Sistah's Blog

Today was not your typical day, I was stopped heading to lunch by a co-worker as she asks me, have you heard about Prince? I look at her with a look of what.. Only for her to say he has passed away at 57 years old. My heart like skips a beat  as my eyes begin to water. I shake my head in disbelief because I am like this cannot be true. Wait, we just lost an icon in a Radio Doug Banks at the age of 51 last week.   Now we loose a legendary icon in music Prince Rogers Nelson at the age of 57. The music this man made will live on for decades to come. I had to take my lunch to my car so that I could listen to the radio station.  It was nice to hear V103  playing tribute to Prince by playing his music that made you smile, bob your heads, and just think back to the first time you heard him.  I could not help but smile up at heaven because a angel went home today with no more suffering from whatever it was. They played Purple Rain which is my all time favorite, Lets Get Crazy , When Doves Cry

Welcome to the month of April.  This is the month that everyone spends spring cleaning and gertting ready to clean out from the winter pack rat.  It's spring cleaning at it's best, have you dusted off your book shelf?  Better yet, what are you reading?  Have you started your own library of books that you enjoy reading ?  How about reading something different that is out of your comfort zone?   I continue to add to my Libary and it's timet to buy another book shelf as I build my library of authors that I enjoy reading, spark my interest, or that I am introduced to.  The author's that made this months list were either interviewed by Sistah's Place Entertainment blog at http://sistahsplace.com/  and books that I have stumbled across from other book clubs.  Currently reading -Photo Credits Book cover-Deborah Mello Deborah Fletcher Mello- Guilty Pleasures (current reading) S. Dodson- Faux Happiness Marcia King-Gamble- Just You Shanikqa Canty- Their Vows Lesl

As always, it's a treasure to watch BET's Black Girls Rock.  It's truly inspirational to see women in different generations share a honor that inspires us all.  Black Girls Rock represents beauty, brilliance, and women who stand in their truth.  I love to see beautiful black women empower others and most important inspire us to reach the sky as the honorees on Tuesday night.  The honorees that were celeberated were: Shonda Rhimes Rhianna Glady's Knight Dania Gurira Amandla Stenberg Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garzo,and Opal Tometi (Black Lives Matters Founders) Photo Credits:  BET/Twitter So, I decided to create my own special list of women who are not just chasing their dreams, but living their dreams.  These women who have inspired, empowered, influenced, mentored others to discover who they are, share their story, discover their passion, and who have reached back to teach one and pull many forward.  Women helping others and reaching back to encourage, g

For the last 6 months I have been working on my debut novel Deceitful- Playing with Fire .  A love story filled with drama, deceit, and love.  As a writer, I am excited to allow my imagination and creativity to give birth to some wild entangling stories that will draw my readers in and keep them on their toes.   I have been working on my debut novel Deceitful- Playing with Fire that will be released late spring 2016.  Meet Taylor Jackson who is married to Devin Jackson and best friends with Kelly Jackson.  However, Taylor and Kelly has a past that no one knows about especially her husband Devin.  You can read Chapter's 1 and 2 snippets on my author's website at Deceitful-Playing With Fire snippet #2   and you can read the first snippet Deceitful-Playing with Fire snippet #1 With that being said, I am very excited to announce my author's E-Blast newsletter. What's the purpose of the E-Blast newsletter? The purpose of the E-Blast newsletter is to inform fans