From the monthly archives:

January 2010

BBC Mixer Happening this Week!

by MahoganyBooksJanuary 26, 2010

 
 
 

January 28th, 6-pm-8pm
Ulah Bistro
1214 U St, N.W.
Washington, DC 2009
Join us as we kick off the new year and hit the literary ground running in 2010!  We’ll meet at the swanky Ulah Bistro where you’ll have the chance to meet a host of diverse literary players from around the Washington DC metro area including: authors, publicists, [...]

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Tips for succeeding in today’s economy from author Cedric Muhammad

by MahoganyBooksJanuary 11, 2010

Trust – The Greatest Form Of Wealth, In Business and In Life
If there is one thing that life and business have taught me in my personal, professional and spiritual travels, it is that you cannot build anything of lasting impact – a relationship, a business, or an institution – without trust.
It is the glue that [...]

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Literature made its mark in ’09…Giving me hope for 2010

by Toya BryantJanuary 7, 2010

2009 was a great year for African-American Literature because it made a distinct mark upon the publishing world. MahoganyBooks itself was featured in the controversial December 2009 issue of Publishers Weekly in a feature on African-American publishing. Co-founder R. Lark Young commented on how MahoganyBooks has worked to bridge the gap between writers and readers [...]

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Black Book Coalition New Year Mixer

by MahoganyBooksJanuary 7, 2010

SAVE THE DATE:  JANUARY 28TH, 6:00 PM
Ulah Bistro, 1214 U. Street NW
Washington, DC 20009  (Across from Ben’s Chili Bowl)

Join us as we kick off the new year and hit the literary ground running in 2010!  We’ll meet at the swanky Ulah Bistro where you’ll have the chance to meet a host of diverse literary players [...]

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Featuring Dolen Valdez-Perkins, Author of Wench — Part I

by MahoganyBooksJanuary 5, 2010

I love new authors…I love their perspective and I love the depth and complexity they add to the literary landscape.  Hence the focus of our first Blog Series: Dolen Valdez-Perkins.  Dolen has been garnering much attention from the likes of Essence Magazine & Publishers Weekly with her debut novel, Wench.
Here at the WritersBloc, it is [...]

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My Writing Process for Triolets

by Evelyn N. AlfredJanuary 3, 2010

1. The first part of the process is to pick the topic I want to write about.
Let’s say my topic is reading.
2. Second, I pick two words that relate to the topic. The two words I pick must be words that are easily rhymed. I would never select a word like chartruse because I can’t [...]

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