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On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr National Holiday, Snitchingon expresses views on the state of black America 48 years after Dr. King's last birthday before he was struck down by an assassin's bullet.

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HOW THE TRUMP STOLE CHRISTMAS http://pollardpost.blogspot.com/2015/12/how-trump-stole-christmas.html

An unassuming man named Chris encounters various individuals during the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. After being both disappointed and encouraged by the actions of those he encountered, Chris sets events in motion that shock the world. http://amzn.to/1YrVRW8

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The 2016 Republican contest to become the party’s nominee to run for President of the United States has been like no other in history and is dominated by one surprising candidate, Donald Trump! As political pundits and his rivals struggle to figure out why Trump shot to an early lead in the polls and maintained his standing despite making statements that many thought should have imploded his campaign, they missed the secret to his success. Donald Trump is not who his opponents and media thinks he is and his supporters know it. http://amzn.to/1QhMp3p

Things You Can’t Tell Mama- book series by D T Pollard -- http://DTPollard.com : Sugar Daddy – Be careful of current choices that could haunt you in the future. https://youtu.be/8SU5Gs3291k

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Liquid Memories – You Can Live Forever For A Price – Free Limited Time Billionaire technology tycoon, Daniel Grayson, is dying from terminal cancer, but he has invented a way to live beyond the death of his physical body. Daniel invented liquid memory and can live forever as long as he finds a new body and brain to host his mind. What would you do to live forever? http://amzn.to/1g1QdPB

The Unreal Housewives of South Dallas – Things You Can’t Tell Mama Tasha Johnson and Latavia Taylor lived in a secluded area in southern Dallas until two new neighbors built homes adjacent to theirs. Amber Watkins was a woman in her twenties that was a former side piece to married professional athletes and other wealthy men with wives. Tanesha Green-Johnson, a model, was once featured on the front cover of a national magazine as the Planet’s Most Beautiful Woman. Both women aroused concern from Latavia and Tashaa in regards to any interest they might have in their pro football player and mega church pastor husbands respectively. Amber arranged a surprise trip to Las Vegas as a bonding experience for her new neighbors and invited her ratchet friends Laticia and Shequilla. The Las Vegas trip caused these women to cross all types of boundaries that could rip their marriages apart if discovered. Before the trip was even planned, Tasha and Latavia caught their new neighbor in the act with a professional basketball player during a housewarming party and that kicked of the relationships between these Unreal Housewives of South Dallas. To catch up on Tasha read: The Pastor’s Lover 1, 2, 3 and The Pastor’s Lover 4: The Pastor’s Wife 4 To catch up on Latavia read: The Pastor’s Wife 1, 2, 3 and The Pastor’s Lover 4: The Pastor’s Wife 4 To catch up on Amber read: Side Piece and Side Piece 2 – Amber Alarm To catch up on Tanesha read: Pretty for a Dark Skinned Woman http://amzn.to/1f6hOyr

The Obituary Of Gut Bucket Johnson – I Ain’t Dead Yet - Free Limited Time Roland “Gut Bucket” Johnson walked into a church and stopped his own funeral with a copy of his obituary in his hand. Roland walked out with his formerly grieving wife, Velma, in his arms. Roland was a throwback of a man, hard drinking, hard fighting and woman chasing. Although they loved each other, neither Roland or Velma expected each other to be faithful if they were apart for long periods of time, but Roland had a special problem resisting tasting the fruits of ratchet women regardless of their or his marital status. Roland decided he needed to confront the demons that chased him. Roland came to a crossroads where his future, present and past all caught up with him at the same time. Emotions were raw, anger exploded and blood was shed in an exhibition of sudden violence. Would Roland “Gut Bucket“ Johnson survive because death would visit as men fought for their lives and future? http://amzn.to/1eyjTmz

The Pastor’s Lover and Wife 4 - Entangled - Things You Can’t Tell Mama – Available Now In the joint fourth installment of the popular “The Pastor’s Lover” and “The Pastor’s Wife” series, both couples came together in an explosive fashion. Pastor Kendrick Johnson and his wife Tasha welcomed Quinton Taylor and his wife Latavia as new members of Higher Calling Church about a year earlier. The two power couples comprised of a mega church pastor and his wife and a young professional football player and his older former pastor’s wife became good friends. They decided to embark on a couples’ cruise and things took an unbelievable turn that changed their lives forever. Shame, guilt and deceit threatened to tear them and their marriages apart. With the crisis seemingly over, circumstances forced everything into the light of day once they were back home. If what took place reached the media, then their lives as they knew it would be over. Can they survive the shocking secrets that are revealed in a most unusual fashion? Catch up with what has gone on with the Johnsons by reading – The Pastor’s Lover 1, 2 and 3 Catch up with what has gone on with the Taylors by reading – The Pastor’s Wife 1, 2 and 3 http://amzn.to/1hPijRJ

