We have now entered into the month of SEPTEMBER!!! We are about to enter into the fall season, and have entered into the last quarter of the year. Time sure has flown by this year. Feels like just yesterday, we were celebrating the new year...
September is the start for Latino Heritage Month. The cultural holiday runs from September 15th to October 15th, spanning many Independence Day(s) across Latin America. It is a time for cultural pride & celebration, highlighting our roots & heritage. We celebrate our history, our people's accomplishments, both at home & abroad, and give flowers to those ancestors, and community & thought leaders. As per usual, I will be highlighting my two books, "Raise Your Brown Black Fist" (Authorhouse, 2010), and "Raise Your Brown Black Fist 2" (Outskirts Press); representing for the AFRICAN roots of Latino people. Recently discovered that both books are also available through Bookshop.org, so also look through there to get your copies.
My vlog series "The Rough Draft" recently celebrated THREE YEARS and FIFTY episodes. Yay, me. Not many people supported it by watching the video on either YouTube, or Vimeo. Fuck y'all. That's a great accomplishment. I'M proud of myself for reaching such an achievement. Working on doing Episode 51 as I type this. The rest of you can kick rocks...
Might be putting my Black/Brown Bookstore Book Tour on hold, for the time being. That requires me to do a bit of traveling, and I don't currently have the means to do so. Might postpone it until next year; hopefully in the spring. I'm a little sad about that, but...what can you do? It's a solitary grind; I ain't got no team working with me, behind the scenes. I'm the one that does all of the planning, and the execution of it.
Was hoping to be able to vend at some festivals or something, this month. Unfortunately, the day job has me locked up, for the time being. Granted, I have alternate weekends off, but, for right now...The weekends I happen to be working is when a lot of those events are scheduled. Damn, man... 😔😔😔
"Second Chance Points" (Kindle Direct Publishing, 2022) turns four months old, this month. Sales are still stagnant, but...what can you do? I promote it as best I can; that's all I can do. Niggas know that the shit it out there; just cop a copy of the book. You can even download it in digital format, so there's no excuse as to why you can't support it by buying a copy. And then cats be wondering why I made a video post & blog post about lack of support, smdh...
That all for now. Keep you guys updated. Enjoy September. Support Black Reading Month!!!
Keep the fist raised.
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