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Reading fiction and non-fiction, learning new languages and traveling to Carribbean islands.
Music
R & B is and always will be a style of music that has set the trend for so many phases of the music industry. My favorites are Neosoul, Gospel, Jazz and The Blues. I love me some Najee, Kevin Eubanks, The Ojays, Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, Alicia Keyes, John Legend, Fred Hammond, Yolanda Adams, Juanita Bynum, Martha Munnizi and Bryon Cage, to just name a few
Movies
Something the Lord Made, Ocean's 11 and 12, anything Mos Def is in and also Tyree, so that includes 4 Brothers and Waist Deep, All Denzel's movies, my top favorite is Inside Man and The Mighty Quinn
WATCH THE INFINI AWARDS (2007) http://www.vimeo.com/310410/
The Infini Awards Red Carpet Interview Pt1 from infinitv on Vimeo.
The Infini Literary Awards from infinitv on Vimeo.
Television
Any Lifetime Movie, My Wife and Kids, One on One, 24 and CSI (all of the series)
Books
I Know Why the Caged Bird sings is my all time favorite read! Here is my other list: Kindred by Octavia Butler, Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat, Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, Tar Baby, Beloved, Songs of Solomon, The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison and Child of God by Lolita Files, Unconfessed by Yvette Christiansen
Heroes
God and anyone who is a philanthropist and/or cares about humans and the quality of life, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey, Maya Angelou, W.E.B Dubois, you get where I'm going with this. Leaders who make a positive difference and impact change are the real heroes from my perspective! But most of all, my Nana.
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I was born in South Carolina. I have been a native of Philadelphia for 35 years. My first novel is a compelling story of love and betrayal. Married Man is the story of Kendra Davis and Miles Jordan whose paths suddenly cross after nine, long years.
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As a veteran poet, I began writing through the encouragement of one of my professors, while attending Temple University in 1996. After forming a literary group, I exposed my literary talent through the open mic venues, later self-publishing my first poetry book, Woman I Know in 1998.
My writing career has opened the door for me in ways I would have never imagined. I have been featured by Power 99 FM at Sistahs in Philly, PA and WPEG 98.9 FM in Charlotte, NC, For Sistahs Only, as well as interviewed on several radio talk shows throughout the Tri-State area and some much further than my hometown. I recently aired on the Michael Baisden show on 4/29/08 in an interview that covered a delicate topic from my novel, A WOMAN SCORN'D, Stalking and the issues of Domestic Violence. I also was interviewed on the E. Steven Collins Show on December 2, 2005 following a feature article on my second novel, A Woman Scorn'd, written by The Philadelphia Tribune. This interview was sparked by my campaign I started, to boldly speak out against Domestic Violence in memory of my sister-in-law who lost her life to this deadly disease that continues to plague our communities. A WOMAN SCORN'D is a family saga that is real and full of suspense.
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Featured in the Philadelphia Tribune and The Philadelphia Sun, A Woman Scorn'd centralizes on a topic that is true for so many families, the issue of domestic violence and abuse. Roxane Brissett is a psychotherapist who sets up a counseling service in Manhattan for battered and abused women. When a phone call from a client leads Roxane straight to a murder scene and her relationship with the "foine" as ever stock broker she's gotten herself involved with is interrupted by a crazy and deranged chick named Karma, Roxane's perfect little world suddenly spirals out of control.
I have a new novel soon to be released and it is titled, A DAY WITHOUT BEAUTY. This is a book you will want to pick up. More to come on this...really soon!
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Who I'd like to meet: I would say Oprah but...who knows when she'll get with it and give me a call. Lol. Now, Tyler Perry is at the top of my list. I must get with him so he can turn my books into a movie. That's if Forest Whitaker doesn't beat him to it first. Yeah. I dream big! Why not! In the meantime I'd like to meet and have dinner and a nice long conversation with Dr. Maya Angelou who I most admire and aspire to be like and become as well-known as in my writing career.
My writing ambition was sparked and inspired by my favorite writer and poet, Dr. Maya Angelou, when I was at a critical point in my life. I thank God for her. I have enjoyed reading her poems as early as the age of nine and truthfully that was the age when I had my first encounter with the novel, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings." I have admired this phenomenal woman and her achievements ever since that experience. Reading that novel taught me what it really means to be not just a survivor, but also a strong, black woman.
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I hope everyone is beginning their week productively and in good spirits. This past weekend I decided to completely challenge myself and anyone else who would like to accept.
I am going to attept to post 300 BLOGS IN 20 DAYS. I know it seems crazy but this is something that I need to do for myself. I want all of you to stop by http://trinalynnethewriter.blogspot.com and show love by supporting my efforts to achieve this goal.
If you are a blogger, give your readers a real treat by accepting the challenge to do 300 BLOGS IN 20 DAYS. There is no prize for the challenge, but just a chance to push yourself to your full potential. Allow your creativity to explode with ideas.
I will number each blog within the 300 blog challenge to allow everyone to calculate the days that it takes once I begin. If anyone decides to take the challenge I ask that you number yours too.
Stayed Tuned This Week For The Date I Will Be Starting.
Until then,
TrinaLynne
Email me: trinalynnethewriter@hotmail.com to let me know if you are accepting the challenge. Please include the url for your blog so that I may support you as well.
If you follow my blog short stories, I posted part 2 to Lisa's story (No Regrets). Check it out and let me know what you think. If you have already, thanks for the support.
You have surely heard about the tragic death of Neda - a brave young woman who was murdered in Iran just for peacefully protesting with her father on the streets of Teheran.
Author, Sirius/XM radio host and political commentator Charles D. Ellison signs copies of his critically-acclaimed political thriller TANTRUM at the following tour dates/locations in June:
6.19.09 @ 12PM - 3PM Borders Express, The Shops at Liberty Place 1625 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
6.19.09 @ 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Barnes & Noble (Reading/Q & A Discussion) 396 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY
6.20.09 @ 11AM - 7PM Harlem Book Fair 2009 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY
I am a Circle of pure Light turning in absolute beauty and divine grace, undiminished, unbroken, fulfilling my promise I made with the Universe, to love endlessly.
I just posted my lastest short story: Consequences.
This is Lynette and Jerome's story. I hope you like it. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. If you haven't done so already, consider subscribing to my blog.
