It's Our Last Day At This Location!

Soon, Alice Benton's Blog will turn one year old and we're excited! The celebration of an entire year will manifest in a cyber birthday party at our new address at AliceBenton.com. You're invited to join us there for week long celebration with great posts, discussions and giveaways!

I have to say thank you for being with me. You have helped to make this blog fantastic whether you were here from day one or just today. It's been a blast! Please know that I appreciate you and have loved sharing my posts with you.

Well, the show must go on and it will! We will begin sharing posts from AliceBenton.com, starting tomorrow, January 1, 2012. This blog will turn one on Friday, January 6th, at our new location. There will be changes, but I'm ready for them. It is my prayer that we improvement every year.

Stop by and let me know you were there! I'll be looking for you...see you soon!


Link: AliceBenton.com

*Post you may enjoy:

A Prayer For My Readers
AliceBenton.com

We're Moving!

It's true! Alice Benton's Blog will continue, but we are moving to another address. Our new year kicks off with a relocation from here at blog spot to AliceBenton.com. We want you to come visit us there. So, remember to return to us in 2012 on my website. You're invited of course and we want you tell your friends too.

We are starting next year with a week long birthday party! We will be turning one year old on Friday, January 6th and want to celebrate with you. So meet us at our new address on the 1st!


Link: AliceBenton.com

*Posts you may enjoy:

Blog Intentions
January 2012
What's Next?

January 2012

Next month will bring in feelings of new possibilities and I love it! I will not only be thrilled about the new year, but January itself. I'm looking forward to the continued holiday season, which in my family goes until the 6th, as well as wonderfully positive surprises that we haven't found out about yet. 

The first week of January kicks off a one year old birthday celebration for Alice Benton's Blog! In honor of that accomplishment there will be a cyber bash at AliceBenton.com. My blog's official address will change. It's leaving blogspot, but you will be able to continue accessing it at AliceBenton.com We'll have lots of happiness and joy to spread along with some giveaways for members. The blog's official birthday is January 6, but the party will begin before that date. Make sure you check in with us! 

The following weekend, on Saturday, January 14, 2012, there will be a Beauty in Pain book signing in Towson, Maryland. Yippee! The signing will be at Ukazoo Books from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Make sure you stop by and say hello. Get your autographed copy of Beauty in Pain!

As far as the rest of the month, it's a little uncertain. Don't worry because I still expect great things! I'll have some news about my soon to be released novel, Autumns Five Seasons: The Men. It's the first book in a series of three! Plus, there will be many more announcements as we continue along. Regardless, I look forward to spending more time with you. Stay blessed.

*Posts you may enjoy:

An Introduction To Upcoming Novel - Autumn's Five Seasons

My Books - Beauty in Pain & Black Love

December

Surprise!

Blog Intentions

Alice Benton's Blog has in various ways been a blessing to me. I sincerely hope that it has blessed you too. It hasn't even been a full year and so much has changed. We have come a long way! Its been a journey.

This blog will turn one year old on Friday, January 6th, 2012! I'm excited about our birthday! Being older and wiser there is an expectation of improvement. I intend to do just that. Here are a few changes that will occur when our birthday arrives listed below:

1. Alice Benton's Blog is moving! The birthday party begins in our new home at AliceBenton.com. 
2. Posts will be more regulated.
3. There will be more photos used.

It is my intention to enhance the reader experience. In order to find Alice Benton's Blog, you'll simply have to go to AliceBenton.com and click the blog link. If you read it on my Facebook Page or through following @alicebenton on twitter, you'll still be able to find it there. 

My 2012 blog intentions are simple...do way better than last year!

*Posts you may enjoy:

A Month Before Christmas

Change Can Be Good

Expectations

December

As the month of December begins, I have been reflecting on this year. It's been a good one. It has certainly had some challenges, but I can't complain. I have accomplished a great deal within 2011. I started this blog and my website, AliceBenton.com. I also published my first novel, Beauty in Pain and wrote a second soon to be released novel, Autumn's Five Seasons: The Men; to name a few.

For you, December holds the last NYU Free Writing Class in the series that started in September. So, mark your calendar. It's also time for the Charity: Water Charity: Ball here in New York City. I can't wait and you won't want to miss it. And, the holiday season is already in full swing. Happy holidays to you all!

This month will add closure to some things. It is also ushering in a new day year. I'm looking forward to venturing into new areas in 2012. The anticipation alone has an overwhelming feel to it. I'm going to embrace December and all it has to offer because soon it will be gone.


*Posts you may enjoy:

NYU Free Writing Classes
Reasons To Love Beauty in Pain
Serve Humanity Through Charity Water

On The Rise Magazine & Me!

I, Alice Benton, am being featured in an online publication called On The Rise Magazine.  Please take a look.  The piece is entitled She Has a Way With Words: Poetress Alice Benton.  April has been showering many wonderful things.  I cannot wait until next month to enjoy the fragrant flowers of May.


*Posts you may enjoy are Alice Benton's Blog Reader Appreciation, VDAY Santa Monica 2011 and Zazoo's World & Me!

