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Featured Entries

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
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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

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
Media Reviews

A Liberating Love | An analysis of Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

Ebby Freeman and Janie Crawford: Women Who Freed Others Without Sacrificing Themselves. A little before the Christmas rush, I finished reading Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson, and it felt like a present to myself, a present of knowing. While some readers may feel sympathy for Ebony “Ebby” Freeman, she left me feeling elevated, certain that she fully embodied the resource of Love, a love we are all created in and gifted from THE SOURCE. On the surface, Good Dirt tells the story of a Massachus
Media Reviews

First Chapter: Bantu Waltz When the Stylus Hits the Soul

The First Chapter celebrates impactful storytelling, featuring Malaika Mutere's Bantu Waltz, where music, identity, and colonial survival intertwine through a powerful, evocative narrative. Bantu Waltz : Nya's Archangel Story by Malaika Mutere Reviewed by MELEvery writer knows: the first chapter is a promise. It’s where you bring your best pen forward. And if done right, that first chapter becomes a map, a mood, and a motive. That’s why I bring to you, The First Chapter, a feature dedicated to
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Richard Murray Creative Table 6

MY CREATIVE TABLE Mimada cheerleader noddy , Laprimatorte tutorial , poetic critique of illumination by chaosfive-55 , fauxnuts+where are they now charlie brown , new horizons coloring page and challenge , new horizons stamp, right after the fork in the road , where are they now danny and sandy example story - we more together , mardi gras die, to tap the tap + deviantart feb 2026 profile badge , city of fools calligraphy creativemomentum , new years totem seasonal beast portal , DNB heart of lo
History--Maroons

The Great Dismal Swamp & Maroons Residents

More than one reader has contacted me asking how I managed to explicitly portray the Great Dismal Swamp in “Escape To The Maroons.” Since that was my intent, I’ll take the compliment. But after visiting the place, I don’t know that any writer can truly describe how extreme surviving there must have been. When I traveled to Virginia and spent a day touring the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, a Ranger drove me around to show me several highlights, including Lake Drummond. Today’s
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Richard Murray Creative Table 5

MY CREATIVE TABLE Perihelion 2025 , 2024 work list , art vs artist 2024 , Poetic Critique of Luthien and Beren by jjwinters , critmas 2024 , secret santa 2024, Book Review: Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery ,  Story Pitch contest 2025 , synthographers conversations 2024 , Black Romantic Compulsory Figures , Flash Fiction February 2025 , Candace Sulcus of the Sanawoc series , Aeolian Heart Harp,  Around The First Flail , The Fulgurantess , The Vernal Rose , Ume to Sakura
Race

Black People and The Democratic Party

Beyond the choice of whether to vote for Biden or Trump its important to put the relationship between Black people and the Democratic Party in perspective. If Biden wins there are things Black people will want. If Trump wins then for many black voters it will come down to supporting Democrats in 2028. Of course that depends on how bad four more years of Trump will be for our politics and democracy.    It's important to not deny Black agency or legitimate claims on the polity. When we d
VOTEBIDEN/HARRIS&VOTEALLDEMS!!!

NO*IMMUNITY*CHANGE: JUST*MORE*SPECIFIC… “FOR*OFFICIAL*ACTS”

***NOTHING*DIFFERENT*HAS*CHANGED!!! THE*KEYPREPOSITIONAL*PHRASE*OF*IMMUNITY: IS["FOR*OFFICIAL*ACTS"]!!!THIS-IS:WHY-his: COIVD-GENOCIDE-IMCOMPETENCE-OF------ HAVING-KILLED-MORE-THAN1M-PEOPLE--  [STILL-KILLING]IS*NOT*A*GENCIDE-ACT-OF------ A-CRIME:BUT-his-OFFICIAL-ACT=INCOMPETENCE!  SO*YES*THIS*IS*THE*SAME*CONSTITUTIONAL... U.S.*CLEARANCE*OF*PRESIDENTIAL*IMMUNITY!!! ALSO*THEIR*IS*STILL*THE*POWER...  OF*IMPEACHMENT*WHICH*THE*D.O.J.*SHOULD... BE*APPLYING/CHARGING*UNC
Race

To Be Black and Liberal

You can be black and all kinds of things politically speaking. There are Black Democrats, Nationalists, Sepratists, Marxists, Conservatives, Moderates, and Republicans. You might even call yourself a Progressive or Libertarian. But few Black people call themselves Liberal. Even if most Black people vote Democrat they would reject Liberalism.  If you're a white Liberal or Black Conservative reading this you might think I'm way off base. But being a Black Democrat is not synonymous with being a Li
RMU*F.O.I.!!!

BLACK*STAR*NETWORK&MORE:WITH*ROLAND*MARTIN*PLUS!!!

***SEE*NOW:BLACK*STAR*NETWORK&MORE!!! [ROLAND*MARTIN:BLACK*MEDIA"REPORTING]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV0-sUWqc4w ("'THORNES'*OWN*THEIR*BLACK*THRONES"... COPYRIGHT/TM04/04/2022)!!! ***F.O.I.:MAGGIE*ANDERSON":GURU[B.W.S.] ENRICHING*THE*BLACK*OWNED$$$TOO": [CIRCULATING*OUR*BLACK$$$*FUBU*TOO]: EMPOWERING*A*NEW*BLACK*WALLSTREET!!! https://authormaggieanderson.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdeQBGUsTc https://www.instagram.com/p/CKRx-bjJd1C/ https://w
DEMS[MICHIGAN]VOTE*TODAY02/27/2024:BIDEN/HARRIS!!!

