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Play on, Player
Harlow and Kyle’s love story THE PLAYER is up for release along with another interracial romance titled HUI. I’d recreated several covers for The Player, and decided to use this one:
Here are the other covers (I’m still planning on using them for promos):
This post is in development, but when I get the chance tonight I’ll post a riveting excerpt. There are two new couples who are introduced in this book. One couple’s story has already been released (Torii and Ethan from At Last) The other couple is Adam and Eva. Adam is a Veterinarian, and Eva is a veteran of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s all I’ll say for now.
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Wheelchair Sex
AT LAST is out today on Amazon.com
At Last excerpt:
“Wheelchair sex?”
It was a simple enough request. He wanted to know A) Had she ever done it that way before, and B) Whether it was a good place to start so that she knew what their love life would consist of.
“I’m guessing that’s a ‘no’ by your response,” he said, which was fine, cos he liked the idea of introducing her to it.
Just to show him that she was down for anything, she asked, “So what do I have to do? Sit on your lap? Which way do you want me, facing you or from the back?”
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Release weekend is here!
I’ve got three books coming out this weekend (Whew! Yes, I was shooting for Valentine’s day – as per my ad on Dear Author, but with a three day weekend, I want one more edit to make certain that what I release is truly ready for prime time).
I had three goals for all three books. That is, to immerse the reader in the world of ballet for the ebook HUI, and the same goes for US football in the ebook The Player. Ditto for At Last, where readers get some heavy duty info on a paraplegic male’s search for a serious romantic relationship.
All three books have romance at their core, or I should say an interracial romance. And for two of them, the lead female characters are over thirty-five.
Yes, the wait is almost over.
In other news, when I ran across this company I was so excited! I have no idea how I missed their PR last year, but I’m definitely gonna purchase their lingerie for me and mine. What a great idea, and it fills a serious need for women of color. The models are gorgeous!
Article on Nubian skin: http://www.thelingerieaddict.com/2014/10/introducing-nubian-skin-nude-lingerie-hosiery-women-color.html
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Dance Trailblazers
Imani Fairchild is a fictitious character, however in light of this being black history month I wanted to list a few of the real life minority trailblazers in the field of ballet. Most people know the name Alvin Ailey and Arthur Mitchell, but how many know the names of the ballerinas of black and Native American and also hispanic heritage that graced stages of the world during the 30s,40s,50s and 60s?
Katherine Dunham, Janet Collins, Maria Tallchief, Lauren Anderson, Raven Wilkinson . . . and many more.
Katherine Dunham – dancer, choreographer and anthropologist. Dunham started her own ballet company in the 1930s.
Katherine Dunham also appeared in several films: Carnaval of Rythms (1939), including Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), Stormy Weather (1943), Casbah (1948), Botta e Risposta 1950 Italy – Musica en la Noche 1955 Mexico – Liebes Sender (1954) Germany – Mambo, (1954), Italy – Karaibishe Rythmen (1960) Vienna. She also choreographed, without appearing: Pardon my Sarong, 1942, USA- Green Mansion, 1958, USA – The Bible, 1964 (by John Houston, shot in Rome). In 1962 Katherine Dunham and her company appeared in Bamboche, the three-act revue that first introduced to America the dancers of Morocco, who appeared with the consent of King Hassan II.
Dunham choreographed Aida in 1963 at the Met, and continued to secure her place in artistic history by becoming the first African American to choreograph for the Metropolitan Opera.
Link: http://kdcah.org/katherine-dunham-biography/
Link to photo: http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/page/29
Janet Collins, the first African American dancer to join the Metropolitan Opera Company (1950):
Raven Wilkinson:
Wilkinson, born in 1935, became the first African American woman ever hired as a permanent member of a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo of New York City. She was promoted to soloist during her second season with the troupe, and remained with the company for six years. – See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/wilkinson-anne-raven-1935#sthash.PDpTI543.dpuf
Wilkinson’s acceptance came with one condition; she had to pretend she was white in order to perform in the segregated South. Two years into her career, at an Atlanta hotel, Wilkinson decided she wouldn’t outright deny her race when asked if she was colored by the hotel owner. Following that incident her dancing was limited within the company and after several years of enduring the cruelty she left the company. Wilkinson eventually went to Holland, where she danced as a soloist with the Dutch National Ballet.
Link: http://rollingout.com/culture/black-swan-the-5-most-influential-black-ballerinas/
Maria Tallchief was considered America’s first major prima ballerina, and was the first Native American to hold the rank.
For more on Maria Tallchief, click this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Tallchief
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Ballerina Girl
She’s worked all her young life for this moment.
Photo credits TBA
Edited photo of Ty King-Wall and Lana Jones in Swan Lake, Black Swan Pas de Deux. Photo Jessica Bialek
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Mystery Men
This is a test GIF for one of the main male characters from FURIES and also NIGHTSTALKERS:
Another test GIF for a NIGHTSTALKERS crew member:
This post is still being developed