Monthly Archives: February 2012

Beginning the book events for 2012…ASALH Authors’ Event

Saturday, February 25th is the 86th Annual Black History Month Luncheon of ASALH, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Although the luncheon is sold out, you can still attend the Featured Authors’ Booksigning Event, from … Continue reading

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Did it happen here?

Maryland is a southern state with a history of tobacco plantations, slaves, sharecropping, tenant farms, and Jim Crow. Harriett Tubman and Frederick Douglass were slaves here. There were forty-three lynchings, and school segregation survived into the nineteen seventies. There were … Continue reading

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Gas prices rising

Gas prices have gone up $.25 since we convinced Europe to stop buying Iranian oil. Predictions are that they will hit $4.00 or even $4.50 this summer and put our economic recovery down the toilet. Here’s why — we are … Continue reading

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Our favorite Super Bowl advertisement

Here’s the link to our favorite Super Bowl advertisement — you did not see it on TV. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/02/05/watch-now-why-do-you-invest-the-motley-fools-super.aspx. What does this have to do with a blog that’s about writing and promoting writing? The creator of the ad, Rick Engdahl, … Continue reading

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