Dear Lil Wayne, 'show me' How To Love - Lil Wayne (Tha Carter IV)

This is my song! Waiting on the Tha Carter IV! This man never fails me with his music. I love this song & he is singing his heart out.

Always,

B. LaShera GLAZE

It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Oprah Winfrey by Jimmy Kimmel and Boyz II...

Bye to the Oprah Winfrey Show & Hello to the Oprah Winfrey Network!!!!

Always Love Oprah,

B. LaShera GLAZE

Freedom Rider Jim Zwerg

This should be interesting!

The book that made me LOVE Toni Morrison

When I read this, I knew I loved Ms. Morrison!

Song of the Summer:Kelly Rowland - Motivation ft. Lil Wayne

Independent Bookstores

Hey World!

Independent Bookstores (Independent anything) needs your help. I found from this http://ow.ly/4Xime that there are independent bookstores in my area. You can too!

There are two in my area:

Capital Book & News Company
1140 East Fairview Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36106-2109
(334) 265-1473

http://www.capitolbook.com/

The Book Cellar
7939 Vaughn Rd
Montgomery, Alabama 36116
334-356-5879
http://www.bookcellaronline.net/

Try them out. Indies support local authors when Big Chains ignore them because they are unknown.
There are some in your area. Why not check?

Always,

B. LaShera GLAZE

What's up this summer?

Summer is coming. What am I doing? I am praying to take some trips with friends. Taking two grad classes. Spending time with my BABY. Reading. Writing. and Thank God I am Working.

Keep the blessings coming God.

As I reflect, this time last year I was working a job that I hated. I wasn't making much. I was stressed and my hair does what it always does when I'm under stress-come out.

Now, I am blessed to be doing better and to be still working and working a job that I don't mind going to. A cute hair cut. And I'm happy and so very blessed. I have my health & strength. I also have my mind. I have my family & friends who love me very much. Love them too!

I am blessed to be able to pay my bills on time and not beg and borrow(as Mother would say). All my praises go to JESUS.

I hope eveyone's life is rich & productive. Keep the faith. We are all in this together!!!!

Can you tell that I am Happy and Blessed!? 

One day all will know my name,

B. LaShera Glaze

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family & The Mo'nique Show

Everyone who knows me knows that I LOVE & SUPPORT Tyler Perry. I respect his struggle and support his art. Plus, I love Madea! This pistol popping Woman is a force to be reckoned with! I enjoy the family issues and the messages in his plays and movies. He is the true definition of success. No matter your situation or your background, YOU TOO can make it.

I also watched him on The Mo'nique Show last night. He is very intelligent and speaks with such grace and confidence. He talked about Spike Lee and how much he can learn from him. They can learn from each other. Tyler respects Spike and wants nothing more than to end the conflict and work on future projects. He also said that we as a Black race are the only ones that bring our own race down. We have to do better because other races are looking at us. This is a A Good Way to take a STAND, Mr. Perry!

Go see & support Tyler Perry's movie. He has done a lot for the community and has helped many African Americans in HOLLYWOOD.

Synopsis:
Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can't manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter...and the revelation of a long-buried family secret.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/madeasbighappyfamily/

Lastly, let's support OUR girl Mo'nique (http://www.bet.com/shows/the-monique-show.html) . She did an great and entertaining interview with Tyler Perry. Every night she makes MAGIC!

Always,

B. LaShera GLAZE

Bernice L. McFadden in Atlanta, GA

Dear Friends,

On Saturday April 16th at 1:45- 3 p.m., Bestselling author Bernice L. McFadden will discuss her journey as a writer and those authors who influenced her .

The meeting location:
Atlanta Writers Club meeting
Georgia Perimeter College - Dunwoody campus
2101 Womack Road
Dunwoody, GA 30338
Building NC, Room 1100 Auditorium

After the meeting, there will be a book signing at Eagle Eye Bookshop:

http://www.eagleeyebooks.com/index.html

Following a book signing at Eagle Eye Bookshop, Bernice McFadden will have dinner with a group of AWC members at Athens Pizza across from Eagle Eye at 6:30 p.m.

