Author Discussing the Lucy Mason Series Letrise Carter holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Financials Management & Accounting.  Letrise works in corporate America by day as a Fund Manager while building her small business as CEO of Sistah’s Place & Sistah’s Creative Media.  Letrise is a writer, podcaster, and magazine editor, and media manager. She published her first novella in 2017 titled Deceitful Secrets. After a 2-year break to focus on her health, Letrise published her first short story series Lucy Mason series with the first release Lucy’s Worth.  Letrise resides in the suburbs outside of Chicago with her daughter.  Website: www.letrisecarter.com   Summary of the Lucy Mason Series Lucy Mason will go on a journey in a 3-part short story series to discover her self-worth, finding her faith, and learning how to forgive and open up her heart to true love.  She starts at the age of 16 years old and will go through growing pains along her journey to finding who she is as a young black woman.   Lucy Mason: Lucy's Worth, Part 1 Lucy’s Worth is part one of a young woman's desperate journey to find herself while trying to make it on her own. Faced with her first true relationship, Lucy's long battle with low self-esteem will cause her to fall down a path with a dangerous man. Will Lucy be able to escape the trap that's been set for her? She's going to have to make the most important decision of her life -- because her life depends on it!   Purchase Lucy's Worth by Letrise T Carter https://www.amazon.com/Lucys-Worth-Letrise-T-Carter/dp/B094H23872      

Black Authors Network Talk Show

Crown Holders Conversation: Letrise Carter, Sistah's Place Entertainment

New authors Mbinguni and Carol E. Massey will read from their books and discuss their journey to publication.     Looking for Hope by Mbinguni   Birth Days by Carol E. Massey     Mbinguni is a natural storyteller. An avid reader, she began composing her own narratives as a small child in grade school. With roots in West Africa and the Gullah-Geechee region of Georgia's barrier islands, Mbinguni began writing, Looking for Hope, as a labor of love. She has a background in education and has channeled her technical know-how into her creative passion. Looking for Hope is her debut novel.     Carol E. Massey comes to writing after a successful 30+ career in the leadership of academic, governmental and community-based nonprofit organizations, serving as board member, chief administrative officer, program manager and management consultant/technical assistance provider.   She is also a forty-five year member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and an active member of the Marietta Roswell Alumnae Chapter. Birth Days is her first collection of short stories about women who turned difficult beginnings into glorious lives. The she-roes in Birth Days overcome many challenges in the times of Jim Crow, the Great Migration, big-city life on both coasts and the pursuit of higher education. Carol hopes these stories will encourage readers to “press on to their higher calling” as the face the obstacles life puts on their paths.  

Crown Holders Evening with authors Mbinguni and Carol E. Massey

I watched in awe as Miz Rosa stopped those men on the bus with her clear, calm “no” and I thought about that word. What if I said no? What if I refused to follow the path these White folks wanted for us? What if I kept this precious baby? Montgomery, Alabama, 1955 On a cold December evening, Mattie Banks packs a suitcase and leaves her family home. Sixteen years old and pregnant, she has already made the mistake that will ruin her life and disgrace her widowed mother. Boarding the 2857 bus, she sits with her case on her lap, hoping that the driver will take her away from disaster. Instead, Mattie witnesses an act of bravery by a woman named Rosa Parks that changes everything. But as Mattie strives to turn her life around, the dangers that first led her to run are never far away. Forging a new life in a harsh world at constant risk of exposure, Mattie will need to fight to keep her baby safe. Atlanta, Georgia, present day Ashlee Turner is going home. Her relationship in ruins, her career held back by prejudice, she is returning to the family who have always been her rock. But Ashlee’s home is not the safe haven she remembers. Her beloved grandmother is dying and is determined to share her story before she leaves… When Ashlee finds a stack of yellowing letters hidden in her nana’s closet, she can’t help the curiosity that compels her to read, and she uncovers an old secret that could wreak havoc on her already grieving family. As she tries to make sense of what she has learned, Ashlee faces a devastating choice: to protect her loved ones from the revelations, or honor her grandmother’s wishes and follow the path to the truth, no matter where it may lead. Order your Amazon Books:   https://amzn.to/38UnkIP

