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Thanksgiving gets no love. Somewhere between Halloween and Christmas, this holiday that's all about food, family and thankfulness get nothing. There are never retailers who want to take this day away from their employees for the almighty dollar. Well, today we're showing Thanksgiving some love. I reached out to some ladies who I'm thankful to know and asked them to share their favorite memories of Thanksgiving.  ReShonda Tate Billingsley : I'll admit it, I never bothered to learn how to cook Thanksgiving dinner. My mom could throw down in the kitchen. I mean the kind of eating that sent you straight to the sofa afterward with a bad case of the 'itis.' So, I never bothered to learn because she was just going to doctor up whatever I did anyway. Fast forward to my first Thanksgiving ever away from her. I was married and living in Oklahoma City, hundreds of miles away from my mother in Houston. I was working as a television news anchor/reporter, and I w...

If you believe what the media says, kids aren't into reading these days. Well, let me be the first to tell you that kids aren't just reading, they're writing books too! Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley launched the Brown Kids/Brown Teens line from their publishing company Brown Girls Publishing . And this December, Brown Girls Kids will release a collection of Christmas stories written by three young ladies, Morgan Billingsley, Jackie Lee and Gabrielle Simone. These three authors are under the age of 16! The Perfect Present  will be released on December 9th. Three amazing stories about the magic of Christmas and discovering what really matters when it comes to celebrating the season!   Operation: Santa is Real Max and Mickey are twins who share everything! A love of sno cones, video games, and Christmas…especially Santa Claus. But Max no longer believes in Santa and Mickey is on a mission to convince her brother that Santa is real. ...

My new favorite author, Phyllis Bourne Romance author Phyllis Bourne might be the only other person I know who has the same addiction to Starbucks that I do. Add that to the fact that she writes some of the sexiest romance out there and you can understand why she's among one of my favorite authors. Her Mr. Phyllis stories on Facebook as just as entertaining as her novels!  Her series,   Espresso Empire, kicked off with Every Road To You  in March. The next entry into the series will be April's Moonlight Kisses .  Romance series are all the rage. How do you plan out each book in your series? Unfortunately, I’m not much of a planner or a plotter. I do turn in a synopsis for each book in the series, because my publisher requires it. However, I don’t use them once I start writing. I only have a vague idea and figure the rest out as I write each book.   Tell the readers about the next entry into the  Espresso Empire  ...

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I was honored to take a picture with these heroes two years ago. And I was blessed to meet these women!