UNBLOCK YOUR WAY BACK TO WRITING

UNBLOCK YOUR WAY BACK TO WRITING

 

OK! So I must admit that I am suffering from a bad case of writers block. My goal at this point is to make it to; that's right THE END! 

 SOLUTION 

 After researching why I could not seem to progress my characters, story-line/structure, and dialogue;while creatively describing my description and settings, I came a cross a website that suggested using writing prompts. 

Writing prompts are not just for unblocking writers block, writing prompts can sharpen your writing skills, spark interest in blogging, or journal writing. As always, I located a book on amazon named 

CURE WRITER'S BLOCK: Over 5000 Writing Prompts To Move You Forward CLICK ON THE BOOK VIA THE AMAZON SLIDESHOW TO PURCHASE

I encourage you to visit amazon and purchase this book! You will be amazed at how many writing prompts are available in this book. 

Good Luck! and hopefully with the help of this book you can continue your writing!

 

 

MARCH BOOK OF THE MONTH

MAXI DRESSES OR LINEN SUIT SPRING READING

Alright it is almost March and almost spring time! I wanted to provide you with the March book of the Month ahead of time!


Join me as I introduce to you the first Urban Fiction Writer who personally contacted me to conduct her book review! I was extremely excited and thankful!

It is almost spring,
time to recover your favorite maxi dress or linen suit spring wear that is sure to turn heads. While visiting  your local  park to catch the relaxing, cool, spring breeze; you are now turning the first page of Model Behavior by Ms. Reed Sequaia! 







Beginner Fiction Writers

WRITING RESOURCES FOR BEGINNER FICTION NOVELIST

Greetings Bloggers,

WANT A BOOK REVIEW?

Email sims_raquel@hotmail.com if you are interest in a review of your African American Fiction, or Urban Fiction novel for free!

GENRES

Christian Fiction

Urban fiction

African American Romance Fiction

African American fiction(or as I call it Heritage Fiction)

Mystery Fiction- Open to review all mystery fiction.

 

REQUIREMENTS

Submit a Photo

Provide purchasing information for your novel "YOUR NOVEL MUST HAVE COVER ART AND THE COVER ART CAN NOT DISPLAY NUDITY, ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES, UNCENSORED VIOLENCE, OR ANY OTHER INAPPROPRIATE ART.

Submit a copy of your novel via Amazon

Kindle as a Gift or a PDF copy, using my email address sims_raquel@hotmail.com

The book reviews are free; however in return you are required to post a minimum 1 paragraph review

Rate the Communication Process and state if you agree or disagree with my review of your novel and why.

Submit A review of the blog

Share writing information that have worked for your novel completion.

State if you would prefer to publish a novel or short story using a publishing company, agent, or e-book  publishing website and why you prefer your selection.

As I previously mentioned I would also like beginner fiction writers to benefit from this blog, therefore I wanted to provide you with writing resources that I have purchased for research.

As a beginner African American fiction writer I am in the process of self educating myself on what it will take to compose successful short stories and novella's for e-book publishing. 

If you are like myself and have drafted writing material but find yourself struggling with the technicalities of creating characters, plot and structure, description and settings, and Dialogue then I have created a list of reading resources that may assist you in the areas that you are struggling in.


All Resources are Available Via E-book at Amazon Kindle Store 

CLICK ON THE BOOK VIA THE AMAZON SLIDESHOW TO PURCHASE
Good luck on your short story, novella, and novel manuscripts!

If you are interested in obtaining additional writing resource materials that I have feel free to email me at sims_raquel@hotmail.com. 

United States Only! Urban Ficition Contest Give Away

Celebrating the First Contest Give Away of the Year! You Do Not Want to Miss Out!

I will give away to one lucky winner a $25.00 Amazon gift card to purchase your choice of Kindle books hopefully Urban Fiction. The contest will begin February 10th until February 20th! However you can start posting comments now if you like.

THE EARLY BIRD MIGHT GET THE WORM IN THIS CASE LOL!

How do I Enter?

Simple! Just submit a comment underneath any blog posted on NeoSoulUrbanFiction's BlogSpot stating  your opinion of my blog or rate any of the Urban Fiction books posted on my blog using a 
Scale of 1-10 with 
10 = Excellent and  1=Poor 
and provide your review of the book.

Rules 

Only 1 winner is selected the contestant must reside within the United States of America.  The contest winner must post an email address that I can use to contact you to verify an email address to email your amazon gift card. Both the comments and book reviews must contain at minimum 5 sentences.

The contest holder is not responsible for gift cards that are lost in email or have the wrong email address.

How is the Winner Chosen?

Simple, I will write down all the names of the contestants that commented and mix them in a container, shake it and pull a name. All contest post submission are due on February 20th by 12:00 A.M.!

Announcement!

I will announce the winner on Saturday February 22nd! Good Luck Everyone!

February Winter Read

Greetings My Diligent Blog Readers,

I am going to provide a sneak peek of the February book of the month in case you have finished reading January's book of the month or winter book; you can add Niles Manning to your library.

