Launch of the Black Girls Write Online Network
An online social network for black women seeking to overcome challenges involved in writing, publishing and marketing their literary works.
Owings Mills, MD, November 21, 2012 --(PR.com)-- African-American writers have contributed some of the most spirited and unprecedented works to American literature.
Maryland businesswoman announces the launch and expansion of Black Girls Write – an online support network designed specifically for African-American women who:
• Want to write a book and need guidance with writing, formatting, and editing their manuscript.
• Who have written a book and want to develop their brand and build author’ visibility by learning effective marketing strategies.
• Don’t have the desire to write a book but want to do business, network and offer their services to Black women authors
The purpose of Black Girls Write is to provide women with the resources, tools, information, motivation, and networking opportunities to help facilitate their growth as accomplished authors. The network welcomes authors, agents, publicists, publishers, distributors and retail bookstores. Online membership is free. Black Girls Write educates women through the use of teleseminars, webinars, blogs, information, and business referrals. Networking events are also offered where women can discuss their experiences and collaborate with other women authors.
Teleah Scott-Williams, founder of Black Girls Write asserts, “We have got to support each other. I talk with so many African-American women who erroneously believe that publishing a book takes a lot of money, or they think if they write a book, no one will buy it, or they think they are not good enough to be a successful author. Nothing is further from the truth and Black Girls Write can show these same women how they can write and publish their book professionally and inexpensively.”
Scott-Williams shared a startling historical fact that she is not sure many women know about. According to the African American Registry, “Ann Plato was the first black woman to publish a book in America. Thought to have a Native American father, Plato wrote and published a book of essays reflecting the New England Puritan values of her environment. Little is known about Plato’s life after she published her book and her date of death is unknown.”
Nevertheless, Scott-Williams says, “Plato opened the door for African-American women to express their voices and develop as writers.”
Learn more about Black Girls Write by visiting: www.blackgirlswrite.net.
Maryland businesswoman announces the launch and expansion of Black Girls Write – an online support network designed specifically for African-American women who:
• Want to write a book and need guidance with writing, formatting, and editing their manuscript.
• Who have written a book and want to develop their brand and build author’ visibility by learning effective marketing strategies.
• Don’t have the desire to write a book but want to do business, network and offer their services to Black women authors
The purpose of Black Girls Write is to provide women with the resources, tools, information, motivation, and networking opportunities to help facilitate their growth as accomplished authors. The network welcomes authors, agents, publicists, publishers, distributors and retail bookstores. Online membership is free. Black Girls Write educates women through the use of teleseminars, webinars, blogs, information, and business referrals. Networking events are also offered where women can discuss their experiences and collaborate with other women authors.
Teleah Scott-Williams, founder of Black Girls Write asserts, “We have got to support each other. I talk with so many African-American women who erroneously believe that publishing a book takes a lot of money, or they think if they write a book, no one will buy it, or they think they are not good enough to be a successful author. Nothing is further from the truth and Black Girls Write can show these same women how they can write and publish their book professionally and inexpensively.”
Scott-Williams shared a startling historical fact that she is not sure many women know about. According to the African American Registry, “Ann Plato was the first black woman to publish a book in America. Thought to have a Native American father, Plato wrote and published a book of essays reflecting the New England Puritan values of her environment. Little is known about Plato’s life after she published her book and her date of death is unknown.”
Nevertheless, Scott-Williams says, “Plato opened the door for African-American women to express their voices and develop as writers.”
Learn more about Black Girls Write by visiting: www.blackgirlswrite.net.
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Black Girls Write
Teleah Scott-Williams
443-839-5849
www.blackgirlswrite.net
Teleah Scott-Williams
443-839-5849
www.blackgirlswrite.net
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