Blessed & Curvy

The end of National Poetry Month with an excerpt from  This Too Shall Pass book of poetry. My Son I didn’t birth you I just feel that I want to see you turn 21 I want to give you advice on how to make it I want to tell you challenges are coming I want to tell you people will judge you by the color of your skin Not knowing who you are It doesn’t matter You’re my son You will go out with your friends and feel it’s funny To be followed Prove you are in your own neighborhood That the expensive car you’re driving is your parents and they worked hard to purchase it That the clothes you have on aren’t bought with drug money You’re going to be alone and there are going to be times you won’t get one phone call I want you to know no matter where you come from it’s not fair I want you to know others have come before you Have endured worse That they died for you to be able to be here You’re my son I know it hurts when people fear you becaus...

April is the time of year where everyone is doing their taxes Some are looking for those tax breaks and looking for investments. My question that I always ask is what about you? Have you invested in getting your annual exam to make sure your health is on track? Have you planned your spa days to unplug and unwind? What about date nights with your love? Are you exercising? What I mean by the questions is that when we select to invest in stocks and bonds and don't invest in ourselves who will reap the harvest if we're gone because we're not taking care of ourselves? Not to be negative but to enlighten and get others to think I stopped going out to dinner daily and started cooking at home Pulling out my mother's china that she left to me and enjoying each chew of the food I prepared . Reminiscing looking at the plates thinking about how she only brought the china out for special occasions. Now I am reaping her harvest. You heard the saying...

BAN Radio Show Interview Date and Time Please note that all shows are on Eastern Time Zone (Maryland) Interview with Ella Curry -  Monday night , 4/24/2017     All callers and authors use the same number:    646.200.0402 Chatroom:   http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Black-Author-Network FEATURED AUTHORS AND SPEAKERS: 8:00  - Life & Love: The Journey In Verse by Pat C. (Poetry) 8:30  - This Too Shall Pass by Patricia A. Saunders (Poetry)

When asked the question I state it's my Mother that inspired me to write! As a child I can remember always writing in my journal a poem or something that I tried to express.  As a teenager I wrote about boyfriends or feelings of being hurt, in my yearbook I wrote about the  journey of leaving middle school to go into high school, and never taking much serious.  It wasn't until my Mother who had Alzheimer's passed unexpectedly in my 40's  that my world was turned  upside down that I felt alone, uncertain of my emotions, and looking for a way of expression that I let my words flow.  I  cried until my vision was blurry, I let the words flow to my fingertips, and onto paper until I was emptied.  My thought process was I am getting older, single, no children and what would my legacy be? If I inherit this ugly disease and can't remember my sibling's face, the love that I had for my lover, or the experiences that I had gone throug...

Tips for Authors Selling Books At Events When you’re a self published author you look for opportunities to promote your book and there isn’t always a handbook for what to look out for when you’re taken advantage of. So I hope to share my experience to help others and give them a game plan when asked to participate in an event. The first experience happened years ago when I was asked by an organization to participate at the main library in San Francisco with a panel of female authors. We would take questions by a well established owner of a bookstore in the community, also answer questions from the audience and then afterwards have the opportunity of selling our books. I had gotten change for the sale of books, asked my sister to assist with selling, and was prepared to sell my own books. This was my first book and I was so excited that when they asked how much was the book I told them the price and the same book owner upped the price.   We were instructed to tak...