Forster Sentinel - Summer 2004

Greetings Friends,


So much is going on these days that I decided I'd better let my readers know what's happening. To begin with, I've just returned from BOOK EXPO AMERICA in Chicago, where I signed books for two of my publishers –Kensington/Dafina Books and BET Books. At the Thursday night Black Book Sellers reception, I signed galleys of LAST CHANCE AT LOVE, my next Arabesque romance, which will be published in August of this year. I always enjoy that signing, because I get to meet so many of the booksellers I've known and signed for over the years, and
of course I make new friends among them.  Friday morning, I signed LAST CHANCE AT LOVE at the BET Booth. That
booth was a magnet for book lovers, and you'd have thought a cyclone blew those books off the table.

Friday afternoon, I singed the trade edition of BLUES FROM DOWN DEEP, my second mainstream novel for Kensington Publishing Corp/Dafina Books. I got loss in that mammoth place and when I got to the Kensington Booth, a line of readers and bookseller was waiting for me. I also renewed acquaintances with some wonderful old friends in the writing community. I'm already looking forward to next years BEA in New York City.

By the way, Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker, introducing his new book, MY LIFE, which comes out this month. He said his first signing will be at Hue Man Experience in Harlem, New York City, ( June 22) where his office is. The man has enough charisma for a dozen people.

I suppose most of you have heard raves about Romance Slam Jam 2004 in New York. It was indeed a smash in every sense, and I am proud to have co-chaired and co-organized that wonderful event with Donna Hill. Next March the Slam Jam will be back home in Dallas. For information, call 1-800-272-5027.

Advance reviews say that my next mainstream novel, IF YOU WALKED IN MY SHOES, is way above anything I've done previously. In it, each of two women, one who needs forgiveness and one who seeks vengeance,
eventually says to the other: "What right have you to judge me? If you had walked in my shoes, then you could accuse me." I hope you enjoy it. It's due out December 2004."

I've signed contracts with BET to complete the trilogy that I began with the three Harrington men in ONCE IN A LIFETIME. Russ Harrington's story, AFTER THE LOVING, will be released in February 2005, and I am now writing Love Me or Leave Me, Drake Harrington's story. The latter is the anchor book for BET's 2005 summer series in which each of four books written by four different authors revolves around a port of call.

My next mainstream novel, WHATEVER IT TAKES, for Kensington/Dafina is due out late in 2005. It's the story of woman who hesitates at nothing in order to get what she wants. Does she pay the piper? If so, how?

On August 7, 2004 BET Books is sponsoring a book signing and party for my next romance, LAST CHANCE AT LOVE, in Idlewild, Michigan, where much of the story takes place. The party is a part of Idlewild Week Celebration and it is hosted by the Idlewild African American Chamber of Commerce. Be there that Saturday afternoon from 2 pm to 5
pm at Morton's Motel. I'll post information on the remainder of the Last Chance At Love tour as the dates approach.

It's been three years since I had a vacation, and I am hoping to get one the latter part of September 2004. Before I go, I will be joining with three other authors (Donna Hill, Sandra Kitt and Deirdre Savoy) in a celebration of romance novels, and of the BET 2004 summer series in particular at Hue Man Experience Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglas
Boulevard in (Harlem) New York City on September 18, 3-5 pm. And I'll be back from vacation in time to participate in the Atlantic Book Post literary event in New Orleans, 16-17 October of this year.

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Warmest regards, Gwynne

Gwynne Forster
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