The Girl at the Back of the Bus by Suzette D. Harrison

Never Close Your Heart (Book 2) by Monica F. Anderson All Faith Henry wanted was peace. She gave up almost everything to have it. She resigned from her position as mayor, filed for divorce, and sold her dream home, vowing no job or man would ever control her again.  Ten years later, her self-made perfect life is changing directions without her consent. Her popular podcast is bringing unwanted attention from a superfan. Her millennial daughter, Sloane, has returned to the nest with an electronic ankle monitor, a gender-fluid child, a meek husband, and a bad attitude. And, worst of all, her almost perfect manfriend is fed up. Since she won’t marry him, he’s moving on. They’ve become good friends who never cross the line. She hates that line more than anything.  Out of ideas, Faith drags her daughter to group counseling with the seasoned Saints at their church. Can their collective wisdom help this mother and daughter tear down the walls and open their hearts before it’s too late? In this riveting ten-year anniversary sequel to the Essence Bestseller When A Sistah's Fed Up, we revisit the Henry family (Faith, Preston, Trey, Sloane, and Junior). The kids are grown and some bridges burned, but the ties that bind this All-American family don't break--even when they wish they would. Monica F. Anderson weaves a tale of what happens when relationships are broken and a legacy of unforgiveness is passed from one generation to the next. Dr. mOe Anderson is a survivor and serial entrepreneur who has dedicated her life to promoting the power of owning one’s choices, personal empowerment, and achieving multiple streams of happiness. She is the author of seven books and hundreds of articles for journals, anthologies, and a major daily newspaper. 

Book Launch: Never Close Your Heart by Monica F. Anderson

Your Honor, Your Honor: A Journey Through Grief to Restorative Justice by Judge Leonia J. Lloyd   In 1949, twin sisters came into this world surprising everybody including their parents and the doctor because he heard only one heartbeat. On a path ordered by God, the twins touched the lives of many in their roles as teachers, attorneys, and judges. The rocky road the twins followed to achieve these professions was God's way of preparing them for life.  In Your Honor, Your Honor, author Judge Leonia J. Lloyd tells the story of this dynamic duo whose professional careers led them to become models, schoolteachers, and entertainment lawyers. Eventually, with their unique moniker, Twins for Justice, they became the first identical-twin district court judges to sit on the same bench at the same time in the country.  Focusing on restorative justice, their careers were on a meteoric rise until the unexpected and sudden death of Judge Leona Lloyd put an abrupt halt to their successful lives together. Lost and alone, Leonia was in the storm of her life; despair had an iron clad grip around her. She turned to God for guidance, and her prayers were answered.  Your Honor, Your Honor chronicles her life experiences including her relationship with her twin, her struggles against racism, her account of the grieving process, and her stride toward justice.   Purchase Your Honor, Your Honor: A Journey Through Grief to Restorative Justice by Judge Leonia J. Lloyd  https://www.amazon.com/Your-Honor-Journey-Through-Restorative/dp/1663201846    

Crown Holder Evening with Judge J. Leonia Lloyd

Crown Holders Unplugged:  How We Love, Heal & Empower Women How does writing and telling your story heal old wounds? We are discuss living single & saved, life after divorce, how to become your own woman when it seems as if the world is crumbling. Do long distance relationships work? Why do mothers and daughters struggle in their bonds? How do you make blended families work, especially when it's a biracial partnering? Conquering bi-polar disorder, depression and the feeling of isolation during this pandemic.    Featured Speakers and Authors Terri D. Martinez  Patricia Saunders  Joan Vassar   Janet Autherine   Antoinette R. Davis  Patricia A. Bridewell  Cheryl Mattox Berry  How do you make a way out of no way? We will discuss current affairs, how we have fought against life's obstacles and won! We will also discuss WHY we write about the subjects that form our body of work. This will be a fun, high energy conversation with  NO holds barred.   

