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Tavis vs Barack
There’s lots of chatter, huffing and puffing about Tavis Smiley’s “State of the Black Union” which happened this weekend in New Orleans. But the conversation isn’t so much about the SOTBU, a...
WE’RE ON YOUTUBE!!!
We have arrived in the video village. Right after our deadline for the next book and before we hit the road, or the Tarmac as the case may be, to promote Gotta Keep on Tryin’, we spent a few hours w...
We’re Baaaaaack!
. . .And we’re whupped. Seriously. Book tour is no joke. And it’s definitely not for sissies. It is in fact, a lot like the movie Groundhog Day—in different cities. Typical 24hour Tour Day:4:30 ...
ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So...this is it! We’re about to head off on the Gotta Keep on Tryin’ tour, which means that our blog may not be the regular Monday and Thursdays it has been for the past several months. Mostly bec...
Gotta Launch Party Photos
On January 7, 2008 we had a launch party for Gotta Keep on Tryin' and about 150 friends, family and fans of our work at Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant, in New Brunswick, NJ. We had a ball and partied unt...
ESSENCE.COM REVIEW--JANUARY 2008
ESSENCE.com January 2008Patrik's Picks: Move the Crowd Our books editor, Patrik Henry Bass, has found three crowd-pleasers to warm your spirit during these chilly winter days.BACK TOGETHER AGAINRememb...
DEADLINE DIARRHEA
OK—so you know we’re finishing another book right? Well yesterday was our deadline. We could tell, because we both had a case of deadline diarrhea. Still don’t know how it happens. ...
DEADLINE COUNTDOWN & BOOK CLUB REVIEWS
As most of you know, we are on deadline for a new book (What Doesn’t Kill You will be out January 2009) which is due to our publisher the day after New Years. So you can be sure we won’t be ringi...
EXPOSURES: Chapter 24 & 25
Chapter 24Jeffrey pushed the brass handle on the etched glass door and ushered Brett into the red and pink gilded opulence of the Russian Tea Room. Brett was not particularly fond of the posh restaura...
WRITING IS NOT PRETTY
We got our first real copies of Gotta Keep on Tryin’, on Tuesday. We even celebrated with the UPS guy—he’s the regular guy—so he knows what we do and said he was honored to be the first “rea...
Oh Come Let Us Go Shopping
‘Tis Christmas time—we know it’s official because the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit, but more importantly, we have passed Black Friday and Cyber Monday. HoHoHo.Truly, we’re starting...
In Trouble's Living Room
A few days ago, the news here in the New York/New Jersey area was dominated by a story of the shooting death of a thirteen year old on the streets of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Click here: Shooting Kills ...
LOOK & LISTEN
OK we went to a big fancy publishing industry cocktail party (hosted by Bertelsman--Literary Guild, Black Expressions, Book of the Month, Doubleday, etc.) in New York last night, then out to dinner wi...
Our Brilliance Week in Michigan!
Over the last 26 or so years of friendship, we have spent more hours together than we could possibly count, or remember for that matter. We have spent it in cars, trains, airplanes, offices of varying...
BOOK TOUR
When we’re writing, the idea that an actual book will come out seems like some kind of crazy dream. Even when we type, “The End,” and collapse in a heap, it only seems marginally real. Yes, then...
Terry, and Rev. Al, Nooses, and Bunny and Shirley
There is so much stuff going on, so much that we want to say our 4 cents worth about, that it regularly leaves our heads spinning. But we are seriously in writing mode (our December deadline approache...
EXPOSURES--THE BEGINNING
So here is our freshman effort, the “child” we’ve been keeping in the closet—sort of our red-headed step-child. You might also find a few funky codes—finding a way to transpose this story—...
Who you callin' B***h?!
We try not to get caught up in the "he said, she said", spectacular allegations, blatant publicity stunts and counter claims of celebrity trials. Quotes from testimony, taken out of context, can be c...
9/11 BEFORE AND AFTER
Six years ago---we all remember exactly where we were-THAT DAY.Just as previous generations remember where they were when they heard about Pearl Harbor (Probably on the radio. We weren’t born yet). ...
NBCC-Chi-Town
As we mentioned in Monday’s blog, we spent last weekend in Chicago at the National Book Club Conference Click here: National Book Club Conference , presented by Black Issues Book Review Click here: ...
CAN YOU JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER?
Can you judge a book by its cover? How much does it influence what you buy in the bookstore? Are you drawn to, or turned off by the image on the front of a book? Will a cover you like make you pick up...