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Carol Taylor, a former Random House book editor, has been in book publishing for over 16 years and has worked with many of today's top black writers. She is a freelance book editor, ghostwriter, and editorial consultant, a bestselling author of 7 books and an award-winning book editor. You can reach her at Carol@BrownSugarBooks.comPRAISE FOR
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Brown Sugar Newsletter Summer 2010
It's been a while. Lemme catch you up on what's been going on. After taking a break from anthologies, I've written my first novel, THE EX CHRONICLES, published by Plume February 2010. "SEX AND THE CITY" MEETS "WAITING TO EXHALE" "The Ex Chronicles is a delicious debut novel." Publisher's Weekly THE EX CHRONICLES In a New York City rife with emotional landmines, four friends search for Mr. Right but often end up settling for Mr. Right Now. Precious, a struggling writer, discovers her fiancé Darius in bed with another woman, though she breaks off the engagement, this doesn’t stop her from wanting him. Bella, the wise-cracking, over-indulged child of an absent diplomat father and pill-popping socialite mother, knows her musician boyfriend Julius is using her, but before she can give him up she has to give up her first love, alcohol. Half-British, half-Jamaican, Zenobia, sacrifices a successful modeling career for Malcolm, her overly critical boyfriend, but when he strays she fears she’s made a terrible mistake, not only with her heart but also with her career. Bourgie Hope, the editorial director of a high fashion magazine, is working double time to hide the effects of caring for her dementia-ridden mother and her own debilitating depression, while trying to resist a strong attraction to her new driver Derrick, a single dad from the projects. Funny and sexy, heartbreaking and inspiring, the Ex Chronicles is a novel about faith in one’s self, trust in one’s friends, and the sacrifices we make in the name of love. Please check out the reviews and the excerpts from THE EX CHRONICLES or check out the events below. If you're in New York I'd love to see you. SAVE THE DATES: READING AND SIGNINGS: THE HARLEM BOOK FAIR WHEN: SATURDAY, JULY 17TH TIME: NOON TO 1:30 WHERE: COUNTEE CULLEN LIBRARY (Auditorium) 104 west 136th street, near Lenox Ave. Please join me and hundreds of your favorite authors at the Harlem Book Fair this Saturday, July, 17th. Stefhen Bryan (author of Black Passenger, Yellow Cabs) and I (Brown Sugar, The Ex Chronicles) will discuss race and relationships on a panel called: Attraction for the Other: Race, Culture, and Sexual Preference. This should be a hot one, so don't miss it. WHERE: Countee Cullen Library (Auditorium) 104 west 136th, near Lenox Ave. WHEN: Saturday. July 17th noon to 1:30. I will then sign copies of my book after the panel at the HBF Autograph Tent on West 135th Street between Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. At 2:20 I will read from The Ex Chronicles at The Schomburg Center Courtyard: 515 Malcolm X Blvd and sign more copies afterward. For more info visit: www.QBR.com. See you there. Hit me back and tell me what you think of the premise, what do you think of the cover, what you think I should do next, or just to say hi. Find me on Facebook and become a fan of The Ex Chronicles and Brown Sugar. The Brown Sugar books continue to sell, can I get an amen! My last anthology Wanderlust: Erotic Travel Tales was published to great reviews. Holla! A Debt To Pay, the story I contributed to the second installment of the literary journal, Bronx Biannual edited by Miles Marshall Lewis and published by Akashic Books turned out well and is a departure for what you might know me for. So please, check it out. I'll be sure to include an excerpt somewhere around here. Bronx Biannual is a literary journal for the hip hop set. But don't let that hip hop stuff confuse you. It's eclectic, surprisingly diverse and full great stories with something for everyone. A Debt to Pay is a noir ode to Iceberg Slim. Don't know who he is, google him. You'll be glad you did. Sign up for my Newsletter on the left and this info will come right to you. Remember your email address will never be sold or otherwise abused. Love and Happiness, Carol |
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