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Richard Murray Hearth

RIchard Murray Creative Table

Dear Readers,  I tend to enjoy reading various articles on writing , the industry, the concepts, et cetera. parallel to craft articles. These topics can be fun or engaging. As some of you know, I have a controlled electronic footprint, meaning, I don't keep old posts. This blog never had fifteen posts and never will cause I don't like ejunk. But, I realize, aside my posts to what I created and create, I need a post to just chit chat if you will. So this post will serve that function, throug
MARKETING IS A 4-LETTER WORD

HELP WANTED

"No one wants to pay for distraction, but they will pay if it's packaged as help." (me)   How help is defined is tricky. It depends on the client/customer's wants. If your prospective customer wants to escape their environment, then consider if you, the independent author have the skills, resources, and experience packaged in your book to help.    If your book is the solution, then show them how it can get what they want. In this case, adventure, exotic destination, and a
Richard Murray Interviews

Interview to Jessica Amadi

This is my Q&A to Jessica Amadi , Rivers Angels FC media officer   When did you start as the media officer to Rivers Angels F.C. ? August 28, 2015    Is there any media officer to a sporting team or organization that you admire?  That would be the former media officer of defunct Dolphins, China Acheru   The Nigerian league is the strongest womens league in C.A.F. , what should it emulate from other leagues media-wise to grow?  It should get closer to the communities and always
PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL MODERNIZATION RISKS: THE AMERICAN DREAM REDEFINED

Duped Again: Wealth, the only Compensation for not Being White?

Black the beautiful, naturally kinky hair, natural walk, and talk, values traded for the almighty dollar.  African American is led down many roads to envy, feelings of discontent and a resentful itch caused by the possessions, qualities, and dumb luck of white America.  The problems we face lay just behind the facade of the greatest lie ever told; that enslave, imprison, kill, and steal distinction of Black folk.  We’re given a title that separates us, African American; and left confused about w
Richard Murray Hearth

Poetry or More...

I successfully published a poetry book, i entitled, Poetry or More. Now, the original plan I used is to place three year in one book, text side audio. Unfortunately, a 100MB or 100,000KB limit exist on ebooks that can be loaded <that is fair cause that equate to a huge amount from raw text>. Thus, I made four version, one is only text that include all the years. The other three are partials: 2015-2016, 2017 January to June, or 2017 July to December.  The text only includes all the poem s
PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL MODERNIZATION RISKS: THE AMERICAN DREAM REDEFINED

PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL MODERNIZATION RISKS: THE AMERICAN DREAM REDEFINED

State and community equalitarian building on principles of positivism paradox factored into theories of human rights and individualism, continue to produce the inhumane treatment of society’s marginalized and ‘unfortunate’ individuals and groups. Autonomous mechanisms within applied social, political science, and risks associated with modernization patterns are structured to fit within the accepted parameters of how democratic institutions are defined and empowered. As such, principles on which
MARKETING IS A 4-LETTER WORD

Playing the Long Game

I love it when a good plan comes together.    Many who are dazzled by the media and may have missed the plot.    We must remember, we're a civilization rooted in story-telling.   We share information filled with iconic imagery, symbolism, and sounds.     Celebrities are no different.  They use the media to tell stories that voice their platform position or opposition.   Case-in-point, On December 5, 2017 "Beyoncé surprised free-agent quarterback
Afro This: The Leader in Black LIberation

White Folks are the Biggest Hypocrites

It goes without saying; white American's are the main ones who do not take responsibility for their actions. Where do I start; the mass murders, the drug and domestic abuse and terrorism, the welfare abuse and fraud, or the wealth and economic inequality gap? They cheat in everything from wage earning to college entrance exams, to voting and generational privilege. They had a 400-plus year head start on all people of color who they have kept back three grades in life, oppressed and literall
Afro This: The Leader in Black LIberation

The Power of Positive Black-Esteem

Self-Acceptance - To accept the fact that you are Black. Regardless of where you live, what school you went to, how much money you make, and how many white friends you have, you are Black. None of the above things make you white or any more white than you think you are. They make you a successful, well educated, prosperous, and sociable Black person, which is an achievement in itself, and not an accepted convert to whiteness. It is important that Blacks realize that they are and always will be B
Afro This: The Leader in Black LIberation

7 Ways whites Have Brainwashed and Oppressed Blacks Without using Religion

The irony behind this message is that there are things Blacks believe and do everyday under the rule of white America that have nothing to do with religion. In fact, the Bible teaches a person how to come out from under these modern forms of oppression, yet Blacks refuse to read the Bible. Black America has unconsciously associated white oppression with the Bible, which is why many still linger in perpetual mental slavery...Read More
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How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence

Best Dissertation Writing Services  Write about Many Forms of Intelligence Intelligence is an important factor in making our way in the world. What we know and how we use our knowlege is part of our intelligence. It is usually termed as academic and verbal intelligence. Often we think how smart we are is only dependent on our ability to do math or science, how we write and speak, how creative we are. I believe even humor is a form of intelligence because things are funny when we are ab
Richard Murray Interviews

RM Chant

Chant of the week is inspired from Footballcrazy from beinsport and is to Nadia Nadim, you can find her chant on Round 3 from my thoughts. Linked in the ebook you are listening to or the post in social media you are accessing https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-thoughts-round-3   Episode19 Listen to "Richard Murray Chant" on Spreaker.   Enjoy the weekly thoughts , free from Kobo LINK Enjoy my poetry and comics concerning the London Blue  https://www.
Richard Murray Interviews

