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Dominique Watson is a published author/entrepreneur. Dominique has publishedtwelve books in the genres of poetry, inspiration and urban Christian fiction,

including her most popular series, Concealed Betrayal and Secrets and DeceptionSeries

Dominique is also the Founder and Owner of Diamond M’press Publications. Shespends a lot of time mentoring authors and writers through Literary Career Moves,

which can be found at www.diamondmpresspublications.com

Dominique was voted as AAMBC Author of the Year in 2014.

She’s the owner of PEN’Ashe Literary Magazinehttp://penashemagazine.com

Dominique can be found on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus and Instagram.

For more about the dynamic Dominique Watson, check her out at:www.Author-DominiqueLWatson.com

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Dominique Watson

Meet Harmony: The Goddaughter of ZoraYoung. Harmony is a single mother of two and

the product of rape…

Harmony has seen many trials andtribulations but through it all and through theguidance and direction of her grandmother,she’s been able to see her way through.

At the tender age of twenty-four, Harmony isforced to take on the troubles of her mother,deal with family issues, and still be strong for

her children.

Gail, Harmony’s mother, is involved with amarried man. Making it very clear that

Harmony doesn’t want to have anything to dowith him or the situation, drama comes

knocking at her door not giving her a choice.

Aman from her past decides he won’t stayaway causing Harmony to deal with somethingshe promised herself she never would. And justwhen things couldn’t get any worse, Harmonycomes face to face with the man that destroyed

her mother…her father.

Take a ride with Harmony as she learns a biglesson on forgiveness, family, and tomorrow

never being promised.

JUST MY THOUGHTSBy Louisa Wood-Johnson

Normally I just scroll by videos of fighting, but for some reason Iclicked on this one video and remembered why I don't watchthem. These women were fighting hard, punching, kicking andhair pulling. After just a few minutes, the reason for the fight wasrevealed, one of the girls yelled "messing with my man" andcontinued to beat her, her friend was trying to beat the girl too.Then two other girls began a second fight and one girl’s entire asswas out!!! The owners of the establishment they were fighting insaid to take it outside, they continued to fight. One girl washolding on to the other girls hair and asking for her knife. Notonly are you knowingly being filmed, you’re asking someone togive you a weapon???! Dumb Dumb, this is already assault nowwith a weapon involved, all recorded for social media. Women,stop fighting over a man! We are Queens that deserve Kings. Yourissue is with HIM, not the chick he is cheating with. She may ormay not know he is in a relationship, but HE does. He is beingunfaithful to you, he is lying to you, not her. You are giving him somuch control over you...STOP!!! Why are you fighting the girl?On some level you’re fighting yourself, you are hurting, angryand heartbroken, I know. That is why every time you hit her it's ahit to yourself. You need to know, a women is not supposed to beout here fighting, acting out over a man or anything like that.This is not new, women have been fighting over men for ages, butit being splashed all over the internet is new. Now everyone cansee you acting ignorant. I don't know where it all went wrong fortoday's young women? Is it music & music videos? Is itenvironment, lack of male figures in your life? Is it lack ofeducation??? What has made today's women feel they deserveless than? Like they don't have a choice in the man they pick.What happened to loving ourselves first, being confident and onlyaccepting top of the line treatment? I am at a loss on this one.Somewhere along the way some women have lost the essence ofwomanhood, of self love, of respecting themselves and gravitatedto violence, disrespectful behavior and no love of self. Just knowthat fighting over a CLEARLY, no good cheating dog, is NOT OK!A real man worthy of your time does not cheat, he respects you,he is loyal to you, he protects & provides, he is engaged in yourconversation, he only touches you with love, he makes sure you’resmiling every day. He does not bring drama, disrespect and otherwomen into your relationship. Never lower yourself and call it"fighting for your man.." If you have to fight in the streets to keephim, not only is he not worth it, but he is not yours. No otherperson can destroy your relationship or "take" your man, hewilling chose to be with another.

About the Book: The truth of thematter is, some of the things we gothrough in our lives are too often leftunsaid.

The people we love, the situations weface and a lot of the thoughts that gothrough our minds are conversationsthat are never vocalized in any way.

Truetry: Poetic Conversations is justthat. It is life presented as poetry thataddresses a lot of personal issues thatDon Savant has faced in his lifetime,along with some that are relative toothers.

