5 Reasons Why You Should Consider Blogging

Saw this interesting  blog recently:  5 Reasons Why You Should Consider Blogging   

Blogging helps you to sharpen your storytelilng skills, share your knowledge and experience and more.  

In Secrets of the Black Bloggers, I interviewed Black bloggers who shared their experience about what to blog about, and the ups and downs of blogging.  Click here for more information and to download it.  
  

See also:  Why Every Professional Should Consider Blogging. 

 

5 Bloggers Reveal How They Overcame Their Biggest Blogging Challenge

Saw this interesting blog recently:  

5 Bloggers Reveal How They Overcame Their Biggest Blogging Challenge

Black bloggers have particular experiences - and particular responsibilities.  In Secrets of the Black Bloggers, I asked bloggers how they overcame their biggest challenges, and how they achieved their blogging goals.  

Black bloggers are modern griots.  Click here to read more.  

Manifestation - Manifest What You Want

I had a delightful radio interview with Denise Turney of Off the Shelf on Saturday.  I greatly enjoyed it because Denise was so warm and so knowledgeable.  Please listen to the interview below.

If you enjoy it and find it useful, please share this interview with your networks. 

Denise is one of the bloggers I interviewed in Secrets of the Black Bloggers.  

Click here for more interviews with me.  

The one thing I forgot to mention when Denise asked me about my ebooks The Key to Everything and What They Don't Want Us to Know was manifestation.  I'm sorry to say I drew a blank - has that ever happened to you?  

I am brilliant at manifesting.  Click here for info about what I have manifested in my life - so far - and how you can do it, too.  

Listen to internet radio with Denise Turney on Blog Talk Radio

Black Blogger: Entree to Black Paris

Monique Y. Well's blog Entree to Black Paris explores the lives and history of people of African heritage in Paris.  

As one of the contributors to Secrets of the Black Bloggers, Monique has recently reviewed the book.  One area she focuses on is the importance of networking with, and learning from, other Black bloggers.  Click here to read her review. 

Black Blogger: Black Women in Europe

Adrianne George of the Black Women in Europe blog is one of the most helpful and creative bloggers I have met online. I am very pleased to have been able to interview Adrianne about Black Women in Europe in my new ebook Secrets of the Black Bloggers.

It is so important for us as people of African heritage to celebrate one another’s achievements and contributions. We can learn so much from each other.

The Black Women in Europe blog consistently seeks out and acknowledges the achievements of Black women.

Like all the bloggers interviewed in Secrets of the Black Bloggers, Adrianne talks about

- what to blog about
- how often to blog
- how to get traffic to your blog

and much more.

To read my interview with Adrianne, click here to download your copy of Secrets of the Black Bloggers now.

Plus click here for an audio interview with Adrianne about Black Women in Europe.

Click here to read about the Black blogger as modern griot.

Enjoy!

The Publishing Revolution

These days, people often ask me what I think the future will hold for writers and publishers.

For more about this, click here for an interview with Adrianne George of Black Women in Europe.

And click here for more interviews.

Plus click here for more about Secrets of the Black Bloggers.

The Black Blogger as Modern Griot

I am delighted to announce the launch of my new ebook, Secrets of the Black Bloggers.


The griot was part of an ancient oral tradition in areas of West Africa from which many of our ancestors originated.

If you have seen Roots or read the book, you will know a little bit about the griot.

The role of the griot was to remember the history and customs of the community, and to share them orally with others in the village or clan, passing them down to the next generation. So the griot was vital in helping the community to define its identity.

During slavery times, although forbidden to read or write, our ancestors still managed to record their stories – either by memory or through scribbling away in secret.

We are fortunate to have access to many of their words today.

In the 21st century, bloggers fulfil the functions of the griot. We record the lives and experiences of our people digitally. Living in the information age, we can now share our words globally.

We record the doings of our people, our lives and the events which affect us – be they local, national or global.

As February is recognized as Black History Month in the U.S.A., we are particularly called upon to recall our history, comment on it and share it.

There are always forces at work striving to eradicate our history, our memories and, in truth, our lives.

Yet many Black bloggers, by putting the news and views of the community at the forefront of our work, ensure that our history continues to remain alive. The news and opinions we blog about today are a living history, which continues to inform a larger and larger readership.

The 16 bloggers I have interviewed in Secrets of the Black Bloggers are continuing this tradition of the griot. Writing our stories. Sharing our truths.

What may be different is that we comment in ways that are unashamedly biased and opinionated. Every voice has a place, and every blogger has the freedom to express his or her point of view.

I am sure you will enjoy Secrets of the Black Bloggers as much as I have. These bloggers will entertain, inform and inspire you.

Please leave your comments below.

This blog contains hundreds of Black history resources.  Go here to check out some of my Black history blogs.