I have witness the demise of black book stores andindependent bookstores in general for years. In addition I have also witnessed the decline of book events for black authors. I used to participate in the Read-In in Dallas that took place in the Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas for years and hundreds of black children would attend, get free books and black authors got the chance to tell everyone about their book on stage to thousands of attendees. The read in was sponsored by the Dallas County Community College District and ended amid political infighting and budget troubles during the recession. Now without any full fledged black bookstores in a city the size of Dallas, where do new black readers come for. I have virtually abandoned doing print books because of the cost and lack of avenues to move the product. I write a lot and know what sells in my catalogue, but I don't like to write one type of material so I venture out and write in a variety of genres. The difference between what my black readers buy and what seems to appeal to a mass audience is like night and day. How may ways can someone write about outrageous sex, drama and violence. It can seem that your are writing in a circle, but that is what sells. I had a black bookstore owner that closed the last fullblack bookstore in Dallas, the the urban books was basically all that was selling and then that dropped off. If I only wrote urban I would sell more, but I actually feel my better material gets bypassed because it is not just full of crazy sex filled situations. Somewhere along the line something has gone off the rails in the black reading community and I think it has to do with what is being accepted as entertainment. Some reader simply want titilation in a written form and the era of reading for an enlightening, thought provoking experience is fading with many black readers that want it fast, crazy and raw.

Pretty For A Dark Skinned Woman- Free Limited Time “She’s pretty for a dark skinned girl” was just one of the things Tanesha Green heard said about her when she was growing up. At the age of twenty years old, Tanesha found herself in a position she never expected to be in when she was seemingly plucked out of nowhere and selected to appear on the cover of a national magazine as the Planet’s Most Beautiful Woman. Tanesha found herself thrust into the middle of a national and international debate on beauty, color and discrimination. Tanesha also met the love of her life, but she was hiding secrets and secrets had been withheld from her. Everything exploded into the light of day and could ruin Tanesha’s personal and family life because she discovered what she believed to be true her whole life was a lie. http://amzn.to/MN3Bzd

I have found the same thing about writing. I have written stories that are about positive characters that are role models and heroic in the black community and have an uphill battle getting readership while feeling it was some of my best work. On the other hand pieces that I publish filled with drama, sexual situations and strong language sell many times more. It's a tough world to write in broadly and know that probably 80% of your revenue will come from 20% of your work, but I keep writing in totally dirrerent genres to broaden my readership and it is working to an extent as I'm getting a foothold in the UK with steady sales of work that is not urban fiction, but the Elder Erotica series, and it is dragging readers to my other work. Back to the Zane deal. I don't know if anything went on between Zane and the woman that updated her page, but that is pretty public way to hit someone. I met Zane once at a booksigning at a bookstore in Dallas that closed last year and gave her a copy of one of my books, Rooftop Diva, and she seemed to be just a regular person.

I am not surprised at the coverage of Zane's problems versus her accomplishments. If we reflect we will see the divide between the accomplishment os African Americans in certain fields outside of athletics until trouble comes their way. The lauding and elevation of Fifty Shades of Grey like it was first time something like that had ever been wiritten when Zane and other African American authors have been writing that type of material for years. There seems to be a practice of shaming versus mainstreaming like the old practice of cover records in the past of black songs by artists more acceptable to the mainstream audience. There are a lot of subtle messages being sent when troubles like tax issues and bankrupties are exploded into the media and we have have black singers and actors that get much more attention from the mainstream media when they fall than for their successes in their field. This practice of lack of mainstream media recognition for thier craft and massive exposure for failure is troubling. We know it's not just Zane or as recently reported music mogul Vincent Herbert getting hit with tax leins, but the media coverage of these issues is massive with these people, and some of that digital media is black owned. We also have a negative news sells culture that plays on scandal reporting. Misery loves to see the mighty fall. None of this excuses the real issues these people have run into, but others have similar problems and they don't become as exploited in the media. Wikipedia is something that can be edited and changed so someone decided to place that content about Zane's tax issues on that page. Why that information ended up on Goodreads is baffling to me. What a lot of black authors write is dumped into sub-genres and gathered together in urban sections of bookstores even if they don't belong there. Often other readers never even take a look at a section that is physically or electronically labeled African American or Urban so even if an author is sucessfull they are almost unknown to the wider public until something like what is going on with Zane comes along and that ends up defining them to the rest of the world that doesn't read their work. Why this is happening to Zane is a mystery to me, but not shocking.

Ms Butterface – Free Limited Time Kristin Johnson was a great actress, but she was distraught. Kristin was told she didn’t have the face to be a leading lady in film despite her obvious talent. Kristin was blessed with a body other women prayed for, but in her personal life she was crushed to discover a man she loved once held a contest that crowned her “Ms. Butterface”, as in everything is great about Kristin, but her face, without her knowledge. Kristin made a painful decision to alter her appearance and it changed her life and career, but she unexpectedly did something that shocked the world and sparked a worldwide discussion about what constitutes a healthy self image, imposed standards of beauty and talent. Could a woman once dubbed Ms. Butterface become a success in Hollywood in a business that ran on unrealistic perceptions of beauty and often placed style above substance? http://amzn.to/1eE9fiZ

