Re-Introducing your founder, award-winning author and literary digital strategist, Sylvia Hubbard of #motownwriters

Hello Motown Writers Members

Your founder, author, and literary digital strategist, Sylvia Hubbard, is here to introduce myself to the new and re-familiarize with the older members.

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First and foremost, thank you for being a part of this literary journey. It started in 2000 as an online organization that provided information for writers on writing, publishing, and marketing their books and introduced authors in Michigan to readers.

In 2004, we started to meet online with our first-ever conference. Afterward, we’d meet every second Saturday in the bookstore and then move to the main library. Give me some love in the comments if you were a part of our offline meetings. We kept up the conference until 2014, yet as other literary conferences started popping up in Metro Detroit, we decided to help and assist other organizations in bringing more literacy and literary education all over the state of Michigan to the masses. We still kept up our 2nd Saturdays – even when a pandemic hit, except we moved back online where we have our meetings in our Facebook groups.

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Now, as an organization with thousands on the mailing list and building a paid membership program, I salute you all for your help in getting us this far. It has always been the members of this group who have carried us thus far.

To find out more about member benefits and join our mailing list, please go here:
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This is also where you can become a premium member and get access to the VIP page.

We still adhere to our motto and encourage everyone to share their literary challenges and successes in our discussion group.

I’m proud to have writers, readers, librarians, book lovers, authors, and literary organizations all inside the network, sharing information and having the love of words deep inside their hearts.

I’m an author who started with one book, Dreams of Reality, in 2000. I’ve written and published over 60 stories, with so much more to come. I used to edit and publish other authors, but now I focus on myself, the Motown Writers, and the Michigan Literary Network. Keeping myself sane and the organization afloat is just enough.

I’m always available to come to your event to speak, keynote or do a workshop. Just contact me

I write romance suspense, and to find more about my books, please go to:

SylviaHubbard.com/books

Here are my current WIPs, published and about to be releases for the 2023-2024 year (but there’s still more to come)

Social media connections that I encourage you to follow are:

Social Media:
www.facebook.com/sylviahubbard
www.facebook.com/groups/motownwriters
www.facebook.com/groups/SylviaHubbardLitWorld
www.facebook.com/michigansliteraryworld
www.twitter.com/sylviahubbard1
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www.youtube.com/sylviahubbard1
www.tiktok.com/@sylviahubbard1
www.linkedin.com/in/sylviahubbard/
www.threads.net/@sylviahubbard1
www.goodreads.com/sylviahubbard
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/sylvia-hubbard
www.amazon.com/author/sylviahubbard
http://anchor.fm/sylviaubbard1

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your help with Motown Writers and Michigan Literary Network

I may have been the face of the organization, but I truly know it’s been the members that have kept me going.

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Missed March2024 #MotownWriters Meetup? Here is the video – see post for links | wsg author, Shar L. Halliburton | Kick Procrastination & Skyrocket your Success! #michlit

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#MotownWriters Feature: @GlenAdamsWriter, Author of #Predemption #michlit “Good story and thought provoking” #readersreview #inspirationalfiction

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Meet this author

Glen Adams is an artist living in Michigan, who slings prose and paint.

For millennia, humans have been recording oral stories on cave walls, clay tablets, papyrus, parchment, animal skins, paper and now in digital form. He revels in carrying on this uniquely human tradition.

The only thing that he enjoys more than reading a great story, is writing one.

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About the Book – Predemption

Mary and James, two siblings with wildly different views on life, feel obligated to fulfill the dying wish of their father, a man they’ve recently lost to COVID. Heading out west in the family Winnebago to spread their father’s ashes, the pair find themselves navigating a country they barely recognize. Broken along political, economic, ideological, and religious lines, the invisible virus has turned family and friends against one another, pitting neighbor against neighbor. With seemingly no coherent policies in place to deal with the threat, each city and state through which they travel represents a surreal landscape of unique risks and obstacles. Their venture seems destined to fail until they meet a mysterious stranger named Jesus at a local truck stop who brings a new and unexpected dimension to their already extraordinary mission. To James, the man appears to be nothing more than a down-and-out drifter, looking to survive a faltering economy and pandemic. But to Mary, the man represents something far more elusive. In Jesus, she sees hope for their future, success in meeting their objective, and healing for society.

