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Congrats on your honor, and welcome to the forum. Hi @M. Ann Machen Pritchard, when you post a shortened URL and no other information, that screams spam. This would discourage a lot of people from following the link-because one has not idea what is waiting for them on the other end If you sent this as an email it might even trigger spam filters. Rather, if you posted the information in the following fashion, your message would be more appealing and potentially attract more attention. [Minneapolis, MN, January 9, 2014] M. Ann Machen Pritchard, author of Val’s World Featuring The Family Unity Roundtable, has been chosen as one of ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’. The awards were sponsored by The Authors Show. Her win secures a place in ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’, an annual publication that will be available in January 2014. - Read the full press release here. You'll notice that the hyper link still uses your shortened URL so you can track clicks on the link (assuming that is why you used it). In fact, given the document is a press release you could simply paste the entire press release here. Better still you could post the entire press release and information about the book. I'm critiquing this post not just for your benefit but for the benefit of other reading this. Truth be told the simple fact that you posted something puts you in a different class of author

Tired of the school's reading list filled with white boy and dog protagonist, Marley Dias kicked off her own hashtag #1000BlackGirlBooks which features Black girls as stars of their stories. Check out the PhillyVoice article here

ON OF DR. KING'S BOOKS CALLED WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE,CHAOS OR COMMUNITY/WITH THE MURDERS OF BLACK MALES BY RACIST WHITE POLICE, BLACK AND WHITE REPUBLICANS CONDONE IT, BLACK PREACHERS CONDONED ,SUPPORT WHITE POLICE MURDERING BLACK MALES,THE FUHRER DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTED BY WHITE SUPREMACIST,BLACK PEOPLE HAVE THE BLACK GENOCIDE,CRACK HOUSES,PIMP HOUSES, LEADERS YOU CANNOT TRUST,THE CHURCHES ARE SLAVE CABINS, PIMP HOUSES,PREACHERS MOTIVATED BY MONEY ,PREACHERS ENSLAVING THE SOULS OF BLACK PEOPLE/DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING SHOULD BE DISGUSTED WITH THE CHURCH IF THE SPIRITS OF PEOPLE WANDER AMONG US/////.WHITE RACIST DOES NOT WANT RACIAL HARMONY, BLACK PEOPLE WILL STOP BLACK STRONG UNITY COMMUNITIES.....///////

Cynique The Academy work award you an Honorary degree based on your rhetorical accuity. Platonically yours, Del

It's still displaying on my end - but I guess that's because it's in my pc. Let me edit again.

So thankful for this post! It is amazing how our thoughts can inspire each other!

I guess the same can be done in music. I'm sure Cynique would say we are discussing something that isn't going to change again, lol. It is very interesting that a word that we have taken as our own is still just as powerful when used by or against us. I guess there are never going to be repercussions for the disrespect of Black folks at any level. I mean Trump dissed immigrants and the repercussions were swift and powerful.

I somewhat agree with you, but the research is skewed... then again what research isn't? Social media does allow for a lot of debate and it is quite active with people posting links and responding when it is an issue they are passionate about. This is so much the case that I've often hidden people to avoid being drawn into a lengthy back and forth on Facebook with people who are simply ranting and want to be heard, but are not open to a solid debate. I think your best point is definitely the fact that it is fleeting. This is the problem with social media. It is lightning fast and continues moving along and conversations are eventually lost within a day or two as the next new "like" or "share" is posted. This is why I really liked your suggestions a while back in regard to using Disqus where your responses can be cataloged and supported with stats and you can build an audience through responding. I think the message board is taking a hit primarily because people don't have the ability to write nuanced or informed long responses. This goes back to your "stupid" post as well. I'm definitely realizing the benefits of actively blogging in regard to building my writing career and with the addition of Disqus and my interaction on various websites, Spreecast, youtube, etc my site is indeed developing a nice amount of traffic. My decision to begin building reviews around my Amazon Associates account is also paying for a tank of gas each month. I guess ultimately everything runs its course, and the message board is becoming a lost treasure. I do appreciate all of your efforts though and I am making a real effort to participate. I only wish others would do something similar. That would be the difference maker. Those who are already aware help, but there have to be new converts from lurkers to writers. Is that a call to arms? Yep... come on lurkers share the page on your blogs and let's rebuild those web chains from the 90s.