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Heat Check: Pat Tucker, Author of Sizzling Novels, Adds Fire To 2020 NBCC As A Featured Author #3chicksandsomebooks

Jan 12

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Heat Check: Pat Tucker, Author of Sizzling Novels,

Adds Fire To 2020 NBCC As A Featured Author

Book Lover:

By day, Pat Tucker Wilson works as a media and communications Manager at Prairie View A&M University, in Prairie View, TX. By night, she is a talented writer with a knack for telling juicy, page-turning stories.

The prolific writer and ghostwriter who was a former television journalist gets her greatest joy in creating her own stories. She is the author of 20 engaging novels and has participated in three anthologies, including New York Times Bestselling Author Zane’s Caramel Flava.

Pat’s has discussed her work on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show and been featured in Essence and Ebony magazines.

She is crafting her next novel, Twin Flames, which promises to be another exciting read.

Pat draws on her extensive background as a former award-winning radio and television news reporter in California and Texas to craft stories readers love. A graduate of San Jose State University, she is a member of the National and Houston Association of Black Journalists and an active member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

She has written guest blogs for the Huffington Post, the Houston Chronicle, Essence.com and YahooShine at is available for interviews, by phone, Skype, or in person. Learn more about her on all social media platforms as @AuthorPatTucker.

So, let

‘s recap: We have

the most powerful and diverse lineup of authors

on board for the

18th-Annual NBCC. . . . and you’re not on board??? Something is wrong with that picture.

It is important to secure your position now with a $100 deposit to join us July 31-August 2 in Atlanta by clicking here. We are running significantly ahead in registrations from previous years at this point. You do not want to be left out.

Any questions, please email curtisbunn@yahoo.com. And please make your room reservation at the Marriott Buckhead and ask for our amazing $117 rate at 404-261-9250. Or you can do so online by clicking here.

If you are excited about next year, please let me know.

Peace and blessings,

CURTIS

Curtis Bunn, NBCC founder

National Book Club Conference, Inc., 245 Highland Avenue, Suite 230-171, Atlanta, GA 30307

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: MICHELLE RAYFORD

Jan 9

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Today I have Author Michelle Rayford on my blog. Please welcome Michelle.

MDRayford-6-2019 Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Thank you. My name is Michelle D. Rayford and I am an author and blogger living in South Carolina. I’m married with two grown daughters.

What do you do when you are not writing?

You can find me reading, binge-watching Netflix shows, hanging with my family or playing video games.

Do you have a day job as well?

Yes, I’m a Grants Manager at a state government agency.

When did you first start writing and when did you finish your first book?

I’ve been writing since elementary school. I have a ton of notebooks and scraps of papers with stories and poems dating back years. It didn’t become serious for me until around 2014 or 2015. I started taking every class I could find online and around my city…

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Bringing Drama, Detroit, Deliciousness & Deadly one book at a time #YouShouldBeReading #bookpromo @SylviaHubbard1 #3dchicks #bookporn #amreading

Dec 25

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SYLVIA HUBBARD, #SuspenseRomance #Author

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About this author:

Detroit Author & Founder of Motown Writers, Sylvia Hubbard has published over 40 books on suspense romance. As an avid blogger, Sylvia has received numerous awards and recognition for her work, plus has had five #1 Bestsellers. She has spoken all over the U.S. & Canada on literary, blogging & busy mom subjects. http://sylviahubbard.com

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TOMORROW STARTS #7DaysAfterChristmas with Author, @SylviaHubbard1 Literary fun with Free Books, discounted series, a new release and a test! Are you ready?

Dec 25

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I know it’s cheesy, but I know you’ll enjoy this as a reader whether you celebrate the holidays or not.

The & Days After Christmas with The Literary World of Sylvia Hubbard will be Start December 26, 2020 to January 1, 2020.

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What Makes Readers Give an Unknown Author a Chance? #3chicksandsomebooks

Dec 13

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Today’s guest post is by author Barbara Linn Probst, whose debut novel, Queen of the Owls, will be published in April 2020.

It’s natural to gravitate to the familiar, and it’s proven that readers tend to buy books by authors whose prior novels they’ve enjoyed. We expect to like the author’s newest book. And we will, unless our expectation is disproven.

It’s the other way around for an unknown author with no “upfront credit.” For a familiar author, positive regard is already there, although it can be lost; for an unfamiliar author, positive regard has yet to be earned.

There’s a psychological term for this. It’s called priming. In the same way that priming a wall allows the paint to adhere, psychological priming sets us up to embrace and endorse whatever we’re predisposed to like. First articulated by Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tverksy in the 1970s, priming has been widely studied in areas of human behavior from shopping to voting.

In my own experience as a university professor, I remember that the highest predictor of how students rated an instructor was whether he or she was an instructor whose course they wanted to take in the first place. In other words, if they expected to like this instructor, they did. Human beings just love to be right.

Exposure also plays a role in shaping our selections. Seeing something “everywhere” brings a sense of familiarity, trust, and inevitability. It can be hard to resist feeling that “everyone” is reading a certain book right now, so it must be good.

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Sapphire JBlue Books and Chat about the Characters with the Author via @jeanettecharre1 #bookpromo

Dec 11

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I Read Books and Chat about the Characters with the Author

Books: a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
Chat: talk in a friendly and informal way.
Characters: a person in a novel, play, or movie.
Authors: a writer of a book, article, or report.

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