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Posts Tagged ‘african american vampires
28
Aug
09
You belong in the City
17
Jul
09
2 Nite!!!!!!!!!!!
If you’re in town stop by
Night Biters Book Signing
23
Jun
09
Hipster Health
Currently there is nothing cooler than being a hipster, but that doesn’t mean that being a hipster is not without its complications
Read below to maintain your hipster health
Tight Jeans
Those tight jeans Over the last several years, experts say they’ve been seeing more young women at a healthy weight complain of nerve damage symptoms. The culprit: too-tight jeans. click here
Tattoos
Find out what risks tattoos pose, ways to protect yourself and what to do if you no longer want the body art.
Tattoos gone wrong click here and here
Those Shoes
It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take. click here
Skate Boarding
It is tempting for the eager skater to advance quickly through learning the basics, and it’s a temptation that’s worth resisting. If you want to progress, it is time well invested to learn the basics thoroughly, even if the moves are a little uncomfortable for you. Like a pyramid, everything else you do as a skater will be built on these first skills click here
As you live and Breathe
Hipsters must be aware that they are viewed as a cultural threat click here
Another great article on Hipster rap click here
Can You Hear Me?
It is not uncommon among concertgoers to leave a concert unable to hear. In most cases their hearing returns shortly. Unfortunately, permanent hearing loss from loud concerts is becoming increasingly common click here
Also Check out this great site
Doctor Hipster says Be Careful
Check out the hipsters click here
22
Apr
09
Night Ride
NIGHT BITERS is the first in a series of fast paced horror novels targeted toward readers who enjoyed Harry Potter and the Twilight series, but yearn to read about characters that reflect their own rich diversity.
NIGHT BITERS tells the story of 16-year-old Jamilah and her 14-year old brother Omari when the two arrive in the city of Oakland, CA. A mysterious stranger gives Omari a magical compact disc and crucifix. Upon listening to the CD the siblings learn that the lyrics and the crucifix can aide them against the danger of vampires, but danger has never been as attractive as the handsome and charismatic heartbreaker Tyrone, or as beautiful and deadly as the vengeful Jennifer. Soon the siblings find themselves in twined with rival gangs, the Crimsons and the Cobalt’s. Their leaders transformed into vampires whose hatred for another threatens to destroy the city.
24
Mar
09
Dayo
In my search for the Pinoy Were Wolf, I have come across some facisnating Filipino mythical beast
Dayo is an animated film that features Filipino mythological characters such as manananggal and tikbalang. It is a story about the adventure of a little boy named Bubuy and her friend Anna in the world of Elementalia to find and save his captured Lolo and Lola. The film showcases Filipino values and tradition in the modern times plus the mythical creatures and fantasies that we Filipinos know. Bravo! Dayo was the second animated movie created by the Filipino. It is another masterpiece we should be proud of. I’d never expect that much onto the animation but when I saw the whole film I’m really stunned. The quality of the animation was superb and can compete with the other country.
Source Jethres Blog
19
Mar
09
The First Pinoy Werewolf?
The true star of my Tales of Urban Horror series is the Bay Area and its rich cultural diversity, which is why in Night Biters you have Latino, African American and Vietnames vampires.
In Were Wolves the Mix Tape, my soon to be release second novel, I introduce Joseph Babay a Filipino werewolf.
I was asked is this the first Pinoy werewolf in print?
To which I answered, I don’t know
Are there any other Pinoy werewolves out there?
Here’s a link to Chinese werewolves
here Werewolf in Bangkok
06
Feb
09
Were Wolves the Mix Tape
First Look
What do you get when you mix
Clueless Teens
Gangbangers
Pit bulls
Drugs
Yosemite National Park
DJ’s
Pychics
Escape Convicts
A Party to End all Parties
And a Pinoy Werewolf
All to the Sound of one Beat?
A Tale of Urban Horror
Part 2
July 2009
04
Feb
09
an acute insufficiency
By concentrating only on Street Lit for African American teens.
the publishing industry is missing a big opportunity
In the 2004 article Street Lit is a breakout hit James Fugate the owner of Eso Won, a African American bookstore is quoted saying, he understands why major publishing houses are taking an interest.
“They are reaching an audience they didn’t know existed.”
In the article Terrry McMillian vs Ghetto Lit Shays writes “However, ghetto lit is growing for one major reason, which folks like myself with libertarian streaks will point out: the market reflects what black folks as a group – especially black folks under age 40 – want to read. There is a much, much wider market of black folks who want to read talkin-‘bout-the-hood, hip-hopesque tales of sex, violence, crime, and the like than who want to read about tales of bitter, upscale black women like what Ms. McMillan has written or the feats of the Tuskegee Airmen back in World War II like I or others would likely read.”
in the 2008 Publishers Weekly article Publishers are paying attention to African-American teens
But its hard to determine that this is indeed the case with books targeted toward AAT.’ In Felicia Pride and Calvin Reid article they challenge you to talk to a YA editor or take a stroll through that section at your local bookstore and it’s evident that there’s a growing number of books aimed at the young adult market—and those numbers include more titles geared specifically to African-American teens. As publishers are addressing the lack of material aimed at this market—many African-American teens have turned to popular adult authors because of this dearth—there has clearly been some improvement.