Always,

B. LaShera GLAZE

Happy Diva Day Aretha- My favorite song: Respect

Sapphire, author of Push, is back! The Kid (JULY 5th)

The Kid follows the son of Claireece "Precious" Jones, the sexually abused, illiterate heroine of Push. This coming-of-age story focuses on Claireece's son as he navigates the mean streets of New York City that threatened to swallow his mother whole. While Push ended with Claireece finding out she was HIV-positive, her son doesn't have the disease. What he does have, however, is the soul of an artist, which he hopes will keep him alive. http://www.thegrio.com/entertainment/sapphire-to-publish-push-sequel-the-kid.php

This book will be released on July 5, 2011. You can pre-order is NOW on AMAZON http://www.amazon.com/Kid-Sapphire/dp/1594203040 .

True Destination: Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden

True Destination: Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden: "This has been a long time coming. After reading this book so many months ago, I thought about what I wanted to say about this MASTERPIECE. I..."

Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden

This has been a long time coming. After reading this book so many months ago, I thought about what I wanted to say about this MASTERPIECE. I have read the reviews and agreed with each one. I have read TONS of books but there are only two books(literary fiction) prior to reading this that I became so captivated by the writing style & the characters that I read the book in hours. The books are The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Push by Sapphire, and now Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden. 

I have also read many "Bestsellers" and thought to myself, Is this what sold millions in the first days of publication?   Ms. McFadden truly deserves more praise than she receives.

Glorious  is set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights era. Blending the truth of American history with the fruits of Bernice L. McFadden's rich imagination, this is the story of Easter Venetta Bartlett, a fictional Harlem Renaissance writer whose tumultuous path to success, ruin, and revival offers a candid portrait of the American experience in all its beauty and cruelty.

Here are a few passages from this amazing book:

"Girl, every place the same as here,they just go by different names. Anyway, I'd rather stay here and deal with devil I already know." (32)

"When she caught Easter staring,which was often, she would snort, "This here my cat, I got a right to pet it." (40)

"There was entirely too much pussy under one roof and she didn't want to dangle additional temptation in front of her husband." (72-73)

If I 'low that, the rest of these girls up here will feel they could do the same thing, you hearing me?" (76)

"And the fact that her babies were conceived in her mind and not her womb did not make any less alive, any less beautiful, any less loved, or any less glorious." (101)

You can find out more about this author and all of her books on her website http://www.bernicemcfadden.com/.

Support her because she is truly a valid asset to the LITERARY WORLD!

Always,

B. LaShera GLAZE

Worthy Writer

A writer's work that is worth checking out! Joseph Cook @No_Dreams_Told (twitter name)  http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jcook41787

Joseph Cook's Books and Publications Spotlight

www.lulu.com

"I only write in hopes that someone is inspired from my works. I just want to live by way of my craft, my baby. For my poems are of me as if I birthed them myself, and I just want to be a better provider/father/writer. Thank you for your interest." Joseph Cook

From his work Heartbreak. Rebirth. Evolution:

"You see, he placed my heart where my mind should be."
B's review: I like that fact that you feel that your heart controls your actions and thoughts. Your heart can lead you to any place that may feel save, but is it? That's when your mind should come in, but you are thinking with your heart.......Your own voice, your own power!

Everyone please share in this wonderful poetry experience with Joseph Cook!

Always,

B. LaShera GLAZE

What must WE do to reach our full potential?

Do you have dreams? How do you turn your dreams into goals? First, you must identify your dream or hopeful accomplishment. Then, make a list of all the steps it will take to achieve this. Treat your dream like you treat food.YOU NEED IT RIGHT? In order to eat,you have to think about what and where you are going to eat. You have to sometimes buy whatever is needed. Or you might have to cook or fixed the food. Finally,eat the food. There are must needed steps to achieveing what you have put forth. The idea is just DOING IT!

If you want to open up your own business and you have a unique idea. Go for it!!!! Time is a wasting. You never know what you idea could turn into. If you can think it, you can achieve it.

Once you take the steps toward conquering this dream then it becomes a GOAL! Take the time to carefully plan your goal. Once you get started,plan your audience. Who will this GOAL attract? Everyone? Younger or Older people? Kids? Add these ideas into your plan.

Research your GOAL. Is there literature on this subject? Has this idea worked in the past? What can you do differently?

Seek advise from an expert. See if he or she can point you in the right direction.

Once you have gathered everything you need to put your GOAL into action, DO IT!!!! I'm sure you will fill good about all your hard work- SUCCESS will be your REWARD! You have passion and faith; SUCCESS will work in your favor.

ONCE WE HAVE REACHED OUR GOAL(S), THEN WE HAVE REACHED OUR FULL POTENTIAL!

Always,

B