[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Hayden
< wrote: > > Chris, when you asked for solutions, I first tripped...then said what > the hell. Started out with ten. > > I KNOW there are problems with the ten I proposed. I just wrote down > ideas off the rip. > > Come up with another ten that works. > > Then get anyone that criticizes

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Hayden
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "earthgrrlmom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, I appreciate the expanded remarks. > > Second, I think I mentioned this when I first joined this list, but > OPRAH featured Octavia Butler in one of her pre-recorded "Ah-ha!" > moments that she used to air

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Hayden
< wrote: > > > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Hayden" > wrote: > > > Think of yourself. When did you get interested in SF? It was > > probably before you were ten years old. If you ain't got 'em by them, > > you ain't gonna get them. > > AND > > > The reason why I came back w

[SciFiNoir Lit] SF Site--Best Reads of the Year

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Hayden
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Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
"get them where they at" doesn't mean ANYTHING. if it isn't hard to come up with workable ideas, COME UP WITH SOME. i came up with ten in about fifteen minutes. you're the sf author. come up with ten more. that's how you can help. lks On Aug 9, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Chris Hayden wrote: > < u

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread Carole McDonnell
Ah sooo true! People still have the bruises they got in school about reading. Somewhere along the line teachers knocked out any sense of pleasure out of reading. I suppose the same can be said for education. Some people think education is something you have to go through and then be finished

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread conseulafrancis
Pick one--you told Lester we have to get the kids because SF is for 10 year old boys who like aliens. You're telling me that I was still open to SF because I was in my 20s and still reading. What I'm saying is that you can't be dismissive of any readers when trying to build an audience. Don'

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Hayden
< wrote: > > "get them where they at" doesn't mean ANYTHING. > > if it isn't hard to come up with workable ideas, COME UP WITH SOME. > > i came up with ten in about fifteen minutes. > > you're the sf author. come up with ten more. that's how you can help. > > > lks > > > On Aug 9, 2006, a

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Hayden
< wrote: > > Pick one--you told Lester we have to get the kids because SF is for > 10 year old boys who like aliens. You're telling me that I was > still open to SF because I was in my 20s and still reading. What > I'm saying is that you can't be dismissive of any readers when > trying to bui

[SciFiNoir Lit] The African American Literary Awards Show

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Hayden
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