“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.”  Anaïs Nin

 Anaïs Nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell) (February 21, 1903, Neuilly-sur-Seine – January 14, 1977) was a French author who became famous for her published journals. Nin is also famous for her erotica.

"Beads on a String. Leave One Out and the Gap is Seen. Break the chain and many of us are lost."Beads On a String- America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History. http://wade-inpublishing.blogspot.com

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Though I have never personally met Leslie L. Banks, we shared email conversations, she introduced me to Mannie Barron, we discussed our children, and I have admired her for years. We clicked after having our names published in the Essence magazine at the same time, me for an essay I had written and she for an article/interview on one of her books. Our running joke was that we were going to be on Oprah together.
Leslie even shared tips, here, on self-publishing. Loved it.

I am so proud of her and take honor (as an African-American, woman, and author) in her success.   Oh my God, how I cheered when she was chosen to speak with President Obama about the health care plan.

At the moment Leslie is really ill and in dire straits. You can learn more about her, check out her books, Like her Facebook page.

Most of all, you should click on the picture to help a fellow author who is in need.

http://labanksauction.org/Auction.htm

Okay,so I was skimming, I should say 'speed reading' through this awesome post by fellow Kindle author Tim Ellis http://timellis.weebly.com/1/post/2011/04/evolving-language-book-tags-likes-and-reviews.html (No links, I'm posting from my Droid here people) and I was again struck by te fact bookstores make giving reviews hard for the reader. I have one question....why?

This is Amazon's review process. First the reader has to wait 24-72 hours after purchasing the book (Amazon doesn't care if they fell off the edge of the bed after staying up all night reading the book) to leave a review, then they have to sign in or make an account, or validate their account while giving all of their vital information(and blood), wait unil their email address is validated (another promise of many hours), write the review and then they are told it may take 24-72 hours before it is posted. God help them if they made a mistake. And what happens to the unfortunate soul who doesn't posses a credit card?

You would think Amazon (and Smashwords for that matter) would make it easier. Smashwords is just about the same. An account has to be setup just to buy the book. The only thing with that is it seems as if the buyer is setting up a publishing profile. They just want to buy my book for jebus *Homer Simpson voice* sake. This is totally frustrating for someone not familiar with the computer online rigamarole.
In my opinion a different system should be setup. Or is his a ruse to keep family and friends from stating their awesome reviews? Family and friends are customers, customers who read, customers who buy the book and should be able to write their reviews. The blood letting process they have to go through doesn't check DNA, so what's the big deal anyway? I say untie their hands so I can get reviews.

As an author, writer we try everything available to up our game. Who would have believed being an interviewer on a radio show would aid me in being a better writer. I really enjoyed the interviews tonight. Just listening to other writers tell their story of their road to publication is inspiring.

If you are an author and would like to be a guest on The Book Tree Radio Show, you are invited to contact:
John T. Wills
author@justaseason.com
http://johntwillschronicles.com/
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEWS
 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/john-t-willschroniclesTime:8:30(7:30 ct) PM every Wednesday Call-in Number: (347) 989-1049

In order to give the readers a chance to know the characters in my manuscripts, a room with a chair was set up at In the Chair. http://theinterviewedcharacter.blogspot.com/.

The first characters will be from the novel The Perfect Solution. In this novel a three year old is stalked and mistakenly given to the stalker by his preschool teacher.  Go on over and meet Mona Boots, the stalker.