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1. Demetria Lucas on Getting Her First Book Published

Demetria Lucas' first claim to fame came from her uber-successful blog, A Belle In Brooklyn, which chronicled her dating adventures in New York City a la Sex and the City. After scoring a gig as the relationships editor at Essence, Lucas' friends convinced her to write a book based on her blog. After all, she started her career editing romance novels for Harlequin and BET Books. She ended up not only writing one book, but two, and is currently a life coach and one of the stars of Bravo's reality show Blood, Sweat and Heels. In our latest So What Do You Do interview, Lucas talks about the moment she knew she had to write her first book, titled A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life: I was fortunate to land a spot on Let's Talk About Pep on VH1, which was another story about four black women dating in New York. I realized I had a really big platform and I should do something with it. That's when I pitched my book. Coming from a book editor's background, I knew that you could have a great story, but if you didn't have a platform to sell it on, nobody was going to know about it. Simon & Schuster took it. After the book came out, I was all over social media and started doing my 'Cocktails with Belle' events because I wanted to meet my readers. I wasn't really looking at it as a marketing strategy. For more from Lucas, including her thoughts on being labeled the "black Carrie Bradshaw," read: So What Do You Do, Demetria Lucas, Writer and Reality Show Star?

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2. Ivan Bravo - The Art is in the Details

The Illustrations of Ivan Bravo

The Illustrations of Ivan Bravo

The Illustrations of Ivan Bravo

Barcelona based illustrator Iván Bravo like his viewers to stop, look at and think about his illustrations. His art draws people in - keep his viewers engaged. Playful and full of movement, Iván's lines and colors flow together as they dance across the paper, canvas or wall.

The artists writes about his work, "I like to walk the line between concept and humor."

After you've stopped by his Facebook page to follow his illustration adventures, jump over to Iván Bravo's website to see more of fabulous artwork.


The Illustrations of Ivan Bravo

The Illustrations of Ivan Bravo

The Illustrations of Ivan Bravo

The Illustrations of Ivan Bravo

3. Ypulse Youth Media Movers & Shakers

Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We've culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight... Read the rest of this post

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4. Linked Up: Book Dominoes, Vegans, Ghosts

[Insert witticism here.]

Book Dominoes FTW! [Urlesque]

This week in unnecessarily large versions of unhealthy foods… [Good]

Esquire thinks we can balance the federal budget in 3 days. Good luck with that one, guys. [Esquire]

Type in your own handwriting! [Pilot via GalleyCat]

If you didn’t already know, being vegan is hard. [Gizmodo]

A new blog of short essays. [BOTA]

Former OUPblogger “Johnny” in his Halloween costume… [Bravo TV]

Are you ready to be Super Duper/Epic on Foursquare??? [Mashable]

IKEA gets into the cookbook biz. [Trendland]

“51% of Americans would live with a ghost as long as rent were free, while 27% would share space with a spectre for a 50% reduction in rent.” [USA Today via The Awl]

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5. Ypulse Youth Media Movers & Shakers

Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We've culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight... Read the rest of this post

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6. Ypulse Essentials: Young Turks, 'Yo Gabba Gabba' Tour, Tanning Junkies

Young in Turkey (which describes the majority of Turks. Excellent story and photos from our friends at Global Post. Plus more on India's youth vote and the impact of the Mumbai attacks.) (Washington Post, reg. required) - 'Yo Gabba Gabba' spawns a... Read the rest of this post

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