Just Read: Alex Cross’s Trial (New Tip for Writers)
I just finished the novel Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson. I was expecting a book about Alex Cross being on trial and instead I got a family history of some Cross family members and the trial that the Cross family was involved in. It was a trip. I enjoyed the book, but its very hard for me to read a book that takes place in the 1900′s and details lynchings of African Americans. No matter how much time has passed that is an ugly part of US history. Reading about it 100 years later makes it no more palpable to me. I detest that period in this nation’s history. I, nonetheless, appreciate writers like James Patterson and Guy Johnson who eloquently write tales that take place in this era. At times I’ve learned more from historic novels than an actual history textbook.
New Tip for writers: A lot of people wonder how an author can finish a book so quickly. Well, here’s the tip. Write 10 pages a day. If your book is 300 pages, you’ll be done in 30 days. Can you focus on just 10 pages a day??? The professional writers can.
About the Author
Yasmin Shiraz is the President of Still Eye Rise Films, an independent production company which films educational and thought provoking documentaries that chronicle the lives, traumas and experiences of youth. Her first production, Can She Be Saved?, a documentary that examines violence among middle school girls, was an official selection of the 2009 Roxbury Film Festival and recently won a 2009 Indie Award of Merit from IndieFest.
Yasmin Shiraz is the Award winning Author of Retaliation a novel about a community’s response to youth violence. In 2009, it was selected as one of the top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association. She is the author of The Blueprint for My Girls: How To Build A Life Full of Courage, Determination & Self Love (Simon and Schuster) and five other books. Her best selling “Blueprint” empowerment series is utilized as a self esteem, motivational, and educational tool at middle and high schools, after school programs, non-profit youth centers, as well as Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the country. 
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