Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an African American female experimental fiction writer and poet.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I created a short-fiction series entiled: bluestreetluvstories. It is a story written in three parts (stories). This is my first time ever writing a love story. I was inspired just by the thought of love in general.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to think that writing when the world is sleep is always good for the soul. I find myself waking up in the middle of the night and sleepwalking until I reach my computer.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Alice Walker’s work.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the last story in the short-fictions series that I’ve created, and working on my first novella.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think that self-promotion is the key to the literary-game now in the 21st century. I just take a weekend and promote, promote, and promote in any way that I can as it pertains to getting the word out about my books.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write.
What are you reading now?
Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan-Lori Parks
What’s next for you as a writer?
I will be finishing up the editing process with regard to my first novella with my editor and will be publishing the print version of my short-fiction series. I plan on having a virtual and physical tour in the second half of 2015 and writing a book of creative essays.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Holy Bible (KJV)
Soul City by Toure
Mosquito by Gayle Jones
Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day by Nikki Giovanni
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