I love Christmas and visiting blogs so I thought why don’t I share these joys with others? Last year I cheerfully knocked on the doors of inspiring individuals, this year I want to share the season's joy with 'groups' I have joined. So come along with me throughout the month of December as I make a wassailing to blogs, websites and a few individuals I find inspiring, funny, educational or plainly a must read.

Before we start let’s have a little history on the wassailing as provided through Wikipedia. The House-Visiting wassail, very much similar to caroling, is the practice of people going door-to-door singing Christmas carols.
My first wassail this year will be to The Book Junkies on Facebook. Get ready BOOK JUNKIES cuz here we come a-wassailing!


Book Junkies is a group for both readers and Indie writers. It is an outstanding site. Not made just to advertise the publication of a book, but a way to connect with readers. We have events, group reads, projects, reviews etc going on all the time. Here there are over 800 members, people are free to post basically whatever they want as long as we are respectable. You can meet beta readers, book reviewers and some of the most awesome Indie authors. Come on over and make friends.

CLICK ON ANY NAME BELOW TO WASSAIL WITH PREVIOUS VISITS CUZ:
Here We Come A-Wassailing".

 Carleen Brice

Jesse Ferguson

Vainbuthonest-

Luke Romyn

John T. Willis

*SWEET TREATS

A LITTLE MUSICAL VIDEO BREAK

Wassailing Three Queens

The Art of Reading & Reviewing

Wassailing & Whining

M. Kathy Brown

I've wassailed a lot of people so far and if you have missed any, this is the portrait of great sites.

Before we start let’s have a little history on the wassailing as provided through Wikipedia.
The House-Visiting wassail, very much similar to caroling, is the practice of people going door-to-door singing Christmas carols.

CLICK ON ANY NAME CUZ:
Here We Come A-Wassailing".


 Carleen Brice

Jesse Ferguson

Vainbuthonest-

Luke Romyn

John T. Willis

*SWEET TREATS

A LITTLE MUSICAL VIDEO BREAK

Wassailing Three Queens

The Art of Reading & Reviewing

Wassailing & Whining

M. Kathy Brown

 

Debbie Ohi 

 

Precious Williams

Jamaal Brown

Our wassailing days are numbered people and coming to and end. Sometimes I can't tell you why I follow a person or just enjoy reading what they right. I just feel a connection and flow with it. Today I'm wassailing Debbie Ridpath Ohi.  follow Debbie on twitter at both of her persona inkyelbow & ipadgirl. I enjoy the twits and the information I receive. She's a writer and illustrator, something I aspire to be....enough said.

Bring out the pad and pencil Debbie cuz Here We come a-Wassailing.

http://www.debbieohi.com

Debbie Ridpath Ohi is based in Toronto, Canada.
She is illustrating a picture book by writer/comedian/actor Michael Ian Black due to come out from Simon & Schuster in early 2012.
Debbie is represented by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown.
To find out more about Debbie and her projects, please see DebbieOhi.com 
  http://www.inkygirl.com/

Photo by Ray Vankeelf-http://www.inkygirl.com/

Follow her tweets @inkyelbows for writing craft/biz tweets and @ipadgirl for iPad creativity. Check out her Youtube channel.

I hope you have been following me as I have gone a-wassailing to blogs and websites I find inspiring, funny, educational or plainly a must read. Today I'm wassailing Precious Williams. I first started following Precious on twitter because of link I followed detailing the problem she was having with a stalker. Once I was on her site and read an excerpt from her book I astounded. I learned foster care across the waters are nothing like in America. I admire the fortitude and positive attitude that remains with her after an outstandingly tragic childhood. From her memoir we can learn a lot from our misconception of race and the strength the causes us to continue striving for better..
Feel the love Precious cuz: Here We Come A-Wassailing

http://www.preciouswilliams.com/

Precious Williams's first book, Precious, A True Story, published by Bloomsbury in August 2010, is a memoir about growing up in trans-racial 'private foster care'.  (A US edition, titled Color Blind, is published by Bloomsbury USA). Precious's story has been featured on Sky News and  BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour and in the Daily Telegraph & the Guardian.  Her memoir was also serialized in The Times and featured as a People Magazine "Great Read," a Sunday Times "Must Read" and Elle Magazine's "Recommended Read" for August 2010. A German translation of the book, titled Farbenblind, was published in October 2010.
Since then she has been a Contributing Editor at Elle, Cosmopolitan and the Mail on Sunday's 'Night & Day' magazine.  Precious's work has also been published in The Times, Marie Claire, the Sunday Times Magazine, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the Financial Times, Glamour, Korean Vogue, New York magazine, Wallpaper and several other publications. Her journalism focuses on health and lifestyle features and celebrity interviews.  (words from http://www.preciouswilliams.com/ )

http://www.preciouswilliams.com/

http://www.preciouswilliams.com/

Precious (the book) is the memoir of Precious Williams.
Both books tell the story of a London-born daughter of a Nigerian princess raised by an elderly white woman in an English housing project. The picture one on the right is the American cover.




