Well, all of my good intentions to blog every month in 2017 went down the drain after July 2017. I really meant to keep my resolution regarding that one, but life got in the way and plenty of writing. I wrote a new play early in 2017, titled The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin, and submitted it to be read at the National Black Theatre Festival held in August 2017. Approximately 175 scripts were submitted but only forty were chosen to be read. The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin was among those chosen. I was both pleased and proud, and the play reading was a resounding success.
Meanwhile, the latest cozy mystery co-written with my writing partner, L. Barnett Evans, was released earlier this year. The book is titled Whose Knife is it Anyway? and it's funny, even if I have to say so myself! In Whose Knife is it Anyway? the ladies of Grandmothers, Incorporated are trapped in the woods with a group of feuding church ladies. When a stumble on a body in the woods, they wonder is a killer lurking in their midst. Whose Knife is it Anyway? is available on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com. Believe me, you're in for a round of belly laughs when you read it.
The next installment of the Stillwaters series, Someone Like You, is coming along nicely. I should be finished with the first draft by the end of this year. Some Like You follows Melanie Carson, the youngest of the trio of Carson sisters in Someone Like Me, the first book in the Stillwaters trilogy. Melanie is small, tough and mouthy, just the right combination for trouble when it comes to dealing with Solo Reedus, a member of the indomitable Stillwater clan, and a man who dislikes her at first sight. Writing about these two fire brands has been quite a roller coaster ride.
I'm working on the first non-fiction story I've ever written as well. It's about a solider during the Korean War. I'm learning a lot about that period in history and the strength and courage of the young men who served their nation. Also, L. Barnett Evans and I are working on a trilogy of mysteries that should be completed some time next year. Whew!
As you can see there hasn't been much time to keep this blog up, but I hope to do better in 2018. Wish me luck!!!
