Click on the image below to open the online magazine. Within the pages are interesting articles. At the end of some of the articles, there are questions. Be sure to leave your comments about the articles back on this blog post and be automatically entered in the three March contests. The more comments you have on the contest posts, the better chances you have of winning.

To celebrate the biggest night in Hollywood–The Academy Awards, I will be giving away THREE advanced electronic review copies of Hollywood Deception before it hits the stores on April 6, 2010.

To enter:  Just LEAVE A COMMENT on this blog post.

Contest ends at 6:00 a.m.  E.S.T., Monday, March 8, 2010.

What Readers are saying about HOLLYWOOD DECEPTION by SHELIA M GOSS:

“With Hollywood Deception Shelia Goss has done it again. Love, lies and delicious drama! Pick this book up and you won’t be able to put it down. Be ready though - this fun novel is not a passive read. You’ll be yelling at Hailey, relating to her, wanting to slap her and cry with her all at the same time. Hollywood Deception is an all around good read full of scandal, just the way we like it. Well done, Ms. Goss!”  —Abiola Abrams is an Author, Media Personality, Host of Kiss and Tell Live erotica in NYC, and Kiss & Tell TV. Viewers also know Abiola as the host of BET’s short film show and Miss Picky of VH1’s Tough Love.  www.abiolatv.com

“Hollywood Deception reads like a true life Hollywood story. I couldn’t stop turning the pages.” —Kay, a reader

“Glitz, Glamour & LOADS of Drama…Ms. Goss once AGAIN keeps me turning the pages with another ENTERTAINING, yet fictional glimpse into the fast-paced lifestyle of a celebrity.” —Sweet N Sassy, Book Reviewer

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Enter for a chance to win a copy of Married on Mondays by Honey B.

Two ways to enter:

1. TODAY- LEAVE A COMMENT on this blog post.

2. Throughout the month of March, you will have other opportunities to enter. The more comments you leave, the better chances you have to win. At the end of random posts in March, you will get a chance to leave a comment (back on this page) and your comment must relate to that day’s topic.

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All entries must be in between now and 11:59 p.m est 3/28/10.

Several winners will be chosen at random.

ABOUT THE BOOK
By day, Valerie Cooper, Dierdra Dawson, and Foxy Brown assist their husbands, all partners at the law firm Brown, Cooper, and Dawson. But at night, they become Vanilla Cream, Cherry Cream, and Sugar Cream, and run an upscale swingers club called Creamé. Their clientele include everyone from judges, lawyers, politicians, and police officers, to soccer moms and housewives. Business is booming at the hottest club in town. Until the police chief extends an indecent proposal to Foxy: sleep with him, or go to jail.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

HoneyB is the pseudonym of Mary B. Morrison. Mary is the New York Times bestselling author of SHE AIN’T THE ONE (co-authored with Carl Weber), NOTHING HAS EVER FELT LIKE THIS, SOMEBODY’S GOTTA BE ON TOP, HE’S JUST A FRIEND, NEVER AGAIN ONCE MORE and SOULMATES DISSIPATE.

Mary lives in Oakland, California, with her son, Jesse Byrd, Jr., nearby on a full scholarship at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Visit Mary at www.marymorrison.com.

Contest open to US residents only. Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. March 28, 2010. Void where prohibited by law. The winners will be notified via email. If the winner hasn’t responded within 48 hours of the initial email with their shipping address, the next name pulled will be the winner.

Enter for a chance to win a copy of the Sinbad Where U Been DVD.

Two ways to enter:

1. TODAY- LEAVE A COMMENT on this blog post.

2. Throughout the month of March, you will have other opportunities to enter. The more comments you leave, the better chances you have to win. At the end of random posts in March, you will get a chance to leave a comment (back on this page) and your comment must relate to that day’s topic.

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All entries must be in between now and 11:59 p.m est 3/28/10.

Several winners will be chosen at random.

