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Love SEXY
I’m focused and working on getting HUI out, so I don’t have too much to add from my last post.
Harrison and Mariah in the parlor:
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HUI news and character/cover updates
I’d decided to hold off releasing HUI because there were some things I wanted to work on, for example the deep cultural belief of Han and Jeong. I did a lot of research for this book, but I’m mindful that the love story has to progress without being bogged down. Still, there are some things that are vital to the Korean culture that can’t be glossed over.
I only hope I’ve struck enough of a balance for you, the reader.
I also decided to change the cover for the New Adult book TWENTY before 20. Here’s the new cover:
I made another change, this time with the character of Genysis from the scifi ebook Miss Brighton’s School for Exceptional Young Ladies, so the character on the cover will also change:
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Shall We Dance? And Wikkid Witches
My sincere apologies for the week long silence. HUI should be out any day now for those readers wondering when Le Jong Hui and Imani Fairchild’s tale will be told.
HUI – an interracial romance set in the world of ballet
Wikkid Witches
I’ve written a couple of books that feature teen witches (Damalia from RAZHER, Malia Toussaint from Boys ‘n Love and Magic). So once another story came to be, I figured it would be the perfect vehicle to introduce a trio of sexy, adult African American witches who reside in the present time period.
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Imani and Hui are coming!!
Now on sale (on Amazon.com):
Click the promo to be redirected to The Player on Amazon or click here to be redirected: http://amzn.com/B00VEEJ00W
The link for At Last can be found here: http://amzn.com/B00TVTOXM2
Imani and Hui are up next:
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March Madness!!
March Madness is back, and its not just on the basketball court.
Stay tuned to this spot, where I’ll announce which books will be on sale this month.
First though, let me thank all the readers who took the time to purchase and read AT LAST, the interracial love story of a paraplegic male and an older black female. In keeping with the theme of diversity, HUI, the interracial romance set in the world of ballet will be released shortly, as well as The Player.
Already released:
“I could go down on you forever” – Ethan, from the erotic romance At Last
** Proceeds from my novels are used to purchase FILM Equipment. Now is the time for minority writers to become screenwriters, and to be the change we want to see. **
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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