Tag. . .I'm It!

I've been tagged by one of my favorite authors, Nichelle Tramble, to list 15 facts about my reading/writing habits. Don't know if I can come up with 15. But here goes.

1. In high school my mother and I would get into huge arguments because I'd rather read Harlequin romances than do any of my homework. Kinda ironic seeing as I'm now writing for their new line.

2. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is my favorite book.

3. I still read children's books. My favorites right now are Harry Potter and the Lemony Snicket books.

4. If I weren't writing mysteries I'd write horror or supernatural suspense.

5. I once overheard a high school classmate of mine telling someone they felt sorry for me because I always had my nose in a book and I must not have anything better to do. LOL! I'd say it payed off rather well for me.

6. I used to love to read aloud to my classmates in kindergarden. Wish I could be that fearless five year old again.

7. I knew I wanted to write when my high school English teacher Mr. Wilson read a short story of mine aloud in class.

8. I work in a library and usually always return my books late.

9. I wanted to be a journalist but didn't have the qualifications to be accepted into my college's journalism school. It's all Harlequin's fault ; )!

10. I love guys who read and I'm not talking about just the sports page either.

I'm tagging my fellow Crime Sistahs Gammy and Pamela. You guys are it!


Angela

KIMANI PRESS

Yesterday was the official launch of Harlequin's new African-American line of books called, Kimani Press. Those of you who may have heard about Harlequin's acquisition of my publisher, BET Books, will know that Kimani Press is the new home of authors who write for Arabesque, Sepia, and New Spirit. The Harlequin website now has a page up for Kimani Press complete with message boards for readers and authors to interact. I was a little worried about the whole Harlequin sale when I first heard about it. But now I'm thinking this will be a good thing. Things seem to be moving right along. They're already doing so with the new webpage and message boards, which are being hosted by Arabesque author Wayne Jordan. For some unknown reason, BET didn't really utilize their website to promote all BET Books. They had the Arabesque and some New Spirit books listed but not the Sepia titles. I was beyond baffled by that. You can even purchase books from the Kimani website, which I don't think you could do on BET's website. Oh, well. It's the dawn of a new day. Let's hope it's a good one.

Those of you looking for an inexpensive gift to give someone for the holidays, or if you just like good music, may want to order this new live CD by John Legend. I may be a little biased, since he's from my hometown, but this guy is extremely talented. You'd be hard pressed to find a person in good ole Springfield, Ohio who isn't really proud of him.

Angela