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A Black Woman Sci-Fi Writer’s Unfounded Rage Towards “The Help”

A Black Woman Sci-Fi Writer’s Unfounded Rage To...

Ok, it’s truth time. Deep down inside I secretly despised the tragic mammy. I know, my rage about the image was totally wrong, illogical, and unlike the normal me. I’m...

A Black Woman Sci-Fi Writer’s Unfounded Rage To...

Ok, it’s truth time. Deep down inside I secretly despised the tragic mammy. I know, my rage about the image was totally wrong, illogical, and unlike the normal me. I’m...

YA Indie Carnival: Check out Giveaways and Meet Abbi Glines

YA Indie Carnival: Check out Giveaways and Meet...

Today's Giveaway [for people over 13, internationally]: Winners announced Sept. 16 at the next YA Indie Carnival. Just comment Alicia@aliciamccalla.com on any Q & A post ALL DAY TODAY and...

YA Indie Carnival: Check out Giveaways and Meet...

Today's Giveaway [for people over 13, internationally]: Winners announced Sept. 16 at the next YA Indie Carnival. Just comment Alicia@aliciamccalla.com on any Q & A post ALL DAY TODAY and...

Interview with Author Nicole Sconiers:  Beckyville has the Snarky, Racial Humor of Undercover Brother Mixed with the Sophistication of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.

Interview with Author Nicole Sconiers: Beckyvi...

I met Nicole Sconiers at OnyxCon 3 in Atlanta. I immediately downloaded the Beckyville short stories and dug-in. I couldn’t stop reading them. The stories push the envelope of issues...

Interview with Author Nicole Sconiers: Beckyvi...

I met Nicole Sconiers at OnyxCon 3 in Atlanta. I immediately downloaded the Beckyville short stories and dug-in. I couldn’t stop reading them. The stories push the envelope of issues...

Guest Blogger: Laura A. H. Elliott Talks About Writing Latinas and Mariachis

Guest Blogger: Laura A. H. Elliott Talks About ...

When fear’s as blind as love, how far would you go to find your happily ever after? Winnemucca is a story about a teenage girl’s enchanted road trip to her...

Guest Blogger: Laura A. H. Elliott Talks About ...

When fear’s as blind as love, how far would you go to find your happily ever after? Winnemucca is a story about a teenage girl’s enchanted road trip to her...

YA Indie Carnival: Read a Paragraph from Chapter 1 of Breaking Free by Alicia McCalla

YA Indie Carnival: Read a Paragraph from Chapte...

This week the YA Indie Carnival topic is to post one paragraph of a current story or work in progress.  Here's an unedited paragraph from the beginning of Breaking Free. I...

YA Indie Carnival: Read a Paragraph from Chapte...

This week the YA Indie Carnival topic is to post one paragraph of a current story or work in progress.  Here's an unedited paragraph from the beginning of Breaking Free. I...

OnyxCon Fills the Gap in Speculative Fiction for African Americans

OnyxCon Fills the Gap in Speculative Fiction fo...

I'm so excited to say that I attended this year's OnyxCon in Atlanta.  What's OnyxCon? The short version is that it's an  event that highlights authors, artists, game designers, comics,...

OnyxCon Fills the Gap in Speculative Fiction fo...

I'm so excited to say that I attended this year's OnyxCon in Atlanta.  What's OnyxCon? The short version is that it's an  event that highlights authors, artists, game designers, comics,...