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Member Feature: Jean Alicia Elster, Author of How It Happens @j_a_elster #authorhighlight

A 2017 Kresge Artist Fellow in Literary Arts and a former attorney, Jean Alicia Elster (BA, University of Michigan; JD, University of Detroit School of Law) is most recently the author of the young adult novel How It Happens, published by Wayne State University Press and released in September 2021.  She is the author of the novel The Colored Car—for ages 8 and older—published by Wayne State University Press and released in September 2013.The Colored Car was selected as a 2014 Michigan Notable Children’s Fiction for The Colored Car by the Midwest Independent Publishers Association. The Colored Car was chosen as an Honor Book for the 2014 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. Elster is also the author of the novel Who’s Jim Hines?—for ages 8 and older—published by Wayne State University Press and released in August 2008. Who’s Jim Hines? was selected as one of the Library of Michigan’s 2009 Michigan Notable Books. In addition, the Michigan Reading Association placed Who’s Jim Hines? on the Great Lakes Great Books Award 2009-2010 ballot for grades 4-5. Who’s Jim Hines? was also a ForeWord Magazine 2008 Book of the Year Award Finalist in the category of Juvenile Fiction. Read More

Elster is the founder and president of Write Word LLC (established as Write Word, Inc. in 1994). She and her husband live in Detroit, Michigan and are the parents of two adult children.

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About book:

How It Happens follows the story of author Jean Alicia Elster’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy May Jackson. Born in Tennessee in 1890, Dorothy May was the middle daughter of Addie Jackson, a married African-American housekeeper at one of the white boardinghouses in town, and Tom Mitchell, a commanding white attorney from a prominent family. Through three successive generations of African-American women, Elster intertwines the fictionalized adaptations of the defining periods and challenges—race relations, miscegenation, sexual assault, and class divisions—in her family’s history.

A continuation of the plots begun in Elster’s two novels Who’s Jim Hines? and The Colored Car, How It Happens continues the story for an older audience and begins with Addie’s life before the turn of the century in the South as a married Black woman with three biracial daughters navigating the relationship between her husband and Tom Mitchell. Later the story shifts to Addie’s daughter Dorothy May’s experiences both as a child and later, as a teacher who, choosing between her career and marriage to a man she barely knows, moves to Detroit. The story moves along with Dorothy May’s daughter Jean, who, with the support of her mother and the memory of her grandmother, confronts and comes to terms with her role in society and the options available to her as a college-educated Black woman in the post–World War II industrial North. While there is struggle and hardship for each of these women, they each build off one other and continue to demand space in the world in which they live.

Written for young adult readers, How It Happens carries the heart through the obstacles that still face women of color today and persists in holding open the door of communication between generations.

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#MotownWriters May Featured Author: @ConnorCoyne Grab #Urbantasm, Review, Support, Share #MichLit

Gritty YA Realism with a Dash of Mystery, Fantasy and 90’s Nostalgia #Urbantasm
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About book
Urbantasm is a magical teen noir serial novel inspired by the author’s experiences growing up in and around Flint, Michigan.

Thirteen-year-old John Bridge’s plans include hooking up with an eighth-grade girl and becoming one of the most popular kids at Radcliffe Junior High, but when he steals a pair of strange blue sunglasses from a homeless person, it drops him into the middle of a gang war overwhelming the once-great Rust Belt town of Akawe.

John doesn’t understand why the sunglasses are such a big deal, but everything, it seems, is on the table. Perhaps he accidentally offended the Chalks, a white supremacist gang trying to expand across the city. Maybe the feud involves his friend Selby, whose father died under mysterious circumstances. It could even have something to do with O-Sugar, a homegrown drug with the seeming ability to distort space. On the night before school began, a group of teenagers took O-Sugar and leapt to their deaths from an abandoned hospital.

John struggles to untangle these mysteries while adjusting to his new school, even as his parents confront looming unemployment and as his city fractures and burns.

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#MondayReads Excerpt @ #MotownWriters with The Kokuran II: In Full Blossom by @Jordin_Mack |📚 Shedding Innocence to find strength 💪

Astrid sheds her innocence and confronts her past which triggers her darker side showing her Kokuran strength.

