I received quite a surprise when I logged onto my webmail account and found hundreds of Mailer Daemon emails waiting for me. Someone has collected my email address and has been using it since yesterday to spam countless number of people. If you are one of the people who received spam from my address, I apologize. I have alerted my webhost to this problem and will be looking into reporting this theft to the appropriate authorities, whatever that agency may be.

I will keep you updated about this situation because email identity theft has become a widespread problem.

Kind regards,
Deborah Woehr

I apologize for the hiccup that occurred last night. After consulting with my webhost, I learned that it was caused by a mod_security malfunction. That has since been fixed. The bad news is that I had to manually upgrade to the latest version of WordPress, which means that the backup of all the articles and book excerpts is useless. Fortunately, I can read the text file from the backup. Reposting everything will take some time. So, if you have submitted a book excerpt and no longer find it listed, don’t panic. I’ll get it reposted soon.

Kind regards,
Deborah Woehr, Editor
The Writers Buzz

Girls Most Likely chronicles the lives of four African American women from the fifth grade to their 30th high school reunion. This book had me hooked from the first page, which doesn’t happen with me as much anymore. It starts off with Vaughn, who is rescued from the class bully by popular Irene Keller. Through Vaughn, we learn how their relationships solidify through their individual problems. Vaughn’s story ends the day they graduate high school. Irene’s (”Reenie”) story picks up right after high school and takes us through her unwanted pregnancy and a disastrous marriage. Su’s story begins after Reenie dumps her ex-husband for good. She is tries to come to terms with her parents’ mistakes and a betrayal with one of her friends. Finally, we have Audrey, who is determined to succeed at all costs. Her voice is the strongest of all the narrators. However, I enjoyed reading about each of these women and how they overcame the obstacles in their lives. I got a good sense of what it was like to grow up, go to college, and enter the workforce as a female African American. Sheila Williams pulled this off very well. Her writing style is vibrant and will have you laughing out loud at times. Highly recommended.