacked, run off highways, threatened and shadowed. Keith still has ties to his manipulative wife, Carmen, and he adores his fifteen-year-old daughter Destiny. Will he do the right thing by his new family, or stand by his old one?

Soon all eyes shift as everyone finds themselves desperately chasing Destiny, a troubled and deceptive girl dancing on the edge of womanhood. When the rubber meets the road, everyone's fighting dirty for what they want...and they're all willing to destroy their enemy or go down in flames to get it.

New Literary Forum

Black Writers Reunion & Conference & Black Writers United organizers have just launched a new forum for Black writers and writers of African-American literature, drama, poetry, and more at http://blackwriters.org/smf/index.php.

In addition to the boards visible to guests (Black Writers Reunion & Conference, MarketBoard, Blogs, Events, & Books), registered users have access to boards on the craft of writing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; publishing; self-publishing; literary services; and freelance and career writing opportunities, to name a few. Registered users can post events, promote literary service businesses, and share book releases. Website links are welcomed.

Go by and check it out! http://blackwriters.org/smf/index.php

Houston Event - Deltas Do the Write Thing

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Houston Alumnae Chapter
presents
Delta's Do the Write Thing
An Author's Forum and Book Signing

Sunday, February 19, 2006
4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
One Delta Plaza
3333 Old Spanish Trail


Featuring PageTurner.net Clients:

• Jetola Anderson Blair
• Phyllis Dixon
• Cherlyn Michaels
• Kimberly Yancy