Behind The Book: Carmen Denise Davenport

The best place to start when discussing Carmen is with her name. Let me first say that there is no significance or meaning behind her middle name (Denise) or her last name (Davenport). Those names were just chosen randomly when I started writing the first book. For her first name, I chose the name “Carmen,” [...]

Behind the Book: Brookstone, New York

 The fictional Brookstone, New York is the main setting of The Diamond Collection. Other minor settings are San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dallas, Texas, and the fictional Copperton City, Georgia, which will be introduced in The Ace of Diamonds. When I first started writing Diamonds in the Rough, I knew that I wanted the main characters to [...]

The Vogue Archive: “Clown”

So I was listening to some of Frank Ocean’s music on YouTube and I thought about how it felt to write a brutally honest song. I haven’t done it in a while, but I remembered a song I wrote in college, which I felt fit into the category of being brutally honest. I’m not speaking [...]

Muchas Gracias

Yesterday at work, I tried to get my co-workers in the Thanksgiving spirit by suggesting that we all go around the room and say what we’re thankful for. Not saying that they aren’t in the “Thanksgiving spirit,” but they found the idea to be rather- corny, lol. Well, here’s a few of the things that I’m thankful [...]

Hot Spot: Rosetta’s Live Music and Comedy, Rock Hill, SC

During the week, we are consumed with so much (work, errands, etc.) that by the time the weekend comes, we are looking for a way to relieve ourselves of our hectic schedules and everyday life, period. Well, the relief now comes in the form of a new local club and sports bar, Rosetta’s Live Music [...]

Check me out on WordSexy Radio- 02.14!

  WordSexy Radio is Here! Talk live with author Redsnapper on Blogtalkradio Monday, February 14, 2011 8:00 PM (CST) 9:00 PM (EST) at (347) 215-8539. Special Guest on this upcoming show will be Author Vogue, Author of the Novel: “Diamonds in the Rough” She will be discussing her upcoming events as well as her new upcoming projects. …

And the list goes on…

Love Heist by Jackie D.- PURCHASED!!!!!!!! A Moth To A Flame by Ashley Antoinette The Prada Plan 2: Leah’s Story by Ashley Antoinette The Mind & Soul of Tiffani Real by Tiffani Real-PURCHASED!!!! A Diamond in the Rough by Jacqueline McDuffie-PURCHASED!!!! The Dirty Divorce by Miss KP Angelique Leveled Mind Confused Heart Onyx and Eggshell by [...]

Final Tour Stop:

So this is my final stop on my Virtual Book Tour. WHOO HOO! It feels good to say I completed one! This was one of my first marketing strategies as a published author. http://cindy-vine.blogspot.com/2010/08/introducing-vogue.html

Absence of Posts

Just wanted to drop a quick note on the reason why I have been absent from the blog. I might have done this already, but can’t remember. For about three weeks, I was working two full-time jobs to try and help support my book as well as me. It didn’t leave much time for blogging or [...]

A Diamond Affair

Author Vogue hosts “A Diamond Affair” Book Release Dinner Party Fort Mill, SC-July 21, 2010- First-time author, Vogue, will host, “A Diamond Affair,” a book release dinner party and signing from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Captain Steve’s Family Seafood Restaurant at 1975 Hwy 21 Bypass in Fort Mill, [...]

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