When I became frustrated at the lack of stock photos featuring romantic interracial couples, I decided to create my own. Now I have a fair number of edited photos so I’m putting up a gallery on this site. I’ll be adding a sidebar that will be titled WSC Romance Image Gallery
Short story book cover for my new interracial romance
Brandon Jefferson Wingate and Kenya Paul, from the upcoming political interracial romance IVY LEAGUE
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I worked on another promo for the book HUI (pronounced Hway)
My apologies for the watermark.
I’m readying up The Player for release, and there are characters from other books who make an appearance in the story line. Also, the thing that took so long with that novel, is that its not just the two leads but also Ozzy, the ex husband.
His story needed to be explored, because I didn’t want it to be the typical evil ex tale. Rappers need love too.
I’ll be back to link this GIF to a short excerpt. Unfortunately, recent events have convinced me to make a change on the length of free excerpts.
Here’s a brief teaser of HUI:
First position . . .
Hui stood there, still and imposing, like one of the many large billboards with his likeness promoting the dance company. In a repeat of the countless hours they’d practiced together his arm was outstretched and his hand was elegantly positioned, urging her to grasp it. Instead of his usual attire of a tee shirt and black practice tights, he was completely naked.
A teaser for an upcoming book. The title’s pronunciation is “Hway” :
I’ll link an excerpt to the GIF of Hui 慧 shortly, but I’ve got a new promo that will be up on Dear Author next month.
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Andre Santana gets his own ebook:
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Andre Santana gets his own ebook
Because Andre Santana is a recurring character in several other books (he’s in Razher and Confessions of a Shapeshifter. He’s also got a cameo in Razher, Rise of the Gargoyles) I’d always planned to have a spin off book for Andre AKA Dre AKA Cadaver Dawg, and now I’ve completed the cover.
Some other books featuring males:
YA contemporary featuring Trayvon Wilfredo Lima, a hearing impaired teen who finds love.
New Adult scifi HAZE
We’ve narrowed the title down for the sequel to RAZHER. So far, Razher Rise of the Gargoyles got the most votes.
Razher II Rise of the Gargoyles
Chaos and Ram are twins. Karnage is the oldest brother, while Havoc is the youngest. Following up on the betrayal in the first novel RAZHER, the Gargoyles and their mythology play a major part in the sequel.
Karnage Xian, from the ebook RAZHER, Rise of the Gargoyles
I hope to have an excerpt up this week. The Stone Boy will be released this week. A short excerpt can be read here, and there’s a longer sneak peek version on Amazon, which includes an excerpt of the paranormal romance FURIES Continue reading
Nevaeh and Josh from HEAVEN, and Derek and Nicole from the soon to be released The Stone Boy have their stories continued in the adult novella MAKE ME YOURS.
The teens appear as college students who bond with the recently divorced lead female character who returns to school in order to earn her degree.
Make Me Yours
Working on: Editing, and book trailers for The Stone Boy, Valkyrie Jones and QUEENSREALM.
What up next for WSC Books?
Love Stories Three
A trio of stories about diverse couples. You can get a head start by clicking here to read the excerpts.
Also, RAZHER will be a free download Thursday and Friday (July 25th and July 26th)
Read all about the African American/Maori she-wolf as she goes on the run with
A big reason why I like self-pubbing is because I get to create my own covers and promotional materials. The cover below is a work in progress, because I’m experimenting with just how much of this YA scifi hero should remain be visible. Now that I look at it, I’m thinking about having the letter Z get pulled down by his fingers, so I’ll probably end up editing this today. As I think that letter should look more like vapors. So his fingers will get more clarity.
Mock up of a new scifi hero, part of the Millenials Series
Mock up number 2:
Haze scifi novel mock up 2
This is part of a bigger push in my own books, to focus on minority males, specifically African, African American and Asian as leading males. Continue reading
Writing YA and even Middle Grade is a constant challenge for me. So when I saw New Adult gaining steam, I jumped at the chance to create novellas that feature an older protagonist, but combined romance, race and topical issues.
Here’s a sneak peek at two that should be ready by February:
Inseparable
Inseparable ebook cover. New Adult Novella
It was just supposed to be a fun night out. But when Nadia’s initially refused entry into the city’s hottest club, the experience becomes her worst nightmare. And when the handsome guy who intercedes is none other than the club owner’s kid brother, little does she know that her ranting tweets detailing how she was unfairly treated will divide a city, and also help her find out whether love really does conquer all. ©
Unbroken
UNBROKEN
He’s the hope of a small town football team determined to reach the state finals. And she’s the girl he’s been warned about.
For Alex Campos, becoming the starting quarterback of the Newcastle Coyotes means a second chance. So he’s not about to blow it by falling for the coach’s daughter. But Danni Ahmed’s not a girl who takes no for an answer, especially when their connection is so strong. And not after enduring the town’s obsession with football, until it nearly destroyed her. That’s why she’s determined not to let the same thing happen to the boy she loves. ©
Excerpts will be up the first week of February!
Please vote on the title of this novella after reading the book blurb:
Just the way You Are
OR
Drawn to You
A secret tryst results in an acclaimed portrait that ties a model forever with the artist.
Akeel’s a gifted artist who gets raves for his web site designs and graphic comics, only he can’t seem to win over Layla. He’s drawn to her in more ways than one, especially after Layla disrobed on a dare and let him paint her, and now it’s his best known work.
But Layla’s no longer the girl in that painting, the one where her voluptuous curves were proudly on display. After dropping over sixty pounds, guys who used to taunt her in high school now want to date her, and so-called friends are only too quick to remind her of how heavy she used to be.
Trapped between the snarky girl she once was and the femme fatale many assume she’s become, Layla’s not sure she’s ready to risk her heart again, even though Akeel’s more certain than ever that they belong together.©
Upcoming novella offerings from Wikkid.Sexy.Cool:
UnSpoken
UnSpoken – A deaf Cuban American teen faces challenges as a runaway.
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GOLD is a novel about the 2012 Olympics. But since it includes actual events in the story, a decision was made to write in real time as results unfold. There will be tweets throughout the week announcing updates in the story, and readers can view the plot progression and character development by clicking this link:
Two athletes fall in love while vying to compete in the 2012 Olympics
Now that Jukebox is no longer in the running for one of the top three slots in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, I’m releasing the ebook Tuesday, June 5th and using the semi-finalist status for marketing purposes.
I’m still trying to figure out how to add the back cover to Kindle 🙂 so I’ve downloaded a few tools to study, like Mobi and Calibre.
Back cover of JUKEBOX Volume One
Congrats to the finalists in YA fiction and General fiction! Please go to Amazon and read their excerpts so you can vote for the winners in these two categories.
Summer is almost here!
So more time can be devoted to my multicultural ebooks and covers. I created a teaser/mock up of a new teen heroine. She’s a Shieldmaiden in training and her ebook, like Razher’s will be out this summer:
Valkyrie Jones, Shield Maiden of Earth and Asgaard
If you haven’t seen The Avengers yet, I urge you to do so. It’s funny, fast paced and a comic book geek’s dream (like me and my family).
The first novella from my More to Love series:
A book blurb will be up shortly!