Crown Holders Unplugged: How We Love, Heal & Empower as Women of Color

Minding Your Business (Tips on starting, scaling and promoting a business, agency or publishing house.) Let's talk about innovative ways of making money, scaling your business, investing money to create several streams of income and changing the crooked path to generational wealth. Topics of Discussion:  We will discuss how we are pivoting or adapting to business during this pandemic. The main point of this panel discussion is how we have to keep moving the needle and not just get comfortable with success where we are today. How are we starting, scaling and promoting our businesses? Let's discuss how we can create at least 5 streams of income!   Featured Authors and Speakers Ella D. Curry Nina Foxx  Lisa Blackmon   Lisa Renee Johnson  Cerece Rennie Murphy     Here are a few other topics we will discuss:  How to sell your 'why' to readers in this video/digital age on Zoom. How not to become so 'chained to your dream' that you can't evolve or change the way you operate now.  Are you operating as the woman you want the world to see? Have you truly defined your purpose and does it align with how you are conducting business right now? How do you stay on point?  

Crown Holders Uplugged: Fall 2020 Minding Your Business Panel Discussion

Awaken Your Inner Fire (Overcoming obstacles, tackling abuse, and recovering from health challenges.) Topics of Discussion:  The main point of this panel discussion is how do we keep moving the needle and not just get comfortable with success where we are today. How do you handle feeling judged by others and not being able to speak your truth? How do we create new adventures of your soul during this pandemic? Featured Authors and Speakers CC Fann  Taressa Stovall  Joylynn M. Ross  Lutishia Lovely  Suzette D. Harrison   Yvonne Evans Strachan    Here are a few other topics we will discuss:  What does finding your purpose look like? How do you reconnect to the very essence of you after being overwhelmed with current affairs, the news, work or family matters?  How do you restore and reset after a let down or obtaining negative results? Are you operating as the woman you want the world to see? Have you truly defined your purpose and does it align with how you are conducting business right now? How do you stay on point? 

Crown Holders Unplugged: Awaken Your Inner Fire Panel Discussion

#SheDaredToDreamMC: I know this past week was such a disappointment to many with the less than favorable outcome for the Breonna Taylor's case and the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I want to try and allay the uncomfortable feelings many of us are having by bringing you 21 women Who Dared to Dream!   Sept. 27-Sept. 30 BAN Radio Show and Crown Holders Transmedia will feature women speakers and authors that are here to bring you peace, joy and tips for making a way out of no way. Watch my page for the program listings!   Featured Speakers and Authors 1)  Antoinette R. Davis   2)  CeCe Fann    3)  Cerece Rennie Murphy   4)  Cheryl Mattox Berry 5)  Imani Wisdom  - Pearl Page  6)  Janet Autherine   7)  Joan Vassar   8)  Joylynn M. Ross   9)  Lisa Blackmon   10)  Lisa Renee Johnson   11)  Lutishia Lovely   12)  Nina Foxx   13)  Pamela Samuels Young   14)  Patricia A. Bridewell  15)  Patricia A. Saunders 16)  Paulette Harper - Pearl Page 17)  Shelia E. Bell - Pearl Page 18)  Suzette D. Harrison   19)  Taressa Stovall   20)  Terri Coleman Martinez 21)  Yvonne Evans-Strachan  Crown Holders Presents:  She Dared to Dream Masterclasses Who you become and how you experience the world is a result of how you see everything that exists around you, says author  Janet Autherine in her new book, Island Mindfulness: How to Use the Transformational Power of Mindfulness to Live an Abundant Life.

