Michelle Buckley's Blog

What does the New Year have in store for you?Or is a better question . . . what do you have in store for the New Year? Life is full of questions . . . have fun this year discovering life's answers by remembering it's the journey that's the reward! Wishing everyone a joyous, blessed and love-filled journey in 2009. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Souls of My Sisters will make an excellent Christmas present for all the women you know!!! This bestselling self-help book, edited by Dawn Marie Daniels and Candace Sandy is a collection of real-life stories written by black women for black women. Originally published by Kensington’s African American-oriented Dafina imprint in 2000 and re-released earlier this year, Souls of My Sisters: Black

For all readers, writers and lovers of literature...Don't forget the RAWSISTAZ RAW AFFAIR Readers & Writers Conference is taking place this week ONLINE. There is a well-rounded group of participants, great panels & workshops, as well as book discussions, spotlights and more. This is the first time The RAW AFFAIR has been held online, but hopefully it'll be just as much fun as the other six

It’s never too late or too early to do some holiday shopping!To purchase some great holiday gifts, visit:Michelle's StorePerfect for book clubs and other groups. Included on the CafePress.com site is Trippin’ and Bulletproof Soul merchandise. There’s t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, computer mousepads, clocks, stickers, aprons, book bags, calendars, journals, stuff for kids, pets and more! Here's a

I believe we should hold the spirit of Thanksgiving in our hearts every day, year-round because so many of us have so much to be thankful for -- including me. I'm thankful for the many blessings the Lord has bestowed on me including the love of a wonderful family. I am thankful for two amazing parents who love me unconditionally and have been supportive and encouraging sources of inspiration all

YES WE DID! Here he is . . . President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama, the new soon-to-be 44th President of the United States, the leader of the world's largest super power. Look closely. This is the face of a man that represents an amazing time in history. While the real work of getting our great nation back on the right path has yet to be done and his final legacy has yet to be written, may God

It's not too late to commit to writing a novel in 30 days! November is National Novel Writing Month, a popular writing initiative that takes the nation by storm each year, which was started a decade ago right here in the KC metro. I bet you didn't know a NY Times Best-seller started as a Nanowrimo novel. (How's that for inspiration?)Want to test your mettle to see if you can write a novel in

Esquire Magazine just named Halle Berry the 'Sexiest Woman Alive' in their November issue. Said Halle, "being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I'll take it!" According to Halle, "Sexy is not about wearing sexy clothes or shaking your booty until you damn near get hip dysplasia. It's about knowing that sexiness is a state of mind -- a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself

In case you missed the laff-out-loud SNL satirical sketch of Tina Fey doing a better Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin, the link is below. (Watch Poehler's Hillary blow a gasket midway through). Hee... Enjoy the impersonations in the video of the two history-making politicos...Senator Hillary Clinton and Governor Sarah Palin...it's had a record 2.37 million hits on the NBC website since the

"Reading promotes learning, which promotes growth, which promotes prosperity."The mission of the National Book Club Conference is to create the world's largest book-club meeting once a year, to promote the value of reading and formulating book clubs among adults and in the nation's public school systems for the purposes of advancing literacy, broadening minds and knowledge through reading and