Happy Easter!!!!!

Hi Everyone!!!

How y'all doing...its Jeanie of Jeanie & Jayha and today in between writing and watching VH1 100 Greatest Hip Hop songs and Reno 911 it's been one of 'those' days...{sigh} sort of feeling BLAH and I suppose it hasn't helped that I haven't left the hotel room...oh well hopefully I have something more for y'all later!

Late Night/Early Morning Ponderings

So tonight Jeanie and I watched the movie GAMER starring , Gabrielle Sidibe's man Gerard. While I wasn't a big fan of the movie, I was a big fan of watching Gerard kick azz. There always seems to be a big ol' pile of azzwhipping in any movie he stars in...and I appreciate that. In between listening to The Jeanie swear out that she wasn't asleep (despite the loud snores coming from her side of the couch) there was a scene in which Gerard busts in and saves his wife...and I jumped up and pumped my fist like I was on the lead float in the Mardi Gras parade. I like watching a man go straight shell over his woman...and it's not because I have a penchant for violence. It is because I have a penchant for passion. When did passion get relegated to the status of 'played out?' Passion is a beautiful, wonderful feeling and yet we have a society where people use up all of their passion on things and all they have leftover for their significant others is lukewarm sentiment...if that.

That is why we crush on books/stories/romances where the hero demonstrates/displays that deep, rockin' love for their heroine. That's why we write stories like that...and why we won't apologize for it. And note, there is a big difference between a hero who is brooding, angry and violent and a hero that is silent, committed and serious.

So tell us, what hero makes you just lose it...and why?

Making the Hook-Up: Edgy Sex with Soul - on sale now!

Hey y'all!

The anthology: "MAKING THE HOOK-UP - Edgy Sex with Soul," published by CLEIS PRESS, edited by COLE RILEY, and featuring my short story "HUNG" is now on sale!

"HUNG" stars Nola Vernier "who couldn’t help but stand out. Standing just less than six feet tall, she was stacked and packed, and her plump, creamy, toffee-colored skin made her a tempting treat."

Here's the listing on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Hook-Up-Edgy-Sex-Soul/dp/1573443832/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266657591&sr=1-1

or

http://bit.ly/5Tta1T

I am SO hyped!!

Zetta Brown
http://www.zettabrown.com

Exclusive interview with THE Jeanie & Jayha

The Modern Reader (the new newsletter of LL-Publications/Logical-Lust) has an exclusive interview with THE Jeanie and Fearless Leader Jayha.

Come read about the ladies and their expanding empire only in The Modern Reader! The monthly newsletter is free and comes out the first Saturday of the month. Just send an email to:

subscribe(at)ll-publications.com

Zetta Brown
Editor-in-Chief
LL-Publications
http://www.ll-publications.com

Breaking News - Zetta Brown on the #1 African-American Lit Website

I was interviewed by author Robert Fleming late last year and the interview has been posted on AALBC.com!

The largest, most popular website for African-American literature! Please check it out!

http://aalbc.com/authors/zetta_brown.html

Just in time for African-American history month! LOL

Zetta
http://www.zettabrown.com

Come check out my post about "whitewashing" book covers - a regular, if not standard practice done by major publishers.

LL-Publications blog:
http://bit.ly/a63GhQ

Do readers, auhors, and publishers really care about it? Or is it all about the money?

Zetta Brown
http://www.zettabrown.com