From the ‘reach out and touch’ department…….

The past couple of weeks have been busy with another successful writers workshop at AC Bilbrew Library in L.A., maintaining a mobile bookstore here in my new location of Northern California, and now that I’m done with book events for the rest of the year, I have time to finish my first novel which should be completed hopefully at the end of December.

For those of you who may not know it, I have made the move up to Vallejo and although the city is under a microscope due to a historic ruling, I’m enjoying my time here and from the change of pace that is Los Angeles. Chandra’s blog, Sweet Home Vallejo can fill you in on what’s going on in the city better than I can. Besides, I enjoy reading it anyway and maybe if I’m nice, she’ll let me write a couple of pieces.

Empire Beat Magazine has published a cute article about the L.A. Black Book Expo on their site in their Reviews section you can find (through some hard work) on their site. As far as the other projects, the only site neglected has been – you guessed it – Authors N Focus. Needless to say, despite the inactivity with interviews, I’ve been working on links for the Resource page and have found through my research on the publishing industry and their nemesis, Amazon.com, that digital readers are here to stay. I don’t have time to go into all the details right now but it is assured the Kindle, Reader, Nook and Knack (not a real device, just made that one up) are going to remain in our public consciousness for a long time to come. I’ll add that this opens up a new realm of possibilities for aspiring and new authors if they look at the signs. Obviously, Amazon’s on fire right now with not only the Kindle, but their entire website. So it’s worth taking a look at their model and witness how they are head and shoulders above their competition right now. Again, I don’t have time to go into details and offer my opinions about them, rest assured the time will come and since I’m pursuing my dream of opening a ‘brick and mortar’ shop in the near future, it’s best to express my concerns as a rookie in the bookseller game.

So there’s a lot happening with me, and more will be revealed as time goes on. Take care.

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