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About Book:

In this second installment, The Kokuran II, the saga of Astrid continues as she embarks on the winding roads of life, filled with more drama including a new love, more deception and betrayal, an untimely death, and a suspicious murder. And just when Astrid thinks that things can’t get any worse, past demons resurface and threaten to shatter her life unless she destroys them first. In the midst of her battles, Astrid blossoms and reveals her darker side, showing the world the true nature of her Kokuran strength.

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Excerpt:

“Dreams have no expiration date.” I’ve heard those words several times throughout my life and simply ignored them. Then a few years ago, someone said them to me again; but that time they resonated with me. And here I am today, pursuing my creative and entrepreneurial endeavors, pushing the limits to become my bigger, better and badder self. This is not a static journey but one that will be defined over time. It’s never to late to start living your dreams…

About This Author

I’m a native Detroiter, raised amidst the harsh conditions of inner-city urban life where I saw the worst of dark times and the best of bright times. I went on to attend college, embarked on a career in Corporate America. Then one day, I was reflecting on how I used to enjoy the art of writing. So I decided to stop thinking about it and start writing again. It is the trilogy of my experiences in urban, academia and corporate life that provide the unique style in my literary expression, culminating in my debut novel, The Kokuran

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#MotownWriters Book Feature The Kokuran II: In Full Blossom by @Jordin_Mack |📚 Shedding Innocence to find strength 💪

Astrid sheds her innocence and confronts her past which triggers her darker side showing her Kokuran strength.

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About Book:

In this second installment, The Kokuran II, the saga of Astrid continues as she embarks on the winding roads of life, filled with more drama including a new love, more deception and betrayal, an untimely death, and a suspicious murder. And just when Astrid thinks that things can’t get any worse, past demons resurface and threaten to shatter her life unless she destroys them first. In the midst of her battles, Astrid blossoms and reveals her darker side, showing the world the true nature of her Kokuran strength.

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About This Author

I’m a native Detroiter, raised amidst the harsh conditions of inner-city urban life where I saw the worst of dark times and the best of bright times. I went on to attend college, embarked on a career in Corporate America. Then one day, I was reflecting on how I used to enjoy the art of writing. So I decided to stop thinking about it and start writing again. It is the trilogy of my experiences in urban, academia and corporate life that provide the unique style in my literary expression, culminating in my debut novel, The Kokuran

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#MotownBookClub Review Feature📚 of @LaJefferson ‘s new literary release Reconciliation to Hell🔥

Book Review from Reader
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Great attention grabber in the beginning of the story which immediately gets you hooked on the story. This is a well written story about the complexities of the decisions we make within the family dynamic. Though the title suggests a sinister plot, the story is one that most adults can relate to or imagine in some fashion. As an avid reader, I recommend this book.

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About Author
L.A. Jefferson is a Detroit native with strong ties to the literary community. An avid reader since childhood, L.A. is self-professed bookworm. Currently L.A. is promoting her book, Unfinished Business, and hard at work on her follow up book, Reconciliation to Hell, both contemporary fiction titles. When she’s not working on her books, L.A. is blogging about writing & publishing, love & relationships, and the roller coaster of balancing it all–family, day job, & writing career.

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Reconciliation To Hell

L.A. Jefferson

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Website: https://naturallyla.blog/author/lajefferson/

About Book
Sandra Anderson isn’t the only woman on the planet to let her cheating husband come back home. But she may be one of the few who did so after his last mistress, Felicia, conceived his child. Still, she thought the life of luxury that he afforded her and their two daughters was worth it. What she didn’t consider was the new role she’d play as step-mother and the ever-presence of the woman she knew still wanted her husband. At the first sight of dubious behavior by her husband, Sandra takes a walk on the wild side, making a few extramarital friends of her own. When someone begins blackmailing her with scandalous pictures of her and some of her friends, she quickly becomes the bigger threat to her marriage than her husband.

Lester Anderson is a lucky man. His wife forgave him for the ultimate betrayal. Sandra is the rightful woman to have by his side as he begins pursuing his longtime political aspirations. But old habits die hard. So when a woman from his past glides through his office door scantily dressed, Lester finds himself falling back into old patterns.

