Okay so I know I've been gone for like 3 months but I've been tremendously busy and I absolutely love the support I've been getting. I stay on Twitter cutting up and one of my tweeps suggested I get back on the ball and blog about what I've been up to. She was right! I didnt know how much I was doing and or going through. Let me break it down month by month LOL.
June- I did lots of partying... hey it was my birthday month. I drank, spent time with my friends, family and boos.... hey, Im a single gal in NY.. what did ya think? Just call me the black Samantha Jones with a touch of Carrie Bradshaw ;-)! Anywho, I drank, lived, loved and had a wonderful time. My oldest son graduated and I celebrated some birthdays as I previously stated. But, the lowlight of this was my blackberry lost alot of information and even worse MY LAPTOP CRASHED! GASP!!! YES!!! My precious "Sonya" (I name her #dontjudgeme) crashed and there was absolutely nothing I could do at the time. I was on the phone with people that attempted to help me all damn day (Kenya) and those that stayed on the phone with me and prayed while I cried (Todd) and those that allowed me to rush the hell over and fix my baby so I didnt hyperventilate and die due to lack of oxygen. I know dramatic but um er a......... thats my laptop containing my second book as well as other items that are near and dear to me! I was 80 pages into my book when that happened but I was able to get it up and running and was able to submit to my Fabu editor just in time to promote and order some for the Harlem Book Fair.... which brings me to.......
July- My books are here and Oh jeez am I holding on to them. I sent out about a dozen or so and ordered some to come later on. I was REALLY pushing it but a few days before the Fair, my books arrived! STEPPING OUT ON FAITH!!! YAYYYY!!! So I figure out logistics, what to wear, who Im going to see, how Im going to do this.. yadda yadda yadda...... Fast forward to the day! Im in Harlem and I contact my darlin Reem aka Keith Williams, (excellent author - Open Spaces) so I can hang out with him and borrow a corner of his table LOL. On my way there I see VJ Gotastory and T. Styles and the VP of my family publishing company, The Cartel Publications. The CP and I have history and I adore them all! They are my big sisters and have taught me so damn much! I exchange hugs and all that and make my way to the table. Keith and I exchange pleasantries and do what wackiness we do while on twitterafterdark (SHOTS FIRED LOLOL) becuz hes my twubby... and we feed off each others creativity. Great to find someone like that because they push you to do so much more and I appreciate him. Go cop his book yall.... he's a rare kind. Anywho.... this is the HIGHLIGHT of my day coming up..... Im sitting there selling a book to a supporter and out of the corner of my eye, I see OMAR TYREE!!!! I gasp and Im like OOOOOOOOOOEMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! I am so happy I lost my breath for a lil I swear because aside from A Hustler's Son by T. Styles, Flyy Girl was THE book that made me say, Okay..... Im gonna write! Anyway, he disappears into the crowd and another person in Keith's camp is alerted and we literally stalk him! Hahahahaa....... he had to come back our way and lo and behold he DID...... and we waited, and waited, and I was able to snag a photo with him as he took my book! So pleased and honored I was to be with a lit legend. That made the Harlem Book Fair so worth while...... despite the fact that I ended up sunbaked, dehydrated and with a strained back muscle...... which brings me to.....
August- I am at 85-90% now but for the last few weeks I was on valium and Motrin 800. Yea I was that bad! I couldnt move my right shoulder, turn my neck or lift my arm. The doctor said it was hard as a rock :-/
I could do NO writing. I laid up and wrote on my blackberry and tweeted and read and researched LOL. But now Im back! Im working diligently once again on my novel and it will be released in 2011... again, cant rush greatness. 2011 is gearing up to be an interesting year! So many projects and opportunities and I am going to jump on them and make it do what it do because failure is not, never was and wont be an option!
Blessings to all!
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