Oh, there was plenty of research lol. If you noticed, in the novel I mentioned real stud strippers like Face and Juicebox. I watched their moves carefully and their facial expressions. I had to pay attention to costumes and audience reaction. Basically, none of the things I would normally pay attention to. We tend to forget that during the fantasy they create, they are people and they have lives outside of those neon lights. I try to be my characters in my real life when I write them. The people around me get some great entertainment. Is Cream based on a true person or situations?
Cream is part fiction and part non-fiction. The little bit that I learned made me want to give her a story. Was that your message? That was definitely one, the biggest one. If people can read about Cream and accept her the way that she was, then they can accept anyone. There are three others that have to come after her.
That should keep me busy for the next two years or so. Hopefully, one of them will get an award. How did it feel to be finalist? I literally almost fell out of my chair. The day that I submitted the novel, I honestly did not expect to hear anything back.
Want to know more about Christiana Harrell? She published her first title Girl: She currently has more than 10 titles to her name. She is currently working on her next novel. Part 1 titled Rumors Ring True mostly surrounds hostess Ava and saxophonist Bailey discreetly flirting with each other while suppressing their mutual attraction, both wary to begin a workplace romance because of prying eyes and ears. It also acquaints us with bartender Logan and the beautiful nightmares that haunt her after her shift is over.
Ava and Bailey are still in the mix, Cole and Tasha find themselves at odds and Logan is trying to get her life back on track. With five strong characters, Literary Stud moves from good, to great to excellent as each installment progresses. The story is stronger, as well. Where there was too much of Ava and Bailey in the beginning, everything smooths itself out, and everyone gets equal time. Born in the heart of Dallas, Texas, Literary Stud discovered her love of writing from an early age. Although life gets in the way from time to time, the passion of creating realistic characters and weaving attention grabbing plots drives Literary Stud to continue to perfect her craft.
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Author LezIntellect makes it clear this first installment of Sweat is just the beginning. And I love the cover artwork. The thing about soap operas: Waiting chapter by chapter is going to be the death of me. I have to know what happens next. LezIntellect is the woman behind Diary of a Black Lesbian , a oft-posted blog about life, love, and the occasional rant. LezIntellect is the author Sweat: Religious, Romance, Coming Out Pages: Wanda Davis followed her husband, Howard, from their college days to the pulpit.
Once a rock in the South Bend, Indiana community, the church is now in the wake of a scandal, and Howard thinks Wanda is a catalyst to getting the church back to its roots. Where she felt other wives in her position wielded their power in a greater capacity, Wanda felt stifled. After breaking it off with a female classmate in college, Howard was the man who accepted her as she was, and she saw him as her rock and deliverance.
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Can they get it back together? The transcript follows below:. I am wonderful and antsy. Sistahs on the Shelf: I have been writing poetry since I was five years old and short stories from seven years of age. So basically most of your life. What were you writing about at five years old? Yes, I have been writing since I could put together words. My mother encouraged creativity and she always pushed me to read and write as much as I could.
I used to sit at her desk and fill up yellow legal sized notepads with lines about my best friend at the time and my love of anything that had to do with basketball. Oh, so this could have been the basis for Love Relived? Hmmm inserts smile I shall never tell.
To be truthful my first girlfriend was at the age of seven and she was not my bff. I was still dreaming of girls instead of kissing them at that age. I had already had my first and second kiss that year. Now about Love Relived , bffs in love. Tell us about your book. Love Relived is a story that came to me as I was working on another book idea. The main characters are Cheryl and Mahogany, two women who were best friends throughout adolescence. My focus for the storyline was the aftermath of friends becoming lovers.
Most people think that it can be an easy move to just get into a long lasting relationship, especially if the friendship had been so strong. That I believe is a myth that starts the relationship of wrong. Once Cheryl and Mahogany crossed the line the conflict began and there are really no answers for years leaving both with questions. Especially when one partner is struggling with her sexuality, like Mahogany, while the other knows who she is, like Cheryl. Mahogany is dealing with her own personal struggles.
As close as she is to her friends not even they know that she was dealing with her sexuality. She feels as if she has an obligation to her family to be someone that she is not. She is strong but like so many of the strong she has a weakness. Acceptance is something a lot of us have struggled with as black lesbians. I tried my best to make sure that Mahogany came across real. We may not care if society accepts us as black lesbians but there are people who are close to us that we wish would love us no matter who we love or what we do.
