Black Girls Guide: How to Transition to Naturally Beautiful Hair has EXPERT advice on the process, the global hair movement, plus everyday tips for growing and maintaining your hair.

BOOK EXCERPT: “Taliah Waajid opened her first natural hair salon in 1988, started the World Natural Hair, Health & Beauty Show in 1994, and presented a complete line of natural hair products in 1996. With over 25 years of natural hair experience, Taliah, aka “the Queen of Natural, Kinky, Curly, Coily Hair Care” believes, “The most exciting development in natural hair care is the fact that natural hair care is now considered an official hair care category in the consumer market place. It is also exciting that there are more choices on the retail shelves for consumers to choose from.”

With advice from natural hair visionaries Taliah Waajid (founder of the World Natural Hair, Health & Beauty Show) and Maria Thompson (owner of Twist & Curves), Angela writes about the current global natural hair movement, hair history, strategies to transition, natural hair care guidelines, tips for selecting the best products for natural hair, the best ways to use natural hair social media, hairstyles that promote growth, and the future of natural hair.

Whether you are thinking about transitioning from chemically treated
hair to natural hair, wearing your hair naturally and looking for something fresh and new, or want to learn more about this global hair movement, Black Girls Guide: How to Transition to Naturally Beautiful Hair is a must-have in your print or digital library.

Working with women and girls for over 20 years, there is one thing I know… we are all looking for stable, loving, relationships. While there are some women who claim that they love the single life, we are all social beings in an interconnected universe who often crave the love of an understanding and committed partner.

In 2012, I started African American Matchmaking (africanamericanmatchmaking.com) to help Black people find loving relationships with each other. Deep down inside, I believe that companionship is not just desired, but required, and that it does not just include romantic relationships. Of course, we all know that romantic relationships are great! They are a very special, unique and distinct type of companionship.

As African Americans, our historical trauma has negatively impacted our modern-day male/female relations. To a large extent, many of us have to relearn our notion of healthy family life because it is not what we have experienced, individually or collectively.

We choose what we want and allow from those around us. What I have noticed is that when it comes to men, many of our choices are not always good ones. However, just as we choose badly, we can choose well.

Let’s use the power of choice to find and choose a man who will love, respect and cherish us. Why not? We deserve it!

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As a father of two girls, ages eight and fifteen, I try to give my daughters every tool to broaden their horizons and who better, outside of their mother, to look up to than First Lady Michelle Obama. As soon as I read the intro I downloaded it to their Kindles. After reading a little more, I downloaded it to my mom’s as well as my wife’s tablets. Heck I might as well read it myself. I hope to have found a great resource for continued knowledge and inspiration to the women in my life in the www.blackgirlguide.com line of resources.

“We are all looking for stable, loving, relationships. While there are some women who claim that they love the single life, we are all social beings in an interconnected universe who often crave the love of an understanding and committed partner.  This guide will show you how to use the power of choice to find and choose a man who will love, respect and cherish you.”

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As the first African American First Lady, Michelle Obama is a historical figure,” says Coleman.  “But not only that—she’s smart, sexy, youthful, stylish and so many females of all ages look up to her as a role model.  She is particularly influential among Black girls, who often see themselves in her.

“THE NEXT BIG THING” is designed to raise awareness of our work or work in progress. We do that by answering ten questions about it. We graciously thank the person who nominated us, and tag other authors whose work could very well be THE NEXT BIG THING.

What is the working title of your next book?

Black Girls Guide:  How to Be Like Michelle Obama is our new book, released as an ebook in December 2012 and just released in print this week.

                          
Where did the idea come from for the book?

There are “how to” guides for everything. In fact, “how to” is the most searchable term online. Why not a “how to” publication that is specifically dedicated to Black girls and their self-development?  These tools are important for everyone, particularly for girls who are bombarded with pop   culture that is not always empowering.  That is why we call Black Girls Guide “Mentoring in a Book.”

What genre does your book fall under?

Good question! The Black Girls Guide book series fall under a number of different book genres:  psychology, self-help, personal transformation, self-esteem, success, education, reference, social situations, children’s books, teens and adult non-fiction.

Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?

Since the first book is about Michelle Obama, Kerry Washington could play her or a new, up-and-coming African American actress.

What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

From Michelle Obama’s agenda, style, family, sense of humor and strength, Black Girls Guide:  How to Be Like Michelle Obama is a “how to” guide that explains what makes the first African American First Lady of the United States successful and how readers can be successful, too.

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

Black Girls Guide:  How to Be Like Michelle Obama is published by Sisterhood Agenda Enterprises, LLC.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?

Because the first book of the series is about a living historical figure, it took about 3 months to research and write Black Girls Guide:  How to Be Like Michelle Obama.  There are approximately 50 working titles for the Black Girls Guide series and I am a natural writer.  It will likely take a couple of months to write, edit and publish each title.

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

There are a few books about Michelle Obama and one children’s book that I know of.  Black Girls Guide:  How to Be Like Michelle Obama is different because it targets teens and young women specifically in a way that they can be indirectly mentored by our First Lady by getting to know more about her, her journey and her choices.

Who or what inspired you to write this book?

We need role models in our communities and Michelle Obama has a tremendous influence on the world, particularly Black girls who see themselves in her.

I believe that everyone can share a “how to” experience.  This type of sharing helps us develop our full potential.  In this spirit of sharing and sisterhood, I am inspired to share what I know how to do with Black Girls Guide readers.  One thing that I know how to do is be myself and be like Michelle Obama!

What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?

There are little-known facts about Michelle Obama in the book, but I think that her relationship with her husband would definitely interest readers.  In fact, her marriage is such a powerful image of Black love that it inspired me to write the second book of the series, How to Find & Choose the Right Man, and start African American Matchmaking.

Other Sisterhood Agenda titles that might interest people are A Journey Toward Womanhood and Beautiful. (republished soon).  I include these in my list Best Books for Black Girls:  check out my Author Page and more information at www.blackgirlguide.com!

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Here are the fabulous blogs I’ve tagged to tell you about their Next Big Thing!

http://www.vickimtaylor.blogspot.com

http://www.gilagreenonline.com/

http://jacksmonster.wordpress.com/

http://www.sisterhoodagenda.com

http://www.angeladcoleman.com

http://www.africanamericanmatchmaking.com/

http://www.chroniclesofhlstephens.blogspot.com/

http://www.susanspenceauthor.com/susan-spence-blog.html

http://bullseye-bullying.blogspot.com/

http://www.deborahteramischristian.com/

http://suebursztynski.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/the-next-big-thing-post.html?m=1

http://quillstreetcafe.com/