First off, there a few events that I know of that are happening in May. I just found out about this one the other week. The 1st annual Dominican Writers Conference will be taking place THIS SATURDAY, May 4th in NYC on the campus of City College of New York, or, CCNY as we like to call it back home. I won't be attending this event, but I just wanted to shout them out....
Also, later in the month, my FAVORITE Black comic con will be taking place in Philadelphia. Coming on May 18th, the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, or ECBACC for short, will be taking place!!!
YAAAAAY!!! Hopefully, I can attend it this year. Now that I have the hat and t-shirt to represent the Universal Africana Literary Arts Movement, I can look official at the event, or any other literary events that I go to.
ALSO...
May is the publishing anniversary for my novel "Seductra: Web of Desire" (CreateSpace, 2017)!!!
Two years ago, I was able to publish this novel, and release it to the world. Help me to celebrate this particular novel turning 2 years old. It's a good Urban Lit story about a trained dancer (and transplant NYer) trying to make ends meet. Available in both paperback AND eBook formats!!!
Haven't been writing as much, but I'm still promoting the latest novel. Trying to push "The Chronicles of The Black Fist: F.U.R.I. of the People" (Kindle Direct Publishing, 2019) as much as I can. Doing public appearances for it would help, but I don't necessarily have the funds to do any festivals/book fairs/comic cons right now. Being in-between jobs ain't fun, and I'm getting nowhere with online sales. I'm considering doing a few readings of it, but I don't really trust the crowd here in Delaware. Maybe if I set up a few reading in Philly, it would work; the crowd out there might be more receptive to my work. Delaware folks....? Hmmmm....I don't know about them....
Got a job interview coming up for a part time gig. Wish me luck on that. I need SOME sort of income to come it, since the ones for book sales don't exist...
Right now I feel like I'm at a crossroads. I need to figure out what I'm going to do in regards to my writing career. I need ot figure out a way to move forward, and make it beneficial to me, specifically financially. OBVIOUSLY, the people who know me personally don't take my writing career seriously, so I need to take my work to an audience who will. I need to be able to make a living at this; that's the bottom line. I need a team around me who is going to help me to promote my work.
That's all for now. I'll hit y'all back when I have more updates, and other news for you.
Keep the fist raised.
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