Don Savant was born from the pages of poetryin the city of Spartanburg, SC. Already 25 yearsold at the time of his conception, he has growninto his love for poetry more and more with each

year that has passed. With eight officialcollections of poetry under his belt as well as anumber of anthologies, Don’s goal in literatureis to spread love and truth through poetry untilno more words can be spoken from his mind.With his poetic theme almost always revolvingaround love, he has been given the moniker,

King of Love.

Don’s latest release is the poetry collection Love Skies. The paperback, alongside his otherreleases, including his Battle of the Sexes Anthologies and other From A Writers POVcollaborations are available online at Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Lulu.com.Savant has also written for From a Writers POV Magazine, PEN’Ashe Magazine and So FYHMagazine.Don Savant can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus, and Pinterest. Youmay also visit his YouTube page and view his book trailers.Follow Don Savant and keep up with his ever-changing but always love-filled thoughts at:www.donsavant.info

ADream Deferred

Dr. King had a dreamAnd even though

Progress has been madeWe have not completely accomplished

The goals that he set for us…

We areStill asleepStill stuck in

The mindset of the past…Hating andBlaming…

Pointing fingers andAvoiding the process ofGetting to the root

Of the problems we still face

This is deeper than raceIt’s an

Individual journeyThat we mustTravel together

And the trophy at the end isLove

EqualityUnderstanding andAcceptance…

The gun has gone offBut it seems as ifNo one is in a hurry

To reachThat place of togethernessWhere we all reside

As oneContact information:http://www.twitter.com/donsavanthttp://www.facebook.com/donsavantwww.instagram.com/donsavantwww.donsavant.info

Kristi grew up in small town Oklahoma where friendswere family and family was forever.

Writing was introduced to her as a form of therapy afterher mother passed away when Kristi was 10 years-old, buteventually writing took a back seat to life, and all its realchallenges.

Writing again resurfaced when she began writing lyricsfor the melodies her husband created. Severely selfconscious of her writing, it was years before she allowed itto make its public appearance at the urging of family andfriends.

Through the Facebook poetry community and her quicklygrowing fan base, Kristi is still learning to love her pen...

“I am loving my journey on this path...” Black Sapphire

Magic INK is a collection ofpoems by Black Sapphiredripping with her love andpassion for INK...themelodies and harmonies

created by the written wordand the magic only poetry

can inspire..

Black Sapphire

Today She Sat~!in peace it was suchbeautiful day she feltso different aboutlife itself therewas beautifulbird very closeto her sheactually didn't knowhe was to be themessenger"He was soclose she didn't moveat all she wasgathering her thoughtsthere she wasoutside withNature seeing the skiesfeeling the Sununtil she bowsher head thankingGod"Oh what beautifulday it hadbecome no worriesat all she looksaround as the birdstared into hereyes even as shehas her shadesON"Life can beso beautiful sherelax sitting onthe bench as soonas she risefrom the benchshe looks uptowards Heaven tothank God forall of the blessingsreceived"She thought ofthe roof over headher family the peoplewho entered herlife the very reasonshe rise to see anotherDay"She found the

She found thebeauty in her lifeas sheseen the lightreplaced it from thedarkness life becameeven better whenshe spend moretime with God"BLESSED"

Copyright© May 17, 2015All Rights Reserved

Rosalind Cherry

Tiffany D. Glover, aka Jayne Phlow, has been writing poetry for roughly25 years and performing for approximately 17 years. Growing up as anonly child, Tiffany retreated into her own private world of imaginaryfriends and books upon books upon books. English, Spelling, Grammarand Literature were always her favorite subjects in school and she soondiscovered she had a knack for essay writing, entering and actuallywinning a few contests throughout her middle and high school years.

When artists Lauryn Hill, Alanis Morrisette, Erykah Badu and JillScott hit the music scene, she was intrigued at how they sang about theirloves and hurts and pains, yet made it sound like sweet therapeuticrelease. She very quickly followed their leads and too began channelingall of her hurts, pains, aggravations, tears and yes, even lovehere-and-there, into poetry. Anything that Tiffany was unable to findthe courage to SPEAK easily poured out of her pen, generating yearsupon years of notebook upon notebook packed full of her soul.

