Update-Lyte as a Rock

I can't get over how fast time is flying. I've been working on getting the August issue of BackList together. I think it is going to be great--a hodgepodge as usual, but a great hodgepodge!

Anywho, I got my copy of Is Bill Cosby Right. I've placed it on the top of my reading pile, which I might say hasn't changed since I've moved. I am ashamed to say that I have only read two books since I've been here. And can I tell you that I am not that sharp as a result? Oui. I need to get back into the swing of things. I need words in my life!

Did you know that MC Lyte has written a book? Yeah, I didn't either. I got an email that she is doing a book-signing in BK. I was never a big Lyte fan, Salt-n-Pepa were my girls, but I have mad respect for Lyte. So the book is entitled, JUST MY TAKE, and I couldn't find it on Amazon. In fact finding info on it wasn't easy. So I had to go to my trusty information source on hip hop news, Allhiphop.com. It is a book of poetry and inspiration aimed at teens.

Now from a publishing viewpoint, I wonder if this is the book I would have wanted from MC Lyte. Granted Jada Pinckett Smith is doing well with her inspirational title, but I am not sure I would have suggested to Lyte to write one. I was thinking something along the lines of a woman in hip-hop memoir. Or are folks not checking for Lyte in that manner anymore? I don't know. But I guess that is the beauty of self-publishing, you can write whatever you want.