Hallmark Greeting Card Contest: A Girl's Gotta Laugh

You already know that card stardom could be yours if you're a winner in the A Girl's Gotta Laugh contest. The winning cards will be sold on Hallmark.com and the best of the best will be sold in stores across the country. That's some serious exposure...but that's not where it ends.

Your card could be on t.v.! Yeah, that's right. We've teamed up with our friends at Ovation t.v. to put one lucky winner's card in the bright spotlight. If your winning card is the chosen one, it will be featured in a commercial on Ovation t.v. You'll want to be sure to record that!

Get the full scoop and enter your winning card a.s.a.p!

I might try this. I won a few greeting card contest ten years ago with Dick Blick.

Tyler Perry 2010 Chairman's Award Winner

Tyler Perry is a tremendous inspiration to people on many levels,” said NAACP Board Chairman Julian Bond. “His remarkable life experiences, which inform his extraordinary body of work in film, television and stage, have also shaped his focus on significant charitable causes and civil-rights initiatives.”

This month Tyler Perry will receive the NAACP Chairman's Award this year. It is his first NAACP Image Award. Fox TV will air the NAACP Image Awards live on Friday, Feb. 26 from 8 to 10 p.m.

On another note: Mr. Perry will be a guest volunteer on this weekend's special edition of Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

Best African American Christian Valentine's Day Novels Announced

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

For the past month I have taken nominations for best christian fiction romance. Today the top nominees are announced as well as our Valentine's Day 2010 pick. Congratulations.

*not in any order

1. Jacqueline Thomas Prodigal Husband
2. Claudia Mair Burney Zora & Nicky
3. Kendra Norman Bellamy For Love and Grave
4. Reshonda Tate Billingsley The Pastor's Wife
5. Sharon Ewell Foster's Passing By Samaria
6. Tia McCollors A Heart of Devotion
7. Vanessa Davis Griggs Promises Beyond Jordan
8. Patricia Haley No Regrets
9. Bishop T. D. Jakes Not Easily Broken
10. Victoria Christopher Murray Temptation

Christian Fiction Blog's Valentine's Day 2010 New Book Spotlight is Kimberla Lawson Roby's New York Time's Bestseller Be Careful What You Pray For

African-American Youth Bible Gift Pack Giveaway

Attention all youth ministry/community leaders, parents and teachers!

Do you know a young person that exemplifies strong Christian values and aspires to live in the word of God every day? Zondervan the leading publisher of children’s Bibles, is awarding a Bible prize pack to 50 deserving young people who exhibit these principles.

Submit your nomination TODAY! The deadline is February 28, 2010. Click here to nominate.

SistahFaith – A Revolution of Restoration

ABOUT DR. NAIMA JOHNSTON: Sistah Naima is a singer, speaker, educator and founder and CEO of Broken Box Ministries, a Christian entertainment and education company. Blessed to open for gospel great Dorinda Clark Cole as well as record her own CD, Naima lives in Fairborn, Ohio with her beloved Chihuahua Bianca, who is not spoiled, but abundantly blessed! To learn more about Dr. Johnston, visit her at http://www.naimajohnston.com/.

BE BLESSED BY NAIMA’S VOICE …

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? (Jeremiah 8:22, NIV)
Twenty-five women, including Bunny Debarge, Sharon Ewell Foster, Stanice Anderson, Me, Claudia Mair Burney and Marilynn Griffith, tell their stories of coming full circle from tragedy to triumph. Each contributor keeps it holy, keeping it real in these raw, relevant tales of redemption and restoration. Think of it as Prozac for the Christian Woman’s Soul!
A twelve week study is included for churches and book clubs. Instructions provided on gathering your own SistahFaith circle.
Join the network of sistahs at http://sistahfaith.ning.com/.
Check the tour schedule at http://bit.ly/SistahFaith

SISTAHFAITH CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

• MARILYNN GRIFFITH (Editor)
• STANICE ANDERSON
• TANYA R. BATES
• CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY
• WANDA J. BURNSIDE
• ROBIN CALDWELL
• SHELETTE CARLISLE

• LADY CATHERINE
• ETTERLENE “BUNNY” DEBARGE”
• DEE EAST
• SHARON EWELL FOSTER

• DORIEN HAGE
• GAIL M. HAYES
• DR. NAIMA JOHNSTON
• DELORES M. JONES, MSW, LMSW

• STEPHANIE L. JONES
• CARMITA MCCALL
• LAVONN NEIL
• CARLEAN SMITH
• DEE STEWART -ME!!
• SONYA VISOR

• LITTLE SALLY WALKER
• ROSALYN “ROS” WEBB
• ROBIN R. WISE
• KISHA WOODS

Trailer Park Tuesday: Duets Couple Devotional

In honor of Valentine's Day I thought Duets: John and Anita Renfroe's follow up Couples Devotional would be a great spotlight for this week's Trailer Park Tuesday. I'm single and I want the book after watching this trailer. I saw Anita live at Women of Faith and she is hilarious. So check this one out.

How will the Battle of Amazon Macmillan Affect Authors in the Ebook War?

Unless you've been on a vacation then you know that the publishing world shifted slightly on its axis when Steve Jobs announced the iPad last month. Honestly, when I watched the announcement online I had no clue that two days later Amazon and Macmillan would go to war and Hachette would join the battle with Macmillan a week later. But when Amazon quietly conceded this weeked to Macmillan, thereby raising the price of ebooks I wondered not what concessions Amazon was getting to seal this deal, but how would these changes affect authors?

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