Crown Holders: She Dared to Dream - Sisterhood Grand Rising

This Time Always by Suzette D. Harrison  Vivacious Niyana Nichols isn’t looking for love. Between the demands of work as a Wellness Clinic Administrator, recent widowhood, and being there for her two beautiful daughters, love has taken a back seat for the fifty-three-year-old. To complicate matters, she’s also suffering from Alopecia. Yet, when Niyana meets her daughter’s handsome professor, she is faced with emotions she thought she’d buried with her husband. Divorced single father and African-American Studies professor, Omari Josef, is devoted to his career. When the forty-six-year-old grandfather meets the gorgeous and spirited Niyana, he’s forced to rethink his own happiness. Their age difference doesn’t matter to him. What does is making sure she realizes that she's a woman worth cherishing. Will the sudden reappearance of Omari’s ex-wife wreak havoc in his life? Or will their undeniable attraction grow into something solid and abiding? Read Chapters 1-3 and share this preview with your friends:  https://a.co/0laRHpL About the Author Award-winning author Suzette D. Harrison grew up in a home where reading was required, not requested. Turning her love of reading into a rising literary career, Suzette was first published when her poetry was included in a creative journal in middle school. While she loves happy endings, Harrison pens flawed characters in need of redemption, and loves crafting storylines with intricate layers and depth, often leaving readers with unexpected plot twists. The bestselling author is a wife and mother who holds a culinary degree in Pastry & Baking. Suzette is currently cooking up her next novel...in between batches of cookies.  Website:  www.sdhbooks.com  

Crown Holders Sisterhood Conversation with Suzette D. Harrison

  Crown Holders Story Time is happening now! Sit back and enjoy several amazing authors share reading from their latest books! Featured Authors and Speakers are listed below:  * Nights Over Egypt by Barbara Keaton  * Allegra’s Shadow by Dana Sanders Hill * Rhythm Bay Love by Patricia A. Bridewell * Basketball & Ballet by Suzette Harrison * Capital Sins by Cheryl Mattox Berry * Contempt Trilogy by Becky DeWitt * Amazing Grace: A Tribute to You, The Story of Us by D. Michele Jackson Tantalizing stories, memorable characters, and provocative storylines all for you. Feel free to share the show or start a Watch Party so your friend can take part too!   #CrownHoldersLead Shop at the Crown Holders Online Bookstore Explore our shelves today:   https://www.amazon.com/shop/edc1creations  

Crown Holders Adult Story Time - Part 1

Crown Holders Transmedia is the parent company of EDC Creations Media Group, the Sankofa Literary Society, the Black Authors Network Radio Show and Black Pearls Magazine. The Sankofa Literary Society empowers independent and/or self-published authors through mentoring programs. The popular Black Authors Network radio program offers new authors a chance to showcase their books to thousands of international readers weekly. Black Pearls Magazine, is an online literary destination for thousands bookclubs and social network fans around the globe. TONIGHT'S FEATURED SPEAKERS 8:00 pm - Nights Over Egypt by Barbara Keaton 8:30 pm - Allegra’s Shadow by Dana Sanders Hill READ MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS AT: http://crownholderstransmedia.com

Crown Holders Conversations - Evening with Barbara Keaton and Dana Sanders Hill

Crown Holders Transmedia is the parent company of EDC Creations Media Group, the Sankofa Literary Society, the Black Authors Network Radio Show and Black Pearls Magazine. The Sankofa Literary Society empowers independent and/or self-published authors through mentoring programs. The popular Black Authors Network radio program offers new authors a chance to showcase their books to thousands of international readers weekly. Black Pearls Magazine, is an online literary destination for thousands bookclubs and social network fans around the globe. TONIGHT'S FEATURED SPEAKERS 8:00 pm - Swirl Girl: Coming of Race in the USA by TaRessa Stovall  8:30 pm -  Amazing Grace: A Tribute to You, The Story of Us by D. Michele Jackson   TaRessa Stovall was born a Jazz Baby in Seattle, Washington when her parents’ marriage was illegal in 16 states. An author from the age of seven, TaRessa has written several poems, books, and plays on various topics, including racial identity and the impact of colorism on People of Color. Check out her sizzling new memoir, SWIRL GIRL: Coming of Race in the USA on taressastovall.com. Connect with her on Twitter and Instagram @taressatalks.       SWIRL GIRL: Coming of Race in the USA reveals the raw truths about how a hard-headed, Mixed-race, “Black Power Flower Child” battles society—and sometimes her closest loved ones—to forger her identity on her own terms. As the USA undergoes its own racial growing pains, from the 1968 riots after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, to the historic 2008 election of the nation’s first Biracially Black president, TaRessa Stovall challenges popular stereotypes and fights nonstop pressures to contort, disguise, or deny her uncomfortable journey.