I thought the synopsis of this book was pretty interesting and I look forward to reading the talents of this author.

My Amazon Library Purchase For February- Day 1 by Niles Manning.

CLICK ON THE BOOK VIA THE AMAZON SLIDESHOW TO PURCHASE

Review=Excellent

The one thing that I would like to say to the author regarding this literature is Thank You!

When reading the art of various creative writers, it is easy to judge their grammatical errors but you can tell a talented writer by the passion of the message that lies within their written material.

 However, Mr. Niles Manning has written a powerful message to young men especially young African American men in this story. 

I say to you, if you are parenting or mentoring adolescent males please take the time to read this story and if you are ok with the language please pass along this book to your teen and young adult males; the intensity and present time environs will hold the interest of young men until the final chapter.

I encourage you to join me in patronizing this newly inspired creative writer!

Cuffing Season:Winter Read for February

Seduction by Geneva Holliday 
CLICK ON THE BOOK VIA THE AMAZON SLIDESHOW TO PURCHASE
 Here is another winter referral, she told it! Yes that is what Ms. Geneva Holiday did in this story, find out for your self; I know I did and I am glad about it! 

 

Happy reading!

January Winter Reading

Hello Bloggers,

Cheers to the creation of the first blog launching for the new year. I hope that everyone had  an awesome holiday season and I am as always exited to share with you  my reading library. Enjoy!

Currently Reading Love's A Bitch by Lashonda Devaughn

CLICK ON THE BOOK VIA THE AMAZON SLIDESHOW TO PURCHASE

You can purchase this ebook on Amazon.com Kindle book store. Happy Readings. 

WOW! I read this book in one day it was a real page turner! I really feel like I got more value than I expected from purchasing this book. The author did an excellent job of grasping reader’s attention using three different short stories to teach valuable life lessons of domestic abuse.

Although the language is vulgar, I think that ladies ages 15 and up should read this book to gain insight concerning the signs of domestic abuse, and the importance of leaving a relationship that involve domestic violence. Overall I would recommend this book as a great read for 2014!

Excellent Urban Fiction literature for a cozy winter season!

CLICK ON THE BOOK VIA THE AMAZON SLIDESHOW TO PURCHASE

I can remember my sister reading the first sentence in this book and saying "I am going to purchase this book because I know that it is good" and I followed with " I will wait until you read it and then I will purchase it"; seeing that I am the kind of reader who is attracted to  the book cover illustrations and the titles. However I became intrigued enough to purchase this book since my sister would not allow me to read her copy before she read it first. I became even more inquisitive and I must say that Tayari "Told this story"! Just when you begin to question your family dynamics, this book will assist you in understanding that you are not alone. Let's just say I was in tears by the end of the chapter!

 

A Preview of my Short Story Fiction Blog Titled- All in the Name of Chance.

Thirty year old Douglas Kimball is committed to his girlfriend of two years Kiera Johnson and enjoys his vocation as supervisor of customer service at a newly developed electric company near downtown Birmingham Alabama. After expressing plans for a long-term future with Kiera and receiving rejection; Douglas is struggling with the decision to move on, and can not resist the opportunity to have dinner with Natasha McKay the director of Marketing and every man's fantasy!

Kiera Shelton has an awesome career as flight attendant and was not ready for marriage when meeting Douglas her boyfriend of two years but life changes at the age of thirty three and Kiera would like to plan a long-term future with Douglas but only if the future happens naturally. Douglas has been acting strange since his promotion at PMC electric and Kiera believes the promotion happened too soon as Douglas has only been employeed at PMC for one month.

Is the grass really greener on the other side? Find out as Douglas and Kiera's relationship provide trials that will take strength and courage to master.  

Coming Soon Happy Reading! 

 

Launching

Greetings my fiction reading bloggers,

Today's post will present an overview on the mission and expectations of introducing an Urban Fiction reading and writing blog. As some of you may have familiarized yourselves with my profile but just in case you haven't taken a glance, I would like for you to know that I not only enjoy reading Urban Fiction; I have also began to write a few Urban Fiction short stories of my own, and I will post a synopsis of my short stories on this blog.


However, I developed this blog because as an avid Urban Fiction reader, I found myself searching for urban fiction books that are not completely driven by illegal substances and sex; do not get me wrong I do enjoy tasteful romance and illegal substance usage that Urban Fiction provide but over exposure kills the enjoyment.


As a Chicago native of seasonal climate changes, I begin to read extensively both Urban Fiction and Non-Fiction literature, and I recognized that I enjoyed urban fiction books that provided summer description settings during the winter months; winter based description settings provided an increase of enjoyment during the summer months, and in the fall months I found that I enjoyed engaging in African American Fiction Literature (Heritage Reading I call it).


Therefore, I thought why not create a blog of both Urban and African American Fiction to assist other readers in selecting great authors to read each month. I will Post the title of the book that I am currently reading followed by a book that I have read for each season. I hope that you enjoy and Thank you for visiting Neo-Soul Urban Fiction!