After sitting on all of these notebooks for far too long, she finallylistened to the urgings of her family and friends and compiled some ofher writings into her very first published book of poetry, “Get a Grip:Spilled Ink from my Soul,” released February 14, 2014. Get a Grip is asearing collection of 30 very grimy, very raw, very REAL poems, themajority of which are based on specific situations, trials and tribulationsthat she has had to endure throughout her life thus far. “This is so NOTyour friendly, neighborhood, happy poetry,” she explains. “Life is notalways cute. Some of the moments I chose to write about weren't cute.So I couldn't be cute in penning it. You may not be able to relate toEVERY poem in my book, but I guarantee you'll relate to AT LEASTone.”

Jayne Phlow is a contributing writer for BlaqRayn Publishing Plus’BRPP Magazine, an online magazine promoting all forms of artisticexpression, where she writes a monthly column titled "Mamas Makin'Moves," which spotlights mothers, and women in general, making bigmoves in their careers and communities. She’s also earned editor creditson two recently released autobiographies and she continues to hone herediting skills through working on other authors' works of fiction,non-fiction and poetry.

She is currently working on her second book of poetry, titled “PhiyahPhlows: Finga Snaps, Hand Claps and Toe Taps,” to be tentativelyreleased around the first of the year, and she regularly performs atvarious open mics, poetry showcases, empowerment conferences andother events throughout her hometown of Charleston, SC and beyond.

She is a single mother to her 15 year-old son, T’Zhean, and is also arecent graduate of Springfield College’s School of Human Services,where she obtained her Master’s degree in Community CounselingPsychology. She hopes to some day use her degree, combined with herlove of poetry, spoken word and travel, to empower women battlingself-esteem issues to transition themselves from emotionally debilitatingrelationships.

Jayne Phlow

Poetry is...What it's always been My late-night lover My all-day friend Myhand-holder when I feel alone On this massive earth The seed I'venursed since birth Poetry showed me my worth They're the wordsthat God Has chosen me to release In the midst of raging storms

Poetry is my peace

It turns me on It turns me out It transitioned my diminutive voiceInto a shout It makes me believe I'm able to receive It allows me tolaugh It allows me to grieve It's my 100 watt bulb In the darkest ofnight It gives me the strength To continue my fight These sheetsbecome my boxing ring This pen...my gloves And no matter how

severe the blood "Phlows" It's still love

Poetry is you Poetry is me Poetry is us Poetry is we Poetry is ourtruth And it's always free Poetry is my permission To be...

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Born Zakariyya Syed Ramadan, Colors started life in Manhattan, Kansas in 1979, where soon after hebecame a native to South Carolina where he reps and roams to this day. Deciding between basketballand music, Colors always knew music was his destined path. Starting out with the group "FatalInstinct" where he was known as Sassy G and Sleazy Z. Still pursing basketball, he wore a very colorfulshirt one day, and was called colors and it just stuck. From there he started on his own self projectcalled "Shining Through". By June of 96, he had an album and a half written. The summer of 97 wasthe birth of Dangerous Alliance. Which expanded and decreased in members over the years leading toColors working on his own recorded solo project "Time Waits For No Man". Today the rapper,promoter, and networker stays very busy. With everything from shows & features on other artists’tracks, to promoting his double disk mixtape entitled "Where's The Love" that> > > > > > > > > dropped February 5, 2011. Also he shot 7music videos entitled “Keep It 100” featuringQuana P of singing dual NYA “Not Your Average” also shot J.O.B featuring Harmony Ella also SunDon’t Shine featuring Lady J and Madam Lishes the album version of the song also featuresAlazae.COLORSBLIND FEAT DAWANNA PRICE N ANJAE,HERE NOW FEAT JEYBROWN,WHERE'S THE LOVE FEAT TAMARAJOHNSON.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyo4O43NBRU,ALBUM VERSION FEAT TIA-G,ANDREALTALK FEAT SHALANDA DAVIS Stay tuned more videos to come. Also he’s been working on hislong awaited album "Time Waits For No Man, The Progression" schedule to drop june5 of 2012. Colorswas also A&R for Jigalow Records bringing in new talents. He also had his own show onNOBODYGRINDS LIKE US DVD Magazine called "THOSE TO WATCH" where he interviews ayoung upcoming act to the entertainment indy of sc! Currently Colors is keeping everyone in the"know" with daily phone texts about everything from> > > > > > > > > music, modeling, entertainment, and business.> > > > > > > > > The texts are currently $25 per blast to over 7,000 contacts which includes fans,entertainment world, and people you want to know. Colors also> > > > > > > > > promotes everything on Facebook, Myspace, twitter and hissite www.colorsnetworkman.wordpress.com. Colors has been featured in write-ups in publicationswhich includes the Post and Courier and as a freelance writer in the Geeche One Magazine. FromDecember 2008 to December 2010, COLORS was a well known promoter of Kween Kat Entertainmentaka “KKE”, which is lead by Ms. Anita aka Catwoman aka Kween Katt, Who's been a friend to Colorssince 03. He left to start his own company, Long Time Coming Entertainment, but the two remain close.Colors started managing from march17-oct16 2011 singer Tamara Johnson.(Still good friends) Hiscurrent roster inculdes: G-STEEL,LIL TIA,M.A.G,AND SLIM! Colors mixtape “Spiting BarsSitting Bars was nominated for 2008 Geeche One Awards for mixtape of the year in 2011 COLORS wasnominated for slept on artist of the year at the geecheeone awards and promoter of the year at theleviatate> > > > > > > > > awards.since deco8 Colors even hosts his own every 2nd Sunday NetworkingSocialEVENt called "MEETING OF THEMINDZ" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDvm2I6AJvU which brings artists, models, CEOs, andanything involving> > > > > > > > > entertainment and business together. Colors is certainly not your everyday artist. Witha style like no other, punch lines for every bar and word spoken, plus a goal for artist unity to put SouthCarolina on the map, Colors will catch your attention. In ways you will expect, but definitely in waysyou won't expect.> > > > > > > > > COLORS WIll putting out his long awaited and maybe last project his AlbumDropping Jan30th 2015his first video off the cd is out now RIDE FOR ME feat TAMARA JOHNSONand Portia crawford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZeEo_bVC_U who came down fromspartanburg sc to record the song and shoot the video! C.O.L.O.R.S also means Creations of life outtareal situations he also has the radio show those to watch radio with j-vive, jey Brown and Mrs Keep itpretty that air every Saturday6-8 on kinetichifi.com and those to watch with colors that runs every otherFriday on the nobody grind network.CALL8435300064

1. How long have you been a part of the in the business/industry?Since 98

2. How did you get your start?

My cousin Rasheeda got me some tapes and I would flip the recordsand make my own songs that's how I knew I had a gift

3. If you will, give me one pro and one con you have found in thisindustry.

The pro is you can me a lot of great people with your talent just Keepnetworking the con it's a lot of bs fake people to that want to use you toget ahead or down play what you have going on just because they hadnothing to do with the process or feel good talkers who be like hey weshould Definitely get up and do something and one they leave yourpresence so does that thought

4. Has this always been a lifelong dream or something that happenedunexpectedly?

Life long dream once my cousin sparked it and being a artist got me tobeing a promoter to being a founder of a great network event (Meetingof The Mindz) a mgr/Co Co of LONG TIMECOMINGENTERTAINMENTWITHMYBUSINESS PARTNERSBROWNAND SHONTELLmy have Models SHONTELLE,SHARMAINE,SHERRELL&SPARKLEANDARTISTLIKEDREDried and DREALEE and hosting on THOSE TOWATCHONNOBODYGRINDS NETWORKANDCOHOSTINGONTHOSE TOWATCH-RADIOWITHVIVE MRS KEEP ITPRETTYAND JEYBROWN ONEVERYSATURDAY6-8pmONKINETICHIF.COM

5. With whom have you had the pleasure of working?

A lot of great friends and family I don't won't to leave any out so wewill leave it like that lol

6. People see the glitz and glamour, but how hard is the work?

It’s a lot of work to make it happen even more so when you areindependent

7. If you weren't doing what you do, what do you think wouldbe your chosen profession?

Being a chef, I like to cook and eat

8. Who and what inspires you?

God, my mom, my future wife and children. JAY-Z’s Businessmind

9. What is your advice to anyone trying to succeed in thisindustry?

Put the work in and sooner or later you will get the results youwant.

10. Any words of encouragement or shout outs you would liketo add?

Keep God first the rest will follow leave... no food on the table,a hungry grinder cleans his plates!