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Given by Nandi Taylor has amassed more than a million reads on Wattpad and earned the Worldbuilders Watty award in 2018--and beginning this Tuesday, the YA fantasy romance will be available for trade publication! ⠀ ⠀ Naturally, we asked Taylor how she feels about Given's expansion and she mentions how excited she is for a fantasy novel with a dark-skinned girl on the cover--something she feels strongly about--being in stores. ⠀ ⠀ She also shares how writing the book on Wattpad helped discipline her and the benefits of readers commenting on her work in real-time with every update. ⠀ ⠀ Taylor discusses how her background in travel journalism helped the worldbuilding skills that many including @kirkusreviews praises her for; having parents who wanted her to have a practical job; how she developed Given's protagonist and being unbothered about whether or not people would see her as a 'Mary Sue'; other literature and writing tidbits; Hidden, Given's sequel; and more--link in bio!! ⠀ ⠀ #NandiTaylor #Given #Wattpad #WattpadBooks #literature #authors #writers #bookstagram #newbooks #heroine #Yenni #debutauthor #YA #fantasy #scifi #YAfantasybooks #travel #youth #ownvoices #novel19s #representationmatters #MLKweekend #speculativefiction #gameofthrones #podcast #sobookingcool #sobookingcoolpodcast ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣"When it comes to trying to highlight people in your community, you just have to keep your ear to the streets for lack of a better term. There's a lot of people that are in our lives that you might not know are doing some incredible things, and that's up to you to set what your standard is for what's amazing to you." ⠀ ⠀ This quote is from our conversation with Urban X Podcast founder and co-host Malcom X. Bowser, who is the author of the debut book Urban Xcellence: Unveiling Extraordinary Stories by Everyday People (January 21, 2020). ⠀ ⠀ Check out the interview to learn more about Bowser and Urban Xcellence including how he shaped the different, compelling journeys in the book; him embracing being an author; why Letters to a Young Brother by Hill Harper has resonated with him; whether he'd write fiction; his upcoming book launch; how his journalism and history education contributed to his podcast and book; his reading tastes and more--link in bio!!⠀ ⠀ #MalcomXBowser #UrbanXcellence #UrbanX #UrbanXpodcast #author #debutauthor #nonfictionbooks #audiobooks #bookstagram #newbook #bookpublishing #bookworm #journalism #history #BlackDot #motivation #inspiration #community #entrepreneurs #podcast #podcasthost #sobookingcool #sobookingcoolpodcast #sobookingcoolinterviews Happy birthday to the incomparable Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From when I was a child, I was aware of his greatness and tragedy. During my stint at Scholastic, I had the pleasure of assisting in the development of the book Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by the superb Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by the also talented Brian Pinkney. It was during this book, at an older age, that I was intensely moved and in awe (and pain) by his journey. • • • #MLKday #DrMartinLutherKingJr #MartinRising #AndreaDavisPinkney #BrianPinkney #Scholastic #SoBookingCool Can't close out 2019 without posting the second part of our interview with veteran actor and writer Patrick Kilpatrick! It was a pleasure speaking with Mr. Kilpatrick about his book Dying for Living: Sins & Confessions of a Hollywood Villain & Libertine Patriot: VOLUME 1: Upbringing. He discusses the books that have entertained him and drove him emotionally; studying and committing to a character but then shaking off the intensity of said character; the aspects of Hollywood that he thinks people would be surprised to know and more--link in bio!! ▪︎ ▪︎ ▪︎ #PatrickKilpatrick #Boulevardbooks #memoir #nonfictionbooks #DyingforLiving #writers #actors #actionvillain #Hollywood #villain #stuntdouble #stunt #bookstagram #publishing #TomCruise #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #ChowYunFat #AnthonyHopkins #characters #movies #auditions #film #television #actingstudents #showbusiness #entertainment #podcast #sobookingcool #sobookingcoolpodcast In part 2 of our convo with Angelfish director Peter Lee, he discusses how he makes films that will connect with people; why authenticity in movies is important; his thoughts on leading co-stars spending time together to build chemistry for the screen; his thoughts on networking and why he recommends networking not just in your industry but beyond it as well (especially if you're in the creative field); and more--link in bio!! • • • #PeterLee #Angelfishmovie #director #moviedirector #PrincessNokia #JimiStanton #lovestory #romance #theBronx #the90s #film #cinema #filmmakers #relationships #actors #interracialcouple #characters #networking #creativeindustry #thearts #podcast #SoBookingCool #sobookingcoolpodcast Part 2 and Part 3 of our conversation with the awesome Casey Suchan are now live! Casey discusses her desire to make films that show common humanity in unexpected places. She gives her perspective on activism and social media, whether the two connect or not. We also asked if she would make another hip hop documentary as well as if she would continue The Animal People. Check out both parts--link in bio!! ▪︎ ▪︎ ▪︎ ▪︎ #CaseySuchan #TheAnimalPeopledoc #TheAnimalPeople #docfilm #film #director #filmmakers #JoaquinPhoenix #Part1 #Part2 #Part3 #activism #animalrights #hiphopdoc #podcast #SoBookingCool
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