• Contemporary Romance,  E books

    School of Thought

    My prayers are with the grieving families in Paris, and the nation of France as that country deals with another senseless act of terror.

    Listening to: “You’re Been My Inspiration” by The Main Ingredient featuring the late, great Donnie McPherson.  Donnie’s sweet, clear voice graced hits like “Spinning Around” “You’ve Been My Inspiration” and “I’m so Proud.” Most people know The Main Ingredient by their later hits, like “Everybody Plays the Fool” with Cuba Gooding as their lead singer.

    The Main Ingredient original members, from left to right: Luther Simmons, Jr, Donnie McPherson, Tony Silvester

     

     

    For me, TMI will always be at their best during their hits featuring Donnie M. Please take a moment to listen:

       

     

    Sometimes when I work on a novel an idea for a new story will pop into my head. I try to table any new book ideas until I release the others in line, but there are instances when the “voice” of a character or a story line comes flooding into my thoughts so strongly, that I have to write the info down right there and then.

    So while HUI will be released shortly, I’ll also have other novels on sale that I’ve completed.

     

    Imani Fairchild as the black swan, in the ballet Swan Lake
    Imani Fairchild as the black swan, Odile, from the classic ballet Swan Lake – edited stock photo

     

     

    Upcoming novella couple:

     

     

    Interracial lovers - Low resolution pic
    Interracial lovers – Low resolution pic

     

     

    NIM nature portrait watermarked
    Double exposure portrait of NIM
  • Adult Novellas,  Contemporary Romance,  E books

    La Femme Lupita

    Looking fierce and fabulous, Ms. Lupita Nyong’o

    Lupita is the cover girl for Vogue Magazine this month
    Lupita Nyong’o was the cover girl for Vogue Magazine last month

     

     

    A brief pictorial bio on Imani Fairchild, ballerina.

     

    Imani Fairchild lives her dream
    Imani Fairchild lives her dream, performing the lead in Swan Lake – edited stock photo

     

     

    Practice, practice, practice:

     

    Imani during ballet class – edited stock photo

     

     

    Imani as the Black Swan from Swan Lake
  • Contemporary Romance,  E books,  Excerpts

    The Dinner Date

     

     

    HUI
    A beautiful partnership – Imani and HUI

     

     

    “In Korea and China we have baby mice wine. It’s a cure for everything. You got asthma? Drink some baby mice wine. Bones ache? Nothing like baby mice wine.” The horrified WTF look on Imani’s face only egged him on. “We drown newborn mice in rice wine and it takes 12 to 14 months to ferment. Then it’s safe to drink.”

    “How are dead mice ever safe to drink?”

    He countered with, “Ah, but you Americans drink Tequila and swallow a worm.”

    “Uh, sure. But I still think you’re punking me. I don’t think there’s any such thing as baby mice wine.”

    “It’s true. Look it up on your phone, look it up on the Google.”

    “I’m gonna do just that. You better not be messing with me.”

    “Or what?” he challenged.

    She pinched a crouton from her salad in order to throw it at him, but changed her mind after he kept laughing at her. No, she needed something else. Maybe a chickpea or a baby tomato bonking him right on the forehead would work.

  • Adult Novella,  Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Hui and Imani

    I’m going to keep this short, since it’s all about Hui and Imani right now, as I’m focused on the marketing (ads and book trailer) prior to the release of this novel.

     

     

    The love affair between an African American ballerina and a North Korean ballet star is chronicled in the ebook HUI

     

     

     

    Le Jong Hui and Imani Fairchild, from the interracial romance set in the world of ballet, HUI
  • Adult Fantasy,  Adult Novella,  Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Intergalactic Planetary Lovers

    Let me first start out by saying how disappointed I am with the new TV season. Specifically, the way black female leads on shows like Sleepy Hollow, Vampire Diaries and Minority Report are getting short changed.

     

    Sleepyhollow on FOX
    The way we were. Argggh!!! Damn, this used to be my must-see-TV show.

     

    I’d really hoped that Sleepy Hollow would get back on track with Abby and Crane, but no. So while I love me some Lance Gross, even his addition can’t help the show now.

    With season two destroying the story line from season one (and thereby ensuring the show’s demise), Sleepy Hollow has devolved into the leads battling a “monster of the week” with no real center. On Vampire Diaries Bonnie is a witch with no real powers and the writers still can’t seem to figure out who to pair her with romantically. Minority Report? Again, while there is a black female lead on the show, unlike her male counterpart in the movie Minority Report, Vega has no family, no real backstory, and soon the show may have no viewers.

    I’m still watching these shows, but as their ratings continue to drop, I don’t see any of them staying on the air.
    I won’t even get into Heroes Reborn killing off The Haitian (a fave character of mine, and a very bad move imho on the show’s part). And while I do still watch Empire . . . I think I better stop right there.

    So, in short,  two new characters of mine were borne out of frustration. Asian American Thomas Nomad and my badass female lead, NIM. Breaking the rules of engagement regarding otherworldly beings, Thomas and NIM’s relationship is sexy, SEXUAL and fluid 🙂

     

    Intergalactic Planetary Nomad copy
    Featured: Space cowboy and earth detective Thomas Nomad. NIM, intergalactic bounty hunter

     

  • Adult Novella,  Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Dirty Dancing

    This is another post I’ll need to come back to, but in the meantime here are more edited photos I’ve worked on to promote my ebooks:

     

    Sexy dancer – Imani Fairchild does an edgy photo shoot, from the ebook HUI

     

     

     

    I love westerns, and I’m working on one featuring a strong African American heroine in the lawless west

     

     

     

    Nu Ivy League promo copy1AB edited copy
    Brandon Jefferson Wingate loves Kenya Paul, in the ebook IVY LEAGUE

     

     

     

     

    One more edited photo for my WSC Romance Gallery
    One more edited photo for my WSC Romance Image Gallery

     

     

    To be continued:

  • Adult Novella,  Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Dirty Dancing

    This is another post I’ll need to come back to, but in the meantime here are more edited photos I’ve worked on to promote my ebooks:

     

    Sexy dancer – Imani Fairchild does an edgy photo shoot, from the ebook HUI

     

     

     

    I love westerns, and I’m working on one featuring a strong African American heroine in the lawless west

     

     

     

    Nu Ivy League promo copy1AB edited copy
    Brandon Jefferson Wingate loves Kenya Paul, in the ebook IVY LEAGUE

     

     

     

     

    One more edited photo for my WSC Romance Gallery
    One more edited photo for my WSC Romance Image Gallery

     

     

    To be continued: