Media Candy Show Notes: Reshonda Tate Billingsley & Pat Tucker From Cover to Cover

Media Candy Show Notes
Tonight's Theme: Are You Chosen?
8:00 -8:45 PM EST
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Call in # : (646) 649-1066

Our bro host tonight is: (none)


Show Format

1.Intro

2. Top Topics(Hot Topics) Below for you to look through

Add Commericial

3. Special Guests are Reshonda Tate Billingsley and Pat Tucker of From Cover to Cover RAdio Show on KPFT 90.1 FM-in HD.

Brief Intro: The two joined creative forces to launch the talk show. The show is designed to help authors promote their work, and explore aspects of the literary industry. The show’s format will be a combination of informative literary news stories, topic-driven segments, live author interviews, and good old fashioned product description and exploration.Through the show, the producers will reach out to publishers, booksellers, bookclubs, distributors, and others to create a dialog among those directly related to the overall success of a book. It debuted on Houston Radio Station, KPFT 90.1 FM, on April 22, 2009 and airs ___ from noon to 1p.m. CST.

Together, Pat and ReShonda have over 35 years of experience working in radio and television news.

From Cover to Cover can be heard on Houston’s 90.1 FM and streaming via the World Wide Wed at www.kpft.org For additional information on From Cover to Cover, or the co-hosts and their credentials, please visit our website at FromCovertoCovershow.com. If you are an author or represent an author who would like to be featured on From Cover to Cover please send an electronic press kit to the show’s Executive Producer, Ron Reynolds, at CovertoCoverShow@aol.com. If you have a business related to the literary industry, please forward contact information for our building rolodex so that we may call upon you for research, possible interviews, or sound bites for upcoming show episodes.

Dee

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*******************PossibleTopics*******************************

1.Patrick Swayze died on Twitter but Vanity Fair says no one puts Patrick in the Coroner. LOL
Source Link: http://r.reuters.com/kas75c

quick question: On Social Media Club today we talked about the evolution of social media. The Good and the Bad. One of the bad or troublesome issues with Social Media is the way it emblazens the rumor mill. For instance, today on Twitter someone leaked a death announcement of patrick swayze. But the actor hadn't passed. The rumor grew like wildfire. His publicist had to respond. Should artists and businesses include twitter in their marketing tool under crisis management?

2. Is Michael Steele the GOP's Uncle Tom or the definition of the New Republican?

Source Link: http://tinyurl.com/ocaydc

now that we have an African American President it seems too coincidental that the head of the GOP is Michael Steele, an African American man. Since Steele stepped into the role he has been scrutinized for trying to hard to bring soul to the GOP. But I wonder why does the GOP think they need the soul of the African American culture. Is it to embrace cultural diversity or take AA Progressive votes from the Democratic Party? Is this a smart move? Or dumb as dirt?

3. Is America ready for a Gay Idol?
Source link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbMIA6UaAu8
Really? LOL We have plenty. Right? Or should we ask Miss California for her approval first? LOL. How important is the Christian vote? And what's wrong if Christians think Adam is the best? Will Christians hide in the closet about their voting? But most importantly can't Adam by Christian, too? Is he automatically opted out?

4. Is the emergence of Talk & News Show a good thing for the publishing industry?
Source link: http://www.fromcovertocovershow.com/
Anderson Cooper's 360, The Daily Show, Bill Mahr all these shows have changed the way we take in news content. The Talk Show and the News have merged where journalism and opinion meet. Blogs like Huffington Post and Christian Fiction Blog share news with sprinkles of opinion. Now FM radio has a literary news talk show that wants to add to the publishing industry watercooler. Tonight we are pleased to chop it up with Reshonda Tate Billingsley and Pat Tucker hosts of From Cover to Cover

questions:

• what's this business about us being able to see you guys?
• the news magazine format
  

5. Who is Marina Crushing On?
Marina has a crush on one of our past bro-hosts. We're having a contest and giveaway to the person who tells us who the crush is first. :)

When God Does a New Thing for Your Writing Life

Isaiah 43: 18-21

Have you been nursing your manuscript all year? Have you decided to wait until the economy picks up before your submit your WIP to a publisher? Or are you spending more time blogging and posting book reviews, because you get a chance to communicate with those in Christian publishing before you finally get your book published? Or --real talk here-- or are you comfortable with not changing the way you write, they way you act, the measure of your faith?

In Isaiah God sent Isaiah to speak to the tribe of Judah. He wanted them to know that their way of life and where they lived was about to change for their better. But they refused the move. They had grown comfortable living in a secular world. They had learned how to adapt. They had learned how to interpret the coolest slang, sing with the hottest melody, dress in the latest fashion, and disquise God's word to survive. They had become accepted, more than survived...they lived better. Truth: they had grown comfortable with placing their hope in the wrong place and the wrong God - mediocrity, lukewarm faith, excuseville. They didn't want to do anything new.

They had become me.

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Meet Me in North & South Carolina This Weekend

Itinerary for For Sister's Only Charlotte Event This Week
Come support Christian Fiction in the Carolinas this weekend and meet me, too!

