Eboni Snoe

07/13/21 • 51 min

Eboni Snoe is the best-selling author of seventeen books. In this episode, we discuss her experiences publishing her first romance novel A Shiek’s Spell with Odyssey Books in 1992 as well as her experiences publishing with Arabesque and Avon Book. We deep dive into her novels Beguiled, Tell Me I'm Dreamin’, her forthcoming autobiography The Altar, and her publishing company Beyond Maya Press.

Eboni Snoe’s Facebook: Eboni Snoe: The Life, Books, and Times

https://www.facebook.com/ebonisnoe/?ref=page_internal

Beyond Maya Press: https://beyondmayapress.com/about.html

A Shiek’s Spell: https://www.amazon.com/Sheiks-Spell-Eboni-Snoe-ebook/dp/B00G1Y8H9A/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Beguiled: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GFW6Z9M/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6

Tell Me I'm Dreamin’: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AXY3GNG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

Eboni Snoe’s Facebook: Eboni Snoe: The Life, Books, and Times

https://www.facebook.com/ebonisnoe/?ref=page_internal

Beyond Maya Press: https://beyondmayapress.com/about.html

A Shiek’s Spell: https://www.amazon.com/Sheiks-Spell-Eboni-Snoe-ebook/dp/B00G1Y8H9A/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Beguiled: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GFW6Z9M/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6

Tell Me I'm Dreamin’: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AXY3GNG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

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Celeste Norfleet

Celeste Norfleet, a best-selling writer of over twenty-five novels, joins me this week. We talk about her 2002 debut novel Priceless Gift and its curious ending, which became the inspiration for the novels in her well-loved Mama Lou Matchmaker Series. She recounts her experiences at the beginning of her career and the supportive environment of Romance Slam Jam among her well-known sister writers and readers. We also discuss her current release One Night in Georgia, which tells the story of three friends on a road trip in 1968 from New York to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Celeste Norfleet’s books have gained critical acclaim and stellar reviews, including nominations for The Rose Award, the Romantic Times Book Review’s Reviewers Choice Award, the RT Book Review’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and numerous Romance Slam Jam Emma Award nominations.

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Creator and Producer of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

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Celeste Norfleet’s website: https://celesteonorfleet.com/e-books/

Priceless Gift: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005Y57900/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3

Mama Lou Matchmaker Series: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XXBX6LJ?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType=ebooks

One Night in Georgia: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G14MH1D/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

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Veronica Mixon

Veronica Mixon, my guest today, was an editor at Doubleday for fourteen years from 1974 to 1988. She was hired as assistant to an editor of Romance and Science fiction novels and then promoted to editor when her boss left the press. She recounts her experiences during these years: creating Doubleday’s Starlight Romances, working with many writers, including Barbara Stephens, Millie Ragosta, and Rochelle Alers, building relationships with other Black editors at the time like Marie Brown at Anchor and Vivian Stephens at Dell. And in an unexpected turn of conversation, she talks about working with Octavia Butler on an article for Essence magazine and advocating with the editor for higher pay for Butler’s books.