Follow Precious Williams on:
 Facebook
Twitter
email

Make me happy, leave a comment. A ho,ho,ho,or Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays.

I love Christmas and visiting blogs so I thought why don’t I share these joys with others? So join me throughout the month of December as I make a wassailing to blogs and websites I find inspiring, funny, educational or plainly a must read.

My first visit will be to Carleen Brice and her site White Readers Meet Black Authors, but first let’s have a little history on the wassailing as provided through Wikipedia.
The House-Visiting wassail, very much similar to caroling, is the practice of people going door-to-door singing Christmas carols. Here We Come A-Wassailing".
LET THE WASSAILING BEGIN:

http://welcomewhitefolks.blogspot.com/

Carleen writes her blog in the hope of enticing readers to step beyond the segregated aisles of the bookstores and try books written by African-Americans and people of other ethnicities. You can even read interviews & posts from authors of every color and I really like this premise. Some of the best books and greatest authors are missed because of misconception. Who knows, you may even find yourself buying great Christmas gifts. Carleen even has a very amusing video featured on her blog as an invitation to readers.

In addition to White Readers Meet Black Authors, Carleen can be found atThe Pajama Gardener (her personal blog), on Facebook, on Twitter and at www.carleenbrice.com. Contact her here.

http://welcomewhitefolks.blogspot.com/

Carleen Brice’s debut novel, Orange Mint and Honey, was an Essence “Recommended Read” and a Target “Bookmarked Breakout Book.” For this book, Carleen received the 2009 First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the 2008 Break Out Author Award at the African American Literary Awards Show.

In February of this year, Orange Mint and Honey premiered on the Lifetime Movie Network as "Sins of the Mother," I loved it. Her second novel, Children of the Waters is a book about race, love and family. Carleen is also the author of two nonfiction books, Lead Me Home: An African American’s Guide Through the Grief Journey, and Walk Tall: Affirmations for People of Color,  To read more about Carleen and spread some wassailing spirit visit her site. There's even a contest in effect until December 19th.

Well, here I go again. About to step out into a new venture. Got a little fear and trepidation trying to tag along. Getting under foot and trod upon. Those two little trolls have the nerve and always forget that I will mash them under the heel of my shoe and keep on stepping. I only fail when I quit. Lol. I have no problems with putting my beliefs out there and sharing them with whomever and whatever.

Yep, I am lucky and always ready to learn something new.

 Anyway, the new adventure is a chance to work with someone I have come to think of as very knowledgeable and excellent in his way of encouraging and spotlighting authors. I am excited! The thing I like more than writing is listening to others explaining their road to publication.

 The Book Tree Radio Show designed to promote literacy. The “Book Tree” will serve as a platform for all who share our passion for the written word. It is our mission to support authors, writers, poets, and progressive thinkers who desire promoter yourself, your skills, your work, and to benefit others with your stories. from the site

John T. Wills Chronicles is the brainchild of John T. Wills.

Visit the site and garner information on The Book Tree Literacy Project. 

I've been hearing some really interesting voices lately. They have showed me ways to publish, publicize, organize and enjoy my role as an author. Voices from people like:

C. Patrick Schultz - This is his scribd writing page where he shares a lot of inciting information. He twitters as @CPatrickSchultz and blogs on  C. Patrick Schulze – Author of "Born To Be Brothers".
 
Another outstanding voice is Todd Rutherford. He twitters as @PublishingGuru and blogs from Ask the Publishing Guru. He also shares timely information and instruction. I guess as vice-president of Yorkshire Publishing he would know, right.

Joel Friedland- I can't even enunciate the amount of information this man shares he twitters as @JFBookman and blogs from The Book Designer

And another of my favorites is Joanna Penn @thecreativepenn. She is not amiss with the tips and information to aid the inspiring writer and trained author. she blogs at The Creative Pen .

These are just a few of the new voices in my head. Go and check them out.