ETA: 11 AM Charlotte: The Blake Hotel Addy: 555 S McDowell St Charlotte NC 28204

FSO Literary Café Stage

Saturday May 16, 2009

Blake Hotel

555 McDowell Street

Doors open at 10am

11:30 AM – 11:35 BLUZ INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERARY CAFÉ AND INTRODUCTION OF OMAR TYREE

11: 40 AM -12 PM OMAR TYREE’S BOOK SIGNING

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM- MUSIC BY JOCELYN ELLIS

12: 50-12:55 PM: PERSONAL ADDRESS BY DWAN ABRAMS

12:55 -1 PM: Personal ADDRESS BY SHANA BURTON

1:00 PM TO 1:30 PM - DWAN ABRAMS & SHANABURTON BOOK SIGNING

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM - THE QUEENS COLLECTIVE

1:50-1:55 PM: PERSONAL ADDRESS BY TIFFANY WARREN

1:55- 2 PM – PERSONAL ADDRESS BY SHERRI LEWIS

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM - TIFFANY WARREN & SHERRI LEWIS BOOKSIGNING

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM - ROGER DAVIS PERFORMS & POETS

3:30 – 3:35 PM - BLUZ INTRODUCES DONNA GRANT & VIRGINIA

3:40 PM – 4:30 PM – DONNA GRANT & VIRGINIA DEBERRY

BOOK SIGNING

4: 30 PM – 5:00 PM – POETS

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM – THE CLOSING OF THE LITERARYCAFÉ STAGE

6:00 PM Literary Cafe Closes/Real Eyes Book Event: We will be leaving for Real Eyes Bookstore for our own Literary Event.
The addy for RealEyes is: 3306 N Davidson St., Charlotte, NC 28205


Sunday

10:45 AM EST Departure for Spartanburg: Cornerstone Baptist Church
Addy: 700 S Converse St,Spartanburg, SC 29306

Join me for May 30: Book Marketing MasterMind Session

(African American Authors in Atlanta)

Up to 30 Author presentations and readings

All genres from Spirituality to Erotica

May 30^th, 2009

9:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Wyndham Garden Hotel

175 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta 30303, 404-659-2727, X 352 or 353

Special Wyndham Discount for Attendees: $89 per night/King or Double Queen

Readers Full Day Admission: $40/$50 with shuttle transportation

Registration: 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. (Registration includes membership to Jean Holloway’s “Aceoholics” Book Club)

Buffet Breakfast: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. (includes Book Marketing Mastermind Session with me, Dee Stewart)

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Authors reading excerpts from such novels as:

at the Peachtree Library, 1315 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, 30309

Shuttle transportation provided between hotel, library and Uptown ($5.00 each R/T)

OR join us from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. at The Uptown Restaurant and Lounge

201 Courtland St. Atlanta, 30306

Admission to Uptown ONLY $25.00 and includes FREE autographed copy from attending author of your choice.

Authors & Readers meet & mingle. Enjoy smooth jazz, hors'dourves and Cash bar.

Professional Massages will be available for $1 per minute.

All attendees can enjoy Dinner & a Live Band from 7-10p. with no additional cover charge.

For tickets, register at: http://quada.eventbrite.com

Questions: email jeanholloway@deckofcardz.com with “Quad A” as the subject.

All events and participating authors may change without notice.

Midweek Reality Post: Do You Know the Rules of Getting Published?

Today Sandra Bishop posted a nice allegory on Literary Agent Chip McGregor's Blog about how veteran writers should lend a hand to newbie writers, how they should prepare writers who are seeking publication by sharing the knowledge they know, and how writers should ask before they pitch. She states...

Based on the queries and submissions we receive, I'm sad to say there is a staggering amount of evidence that tons of folks don't bother figuring out the rules of the writing road. Don't think to read between the signs along the way and think about what they're getting into. They see the promise of treasure and plunge ahead, ignoring guidelines, books on craft, the market.

Here is my response below:

Great allegory

There are many great author friends in publishing who share everything about the process. Some of my write-or-die chicks have built brilliant stories, had a laundry list of endorsements from other authors, paid for copy editing, attended workshops, were rejected multiple times, and believe that this work is a part of the process, so we write again and start all over until some great agent or editor picks us up.

On the other hand, I have witnessed writers whose manuscripts had heavy grammatical errors, poor plot construction, dry themes and yet became published. I've even had agents come to me to help their author client build a better marketable book to pitch, and those authors were published. Those writers--for whatever reason-- didn't need to know the list to get through.

And that's the rub for me and many other writers, who are doing what they do, yet know for a fact that "the list" applies to those who aren't friends with the List maker.

So I would also add that we writers should not just encourage and share, but also be a soft place to fall when good writers(and we know who a good writer is) need a measure of our faith to hold onto when they feel weak on this journey.

The last paragraph is what I want to discuss in more detail this week and today at noon EST on Media Candy for my Midweek E-lunch with you.

What is the List for getting a book published? Are their hidden items on that list? And if so, what are they and why are they hidden? Let's have a Real Talk discussion today. I encourage any agents, editors, writers, publishers to join in and if need be debate. I'm doing some spring cleaning today, cleaning out the past year's crap in my pr life. Let's Go.

You can logon to the chat at Noon EST at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mediacandy or call in at (646) 649-1066

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