Can this couple survive their reconciliation to hell?

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Celebrate Nat’l Book Month with Everyday Ethics and Equity: The Foundation for Character and Self-Esteem by Michigan Author, Gwendolyn Forrest #michlit #Motownwriters

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Everyday Ethics and Equity: The Foundation for Character and Self-Esteem employs critical thinking and self-analysis, to help you define your worldview on contemporary ethical issues affecting you and the
broader society. Rooted in the proposition that existence validates the individual’s worth, it is especially relevant in these times of COVID 19, economic insecurity and social unrest. Available at
Amazon.com or your favorite bookstore.

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📚Find the Answers of Living a Life of Worth inside 🎇Everyday Ethics and Equity by @GwendolynRoseF1 🎁#motownwriters #bookpromo

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Everyday Ethics and Equity
The Foundation for Character and Self-Esteem

Gwendolyn Forrest

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Website: https://gwenforrest.com

About Book:
Everyday Ethics and Equity: The Foundation for Character and Self-Esteem eloquently exposes inequities existing between the haves and the have nots.
It also advances the proposition that existence validates an individual’s worth. This is especially relevant during these turbulent times of COVID-19, economic instability, and social unrest.

Written from a cosmic perspective and humanist worldview in easy-to-understand language, this insightful book helps readers to adopt ethical equitable behavior. It also promotes a race-free, war-free world and encourages self-reflective critical thinking.

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“As there’s no place underground or in the sky, To reunite with deceased ones after we die, We are obligated while we live on earth, To conscientiously live a life of worth.”

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About the Author:
Gwendolyn Rose Forrest (BA, MA) self-identifies as a black African
American global citizen who affirms humanity’s similarities while acknowledging differences.
She has worked in the public, private, or non-profit sectors in Detroit, Michigan; Atlanta, Georgia; Portland, Oregon; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; San Diego, California; and Fort Worth, Texas. She is a former social worker, civil rights/human rights advocate, economic development administrator, employment/training coordinator, research director, and certified fund-raising executive for colleges, universities, and non-profit organizations. A humanist, feminist, and activist, she enjoys writing, line dancing, and yoga.

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Celebrate Nat’l Book Month with Everyday Ethics and Equity: The Foundation for Character and Self-Esteem by Michigan Author, Gwendolyn Forrest #michlit #Motownwriters

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Everyday Ethics and Equity: The Foundation for Character and Self-Esteem employs critical thinking and self-analysis, to help you define your worldview on contemporary ethical issues affecting you and the
broader society. Rooted in the proposition that existence validates the individual’s worth, it is especially relevant in these times of COVID 19, economic insecurity and social unrest. Available at
Amazon.com or your favorite bookstore.

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#MotownWriters #WriterWednesday Book Feature w/@ClaireAldin Author, Gale Dalton (@Galealexandria2)#bookpromo #michlit #michiganwriters

About Book

All of the things that believers experience or want to know more about are included as points of reference along life’s journey and presented in this book of poetry. Beams From Heaven is a poetical compilation of life lessons and precious nuggets of wisdom. Glimpses of Gale Dalton’s life are penned throughout this book to motivate, encourage, and inspire readers.

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Author Interview

• What inspired you to write this book?

When I got married in 1975 I was a stay at home mom and I always loved poetry I used to read when I was a teenager James Baldwin,  Nikki Giovanni  and many other famous Black Authors of Poetry and the inspiration just came to me and so I started writing.  I started having children and so after having 7 children I put my finishing of my book on hold. I wanted to raise my children. Everywhere we moved to my manuscript stayed with me. I looked at my manuscript and said why not to get it published. I was blessed to find Claire Aldin books and have satisfied ever since. In January 2017 I began to write again and finished it that year.

• Can you tell us about the book?

God inspired the title of the Book “Beams from Heaven” and it is a book about life, life’s experience that I have had and learned from and about the majesty and glory of God.

• What did you learn about yourself when writing the book?

I learned that I could become an Author. I learned that I could write Poetry and be inspired to hopefully tell my story through poetry and bless someone else.

• What will readers walk away with after reading this book?