ABOUT THE DVD

Sinbad, one of the most renowned comedians on the scene, returns to the stage after a 13-year absence from his last stand-up special and kills it in “Sinbad: Where U Been?”  In it, the exuberant performer discusses America’s new black president, the lighter side of the economic recession, the pitfalls of love and marriage and, of course, gives everyone the low down of where he’s been.  The special was filmed at the Club Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

His special edition DVD is packed with over 45 minutes of material that did not air on COMEDY CENTRAL.  It’s a must-own for any true comedy/funk music fan and also includes a behind-the-scenes special feature with Sinbad.

More about Sinbad:

Known for finding humor in telling real-life stories, Sinbad’s comedy is larger than life, energetic and spontaneous.  His television career began with stand-up appearances on “Star Search.”  Soon after, he landed a guest-starring role on NBC’s hit series, “The Cosby Show,” which spun-off into a starring role on “A Different World.”  He later became the star of his own self-titled, critically-acclaimed series, “The Sinbad Show,” co-starring Salma Hayek, which earned him a nomination for “Favorite Television Actor” at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards.  Other television appearances include “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Cosby,” “Moesha,” “Roc,” “Slacker Cats” and hosting gigs on “It’s Showtime at the Apollo” and “Soul Train.” In addition to his success on the small screen, Sinbad’s film credits include “Necessary Roughness” opposite Scott Bakula, “Coneheads” with Dan Aykroyd, “Houseguest” opposite Phil Hartman, “First Kid” and “Jingle All The Way” opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, winning a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for “Favorite Supporting Actor – Family.”  His stand-up specials include “Sinbad: Brain Damaged,” “Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms,” “Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man” and “Sinbad: Nuthin’ but the Funk.”

Contest open to US residents only. Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. March 28, 2010. Void where prohibited by law. The winners will be notified via email. If the winner hasn’t responded within 48 hours of the initial email with their shipping address, the next name pulled will be the winner.

Enter for a chance to win a copy of Dutch II Angel’s Revenge by Teri Woods.

Two ways to enter:

1. TODAY- LEAVE A COMMENT on this blog post.

2. Throughout the month of March, you will have other opportunities to enter. The more comments you leave, the better chances you have to win. At the end of random posts in March, you will get a chance to leave a comment (back on this page) and your comment must relate to that day’s topic.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

HE IS THE MASTER OF THE GAME. HE’S BUILT THE ULTIMATE EMPIRE. BUT HIS STORY IS ONLY BEGINNING. NOW NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR TERI WOODS BRINGS YOU THE SECOND IN THE SENSATIONAL DUTCH TRILOGY, WHERE ONE WOMAN WILL RULE DUTCH’S STREETS . . . OR DESTROY THEM. DUTCH II: ANGEL’S REVENGE She is the most merciless of his lieutenants, with style and skills that even the hardest hustlers fear . . . and none survive. And with Dutch gone, Angel is fueled by a shattering vendetta and methodically eliminating every successor, wannabe, and mobster trying to lead Dutch’s madly profitable organization.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Teri Woods was born in Delare and later moved to Philadelphia, PA where she worked as a legal secretary/paralegal for eight years in a Philadelphia law firm. She began writing True to the Game in 1993 and began to submit her work to publishers. After being turned down, the book sat dormant in a closet for two years. In 1998, she began selling handmade copies of the book out of the trunk of her car. With the success of the handmade books, she started her own publishing and production company, Meow Meow Productions.

Teri Woods lives in New Jersey with her three children. She is hard at work on her next novel.

Contest open to US residents only. Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. March 28, 2010. Void where prohibited by law. The winners will be notified via email. If the winner hasn’t responded within 48 hours of the initial email with their shipping address, the next name pulled will be the winner.

I found out about Phyliss Wheatley, the first AA female poet, when I was in high school but it would be years later that I would find out about Frances Harper. I read a synopsis of one of her novels and had to get a copy.

Below is more information about Frances E.W. Harper from Wikipedia.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Coretta Scott King & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She wasn’t a woman afraid to show emotions and he looks like he’s enjoying it.

What’s that old saying, “Behind every good man there’s a good woman” or something like that Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) was married to civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She’s also known as the First Lady of Civil Rights.

