I'm baaack and on LitChat!

Today and Friday at 4 pm ET if you're on Twitter join the LitChat discussion about African American books. I'm guest-moderating and on Friday my guest author will be Rosalyn McMillan, who's new novel is WE AIN'T THE BRONTES--about two sisters who are writers. Sounds interesting, doesn't it?

Go here for instructions on how to follow the #LitChat hashtag on Twitter and Tweet Chat.

In other book news, while I was on blog hiatus the Black Caucus of the American Library Association announced 2011 literary award winners and the NAACP announced nominees for literary categories for the 2011 Image Awards. Congratulations to all!

The movie version of my novel Orange Mint and Honey--Sins of the Mother--received two NAACP Image Award nominations. One for outstanding TV movie and one for outstanding actress in a TV movie for Jill Scott.

If you're a member of the NAACP, you can vote for winners. Supposedly, there will be a place online for members to cast their votes soon.

Links and stuff

ringshout is back up! Martha Southgate (Third Girl from the Left), Bridgette Davis (Shifting into Neutral), Eisa Eulen (Crystal Mourning) and Chris Jackson (editor) formed ringShout, a place for black literature, and they're blogging again. Check it out.

Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant author of What Doesn't Kill You will host Lit Chat on Twitter Friday, March 20 at 4 pm EST (or Eastern Daylight Time or whatever it is now). The topic is Beyond Black & White: Writing in Color. Join the conversation here.

I learned of this video by Jay Smooth via the #raceSXSW feed on Twitter.