***BIDEN*OLD???&FULL*OF*WISDOM!!!  ***"James Brown *Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"[ https://lnkd.in/dKQMegBC ]!!!:

DEMS[MICHIGAN]VOTE*TODAY[TUES]*BIDEN/HARRIS= A*DIVERSE&AN*EDUCATED*AMERICA!!! TODAY02/27/2024*HBCUS*STUDENTS&... ALLSTUDENTS*IN*MICHIGAN: VOTE*FOR*PRESIDENT*BIDEN*TODAY... IN*THE*DEMS*PRESIDENTIAL*PRIMARY!!!: ******************************************* ***BIDEN*OLD???&FULL*OF*WISDOM!!!  ***"James Brown *Papa's Got A Brand New Bag":  https://lnkd.in/dKQMegBC "HEY*I'M*NOT*THE*one------  TRYING-TO-REMAKE-OLD-HATE.  I*GOT*BRAND*
RMU*F.O.I.!!!

***AFRICA&AFRICANS*ALERT!!!:

***AFRICA&AFRICANS*ALERT!!!: white-republican------ NEANDERTHAL[S]thinking: STILL-WANTING-YOUR-RESOURCES ------"MERCENARY Erik Prince SHOWS HIS RACISM by wanting to RE-COLONIZE African, Latin American countries": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmtIKvHCKmE Here’s are Prince’s exact words: https://theintercept.com/2024/02/10/erik-prince-off-leash-imperialism-colonialism/ "If so many of these countries around the world are incapable of governing themselv
Book Marketing Sales

#READINGBLACK SURVEY 2024 How many books did you read last year?

Please visit the #Readingblack Club to answer the survey question, or feel free to respond here.   QUESTION:  Are you reading anything this year?  If Yes, what genre? Fiction or Nonfiction? Is the format Digital, Audio, or Print (Paperback, Hardcover)? Are you consuming the material with a digital device such as an iPhone, Android, or electronic reader (kindle, PC, etc)? Are you reading the traditional way, such as an actual book in hand where you
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Richard Murray Creative Table 4

MY CREATIVE TABLE  2023 art summary ,  December 2023 secret santa, Richard Murray Centos 2023, Princess Candace New Year, Jiausiku 1-2-3 Shadow 1 , weird fashion, Dark Soul photomanipulation,  Dark Academia, Valentine's Nostalgia, Jiausiku 4-5-6  Shadow 2-3 ,  Biden state of the union reply, Jiausiku shadow 4, sign on a signpost,  Mandala Sphere, Jiausiku shadow 5 part 1 ,  march 2024 ai challenge, my 4 days at the National Black Writers Conference, valentine Nostalgia, Creative si
Welcome to DreamLand 夢の国にようこそ saga

Welcome to Nightmare Land: 悪夢の国にようこそ『まるで悪夢を抱いているようです』

Last night I had a dream about my uncle Bill. He was sitting with me in a kitchen area and we were talking about life. We were talking about doing exercise and running around the block for health reasons. I remembered he was a military man. We also sat down and read comic books together. He wanted me to read comics to him. I remembered in this dream, initially I didn’t feel like reading the comics but near the end of that portion of the dream, I remember I became motivated to read those comic bo
AminLogic アミンロジック

God, thank you for everything that you made in this enormous universe and this gifted beautiful planet earth for us to live.

THANK YOU  SO MUCH for everything you're done for us.  How can I give back to your love for us.  What I can do is not much but hope I can give you back what's good and being beautiful to your eyes.  Hope I can live my life to do your work and be of  help even if it is a bit.  THANK YOU GOD that you have trained me and guide me patiently until I came to where I am and what I am to be.  God, I love you so much as much as you do.  I am just a small human being but a
AminLogic アミンロジック

The life of the universe was created

All things are A world of great harmony it is perfect. All living things live in a world of perfection and great harmony. Great Universe = Great Harmony = Perfection = Life Life is perfect from the moment it is born. Life is perfect. There is no concept of health. for humans When I'm about to lose my perfection He gives us the feeling of sickness. from the universe This is a letter of encouragement. thank you. To be alive and alive When I regain my
History

His name is Lord Jesus Christ

2023/12/13 His name is Lord Jesus Christ In the beginning there was a word. The word was with God. The Word was God. This word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by the word. There was nothing that came into existence that did not come into being without words. There was life in the words. Life was the light that illuminated humans. light shines in the darkness. The darkness did not understand the light. There was a man sent by God. His name is John. He came to
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To regret past mistakes: I see this as a wrong way to reflect.

Reflection is generally considered a virtue, but Reflection when accompanied by feelings of regret I don't see it as a good thing. Because, Feelings of regret are seen as unrighteousness. Because it is considered a bad thing. The evil effects are so bad that they fall into beasts, asuras, and hungry shinigami ghosts. Yes, that is considered a spooky thing. Now then, I will talk about a good man who has no regrets. What is the correct method of reflection? To do so you must us
African American Historical Fiction

The whileBlack Chronicles' Website

I have a "homegrown" website. I'm asking readers to please visit. Any suggestions for improvement are appreciated. Is the website interesting? Would you refer anyone to it?   I've attached posts on what I call the reasons people don't visit my website. Hopefully, it will bring a smile to your day.
African American Historical Fiction

The whileBlack Chronicles' eBook Promotion "If Cotton Could Talk"

This is a great gift for a young adult who is an avid reader.   #13 in African Literature (Kindle Store) #24 in Teen & Young Adult US 19th Century Historical Fiction eBooks #59 in Teen & Young Adult 19th Century United States Historical Fiction    

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