Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Bayou - Have you seen this?

[Milton Davis]

I began reading Bayou online at Zuda Comics. I heard they were releasing the 
book. It's excellent! I told everyone I knew about it. 

--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Chris Hayden  wrote:

From: Chris Hayden 
Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Bayou - Have you seen this?
To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 2:30 PM











 











  
  "What made her do this?"

--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@ yahoogroups. com, "ravenadal"  wrote:

>

> My sixteen year-old daughter was paging through the book and suddenly 
> exclaimed, "Oh, my God!"

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[SciFiNoir Lit] Visions

[Milton Davis]

Visions is a page on my site where I post speculative short stories and chapter 
excerpts in PDF. I would appreciate it if y'all would stop by from time to time 
and tell me what you think. This is an active site and I'm trying to get a feel 
for what my brothers and sisters look for in speculative fiction. I promise 
I'll visit more! http://www.mvmediaatl.com/visions.htm

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING?

[Milton Davis]

I don't come by often...because I'm reading. I'm currently reading Desires and 
Designs, a fantasy novel by K.J. Parker. Next on my list is Retro-KM by Edward 
Uzzle, then Raggamuffin, by Tobias S. Bucknell.

--- On Fri, 4/17/09, ravenadal  wrote:


From: ravenadal 
Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING?
To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 3:30 PM








This is supposed to be a SciFiNoir LIT group...is anybody reading 
ANYTHINGsci fi?

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[SciFiNoir Lit] New Stories in Visions

[Milton Davis]

I just posted two new stories in my Visions short story collection. 
Durn's Disciple is the next chapter in my online series, The 
Possession; Sirocco is a prequel story about one of my main characters 
in my upcoming book, Changa's Safari. Please stop by and check them out 
when you get a chance. All the stories ar in PDF format so you can 
download and read at your convenience. I'm interested in your feedback 
as well. I hope you enjoy them. The stories can be read at: 
http://www.mvmediaatl.com/stories.htm

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Hi!

[Milton Davis]

Thanks, Chaeya1
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-- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chaeya"  wrote:
>
> Welcome to the group, Milton.
> 
> Chaeya
> 
> --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Milton Davis" 
>  wrote:
> >
> > My name is Milton Davis. I was invited to joing this group of like 
> > minded individuals. I'm a Sci-fi Fantasy writer specializinig in 
> > stories based on African and African American people, history and 
> > culture. You find out more about what I do at www.mvmediaatl.com. 
> > Thanks for the invite!
> >
>

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Is It Time for a Change in Publishing Black Literature?

[Milton Davis]

Although I truly believe Obama's victory is a sign of changing times 
and perceptions, business is business. Until major publishers see 
black literature as a viable money making investment they will not 
treat it with respect. If MAINSTREAM interests turns to books written 
by and about black people the major firms will respond. Corporations 
don't invest resources on a feeling. They invest in proven trends. A 
perfect example is the plethora of vampire based novels.

--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" 
 wrote:
>
> By Shon Bacon  
> 
> November 17, 2008
> 
> Is It Time for a Change in Publishing Black Literature?
> 
> http://readersrooms.com/wp-content/authors/Shon%20Bacon-93.jpg
> 
> Recently, I read a post on author Bernice McFadden's MySpace blog -
>  logID=446786829> Will a Black President Help Me, the Black Writer. 
You
> should definitely take the time to read it in its entirety (if you 
don't
> have Bernice as a friend on MySpace, you might need to add her 
first).
> 
> In the post, Bernice talks about (and this is my summarizing her 
post, mind
> you) how President-Elect Barack Obama represents a different view 
of Blacks
> in America, a view we don't often see in media. We're so used to 
seeing
> Blacks in stereotypical roles - dealers, hustlers, druggies, hoes, 
and the
> list goes - unfortunately - on and on. As Bernice states in her 
post, "Obama
> is representative of the Black American we seldom see in publishing.
> Meaning, he is not a #-monger, drug-dealer, drug user or absent
> baby-daddy. He is not a slave to designer labels and he does not 
wear bling.
> We have not seen him ducking into a bodega to buy a forty, he does 
not
> congregate on street corners, and no source has come forward to 
reveal that
> he smoked a blunt before his debates with John McCain."
> 
> Her question - Will a Black president help me, the Black writer - 
comes from
> the notion that if we can elect a Black president, can publishing 
houses
> open their eyes to the idea that Blacks have a myriad of 
experiences and as
> such, there should be a myriad of stories written to reflect those
> experiences - and not just those very few experiences we've seen 
countless
> times.
> 
> Here was my response (polished a bit here) to her post:
> 
> I think just as Obama started with a grassroots campaign of 
believers, black
> writers who want a "change" need to start a grassroots campaign, 
too. The
> people of America saw Obama for nearly two years - with his 
eloquent words -
> tell them that change could happen, that it was time to happen.
> 
> He tapped into the future, the youth, to support his advances. He 
looked
> into the eyes of elderly white people and said, "I can help you, 
too." He
> looked at Republicans, those who could barely get up the nerve to 
say they
> were tired of their party, and said, "I know how you feel, don't 
tell me.
> Let's fix this thing together."
> 
> Just as Obama connected beyond Blacks and sparked the change that 
took place
> on the second best day of my life, those black writers who want a 
change in
> the publishing industry have to fight for the change and connect 
beyond
> their color, too.
> 
> And, unfortunately, it doesn't come from telling the publishing 
industry -
> yet again - that they need to change; they don't buy it, no matter 
how much
> convincing we try to do. They want to see the numbers, they want to 
see the
> sales, they want to SEE the change.
> 
> So, I guess, the question is how do we start that grassroots 
campaign for
> change in the publishing industry for black writers? How do we 
convince our
> "constituents" that we are worthy of being read, of being published 
so that
> it's not just about us - the writers - "complaining" (as the 
industry might
> say - "sour grapes"), but it's about the people who are ready, who 
are
> craving for more diversity in black literature?
> 
> Do we do more self-publishing (or as I like to call it "indie 
publishing")
> of diverse works? Do we become voices in various forms of media so 
that we
> can be spokespersons for those who are publishing diverse works? Do 
we form
> consortia derived from Black-oriented publishing houses, PR firms, 
marketing
> firms, book clubs, magazines, TV networks, radio stations so that 
we can
> disseminate information about those diverse works?
> 
> How do we regroup and move forward in a way that promotes all 
arrays of
> Black literature.and not just to Black readers, but to all people?
> 
> Can we?
> 
> What say you?
> 
> http://readersrooms.com/?p=1455
> 
> 
> 
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>

[SciFiNoir Lit] Hi!

[Milton Davis]

My name is Milton Davis. I was invited to joing this group of like 
minded individuals. I'm a Sci-fi Fantasy writer specializinig in 
stories based on African and African American people, history and 
culture. You find out more about what I do at www.mvmediaatl.com. 
Thanks for the invite!