Weekend Thoughts

Episode 20 Listen to "Weekend Thoughts from richard murray" on Spreaker.   I have spoken to Washington Spirit many time; looking to the end of the national womens soccer league regular season I find a few simple point, to them. First, the Washington Spirit had a woeful off season organizationally. The players like Krieger they let go, the desire to get Pugh they sacrificed for long term is an example to a gamble. this coming off season, I want to see what the plan is to build aroun
Afro This: The Leader in Black LIberation

Black America can win the Psychological War against White Supremacy

To understand the current war Black America is fighting against white America's attempt to resurrect white supremacy, you must first understand the weapons being used against us. The foremost weapon is fear, backed by threats of death by violence and confinement by imprisonment. These are the main weapons whites have used most against Blacks throughout history. Whites base their entire existence and authority on the use of violence and confinement or the mass murder of people who are not wh
Afro This: The Leader in Black LIberation

Black Liberation is Alive in us all

Afromerica has declared war on white supremacy with Black Liberation. Liberation Theology is a strategy and a form of thinking that transforms the mind from misinformation driven into the minds of Black Americans from their birth, to a mind able to discern reality from Euro-American fantasy and from underneath the strong holds of white supremacy.   What does Black Liberation offer the community? It offers a new mindset and ways of thinking. Follow us and learn how to overcome the strug
MARKETING IS A 4-LETTER WORD

Episode 2: Internal Conflict

What does it take to get to a Happily Ever After?   It's 2017 and romance novels are still the best-selling trade books in the America, maybe even the world. I'd go out on a limb to say the reason is two people always find their happily ever after.  But how about outside the book covers? In life?  What does it take to get HEA?  In today's podcast, I explore the reality.  Do you have what it takes to hurdle the obstacles to achieve your happy ending?     Transcript available on melhopki
TELL THE TRUTH

Reminiscent of Rodney King?

https://relevantmagazine.com/slice/jury-finds-police-officer-not-guilty-in-shooting-death-of-philando-castile/      I had to give this post a moment of silence. I really thought this case would be a slam dunk. The gun was on Castile's hip, a 4yr old child was in the back seat, the mother in the drivers seat. What was the terror in that? This man is Stupid and Free to gloat to everyone he encounters just like Zimmerman about how he killed a black man and got away with it. Just a few Day
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Introducing My New Book: The Weeping Time

My new book, The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History, is now available for advance purchase on Amazon.  After 10 long years, it will see the light of day this fall. A big thank you to all who made this possible. From time to time, I will share excerpts on this blog with particular attention as to why memory of this period matters.      The book is about the largest slave auction in US history which took place in Savannah, Georgia in 1859.  In the book
TELL THE TRUTH

Philando Castile: The story that inspired my Blog

This past Tuesday will be 355 days since Philando Castile was killed. To this day, after watching that video; I'm still in shock. Why this case is still going on is beyond me. The Philando Castile case has always stuck with me because with Social Media (which I have a love/hate relationship with, however deemed necessary) we wouldn't have been able to witness for ourselves the senseless killings of Black men that happens everyday. What were normally left with is the aftermath of what the News ha
Richard Murray Hearth

My Writing Islands

Leah Cutter has this idea for a  island map where you use the coordinates for the genre you write in and make these islands So I first had to list my work, I chose only the work I have published on Kobo, I didn't choose everything I have ever written or had accepted in this that or the other. While that would be fair, to be honest, my mindset is, if I incorporate those things that I may have to add another axis and I didn't want this to be muddled too much. If you ever tried to graph a functio
Richard Murray Interviews

Chelsea Ladies 2017 victory chant

Listen to "chelsea ladies victory chant 2017" on Spreaker. Am I blue... London Blue They are all, the things, that I love, cheering too Will they be, gol scoring They are now, but they may not, either way I am blue, London Blue They are all, the things, that I love, cheering too Will they be, reigning queens I know, they will, cause goals are, ventually London Blue, London Blue They are all, the things, that I love, cheering too Season things, are all sweet Even, if we,
Richard Murray Hearth

The Visasiki

Good day readers, the Visasiki excerpt is available for free on Kobo. If you enjoy you can follow up with the Visasiki which is an audio book from stories in the Sunset Children Stories or Looking West and West. The poems to the month is coming, be ready and I will make a collage to a story idea, that you may like.  Happy reading. Visasiki Excerpt Visasiki Sunset Children Stories Looking West and West  
TELL THE TRUTH

SMH Steve Harvey SMH

http://www.etonline.com/news/217849_steve_harvey_ex_wife_mary_vaughn_sues_for_60_million_alleges_torture_soul_murdering/              I wasn't going to say anything and then I read this. As a woman I've noticed (with a side eye) the "Show Boating" Steve likes to do on his Talk Show and Family Feud (White Folks defend yourself). I'm not sure about you but I'm Tired of seeing his Tired, was never a King of Comedy self plastered all over the few channels I care to watch. I'm assuming his 2nd W
Richard Murray Interviews

Interview to Gavin McLeavy

Gavin Mcleavy is a former rugby player from England and the creator of MGM sports management handling rugby players from around the world. What was your local rugby club growing up and did you get to play for them?  I played for Walney Central ARL and Barrow Raiders Rugby League. What rugby player was your idol growing up, what team did they play for?  Vai'aiga Tuigamala of New Zealand and Western Samoa and Andrew Farrell, both at Wigan at the time. Both of them played league and union

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