Crown Holders Conversations Day 1 - Evening with TaRessa Stovall

Patricia A. Saunders' work has been featured on a Coast to Coast Book Tour at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Toronto Word On The Street, Sacramento Black Book Fair, Tucson Book Festival, Miami International Festival of Books and AARP Life@50+ Spring Convention. Recently she was chosen among 100 authors from around the United States to participate in the Author’s Pavilion at the 2018 Congressional Black Caucus Convention in Washington, DC. Her latest book, Four Seasons of Love, covers all aspect of love broken into four chapters relate to the four seasons. Patricia, a Supervisor in Silicon Valley, in her spare time she enjoys to travel, wine tasting, and spending time cooking for friends.   Crown Holders Transmedia is the parent company of EDC Creations Media Group, the Sankofa Literary Society, the Black Authors Network Radio Show and Black Pearls Magazine.  The popular Black Authors Network radio program offers new authors a chance to showcase their books to thousands of international readers weekly. Black Pearls Magazine, is an online literary destination for thousands bookclubs and social network fans around the globe.   TONIGHT'S FEATURED SPEAKERS * Four Seasons of Love: Anthology of Poetry by Patricia A. Saunders * Josephine Baker's Last Dance by Sherry Jones * Rhythm Bay Love by Patricia A. Bridewell * Basketball & Ballet by Suzette Harrison * King, Duke, and Prince by Sheryl Grace * Amazing Grace: A Tribute to You, The Story of Us by D. Michele Jackson   READ MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS AT: http://crownholderstransmedia.com

Crown Holders Conversations - Evening with Patricia A. Saunders

Crown Holders Transmedia is the parent company of EDC Creations Media Group, the Sankofa Literary Society, the Black Authors Network Radio Show and Black Pearls Magazine.    TONIGHT'S FEATURED SPEAKERS * Basketball & Ballet (California Love Book 2) by Suzette Harrison * Rhythm Bay Love by Patricia A. Bridewell * Contempt Trilogy by Becky DeWitt   Basketball & Ballet by Suzette D. Harrison He left the game. She left the dance. Will they give love a chance? Yazmeen Williams is a busy woman. The former professional dancer is a church Administrative Assistant by day and the mother of three-year old twin boys, always. What she isn't, is interested in love thanks to a monster of an ex-husband who's a danger to the well-being of her sons. When retired NBA player Tavares Alvarez enters her life looking "utterly orgasmic," that disinterest is severely challenged as is her hold on celibacy. But he'll need to gain her trust, or her phone number first. With Yazmeen, neither will come easily. Tavares has had zero relationships, but more than his share of women. Now that he's born-again, he's no longer focused on the opposite sex. His attention is devoted to his five-year old daughter and being a venture capitalist. Meeting Yazmeen proves a delicious disruption. The attraction is instant, but clearly she's disinterested. Dive into this faith-filled, sexy romance that will leave you rooting for Yazmeen and Tavares, laughing at their antics, and gasping at the actions of their questionably sane exes.     READ MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS AT: http://crownholderstransmedia.com

Crown Holders Conversations Day 1 - Evening with Suzette Harrison

The BAN Radio Literary Program aims to support the African American community and to show people, through the radio show, that African American writers are more than just a niche. We bring wonderful stories to the minds and imaginations of everyone! We have stories to tell, using our voice and our experiences, that cross all races and cultures. Join us on Monday and Wednesday Nights, 8-10 pm EST. BECOME A GUEST ON THE SHOW. Go here to sign up today: http://www.edc-creations.com/banradiopromo.htm

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