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(San Francisco, CA – February 6, 2023) – God: The Journey Within (Cedar Grove Publishing, 2023, ISBN# 9780983507796, $19.95.)Available for pre-order from Amazon, Bookshop.com and , is distributed by Independent Publishers Group), launches on February 24, 2023. Conceived and edited by Diem Jones, a non-profit leader, artist and music industry executive, this concise anthology invites the reader into the individual and collective minds of sixteen persons of disparate backgrounds.

Contributors include: religious leaders including a Baptist Minister and a Rabbi; a doctor; musicians; professors; a corporate CFO; journalists; a Qigong master; poets; music industry executives; a playwright; and a retired judge. All writers investigate their conceptions and interactions with the Spirit World with wit and reverence. “God: The Journey Within is a wonderful tutorial on spiritual contemplation and Love. Diem Jones is a visionary thought leader, and so too are all of the writers within this introspective examination of ageless inquiry.”And if your personal spirit world is still somewhat muddled after you turn the final page, you’ll have refreshed your interior perception, replete with new beacons, says,” Jones.

Reactions to God: The Journey Within include:
“The Mothership has landed in all of us, and Diem Jones presents a slice of our humanity by showcasing 16 distinct voices in his latest book, God: The Journey Within,”

– George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic

“Your book is a spiritual awakening… Quite Beautiful.”

—H.H. Leonards, Founder & Chair of the O Street Museum Foundation.

“Thank you Diem, for your curiosity and for your desire to learn from others. Your message is clear—let us provoke thought in one another. We are created as miraculous beings that are above blindly accepting tradition and passed down beliefs. Our creator asks us to look for Him and to have a personal relationship with Him.”

—Dr. Charles Webb, Founder of Freedom Practice Coaching

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Book Launch & Talk

Street Mansion
2020 O Street NW | Washington, D.C
Sunday, February 26 at 2:00 pm

Tickets: https://bit.ly/InsideJourney

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Books by Mario Hernandez:

• Niñas de la Tierra

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By Mario Hernandez

Coming September 2023!

From the hot suburban streets of Southern California to the sun drenched coast of Mexico and back again, two estranged Latina cousins re-unite and unravel a curious mystery involving local folk legends, archeology and a long absent father, thought to have all but abandoned his struggling family.

With the help of yet another pretty and popular cousin, an annoying but clever little sister and a put upon brother exiled to grandmas house, this motley team blend untapped talents and bravery becoming closer as their adventure shows them the ways of family loyalty, camaraderie and teamwork.

Desde las calles calientes suburbanas del sur de California hasta la costa de México bañadas por el sol y otra vez de vuelta; dos primas latinas distanciadas, se vuelven a reunir y resuelven un curioso misterio que involucra una leyenda popular local. La arqueología y un padre de mucho tiempo de ausencia, el cual pensaba que lo tenía todo pero abandonó a su familia en aprietos.

Con la ayuda de aún otro primo bonito y popular, una hermanita molestosa pero lista y un hermano puesto al exilio en la casa de la abuela, este grupo heterogéneo (multicolor) mezcla talentos todavía por descubrir y la valentía que los hace más cercanos a medida que su aventura les enseña las maneras de la lealtad familiar, el compañerismo y el trabajo en equipo.

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Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
101 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA • Saturday, February 25, 2017 • 2pm-5pm

In addition to being Black History Month, February is also Women’s Horror Month. Come participate in a panel discussion and meet the African-American women writers of the horror anthology Sycorax’s Daughters. These thought-provoking twenty-eight stories and fourteen poems cover creatures imagined—vampires, ghosts, and mermaids, as well as the unexpected price paid by women struggling for freedom and validation in the past—slavery to science-fiction futures with transhumans and alternate realities.

“Sycorax’s Daughters introduces us to a whole new legion of gothic writers. Their stories drip with history and blood leaving us with searing images and a chill emanating from shadows gathered in the corner. This anthology is historic in its recognition of women of color writers in a genre that usually doesn’t know what to do with us.”

Jewelle Gomez, author, The Gilda Stories

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A powerful, revealing anthology of dark fiction and poetry by Black women writers. The tales of what scares, threatens and shocks them will enlighten and entertain you.

Sycorax’s Daughters’ stories and poems delve into demons and shape shifters from Carole McDonnell’s “How to Speak to the Bogeyman” and Sheree Renée Thomas’ “Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight” to far future offerings from Kiini Ibura Salaam’s “The Malady of Need”, Valjeanne Jeffers’ steampunk female detective in “Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective II” and others.

