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Gayle Gardner Lin commented on the blog post 'A Tale of Two Fathers'
I grieved for both of you at the loss of your dads: one, known; one, unknown.
I was blessed enough to have a wonderful dad who was such a big part of my life, though my mom was the disciplinarian.
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The Once and Future Oprah.
Viewing early episodes of the Oprah Show is startling--they bear a striking resemblance to the shows of Jerry Springer or Maury Povitch, those epics of pathology and confrontation that brought us Baby Mama Drama, Who's the Daddy and every sensation short of (and possibly including) two headed babies (Oprah actually did air a show about separating conjoined twins). The more outlandish and dysfunctional, the better. Oprah could have continued along that same path and probably had a reasonably…See More
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Naked, or Not. At Redroom.com, our thoughts on Patti Davis posing naked at 58. http://ht.ly/51VGT
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Our 1st article on AOL-Black Voices-on body image. Please read, comment & spread the word! http://ht.ly/4Uw4F
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Something New! AChapterAMonth.com Launches 4/4
I'm thrilled to let you know that I’m part of the first of its kind website called A Chapter a Month, where a…See More
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Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant commented on the blog post 'We've Gone "E"--Book That Is...'
Thanks. Yes, it took us a while to get it digitized, but we're happy we did. Looks like sales are moving along nicely too!
J. A. Carlton commented on the blog post 'We've Gone "E"--Book That Is...'
Congrats on going E! That's wonderful and a lot more accessible to many people! Excellent choice!
We've Gone "E"--Book That Is...
Exposures, originally published in 1990, was our first joint effort. It was written before Waiting to Exhale paved the way for contemporary African American fiction—and the characters in Exposures are not Black. However, we think you'll find that while our style has matured, our characters are drawn with the same care and attention to detail we became known for in Tryin' to Sleep in the BedYou Made, and our other, later books.We also wrote under another name back then—not because we were…See More
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Read Romance? Our 1990 novel--the 1st book we wrote, Exposures, is now on Kindle! http://ht.ly/3COU7
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My thoughts on #DWTS and Bristol Palin on OpenSalon http://bit.ly/djLlQV
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My (Virginia) thoughts about For Colored Girls below and at http://open.salon.com/blog/vdeberry
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Am 1of featured writers in NC Arts Council's latest guidebk,Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont,(UNC Press) http://ning.it/aG6iHE
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Please check out our guest post on @thebirdsisters: "Women, Women, Women"... http://t.co/fPZmPl3
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Will be at AfAm Literary Festival (http://bit.ly/cNJFLK) in Columbia, SC 10/2. We're honored to be receiving the 1st Pink Diamond Award
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Worth the read --Nikki Grimes discusses why people should read all kinds of books. http://bit.ly/9SEzXd
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- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- Exposures, Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made, Far From the Tree, Better Than I Know Myself, Gotta Keep on Tryin', What Doesn't Kill You, Uptown
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- None
- My writing is:
- Fiction
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- We have not--so far.
- Services I offer to other writers:
- Have taught writing seminars in the past. "So You Wanna Write a Novel?" - a 5 class course on writing/publishing a novel. "Hip Chicks and Beyond"-3 classes on creating believable, relatable, flawed, healthy female characters.
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- No.
- My professional associations:
- Authors Guild
Who We Are--Sort Of
We are best friends and the author seven novels. Note: we said "author" not "authors" Our friendship is 27 or 28 years long--we're not exactly sure and we have been writing/working together for 23 of those years. Yes, we still speak to each other even when we don't have to.
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The Once and Future Oprah.
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:47am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Viewing early episodes of the Oprah Show is startling--they bear a striking resemblance to the shows of Jerry Springer or Maury Povitch, those epics of pathology and confrontation that brought us Baby Mama Drama, Who's the Daddy and every sensation short of (and possibly including) two headed babies (Oprah actually did air a show about separating conjoined twins). The more outlandish and dysfunctional, the better. Oprah could have continued along that same path and probably had a reasonably…
Continue Something New! AChapterAMonth.com Launches 4/4
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 7:32pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
We've Gone "E"--Book That Is...
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 6:00pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Exposures, originally published in 1990, was our first joint effort. It was written before …
Continue Writing White---Redux 2010
Posted on June 30, 2010 at 7:08am 0 Comments 0 Likes
We first wrote this piece as an article back in 2005 but it never found a home. So we posted it on our blog in September 2007 and again in November 2008 and 2009. Last fall, Virginia’s Open Letter to Oprah made the cyber-rounds, author-friend Bernice McFadden took a stance on… Continue
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- At 6:28am on June 23, 2010,
Kate Hanselman said… - Hey Virginia and Donna,
Just writing to let you know we've featured your post on Editors' Picks.
Head over here and check it out.
Keep it up!
-Kate
Managing Editor, She Writes Blog
- At 7:32am on June 13, 2010,
Marsha Paula Sparks said… - Hello Virginia and Donna. Lovely to meetup this way :-) Yes our past does catch up but for some, (like myself) it brings nothing but harmony. Sincerely
- At 12:36pm on May 13, 2010,
Deborah Siegel said… - LOOOOVED meeting you both! You rock!!!!
- At 7:59am on May 13, 2010,
Diane Meier said… - I feel the same way! What a great night. Looking forward to a V&D lunch here at MEIER when you're off the road!
- At 9:39am on April 5, 2010,
Mylene Dressler said… - Wish I could make the event--sending you warmest congrats. She DOES write!--MD
- At 7:21am on March 6, 2010,
Michele Young-Stone said… - Wow! Congratulations.
- At 12:59pm on February 27, 2010,
Phoebe Wilcox said…
- Yeperdoo!
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