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Here we are featuring links to Professional People and/or Organizations that we support.  Feel free to contact them directly for more information.

Kisha Green

KGAEIID.jpgKisha Green is an author,publisher,reviewer and blog talk radio host. The vision for DivabooksInc. www.divabooksinconline.com came from the idea of Kisha wanting to be able to be in total control of her literary fate. Kisha opted to take matters into her own hands without waiting for something to happen, she made things happen! Kisha, is a book reviewer and has reviewed for various websites, her latest reviews can be found at www.writersvibe.com Kisha, can also be heard every Thursday nights on Blog Talk radio as the hostess of the Writer's Life Chats www.blogtalkradio.com/writerslifechats She definitely has a passion for anything and everything literary and is destined to shine as well as take Literary Hollywood by storm!
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Cassandra Mack
Mack.jpgAffectionately donned, The First Lady of Urban Self-Help, Cassandra Mack, bridges the clinical with the practical in order to make the information timely and relevant. From front-line youth service providers looking for strategies to get through to today's teens to single mom's seeking ways to take charge and recharge their lives to everyday men and women who want to accelerate their success and break through the roadblocks that hold them back, Cassandra Mack offers strategies designed to help individuals achieve higher levels of success and personal fulfillment.

Cassandra has written and published 7 books that are widely utilized in schools, churches and human service organizations across the country. She is at the forefront of a new genre known as, urban self-help, which is personal motivation and self-empowerment with an urban flair.
Cassandra's mission is to help others achieve optimum success in their personal and professional endeavors through the mediums of speaking, writing, publishing and broadcasting.

Cassandra has written articles for The Harlem Parent, Proud Poppa, The New York Beacon and City Chick Magazine. She's been on Good Day New York, What Women Want and Teen Talk. She's been featured in Black Enterprise, The Network Journal and AM New York. Cassandra is a frequent speaker at national conferences, conventions and assembly programs. Cassandra received her BA from Brooklyn College and her Master's in Social Work from The Hunter College School of Social Work.
For more information about Cassandra Mack's company or products go to:
www.strategiesforempoweredliving.com
For more information about Cassandra Mack's products designed for African-American men go to: www.blackmansbookofencouragement.com
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Anita Gillespie
Anita.jpgAnita Gillespie is the owner of "Anita's Designs and Events ",  where she provides All Occasion Party Planning and custom designs for all types of printed materials for your events, business and/or personal needs. She also creates party favors, personalized products and more. All designed with your needs in mind.
Anita also designs websites, this website is one of her creations, as well as, all of her own. Visit her website to view other samples of her work at www.anitasdesignsandevents.com.  You also can view samples of her work at www.myspace.com/idesign4you
Anita is also a Massage Therapist. She is the owner of Expressly Spa, where she provides on-site massages at your location; your home, office, hotel etc., in and around Chicago. An extension of that is Expressly Spa's, "Spa Party", where she connects you with a team of professional massage therapists, nail technicians, and estheticians to have a "Spa Party" at your location. Visit the website to schedule your next "Spa Party".
Anita is also the founder of two organizations. The first is a women's organization called "Pampered Sisters" founded in 2006. With "Pampered Sisters" her goal is to help women think as they should about God, themselves and their families. Visit them on their website at www.pamperedsisters.net. Last but not least, her latest project is just getting started, "The Iron Sharpens Iron Network". Proverbs 27:17 says; as Iron Sharpens Iron, a friend sharpens a friend. It is her goal to help other business owners, entrepreneurs, independent contractors, etc., strive for their business goals. By connecting them all within a centralized network, they can grow their business, make new contacts and friends. You can see more at  www.theisinetwork.ning.com.

Anita wears many hats but she believes at the end of the day they all come together to serve her divine purpose in life!                

Shōn Bacon

GetAttachment.jpgShōn Bacon is an author, editor, and educator - all of which connects with her being a true wordsmith.
     As an author, she has published both in the creative and academic arenas. Shōn loves writing about strong yet flawed women who learn to love themselves despite the flaws. And if they're lucky, they learn to love someone else, too. In 2001, Strebor Books/Simon & Schuster released Shōn's novel, LuvAlwayz: The Opposite Sex & Relationships. It was followed with 2003's Draw Me with Your Love. In 2004, Shōn's short story "1-800-Hot-Talk" was featured in the popular anthology, Chocolate Flava. Shōn marks 2005-2007 as her "academic" years as she contributed and co-edited three academic textbooks that are currently being used as the official textbooks for freshman composition at the university where she teaches. In 2008, Shōn returned to creative publication with three stories published through Lady Leo Publishing: Connections, Got Til It's Gone, and Under the Mistletoe; you can learn about each at BOOKS.
     In 2007, Shōn moved into a past love - screenwriting. With her very first script, she was a 2007 quarterfinalist of the PAGE International Screenwriting Award Competition for her TV pilot, Running from Miss Right, a miniseries. Recently, Shōn found her one-page script Burdens one of the top 30 finalists in WILDsound's One Page Screenplay Contest. Currently, she's writing several feature-length and short scripts for competitions and representation.
     Not only does Shōn work with her own words, but she's also very dedicated to helping others achieve their literary goals through her editing and columns at various online sites. As an editor, Shōn edits manuscripts for individual clients and small publishing houses. Through her Writers Boot Camp, she helps new writers move from story idea to story outline in 28 days.
     Several online outlets showcase Shōn's love of disseminating information about writing and writers to the public: Blogging in Black (columnist) http://www.blogginginblack.com, The Nubian Chronicles (editor-in-chief) http://www.tnc-magazine.net, ChickLitGurrlTM: high on LATTES & WRITING (interviewer) http://chicklitgurrl.blogspot.com, All the Blog's a Page (moderator) http://alltheblogsapage.blogspot.com and The Write Life for You @ APOOO Books (columnist).
     As an educator, Shōn is an English Specialist and mass communication visiting lecturer at McNeese State University in Louisiana. There, she teaches freshman composition, writing for radio/TV, introduction to mass communication, and media writing. Occasionally, she teaches fiction writing and fiction workshop through the university's continuing education department.