Mirika Mayo Cornelius’ Q & A on African American Literature And Writing!

Mirika Cornelius answers common questions as an African American author of African American literature ranging from poetry, fictional dramatic stories and even romance, while giving feedback into what creates a full range of African American life in books!

Vanessa Williams You Have No Idea

We all just recently found out by personal confession of Vanessa Williams that she was molested by an older of age teen whom was 18 years old. This all happened when Vanessa Williams was 10 years of age. At the time, she didn’t tell, but now that she is a woman herself, she felt it [...]

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Perfection is hard to come by, but there is only one way to create the perfect love scene in a novel.   Go ahead and forget about props and too much dialog because those two things simply just won’t do.  The ingredients for the perfect love scene in a movie can’t involve anything outside of tension… [...]

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Excitement, thrill, living in the moment with any of my novels is what I try to give to readers.  It is important to me, from the first book to the last, to make an impact and statement with each story.  If I can’t do that, then what is the point?  This is the reason that [...]

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Five MUST HAVES In Any Great Book!

by admin on March 13, 2012

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Anyone can write a book.  Fair enough.  However, not everyone can write a great book, and this is why it’s important to include at least five specific items that will make the book that you are writing a success.  In this particular case, the word success is defined as great book! A Forward Moving Plot [...]

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Ain't Quite What I Thought Official Book Cover

After going around and around in my brain designing the cover of Ain’t Quite What I Thought, finally, it’s book cover design is complete. For those who followed, you know I must fall in love with what I do, and unless I am in love, I trash. Many covers were trashed – until now! I [...]

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