Coretta Scott was born in Heiberger, Alabama and raised on the farm of her parents Bernice McMurry Scott, and Obadiah Scott, in Perry County, Alabama. She was exposed at an early age to the injustices of life in a segregated society. She walked five miles a day to attend the one-room Crossroad School in Marion, Alabama, while the white students rode buses to an all-white school closer by. Young Coretta excelled at her studies, particularly music, and was valedictorian of her graduating class at Lincoln High School. She graduated in 1945 and received a scholarship to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

As an undergraduate, she took an active interest in the nascent civil rights movement; she joined the Antioch chapter of the NAACP, and the college’s Race Relations and Civil Liberties Committees. She graduated from Antioch with a B.A. in music and education and won a scholarship to study concert singing at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

In Boston she met a young theology student, Martin Luther King, Jr., and her life was changed forever. They were married on June 18, 1953, in a ceremony conducted by the groom’s father, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. Coretta Scott King completed her degree in voice and violin at the New England Conservatory and the young couple moved in September 1954 to Montgomery, Alabama, where Martin Luther King Jr. had accepted an appointment as Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist.

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Win a copy of Martin Luther King: The Essential Box Set: The Landmark Speeches and Sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr.  By Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard, Peter Holloran

What do you have to do to enter? Leave a comment on this blog post and there will be several other opportunities this month to enter but you have to check the bottom of random blog posts.  (Sign up to mailing list so you’ll be alerted of new posts).  The more you comment, the more chances you have to win. Contest ends on February 28, 2010. U.S. & Canada residents only. Avoid where prohibited by law.

Yolanda Adams has ministered to me through her beautiful voice but now she’s using the written word to reach out to us all. Below is information about her new book: Points of Power.

Over five million listeners tune in to hear Yolanda Adams’s Points of Power, a segment in her daily radio show that inspires people by applying biblical truths to present-day realities. In her first book, Yolanda Adams transfers that winning segment into a reader’s delight. In this highly accessible manual for daily living, she shares stories from her and others’s personal experiences, showing readers how to access God’s love and grace in their modern world and troubles. By revealing how Yolanda and other human beings have transcended the world’s difficulties, POINTS OF POWER empowers readers to face trouble with confidence in the God who never fails.

Enter for a chance to win a copy of Points of Power by Yolanda Adams.

If you’re already signed up to my mailing list, I just need you to LEAVE A COMMENT on this blog post. (Last month some people won but didn’t respond to the request for their address so I had to choose alternate winners. So please make sure you use the correct email when leaving comments.)

If you’re NOT on my mailing list, to enter, just sign up AND leave a comment on this post to let me know you’re interested in the Points of Power contest. To sign up, click or paste the following link: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=498262

All entries must be in between now and 11:59 p.m est 01/24/10.

Several winners will be chosen at random.

To read an excerpt from the book, click below:

Contest open to US residents only. Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. January 24, 2010. Void where prohibited by law. The winners will be notified via email. If the winner hasn’t responded within 48 hours of the initial email with their shipping address, the next name pulled will be the winner.

Thanks to Debra Owsley with Simply Said Reading Accessories, I’m able to offer my mailing list a chance to win a Book Lovers Package (3 bookmarks 3 1/2 marks and a thong…a $27.00 value)

If you’re already signed up to my mailing list,  do nothing now,  but check your email on December 20th. You will have 24 hours to respond with your full name and address. If no response within 24 hours, another name will be pulled.

If you’re NOT on my mailing list, to enter, sign up

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All entrants must be a member of the sheliagoss.com mailing list by 11:59 p.m. est on 12/19/09 to be eligible for the drawing.

One winner will be chosen.

Simply Said Accessories is having a sale so be sure to click here.

Contest open to US residents only. Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. December 19, 2009. Void where prohibited by law. The winner will be notified via email. If the winner hasn’t responded within 24 hours of the initial email with their shipping address, the next name pulled will be the winner.

Congrats to the ten winners of a customized e-greeting card:

acvermen
chocolatetwin2
ginahamm
flyhoney20
dmscott428
rachelcorkle
sofasapillow
missyt26
thestormis
mcgreen04

You have 24 hours to respond to the email I sent out (check your spam folder just in case).

Thank you all for reading my books and blog.

Next contest–sponsored by Simply Said Reading Accessories. More info coming shortly.