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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
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 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
Work List

A Night with Dr. Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes

Video TRANSCRIPT - my thoughts in the comments 0:28 all right good evening my name is Dr Jason ockerman 0:34 I'm a faculty member at the uh in the IUPUI School of liberal arts 0:40 and I'm the director of the Ray Bradbury Center what is the Ray Bradbury Center it is a 0:47 one of the larger single author archives in the United States it's also a small Museum we have 0:53 recreated Ray Bradbury's basement office with entirely original artifacts and we do offer
BGE Journal

Super Smash Bros. Collab 2023

Here is the character list and after it is the image. Find your favorite   CHARACTER LIST: (⭐️=Claimed ❤️ =Finished) ❤️⭐️1) Mario - Nicostud916 ❤️⭐️2) Donkey Kong - SunbeamStone ❤️⭐️3) Link - ShimoDuck ❤️⭐️4) Samus - Joker2735 ❤️⭐️4e) Dark Samus - SolarBiscuit96 ❤️⭐️5) Yoshi - Little-Papership ❤️⭐️6) Kirby - InnocentBunny101 ❤️⭐️7) Fox - VixDojoFox ❤️⭐️8) Pikachu - KoraNight ❤️⭐️9) Luigi - Waluigi-Wah ❤️⭐️10) Ness -
BGE Journal

Rainforest Pokemon Collaboration

Once I made a plushie form of a pokemon for a positive donation to make a wish.   Here is the link to my work, can you find it in the image above? https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Bedtime-with-Sudowoodo-plushie-944022157   Now, to make positive donations to the nature conservancy, I created another. When the collab image comes up I will post it, for now, you can see mine.  https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Sudowoodo-in-the-rainforest-Color-98113
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Bayonetta of A Super SMash Bros. Collab is done

When the entire collaboration is finished this image will be complete. Do you see where Bayonetta is?   The Following Are Links To My Bayonetta but before a little poem     Mistress Cherry, quite contrary How does your spellbook grow? With shapeshift ghouls and summon'd tools And so my spellbook grows   Bayonetta super smash bros collab part https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Bayonetta-super-smash-collab-2023-Color-980504646 Bayonetta colori
BGE Journal

Fae Farm

Fantasy Life, from LevelFive is the game that had the most fun in my home, cause we all could play, even offline, even traveling, together in an immersive world.    LevelFive is coming out with Fantasy Life i , but Nintendo has reached out to indie developer Phoenix games, to make a hybrid between  : fantasy life/animal crossing/stardew valley/Breath of the wild from the Zelda seriea. And Fae Farm is the result.      Farm to Fable: The Peace Seekers   Far
Work List

Earliest AfricanFuturism

Afrofuturism in my view can be renamed Negro Science Fantasy Fiction but the definition to either word or term is the same, in my view, works from black  , phenotypical range, authors throughout humanity regardless of geographic ancestry that involve elements  of science fiction or fantasy, with usually, not always, a majority of black characters.  Now I placed a collection of Africanfuturism, the term potentially first coined by Nnedi Okorafor < https://twitter.com/Nnedi , I have not ch
Alvin Hayes

African Proverb: A Village Without The Elderly is Like A Well Without Water. What Water Is To A Well Elders Are To A Society

Experience the danger, thrill, and tenacity of a family's struggle to protect their legacy in the face of a violent Reconstruction-era South in "If the Elders Call". Bertha and Tucker, two former slaves introduced In “If Cotton Could Talk” have instilled the values of the Elders into their children: Junior, Joan, Joseph, Rose, and Gladys. But when a ruthless sheriff and a wealthy white supremacist target their newfound success, Junior, and his son Earl, must step up and take charge.   
Race and Beyond

Affirmative Action and Beyond

Last Thursday in a 6 to 3 decision the Supreme Court declared Affirmative Action in higher education unconstitutional meaning race can no longer be a factor in college admissions. In two cases involving the University of North Carolina and Harvard University the court's conservative majority ruled that race conscious admissions put white and Asian students at an unfair disadvantage in violation of the Equal Protect Clause of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiff in both cases was an organization Stu
Alvin Hayes

New Orleans & The Black Lady With Blue Eyes

"If New Orleans Could Talk" Recently relocated to New Orleans, Earl Thomas sets about getting his family settled and in the business of making money so they can get to their next safe destination, Chicago.   This gripping tale of family, freedom, and forbidden dreams is set in early 20th-century New Orleans. Earl and his family are determined to make a better life for themselves, and his daughter Linda is eager to learn, grow, and lead the family out of the South.   Bet
Alvin Hayes

whileBlack Chronicles: Black History Told Thru Stories

Discover a family that never backs down in the WhileBlack Chronicles, a powerful series of historical fiction books about African American life.   In the first installment, "If Cotton Could Talk," readers will be transported to a cotton plantation in Mississippi in 1850, and follow the inspiring story of the relationships between those enslaved.   In the second book, "If the Elders Call," readers will witness the next generation led by Earl, fighting back against the violen
BGE Journal

A potential firework project for us all

Imagine if we all made a firework with what we learn in this book referring to a game for juneteenth.  Fashion tech tutorials are linked later in the post, if you get any ideas share. Just put your email FREELY and in comes in your email  https://make.co/making-fireworks-premium-download/     AND wearable tech tutorials, maybe make a game out of clothes, any ideas? Wearable tech tutorials https://www.wearabletutorials.com/   and some others
BGE Journal

Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier and Splatoon™ 3 Championship 2023 Qualifier tournaments

Gather your friends, classmates, and anyone else looking for competitive fun for your opportunity to qualify for two tournaments at Nintendo Live 2023 in Seattle this September! The action kicks off at home with the Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier and the Splatoon™ 3 Championship 2023 Qualifier tournaments, where you or your team can earn an opportunity to travel to Seattle and compete at Nintendo Live 2023. Then, in September, top players will step onto the
Race and Beyond

Helping Black Men Should Not Mean Ignoring Black Women

Systemic racism past and present deprives black people of rights, opportunities, and material wellbeing. While this common reality unites black people there are still differences among us. Progress and problems are not the same for all black people. Recognizing the obstacles faced by black men are unique from those of black women is not new. It's a long-standing discussion and debate among black people. From the 1980s onward various black activists, politicians, authors, and thinkers have analyz
BGE Journal

Faefarm visions

I can't wait for Fae Farm, I hope it is a similar game like my beloved Fantasy Life, which is finally coming out with its second edition too.  But, Fae Farm asked Here's some pictures I took while exploring Azoria! 📸  I love hanging up photos to make my space look as cozy as can be~  Maybe you can use these pictures in your cozy space as well and show us how you've done it! 🖼️ 💖 https://twitter.com/FaeFarm/status/1634252925022158848   So I made two versions, the fir
BGE Journal

African American Mario the journeys

Yes, I am a creator. Yes, I write or draw. Yes, all the art in this post comes from the dreamup software by deviantart. Yes, if you want to see my work use the following link as I am a multimedia artist.  https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?tab=field_core_pfield_11   The recent Mario Bros Movie is a financial hit, a commercial hit. Whether an artististic or creative hit... I don't know. But I realized a use for the uses of an imitative software, some call AI , and I p
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Schomburg Black Comic Book Festival

BLACK GAMES ELITE QUESTIONS 1)What defines a Black comic book to you, no answer is wrong? 2)From your definition of Black Comic book, which will you like to see made into a video game?  I ask the two questions cause the point of Black Games Elite is to create, not to preach or talk.    Website https://www.schomcom.org/ Registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-schomburg-center-s-11th-annual-black-comic-book-festival-registration-525127088257

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