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Hello everyone! I can't believe how quickly things are happening for me and my writing career. I am just overwhelmed at all of the wonderful responses that I have received from friends, coworkers, acquaintances and family members. This is a dream come true. I am still working on the final touches of my next book entitled Dream Team with a tentative release date in the summer of 2010. The process of creating a story is not that bad, but with the editing and rewriting, that is where it becomes a little time consuming but I would not trade it for anything. This journey has taught me a lot about patience, perseverance, and the power of prayer. For those who are just now starting on this journey as an author, please keep pushing on because the fruits of your labor will manifest themselves twofold!
Now, as busy as I have been with the release of my first book between press releases, contacting book stores and working to create my new website, I have found time to work on my third book(yes number 3) which is a spy novel entitled Codename Viper. This book will be more of a suspenseful thriller if anything. The excitement of creating a character who not only is a lesbian, but a trained assassin, personally for me is a project that I have wanted to do but never knew how to approach it. Until now. Of course I had to include a teaser to this which will introduce you to the main character, Terry Delacroix. Enjoy.



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She lay still under the brush listening to her own labored breathing. The night was clear with only the sounds of the wind and a few nocturnal animals to keep her company. Memories of a romantic interlude with her lover six months ago kept her from falling asleep. Headlights coming towards the house broke her concentration. She picked up the high powered rifle to look through the scope, making sure this was her target. The car pulled up to the Tudor styled mansion and stopped. Two passengers got out dressed in formal attire. They lingered for awhile outside giving each other a long passionate kiss. “Move dammit.” the assassin cursed at the loving couple. As if they heard her they released each other and walked to the door. Looking through the scope she had her target in site. Slow breaths……lower your heart rate…..squeeze the trigger. He fell. Next thing the assassin heard was a woman screaming and yelling in Spanish which brought body guards to her aide. She smiled. Mission accomplished.

THE DRAMA BEGINS!

After so many years of rewriting, editing, and the many shedding of tears, I have finally seen the completion of this, my first published work. It is a great accomplishment for me and to those who still have aspirations of publishing, my advice would be to never give up and persevere.
DRAMA is about relationships, whether they are romantic or platonic and the issues that arise within them. My characters go through what I would describe as an emotional rollercoaster which seems to never end. Jaden, the main character is who I would describe as someone who tries to get along with everyone as well as act like a referee among her friends. The problem is when trying to be the “good guy” to what seems to be an out of control situation, the probability of being pulled into the chaos increases dramatically.

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DRAMA is a work of African-American lesbian fiction which I felt did not have much of a voice in the genre of gay and lesbian fiction and those books that I have read which dealt with same sex loving women of color were few and far between. I believe that we do have a voice….a story to tell and I try to do this in my own book.
The creation of this story helped to launch two other projects that I am currently working on and looking forward to seeing published at a future date. The storylines of course deal with African-American lesbians but with different plots. My next published work will deal with a taboo subject that effects all of the gay and lesbian community and that is the issue of domestic violence. One would not think same sex couples would have the same issues as their heterosexual counterparts but what makes us so different is also what binds us together. The second work of fiction which will be a challenge for me deals with the concept of espionage, assassins, and of course lesbian love. This to me will be my most challenging undertaking but it will be well worth it when it is completed.

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