The readers will walk away with hope, encouragement, endurance through trials, God is always there to help you, You can overcome, you can be what you put your mind to be with God’s Guidance, You will walk away with Joy and Happiness.

• What advice about writing, publishing, and marketing would you give to other writers and authors? 

1. Have a good Publisher who will help you through the process.
2. Having the fortitude and excitement to get your book out there for the world to see
3. Always find good ways to market your book for more exposure Nationally and Internationally reaching all cultures is my goal. Be self-motivated and stay excited.

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Connect with this author

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gale.dalton.5  

Twitter: @Galealexandria2

Amazon Author Page https://amzn.to/2DtQgMj

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gale-dalton-73b306b5/

Publishers Website: www.clairealdin.com 

About Michigan based Publisher, Claire Aldin:

Claire Aldin Publications is an award winning hybrid publishing company that is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association and is Better Business Bureau accredited. Our Mission is to diversify publishing by providing tools and services to first-time authors so your dynamic voices can be heard.  To find out more about this publisher and their services, click here.

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#MotownWriters Angelique Clemens Author of “Can I Borrow Your Skin?” In-depth Book Interview #bookpromo #michlit #michiganwriters #blackgirlmagic #CanIBorrowYourSkin

About book:

The much anticipated debut novel of Angelique Clemens combines the storyteller of fictional novel with the step-by-step benefit of self-help books. The gripping story of a young professional woman moving through the obstacles of losing a sibling, establishing a career, and trying to find romance all while struggling with self-identification. Can I Borrow Your Skin outlines self-affirmation techniques and demonstrates their benefit for self-esteem building and self-conceptualization. The author, Angelique Clemens, walks the reader through the struggle of self experienced by the protagonist and helps them emphasize with her plight.

The novel is a unique combination of three genres and is written in the tradition of The Self-Love Workbook by Shainna Ali, 50 Shades of Grey by E. L. James, and The Dollmaker by Harriet Arnow. The author paints such a vivid story that the reader will feel immersed in the sights, sounds, and feelings as if they were walking alongside the protagonist or perhaps under her thumb.

Book Website www.CanIBorrowYourSkin.com
Amazon Book Page: https://amzn.to/31riHCA
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Angelique%20Clemens%22?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall

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From the author: 
I wrote a guide book to help persons who read Can I Borrow Your Skin. The guide has three parts, the pre-read which explains some of the alternative relationships that are noted in the novel. The post-read which helps walk the reader through the mirror technique used by the protagonist in the novel. The book club aid which has some discussion topics for book clubs who read the novel. For the guide:
Barnes & Nobel paperback https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-guide-to-the-mirror-angelique-clemens/1136501059?ean=9781078781749
Nook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-guide-to-the-mirror-angelique-clemens/1136501059?ean=2940162771906
on Amazon: paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085DRTD8C or Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085C428WW

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Book Interview:

· What inspired you to write this book?

I was moved by significant events in my life and the life of those around me. Writing about those experiences and working through different outcomes is what inspires my writings. The protagonist experiences a serious loss and struggles with self identification and starts to define herself by the relationships that she maintains. As a woman who has struggled with self-concept herself, I wanted to write something that spoke to others in this situation. I used the protagonist to first show how easily self-doubt and lack of self-knowledge can manifest.

· Can you tell us about the book?

Can I Borrow Your Skin is a romance novel about a woman’s unrequited love with the reflection she saw in the mirror. The protagonist, Nicolette Guyere, experiences loss and as she mourns she spirals down a rabbit-hole of self-doubt. While working through the loss, Nicolette notes that her lack of self-knowledge was being populated based on the relationships she maintained. The resulting self was not Nicolette; in fact, she learned through working on herself using the mirror technique and self-affirmations that she was not able to be her true self with over 90% of the people in her life.

· What did you learn about yourself when writing the book?

I learned more about myself. I was already enamored with myself, but this book gave me a much deeper appreciation for who I truly am. I can honestly say that I love the woman I have become and grow deeper in love with her every day.

· What will readers walk with after reading this book?

