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The Memory Librarian debuting on the New York Times Best Sellers List is history in the making. 98% of authors on the best sellers lists are White* In the 50 years between 1970 and 2020, less than ten speculative fiction titles by Black and Indigenous authors made the New York Times Best Sellers List** As a participant in @brit @beselfmade pitch competition in December, Sistah Scifi crystalized the vision is to double that number in the next ten years. The success of The Memory Librarian is proof that we - as a community - can do that!!! * From Redlining Culture: A Data History of Racial Inequality and Postwar Fiction by Richard Sean So #RichardSeanSo and Just How White Is the Book Industry? By Richard Sean So in the New York Times December 11, 2020 ** @IsisAsare manually culled this data by reviewing weekly New York Times Best Sellers List on @Wikipedia. If you have a better data point, please let us know!! Reposted from @janellemonae Um wow. “The Memory Librarian” made the #NYTbestsellers list! With this being my first time in the literary world I am very humbled. I wanted to say THANK YOU to every single fandroid who found #TheMemoryLibrarian, who read or listened, who attended the tour, who posted or wrote about this labor of love. None of this kinda stuff happens without your support. It's been such an honor to create with my community of collaborators familyyyyyy @alayadj, @weredawgz, @eve.ewing, @yodelnyc, @shereereneethomas. 🥹 Thank you to @harpervoyagerus for believing in our IMAGINATIONS and the collection of stories I was passionate about putting out. To the booksellers and librarians for making THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN available to readers, THANK YOU. You are NOT forgotten. And to my communities I hold close and constantly rep, you know who you are, I love you. This one’s for you! If you haven’t gotten your copy come join us🙏🏾🤖🤍 #NYTbestseller #afrofuturism #scifi #DirtyComputer #JanelleMonae #BlackAuthorsMatter #BlackWritersMatter #BlackReadersMatter #SistahScifi // @wondaland @monaedroid @harpercollins @free_kgd @nytimes https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5WpjdrXJN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! - JAMES BALDWIN (RIP) #BlackWritersMatter #beautifulisBLACK https://www.instagram.com/p/CSEpOaYrHn8/?utm_medium=tumblr
My Toxic Sister
Why do you repeatedly call me ugly?
Why do you say I’m darker than you constantly?
Like my complexion is something to be ashamed of. I am not you nor do I want to be you.
Why aren’t you happy for me when I succeed?
You never spent time with me as children. You abused me as a child. Both physically and emotionally.
The envy and jealousy you emit is suffocating.
It brought me down to a level of self-hate. So much so I tried to end my life.
Why can’t you be happy for me?
Why is it always a competition between us?
Shouldn’t you raise me up the way I do to you? You are the second oldest and I the youngest.
Aren’t you ashamed of your behavior towards me?
Now you don’t speak to me as though I did something wrong?
You told me your dreams. I was excited for you. Encouraged you...
I told you my concerns. You got upset with the truth.
You want to be a great performer. But you don’t practice your craft.
How do you expect to be your best when you don’t put in the time or effort.
Yes there is natural talent, but in order for you to be the best you have to work harder than everyone around you.
Now I got something for myself that I am striving for and your jealousy almost broke me.
But I know now, I cannot trust you with my dreams or aspirations.
I hope one day you will see your faults. But as for now I will be happy for myself.
I will succeed without you. Because I never needed you I wanted you.
Preliminary sketches for our first book, The Seeker, in the Realms Series.
Picking Up The Pieces
Too often we tell ourselves that we are not good enough for the task at hand. We diminish our own talents, and make our self feel so small, that even the mole hill looks like a mountain.
As of late I have found myself on yet another journey of self discovery. It seems as though each year that passes brings bigger obstacles, and scarier realities. 2020 has not been a year for the weak of heart. Between COVID-19, being a new mother, and the daily ups and downs of life, sometimes I want to throw the towel in. However, as I sit in my first art gallery showing, watching patrons come and go, reviewing my work, I cannot help but use that towel to wipe my sweat.
Sometimes I am far too hard on myself. I finally made it to one of my goals, an art gallery. It is an honor to be a part of this experience. This post is merely a reminder to #BeYourOwnPinnacle. It’s hard enough having others tell you who you can and cannot be. Give yourself permission to be exactly who you are.
Peace, Love, and Sunflower Dust,
SamDel
January 1st.
