• Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Another delay on the ebook HUI

    I’ve made a decision not to release HUI until this month (Dec), so I must apologize for the delay.

     

     

    Imani, from the ebook HUI.
    African American ballerina falls for North Korean ballet dancer in the ebook HUI

     

     

    Hui GIF

     

     

     

     

     

     

    I just think I need to do more, or basically push myself to do better with this important story line. Yes, at it’s core HUI is a romance. But there are other pressing issues that I must balance in addition to telling this tale of a black ballerina. To that end, I don’t know how I missed this article and the beautiful, inspiring cover:

     

    Pointe Magazine
    From left to right: Ashley Murphy, Ebony Williams and Misty Copeland

     

     

    Beyond Role Models Straight talk from Ashley Murphy, Ebony Williams and Misty Copeland

    By Alicia Graf Mack

    Published in the June/July 2014 Pointe Magazine

    Link to the full article: http://www.pointemagazine.com/issues/junejuly-2014/beyond-role-models

     

    Take a good look at their pointe shoes, because hues that are closer to the skin tone of a dancer of color are just one change ushered in by diverse students and performers in the world of ballet. I have a scene on the process of re-coloring a ballet shoe in the book.

  • Contemporary Romance,  E books

    RUSH release later today 5/05

    The full ebook of RUSH will be out later today, and I must thank all the individuals who re-tweeted my tweet on the free download. With their assistance, the excerpt alone landed in the top ten of FREE ebooks in the category of African American Romance.

    Today is also the last day for the multi-excerpt free download. So there’s still time to read the very beginning of the book for FREE via Amazon.com:

    RUSH Sneak Peek excerpt on Amazon
    RUSH Sneak Peek excerpt on Amazon
  • Blog,  Contemporary Romance,  E books

    Woohoo! Thank you!! Thanks to you all!

    Doing the happy dance because of this:

    Heaven scores a top ten ranking! (Chart position at the time of this post. Amazon rankings change by the hour).
    HEAVEN ebook cover

     

     

    Okay, I know some readers may be thinking “what’s the big deal?”

    Well, I’m chronicling the highs and lows of the behind the scenes with this book, and hopefully my experience can help anyone else who may want to self-publish. And since I don’t know how long this is gonna last, I plan on enjoying it while I can. Just to put things into perspective, I have to take the dog out and mow my lawn now 🙂

    UPDATE!! UPDATE!!!