How to love themselves. There are so many techniques on how to start the process of loving one’s self and one great example. Persons reading my book will hopefully walk away from the book thinking to themselves that it is ok to not be perfect and that trying to be what everyone expects of you will have you in a situation where you are never who you know yourself to be.

· What advice about writing, publishing and marketing would you give to other writers and authors. 

1) Enjoy the process. It is long, sometimes very difficult but it is like planning a wedding or for the arrival of a child. Cherish the ups and downs. It will be over before you know it.

2) Have a plan. Outline. Set deadlines. Be organized and stick to your deadlines.

3) Your book begins and ends with your editor. Make sure you pick one that understand you, your vision, and will make the experience easier

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#WriterWednesday #MotownBookClub Book Feature w/Author, Angelique Clemens #motownwriters #michlit #michiganwriters #blackgirlmagic #CanIBorrowYourSkin

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Nicolette is a young black lawyer who struggles with the self as she wants to be seen. Her parents only see her as the child they raised, not the thirty year old woman she has grown into. Her friends see her based on their experiences with her: her sorority sisters as the girl that they pledged and crossed with; her law school friends as the smart girl that always near the top of the class; her high school friends as the shy, naive girl that they always tried to corrupt; her lifestyle friends as the strong, independent, dominant woman with undeniable skills; her sister-cousins as the little sister they never had that they have to protect and mentor; and her church friends as the pious Catholic girl. The men she dated mostly reduced her to their favorite body parts. Nicolette struggled with not living her life by others’ standards and expectations of her. She wrestles with the face that she can not be herself, her true self, around 90% of the people she know.

Can Nicolette work through her problems and learn to be the fierce person that she sees in the mirror? 

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About Author: 
Angelique Clemens is a writer, scientist, and speaker. She started writing as an adolescent when she co-wrote a short mystery story about an inept murder with her mother that was published. Later, in high school, poetry that Angelique had written in French was published. Now, she writes biographical fiction around the subjects of loss, #blackgirlmagic, alternative lifestyles, and learning to develop one’s self in a less than supportive world. Her books, generally, address these topics through the lens of the black experience. Angelique enjoys sports, scotch, and true crime novels. When Angelique is not writing, she is playing board games, coloring, or doing puzzles. She resides in Detroit with her husband.

Author Website www.AngeliqueClemens.com
Amazon Author Page https://amzn.to/31riHCA
Facebook Page www.Facebook.com/NicoletteGuyere
Instagram Page www.Instagram.com/CIBYSnovel

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#MotownWriters Author Feature w/Angelique Clemens #bookpromo #michlit #michiganwriters #blackgirlmagic #CanIBorrowYourSkin

About Author: 
Angelique Clemens is a writer, scientist, and speaker. She started writing as an adolescent when she co-wrote a short mystery story about an inept murder with her mother that was published. Later, in high school, poetry that Angelique had written in French was published. Now, she writes biographical fiction around the subjects of loss, #blackgirlmagic, alternative lifestyles, and learning to develop one’s self in a less than supportive world. Her books, generally, address these topics through the lens of the black experience. Angelique enjoys sports, scotch, and true crime novels. When Angelique is not writing, she is playing board games, coloring, or doing puzzles. She resides in Detroit with her husband.

Author Website www.AngeliqueClemens.com
Amazon Author Page https://amzn.to/31riHCA
Facebook Page www.Facebook.com/NicoletteGuyere
Instagram Page www.Instagram.com/CIBYSnovel

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About book:

Nicolette is a young black lawyer who struggles with the self as she wants to be seen. Her parents only see her as the child they raised, not the thirty year old woman she has grown into. Her friends see her based on their experiences with her: her sorority sisters as the girl that they pledged and crossed with; her law school friends as the smart girl that always near the top of the class; her high school friends as the shy, naive girl that they always tried to corrupt; her lifestyle friends as the strong, independent, dominant woman with undeniable skills; her sister-cousins as the little sister they never had that they have to protect and mentor; and her church friends as the pious Catholic girl. The men she dated mostly reduced her to their favorite body parts. Nicolette struggled with not living her life by others’ standards and expectations of her. She wrestles with the face that she can not be herself, her true self, around 90% of the people she know.

Can Nicolette work through her problems and learn to be the fierce person that she sees in the mirror? 

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