{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"A Lesson In Finishing Your Damn Book with Beverly Jenkins","description":"Beverly Jenkins never planned to be an Author. Growing up during the Civil Rights Movement, her mother passed along a love of books and history and she decided to become a librarian. In this episode, she talks about the journey from first-time author to becoming the primer writer of historical Black fiction in the United States with 49 books in an industry that rejected her. Beverly also shares intimate moments of her past, her process, and why she\u2019s rooting for women writers to get off the sidelines and just &quot;publish your damn book\u201d.  TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:   Beverly didn\u2019t plan on being an author.  Beverly\u2019s mother passed along her love of history and reading to her at a very young age.  Black history was very important to Beverly\u2019s great grandfather on her Mother\u2019s side which can now be seen in her books.  During Beverly\u2019s childhood, libraries were still segregated. African American authors were never shelved in with the rest of the collection.  When Beverly first started writing, Black characters were not prevalent in romance or history stories. There was also no place to get published as a Black author in these genres until the 1990s.  Plotters vs. Pantsers  Beverly\u2019s writing process  The point that Beverly knew she could write.  How and why she started her first book.  Beverly has written 49 books in her lifetime, typically in the Historical Romance genre.  What is a sweet romance?  How Beverly handled the rejections she faced in the publishing industry.  How Beverly found her editor.  How the portrayal of strong and determined Black women has changed in the model in the romance genre.  Black women\u2019s three gifts and how Beverly highlights these in her heroines.  Beverly\u2019s newest book Wild Rain and why her character came to be.  Beverly\u2019s new Women Who Dare series.  How Beverly views feminine leadership. If you have the writing bug, it\u2019s not going anywhere. It\u2019s up to you to decide that you\u2019re strong enough and brave enough to pursue your dream.  ","author_name":"Voice Lessons Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.voicelessonspodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19528970\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/147721494"}