The Return of the Monday Topic
Any working writer can tell you, it’s hard to balance your working life, personal life and writing life. You have to work in order to maintain a roof over your head, but you also want to make time to finish that novel you’ve been working on for the past two years (or in my case, three). I haven’t been able to devote any time to the Woolaston Writing Workshop since last November, and I feel bad…
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The Return of the Monday Topic
Hello good readers and writers! I know its been a long time since you last heard from me. There are a few reasons for that. One: I’ve been busy writing! Two: I was actually assisting another writer with her book. Finally, three: time. It’s been difficult to squeeze in time to write, work, and run three websites (plus a bunch of social media pages). I’ve been stretched pretty thin, but I hate to…
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Valentine R: Book Two on Patreon
Greetings, good readers! I come bearing good news. I’m currently writing my next three books, with Valentine R Book Two leading the way as the strongest frontrunner for completion. I’m working on Chapter 17, and while I have many chapters to go, I’ve begun posting the draft on Patreon for my readers to preview. I’m taking my time with this book, because a lot of things need to happen. This series…
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Valentine R Book Two Update
Hello, good readers! I have some news regarding Valentine R: Book Two. The book is coming along much faster than I expected. I’m currently writing Chapter 11, so I’m almost at the half-way point of the story. I’m far enough along that I can begin posting the unedited version of the book on the Woolaston Entertainment Patreon Page, which should happen sometime next week. As always, the first two…
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Writing 3 Books At Once...And Crushing It
Spring is in the air, and a new month is upon us. I intend to make April one of my most productive months yet, by working on three books at once. Yes, three: one that I’ve been working on since forever, one that I’ve been meaning to start since forever, and one that I just needed to get started.
Barrin Heights
Yes, Barrin Heights is still haunting me, but in a good way. The good thing is, with…
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The Hardcovers Are Coming...
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Rowdy is Coming to Patreon
Good morning, ladies and gents! Good news: Rowdy, the third book in the Our Lady of Righteous Rage series, is making its way to Patreon this Friday. Chapters 1 & 2 will be free for everyone to read, and the remaining chapters will only be available to patrons. Music lyrics! Weed! Alcohol! And your favorite fictional band. Enjoy!
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Upgrade: New Covers for June Parris' Books
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Black Books and Black Authors: Walter Mosley
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Black Books and Black Authors: Ta-Nehisi Coates
In 2019 I borrowed a copy of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates from my local library. As soon as I read the first few pages, I knew this was a book I needed to own, so I bought a copy from a bookstore and finished reading it in two days.
Between the World and Me is Coates’ letter to his young son. It’s his attempt to help his son Samori, and perhaps all of us, understand our place in…
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Fortune's Wing: Flies Again Landing on Patreon
Hello! I just wanted to share some news. The final book in the Fortune’s Wing series, Fortune’s Wing: Flies Again will make its way to the Woolaston Entertainment Patreon Page starting Friday, February 23. The first two chapters will be available to everyone to read. The remaining chapters are for Patrons! Enjoy!
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Writing Roots: The Original Valentine
When I last posted about Valentine‘s Writing Roots I talked about the led to the creation of Valentine. The characters in the Miskako Kanna series and in Vengeance Angel Yuka paved the way for Val, Veronica, Lola and the others in the Valentine universe. Now it’s time to focus on the original version of Valentine.
Before the current version of Valentine, which I published via KDP, I published a…
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Black Books and Black Authors: Octavia Butler
Growing up, I didn’t think there were any Black women writers of Science Fiction. I didn’t discover Octavia Butler until I was an adult, and I wish I had discovered her much sooner. My uncle, a fellow reader, writer and blerd (Black nerd) told me about one of Butler’s books, Kindred, and I knew I needed to read it.
Kindred blends several elements, and its almost hard to simply classify it as a…
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Writing Roots: Precursors to Val Entienne
By now you’re probably familiar with the Valentine universe. There are five books in the original series, five books in the Valentine Apart series, six books in the prequel series Lucia and the Saints and currently one book in the Valentine R series. Before all of these books there were handwritten versions of Valentine. Before those handwritten versions of Valentine, there were other books;…
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New Cover: Third Time is the Charm
To quote a lyric from a Black Sabbath song, “I’m going through changes.” But change can be a very wonderful thing. I’ve changed the covers of the books in the Our Lady of Righteous Rage series, and that was a good change. In fact, I’m changing the cover of the fifth book in the series…again.
I wasn’t very happy with the first cover I created for Forward Motion, and I wasn’t really happy with the…
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine’s day from your favorite pink-haired girl!
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Black Books and Black Authors: Valerie Wilson Wesley
As s child, I had a difficult time finding books to read. This was mostly because of the books that were available to my age group at the time. I had a few Babysitters Club books, but they didn’t really interest me. And this problem didn’t get much easier when I reached high school. Trips to the public library were few and far between so I was limited to the books inside my school’s library. I…
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