ZANE!

I am just want to give a shout out to Zane,one of the most successful black novelists in the industry today.I am sure many people know about her by now.It feels good to know that there are successful black female fiction writers out there,and that it's not all about Danielle Steel,Jackie Collins or Candace Bushnell.Her books are sensual and erotic,geared to black and hispanic audiences.Here are some of Zane's credentials and pursuits to date:


Zane is the New York Times Bestselling Author of several titles: Addicted, The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth, Skyscraper, Nervous, Gettin’ Buck Wild: The Sex Chronicles 2, The Sisters of APF, Shame on it All, and The Heat Seekers. She has been published in several different languages including Japanese, Swedish, and Greek. She originally self-published three titles in 2000 and went on to sell more than 250,000 copies; virtually by word of mouth alone. After almost four years, she is embarking on her first tour this summer aboard “The Zane Love Bus.”


Having first signed with Simon and Schuster in June 2001, Zane has contracted fifteen books to a single publisher in less than three years with all of them due to be published by Spring 2005. She has been on the Essence Magazine bestsellers list consistently since she began her published career and currently holds the number one and number two positions in the hardcover fiction section. She is the only author to ever have three out of five of the top fiction sellers in one month and she accomplished the feat for several months in a row. Recently, Zane held down seven of the top fifteen African American fiction titles at Waldenbooks Nationwide including the first, second and third positions. She has sold more than two million books since April 2000.

She is also the editor of Chocolate Flava, which sold nearly 100,000 copies during its first month of publication (January 2004) and it recently went into its ninth printing. This is highly unusual for erotic fiction collections and Caramel Flava is already in the works.

In addition to being an author, Zane is the Publisher of Strebor Books International LLC (www.streborbooks.com). She has twenty-eight authors signed to her house and the titles are distributed through Simon and Schuster. Zane is also the executive producer of “Sock it to Me”: a DVD based on one of the stories in The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth.

Zane’s Endeavors Books and Gifts, her newest venture, will open its doors for business in April 2004. Located in the historic Fell’s Point area of Baltimore at 1622 Thames Street, Zane is truly excited about the possibilities that owning a bookstore will bring.

In the near future she plans to direct her first movie and is in serious talks for several major motion pictures and numerous plays.She is sponsoring her first cruise in October of this year.

Editing Urgh!



Flying Away From Rome



I am having nightmare times trying to edit my book 'Flying Away From Rome,'every time I think it's done I go over it only to find that i'm not done.I must say that this part of the writing process is the part I really hate.My favourite part of actually writing the novel is the beginning,the brainstorming,the characters,the locations,the story lines.I love that part it gives me such a huge buzz.It's like envisioning a blockbuster movie in my mind that I have created,I get a thrill knowing I am in total control of what happens to each and every character and the motives for everything that transpires between them.

I have had an incredible life,filled with tremendous highs and lows,i've been through terrible and frightening situations but i've also had great experiences,so when I say I have had an incredible life I don't mean it's been all good or bad,it's been a mixture of both,and it's been a pretty full life.When i'm writing I feel like the charcaters and the journey that they take are all an extension of me and my experiences personally and vicariously.The worst could be yet to come and so could the best,you never know sometimes and that's what makes life so exciting but scary and brutal as well.I think in explaining my life I have summed up my novels at least partly.

I Just have a little bit more time to go and then i'm done editing,I am sick of saying this to myself.Ba Humbug!