But not much, Street Lit s popular, because
1. The authors get it: good, bad or ugly, the writing is at least empowered, and there is no pandering to the reader
2. There is very little else to read: what other options are there for African American teens (AAT) read outside of scaled down versions of street lit? I’m amazed that the industry do not believe that AAT would be interested in a Black Twilight or Harry Potter of which, outside of Night Biters there are very few (click here for a list of fantasy books)
An audience they didn’t know existed in the early 90’s there was an explosion of books geared toward African American’s, Waiting to Exhale and other. To me the Publishing industry should have had the foresight to know that those readers would want books t that the lives of their children, and even grandchildren. I wrote Night Biters after going to a book store asking for a book from the Goosepumps series that feature an AAT
If the industry believes that AAT are only interested in Street Lit and are not interested in works like Twilight or Harry Potter, then will continue to be miss opportunities that can help rebound a sagging industry
28
Dec
08
Valjeanne Jeffers Immortal
Ms. Jeffers has created an oddly vivid and not so far-fetched neo-Earth in Immortal. Quick paced and well-crafted, I felt a connection with her protagonists and a distilled hatred for her antagonists. The characters’ backstories fit together like the pieces of an intricate puzzle. From the absence of war to the presence of the obscenely paranormal, the frightening and beautiful; dangerous and air-tight; Immortal is filled with yins and yangs that somehow culminate into a satisfying literary balance. A wonderful read from beginning to end.
B. Sharise Moore, author of Taste
HER DREAMS ARE TERRIFYING.
In the year of our One 3075, Tundra has been at peace for 400 years. There is no racism, poverty or war. Karla is a young Indigo woman working as a successful healer. Yet she is tormented by lucid and erotic dreams. Dreams in which she is IMMORTAL. Two men emerge from these phantasms: the first a Copper colored shape shifter and the other a demon more dead than alive. But when this creature appears in her apartment Karla realizes they share a lust that may one day consume her.
HIS WILL UNLOCK A MYSTERY.
Joseph has always dreamt of becoming an artist, warrior…and a werewolf. Now he’s dreaming of a sorceress who commands that he leave his homeland.
TOGETHER THEY WILL JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF TIME…
To a nightmarish world of revolution and magic. But will they save Tundra or perish in its destruction?
Q. Where did you find the original impulse to write this novel?
Valjeanne: For years I devoured science fiction – I’ve spent my last five dollars on Stephen King
Novels and wandered around in libraries looking for new books. My impulse to write grew
from my desire to create my own “scifi” worlds that I could escape into.
Q Who inspired the characters of your novel?
Valjeanne: All of my characters are collages of people I’ve met and oftentimes loved in my journey –
including myself. The heroine of Immortal is based upon a young woman who befriended
me when I was ten years old.
Q. Looking at the book now, what surprises you?
Valjeanne : My own imagination surprises me! I go back and read Immortal and Immortal II
and I can believe the dialogue, the sex scenes; or that I wrote about folks shape
shifting into werewolves and demons.
Q. Many writers describe themselves as “character” or “plot” writers.
Valjeanne: Which are you? What do you find to be the hardest part of writing?
I guess if I have chose one I’d say: character driven. I work very hard to make Immortal’s
characters “real people” and by that I mean believable: folks who curse, make love,
make mistakes, lie and dream just like the rest of us. “Perfect” characters just don’t cut it with me, because real people are flawed. The hardest part of writing I’ve found is struggling to create new and different realities – in other words something fresh and not a rehash of other
writer’s work.
Q. Who has influenced you in your writing?
Valjeanne: I have many but Octavia Butler, Stephen king and Tananarive Due are probably
my strongest influences.
Q. What was the book that most influenced your life and why?
Valjeanne: Wild Seed by Octavia Butler had the strongest influence on me. In Wild Seed I
found folks that I could readily identify with written by a Black female author.
I think that’s when I really started to believe that I, a Black woman, could create
alternate worlds.
Q. What are your 2 favorite books and why?
Valjeanne: Meji by Milton Davis and Taste by B. Sharise Moore. I love the way Milton blends
African mythology and history in Meji. And Taste is a wonderfully unique mix of erotica and science fiction.
Q. What are you currently working on?
Valjeanne: I’m putting the finishing touches on Immortal II: The Time of Legend. I’m also writing Stealer of Souls which is the third novel in the Immortal series.
Click here to order Immortal on lulu