These thought-provoking twenty-eight stories and fourteen poems cover creatures imagined— vampires, ghosts, and mermaids, as well as the unexpected price paid by women struggling for freedom and validation in the past—slavery to science-fiction futures with transhumans and alternate realities.

Leave the lights on and join these amazing authors as they share their unique vision of fear.

With works from: Tiffany Austin • Tracey Baptiste • Regina N. Bradley • Patricia E. Canterbury • Crystal Connor • Joy M. Copeland • Amber Doe • Tish Jackson • Valjeanne Jeffers • Tenea D. Johnson • R. J. Joseph • A. D. Koboah • Nicole Givens Kurtz • Kai Leakes • A. J. Locke • Carole McDonnell • Dana T. McKnight • LH Moore • L. Penelope • Zin E. Rocklyn • Eden Royce • Kiini Ibura Salaam • Andrea Vocab Sanderson • Nicole D. Sconiers • Cherene Sherrard • RaShell R. Smith-Spears • Sheree Renée Thomas • Lori Titus • Tanesha Nicole Tyler • Deborah Elizabeth Whaley • L. Marie Wood • K. Ceres Wright • Deana Zhollis

Cover artwork by Jim Callahan

“Sycorax’s Daughters introduces us to a whole new legion of gothic writers.

Their stories drip with history and blood leaving us with searing images and a chill emanating from shadows gathered in the corner. This anthology is historic in its recognition of women of color writers in a genre that usually doesn’t know what to do with us.”
– Jewelle Gomez, author, The Gilda Stories

“”Shakespeare stole Sycorax’s point of view from the world. Sycorax’s Daughters draws that perspective to the fore, allowing Black women to explain themselves, and the evils they have experienced, to the delight of readers who are ready to hear.”– Book Riot

About the Editors

KINITRA BROOKS, PHD.

Kinitra Brooks, PhD., is an associate professor of English. Her articles have been published in African American Review, FEMSPEC, and Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora. She lives in Antonio, Texas.

LINDA D. ADDISON

Linda D. Addison is a writer who has published more than 300 poems, stories, and articles, and the first African-American recipient of the HWA Bram Stoker Award. Her work has published in anthologies such as The Beauty of Death and Scary Out There. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

SUSANA MORRIS, PHD.

Susana Morris, PhD., is an associate professor of African American Literature and the cofounder of the blog The Crunk Feminist Collective. She is the author of Close Kin and Distant Relatives. She lives in Auburn, Alabama.

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Well, not really MY blog but I’m the one who picks the topics. There’s a lot going on here at Cedar Grove. Sometimes we’ll talk about books, sometimes life, sometimes something cool. For a while, my ‘people’ couldn’t figure out what to call the blog, so I had to step in and The Glib Amphibian was born!  

But, I digress!

I’m Oliver T. Frog, HFIC  — that stands for Head Frog in Charge! I’m really a ‘down-home’ type of frog who likes to read and relax – hence the pipe and book. They wanted to put me on a rocking chair on a porch, but I said, “No, you’re doing too much, just leave me like I am!”

But again, since I’m a frog and don’t speak a recognizable language, others will contribute stories – approved by me, of course.  I may not have human fingers but trust me; I’m very good at using my webbed digits and my eyes (Is there such a thing as a frog side eye? Must be, I seem to be doing it a lot!) to indicate my approval or disapproval.

Because we publish multicultural books from different genres and for different ages that celebrate diversity we’re going to talk about those and how the authors came to create the books they’ve written… Children, YA, Graphic Novels, Horror, Mystery, Art, Education, LGBT.  

Sometimes we’ll go off message and talk about my grove remodel that is coming along nicely – I may even show pictures of my ‘Afro Broccoli’! Yes, you read right – Afro Broccoli! Flowers, fruit, veg, herbs – some say garden, I say grove. To-may-to, To-mah-to – oh hey, we’re going to have those too and from what I hear and – be still my froggy heart – a worm bin! A worm bin!!!  Quel excitément! Woot! Give me a minute here!

Okay, I went away for a moment, but now I’m back. And back on message.

I hope you’ll enjoy the blog. Write in and let us know. Sign up and see what we’re up to.

This is all for now!

I’m Oliver T. Frog, The Glib Amphibian! We’re Cedar Grove Publishing.

And remember: Every Book is Somebody’s Story!

Now, if only I can get a theme song!

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Cedar Grove Publishing provides an outlet for disparate and diverse voices to express themselves through words, pictures and technology.  This is done in various genres and niches through targeted and fun publishing programs.

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