Keisha’s Mama Is So Fine – Free Limited Time Someone in high school always had a mother that drove the teenage boys wild and in Derrick Lacy’s school it was Janice Thompson. Janice was the mother of his childhood friend Keisha, who was a cheerleader. All the other boys would ask who Janice was when she came to sporting events and Derrick would tell them she was Keisha’s mama. The other boys would respond with, “Keisha’s Mama Is So Fine.” Sixteen years later Derrick found himself in a most unusual situation with Janice who was a still beautiful fifty year old woman and he was a thirty-three year old man. As they looked into each others’ eyes would they cross that line that would transform Janice from being his childhood friend Keisha’s mother into his adult lover? http://amzn.to/1dUisBK

Grandma Does It Better – The Elder Erotica Series - Free limited Time Patricia Franklin’s granddaughter unexpectedly dropped in on her and caught Patricia making love with a thirty-year old man. Patricia reinvented herself at the age of fifty six after her husband of thirty seven years left her for a younger woman. Urged by her good friend Jana, Patricia reclaimed her life and sexuality while demonstrating how active and sensual a mother and grandmother could be. Determined to not be defined by society’s view of what’s proper for a woman her age to be involved in from a relationship and sexual standpoint, Patricia broke all the rules. Patricia is one grandmother that it may be wise to call ahead before just dropping by, because she may be busy doing something other than just knitting. http://amzn.to/1ckQUAL

Fifty Shades of Plaid – The Elder Erotica Series - Free Limited Time Alan thought there was nothing sexier than a very mature woman bound with his colorful plaid neckties as he took her to new sexual heights. Fifty-five year old Alan Larson was a vibrant man with a hobby of collecting plaid neckties. Allen didn’t wear his neckties, but he creatively used them to enhance his sexual encounters with women. After getting settled in his new home in Blissful Boulders, a master planned community for individuals aged fifty five years and older, Alan began his quest to bring carnal excitement to select mature women in the neighborhood. Two women, Melissa and Joyce became the first to experience Alan’s adventurousness with his vibrant neckwear. Alan introduced Mellissa and Joyce to sexual pleasures they had never experienced before while bound with his plaid neckties. Alan’s adventures led to unexpected pairings, broke new sexual boundaries and caused a trip to the emergency room. Would Alan survive his quest to lead mature women to new sexual horizons with him serving as their tour guide? http://amzn.to/JGHmcK

Ghetto Tony And White Trash Tina – Free For Christmas Tony Kelly and Tina Watson were respectively known as Ghetto Tony and White Trash Tina when they attended a high school for academically gifted students years earlier because of their poor economic and social status compared to their classmates. Years later the two ex-classmates from opposite sides of life met at a high school reunion and found that they were both in the illegal drug business. Tony and Tina decided to join forces and try to boost each other’s drug influence by moving Tony’s urban oriented drugs into Tina’s rural area and Tina’s country cooked methamphetamine drugs into Tony’s city customer base. Together Big T and the Ice Queen were making more money than ever until a huge roadblock emerged in the forms of Tony’s main man Keyshawn and Tina’s 300 pound brother Jason. Keyshawn and Jason had dreams of a drug empire of their own. Would Tony and Tina survive the ruthless ambition of their most trusted confidants as they endured meth, molly and mayhem? http://amzn.to/JZZ0Im

Hoe Hoe Hoe – Merry Christmas – Free Very Limited Time Jared Johnson is shocked when he finds his mistress of three years, Kristen Wilson, under his Christmas tree on Christmas morning in the home he shares with his wife Teresa. Teresa is on her way back home after being stranded in New York because of a winter storm and Jared is trying desperately to get Kristen out before Teresa walks in, but Kristen has other ideas. Jared becomes distracted by Kristen’s actions and before he knows it Teresa is walking into the house. Jared is in for the shock of his life when he, Kristen and Teresa come face to face on a most unusual Christmas day. http://amzn.to/1bUeb04

Things you Can’t Tell Mama – The Pastor’s Wife 3 – Free Limited Time Tasha Moore, Quinton’s old high school classmate and the last woman he was with before he married Latavia posts pictures online of her with Quinton naked in bed together in Las Vegas. Quinton can’t remember anything that happened that night in Las Vegas. Quinton and Latavia face the greatest challenge in their two year old marriage as they try to figure out why Tasha suddenly reappeared and is determined to take Quinton from his fifteen years older former church pastor’s wife. Tasha threatens to release even more damaging material that would end Quinton’s professional football career and marriage unless he sleeps with her within a certain timeframe. Latavia throws down the gauntlet and dares Tasha to take her husband if she is woman enough to do it and Tasha accepts the challenge. The shocking truth behind Tasha’s pursuit of Quinton comes out in a most unexpected manner. Can Quinton and Latavia’s marriage survive the full force attack from Tasha Moore who will stop at nothing to get what she wants? http://amzn.to/1c1oWPM

Forget Big Brother We Tell DAD Everything – Free Limited Time For decades there has been this fear of an imposed surveillance state imposed by the government. Ironically we find ourselves voluntarily self reporting our activities, not to a character like Big Brother in George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty Four, but to massive social networking websites that the author refers to as DAD. How did individuals that once fiercely guarded their privacy agree to self report their activities for the world to see? As it turns out, we tell DAD everything. http://amzn.to/1kmyV1m