No one has asked me this question so kudos to you. I just let the words flow. It was not until I read the first draft back to myself that I realized that this was subconsciously personal. For one thing I have been in a situation where a friend and I have crossed an emotional line that was way beyond friendship. Although I explained my reluctance I did not shut down the feelings that I knew were growing.
I tried to act as if I could use my charm and full blown cocky arrogance to move past the feelings and continue our friendship as if nothing had changed between us. That proved to be unrealistic and problematic. The line had been crossed and the friendship became difficult. When said person is a very good friend the stakes are high. You have to deal with feelings of rejection, hurt, and anger. It is a dangerous game. So like Mahogany, I decided to run. We have both moved on. The friendship is done.
We have not talked in years. We have mutual friends and it is crazy because we respond to their posts on Facebook without talking to one another. But crossing that friendship line…do you think it can be worth it? The friends and lovers debate has been going on for years. For some it works and for others it is a disaster. I believe that it can work but when before a dating relationship can begin a conversation has to be had. As I used to say all the time, once the line is crossed it is a different ballgame. You really have to think about it. Maybe for some that was the case and I applaud them.
As a matter of fact you as the friend had the clearest crystal ball of them all but for whatever reason you chose not to see. I know that personally. I am just speaking truth. Speaking of being true, throughout Love Relived , Cheryl is stayed true to herself regardless of the changes Mahogany put her through. I loved that about her. Thank you so much. It was really me boasting that I could say whatever, do whatever and still like a boomerang I knew the girls would come back. I used to be arrogant beyond. When I was writing that particular scene in Love Relived the line came to me again. Now that I am older it has a completely different meaning.
What meaning does it have for you [now]? That is a crime. Those girls could have spent time with someone who was worthy of their admiration. That is some truth right there. I have learned lessons and through the teaching that my wrongs have showed me I am better. Writing has helped tremendously. I can see certain characters clearly because of my experiences both personal and through friends.
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Writing and reading especially have always opened my eyes. I want her to adopt me, since I have no living grandparents. She is a hoot and a great sounding board for both her granddaughter Mahogany and by extension, Cheryl. I love when she tells Mahogany: It just sat and burned. I adore Mama Hanna. She is the true meaning of unconditional love.
The lines that she says in the book are me all day. I can make up a saying in a second. I follow you on Facebook. Yes I like to think I am a wise clown. Okay so one last question I think. What new projects are in the works? First let me just say that Lisa, a character from Loved Relived has her own story, In its Rawest Form , which is currently out.
I began by putting out my latest Feeling for the Wall. This one is for those who have been in real love. I mean that kind of love that makes you smile but question. It also deals with what happens when after years of being together how life can get in the way with the day to day love. What happens when routine overwhelms us. I have two other books that I am working on now that I will be putting out sometime this year. One will be released this spring and the other in the fall. I have been blessed with a partner who has made it so that I can live my dream. I also have a short story collection and a few novelettes available as well.
I would like to add something if that is okay. The end of was one of the hardest years that I think I have ever been through. I was holding it together for the masses but inside I was scared and falling apart. I had a serious health scare and I lost my job. I was nervous to the point that I wrote out a will. Having already had one stroke due to stress I was told that I was on the verge of having another. That is why I dedicated every moment of to writing and family. I opened my eyes wide and really looked.
I realized a lot of things about myself and I also learned how much my babe truly loves the heck out of me. For that I will forever be thankful and I will not give up this chance to share my love of writing with the world. That is heartbreaking and beautiful and inspiring. Your hard work is paying off. I hope that it does. I truly believe that. I am in much better health and have moved back into my positive space.
At the age of fourteen she was a teen journalist for youth magazine, FCYU, writing featured articles about the trials and triumphs of youth in the New York foster care system. She currently has 7 books available: Forever Tangled; Volume One: Although Thomas began with a flair for writing short stories based on mystery and murder plots, she currently writes romance and erotica for all those lovers of love and temptresses of lust.
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First Love is a dramatic book for sure, but the both the story and the writing needed work. There are more than a few grammatical issues, and some of the situations Savannah found herself in seemed too far-fetched, like her first college visit which went swimmingly considering how complicated her life became by that point. I read so many 5-star reviews for First Love , and while I was reading, I was a little disappointed in how the story unravelled.
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