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*On Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, I will be one of several authors participating in the Third Annual Southwest Arts Center Book Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The center is located at 915 New Hope Road, Atlanta, GA 30331.

*Join me at the seventh annual AJC Decatur Book Festival in the heart of downtown Decatur on Aug. 31-Sept 2, 2012. I am one of the exhibitors in the book market and street fair, and I will be in booth 208. For more information, please go to decaturbookfestival.com.

*I won an Atlanta Association of Black Journalists award for business reporting with Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine!!! Again, I thank God for this blessing .

*My book has ranked as an Amazon Best Seller and a Black Expressions Book Club Best Seller!!! Praise be to God!!!

*Join me Sunday, May 6, 2012 at F.A.M.E. (Fine Arts & Music Extravaganza) at The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church, 4650 Flat Shoals Parkway, Decatur, Georgia 30034 from 5-7 p.m. F.A.M.E. will feature musical and dance performances, an art show and poetry. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets are $10. F.A.M.E. is being held by the Arts & Letters Committee of the Stone Mountain-Lithonia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated.

*Kim Fields (aka Tootie from “Facts of Life” for my ’70s babies or Regine from “Living Single” for my ’80s babies), who is now a producer and lead director of Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns” and “House of Payne,” stopped by After the Altar Call! Click on this link to read my Q&A with her

*I’m officially a contributer for Urban Faith! Yay! Check out of a few my posts – “The Breast Cancer Reality Check,” “Watch Herman Sing,” and “The Cain Conundrum.”

*Fellow author & blogger Ananda Leeke interviewed me at Blogalicious! Check out my interview here!!!

*Check out my article on Columbia Pictures VP of Production DeVon Franklin in MOVIEGUIDE! Franklin is one of the creative forces behind great movies like “The Pursuit of Happyness” which starred Will Smith and “The Karate Kid,” which starred Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith!

*After the Altar Call: The Sisters’ Guide to Developing a Personal Relationship With God is available for pre-ordering at Nevaeh Publishing and Barnes & Noble! (Click on links to go the websites )

*My sorority sister Lola Brown, a two-time breast cancer survivor under 40 years old, will be taking part in the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk at Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Her story of recovery and hope is featured in After the Altar Call: The Sisters’ Guide to Developing a Personal Relationship With God. To help Lola raise money for the walk, go to her website.

*Check out my blog posts for Urban Faith! And leave a comment or two please ! “The Intermarriage Solution” and “‘Hope’ Without Jobs is Dead.”

*I was featured on the Shades of Romance Magazine blog!!! Check it out