VDAY Santa Monica 2011

Alice Benton's Blog and Black Love are a proud sponsor of VDAY Santa Monica 2011!  VDAY is an organized statement against violence towards women, as it says in their Mission Statement.  Each year VDAY focuses on a specific group of women to broaden awareness.  This years focus is on women and girls in Haiti.

There will be a two day phenomenal event takes place on March 25 - 26, 2011.  Friday night are the V Men Monologues which will include Dylan McDermott, as well as many others.  Saturday evening will consist of the Vagina Monologues and the Red Carpet After Party.

For more information about VDAY Santa Monica 2011 visit www.vdaysantamonica.com.

Social Media Place's to Find Alice

While I also would like you to always visit me here on Alice Benton's Blog, I can be found other places as well.  They are the following:


Facebook Fan Page - Search for Alice V Benton, Writer and Author to "like" my page.

Twitter - Follow @AliceBenton

Myspace - Friend me at Myspace.com/Author of Black Love


Also, my website is coming soon - alicebenton.com


* Posts you may enjoy are Old Fashion Social Networking, Pages on Alice Benton's Blog, and Social Networking.

Alice Benton's Blog Reader Appreciation

Today, I wanted to share with you how rewarding writing can be to a writer.  Many of my blog readers have blessed me with behind the scenes emails about how Alice Benton's Blog has affected them.  I love knowing that I have helped or inspired some of you.  You are appreciated too.  

Below, is an email that truly touched my heart.  It was in response to the God is in Control post.  I have shortened it, as well as edited it for privacy.  It read:

Alice,

I read your blog and was moved by the spirit of God which flowed in its words.  God is so good and confirms His word using some of the most unlikely ways to show Himself.  Today, He used you. 

Reading your blog reminded me that no matter what my plans may be, God is the one who is in control.  He set my path a long time ago and to its end I must follow His will.

Please honor me by considering me your friend, one concerned for you and your families well being.  Someone pleased to see our God working so strongly in your life.  I will keep you in my prayers as I pray you do the same for me.

*Posts you may enjoy are Beethoven - Love Letters of Great Men,  Life Learner and One Mother's Letter to Her Children.

Tsunami 2011

Alice Benton's Blog sends out prayers to all those affected by the tsunami.  God bless you all!

New Page Added - Next from Alice

Alice Benton's Blog has added a new page entitled, Next from Alice! This page is the go to place to find out about upcoming projects from Alice Benton.  Keep in mind it will change from time-to-time as progress is made, so please continue to check it.

You're invited to take a look and see what the future holds, thus far. Click the link called Next for Alice, located at the top of the blog.

Technical Difficulties

I'm sorry, but Alice Benton's Blog was experiencing some technical difficulties.  This temporary problem seems to have altered the last post, Young Standards in Relationships.  The last paragraph was left out of the post.  It should have appeared before the questions.  I will post that part separate and I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

On the Check-List!

On the Check-List! is a site that acts as a guide for what's going on in the world.  If you want to know something, check the list first, as it says on the website.  If you're interested in checking them out visit http://www.onthecheck-list.com/.

FYI, they have named Alice Benton's Blog as a site they love!

Pages on Alice Benton's Blog

Take a minute to view the additional pages on Alice Benton's Blog listed below:

1) Black Love: A Book of Poetry & Love

2) Beauty in Pain - 2011 Upcoming Novel

3) Fitness Challenge - February 1 - March 2, 2011

4) Next from Alice

The first two pages are named after books and are a great place to learn more about them.  You can also learn more information by clicking on the Black Love or Beauty in Pain links in the label section.  The third page is follows the blog fitness challenge and the fourth is dedicated to Alice Benton's upcoming projects.  You are invited to visit all four pages!


*You may also want to view Social Media Places to Find Alice or the Blog Home Page

Comments Update

I have been receiving complaints about the comment box.  I looked into to it and believe the problem has been solved.  Please feel free to leave comments.  I look forward to hearing them.  Hopefully, this will be the beginning of interesting conversation and comments. 

Alice Benton's Blog is sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

New Page Added!

A new page was added!  Beauty in Pain has its very own page on Alice Benton's Blog!  Check it out by locating the Beauty in Pain - 2011 Upcoming Novel  link at the top of page.

Profile Update

I have updated my profile page. I've added an email under contact and my charity water URL. You're welcome to stop by and view the additions.

New Page Added!

Please be sure to check out the new Black Love page added to Alice Benton's Blog.  To view it, simply locate the Black Love: A Book of Poetry & Love link at the top of the blog.

Sharing Alice Benton's Blog

Take a moment to read the blog. If you like what you see, share it with others. Make comments and lets talk. Communication like love make the world, as well as this blog. Also, don't forget to click follow. The link is listed below.

http://www.alicebentonsblog.blogspot.com

Alice Benton's Blog!

Hello, this is my first official blog post! I'm excited about it because I know that it's just the beginning of something wonderful. Who knows where it will take us. I'll talk about things I've written and topics that surround them, but lets not limit ourselves to that. Please read, enjoy, comment and share with your friends.