My Blog Tour
Mercedes Keyes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MerKeyes
Latest release:
My Writing Process – Blog Tour
First, thanks and proper props to my girl T-sis, Ryter Rong, her blog http://ryterrong.wordpress.com/ many thanks, see you on the
bestsellers list!
1.)
What
am I working on?
I’m working on back works
and a current new project. One of the back works is one of my historicals, my
first in fact. Princess Ces’alena. You can find it at Amazon on my authors
page. http://amazon.com/author/mkeyes/ -
Princess Ces’alena is getting a new cover as well a final clean up with a
launch in Amazon’s KDP Select program! Plus – I have a drama series, Bomaw – 13
volumes that I’m updating and they too will get new covers and released as
second editions.
And finally – my new
current work-in-progress – Saoirse.
Historical drama surrounding America’s first trial slaves – the Irish! Cromwell
started it all, what a monster! Anyway, everyone speculates on why we –
African-Americans are so mixed with Irish and Indian. For too long –
African-American women have believed the mix came from the master of the
plantation and rape! No, sorry – that is not everyone’s story, not all light
skinned black women are the product of that ancestry and Saoirse will tell why!
2.)
How
does my work differ from others of its genre?
My specialty is the
interracial genre. How my novels or stories differ from other interracial story
writers is that I’m writing to teach and inform. My primary directive is to
help as few or as many as I can with this world’s dirty history of lies on
racism. My aim is to tell at least one version of truth concerning our divisions.
How a love between man and woman of any color was and is a beautiful thing, but
the world made it ugly. I’m telling! Mixing – black women with white men or all
other “non” black, and black men and white women is NOT a new thing, nor a
taboo thing as it was deliberately concocted to be. There’s a world filled with
rich stories and truth out there surrounding the wonders of love over the color
lines. Stories that are not based on perversions, rape, erotica and taboo sex!
But deep, lasting, heart-wrenching, life changing, to-die-for kinds of love – those
are my stories. Way back when in history and now! As long as I can, I will be
telling them.
3.)
Why
do I write what I do?
It’s what I am. I’m a mix.
I have a heritage based on love and sacrifice over the color lines. My Irish
great-grandfather passed me something precious and with it – I write what I do.
4.)
How
does your writing process work?
Well, when I’m inspired by
something, the story is born in my mind instantaneously. I immediately know how
it will start and the longer I ponder it – I come to how it ends. I also get
flashes of what takes place within. Quickly I open MS Word and write the
beginning out. I end up usually with about 25 pages or so. Then I grab my
favorite pen, a fine writer with a nice grip and black ink. A fresh new paper
notebook and as I write that way, the story unfolds. I write until there is
nothing more coming from me. I sleep on it and then the next day – I prop my
paper tablet up and open the story in MS Word that I started and begin
transcribing what I’ve written to add to it.
In my transferring it, I
end up with something better than what I wrote - more of it, much fatter, a
richer story. I can write no other way. If I try and write fresh directly into
MS Word, I get writers block. I’m going nowhere! However the moment I grab the
ink pen and paper – away I go. So to avoid writer’s block the story grows on
paper first and then to MS Word in the transfer. Once I run out of what I’ve
hand written, I save it in MS Word, close it and turn back to writing more in
the paper tablet. This process is repeated until the book is done. I rarely get
writers block doing it this way.
Next
Authors up Monday - April 7th…
Nikki
Walker
Nikki
Walker is a passionate believer in second chances! It is because of that belief
and passion that she’s been dubbed as the Diva of Second chance! She has since discovered that second
chances are her specialty. If you're a lover of second chances, her books are
for you! Nikki fits her writing in around being a full time wife and
mother. You’ll find her at Facebook and @ Google+ - and her second chance works
at Amazon.
Her Blog: http://nikeezbookstore.wordpress.com
Author
Latrivia Nelson
Latrivia
S. Nelson is the national bestselling interracial romance author of The Medlov
Crime Family Series, The Agosto Family Series and the Lonely Heart Series. She
had penned 15 novels under her name and currently has over 50,000 fans in 124
countries. Along with being the President and CEO of RiverHouse Publishing, LLC
in Memphis, TN, she is the proud of mother of two children and the
quintessential supermom.
Her Blog: www.latrivianelson.wordpress.com
LaShawn
Vasser
Vasser is an author of
contemporary romance. She developed a love of books and a passion for
writing at a very young age. However, it wasn't until 2013 that she
published her first romance novella "Out of Nowhere". She's a
dedicated wife and mother of three. In her spare time, she loves trying
new recipes and cooking big family dinners with her sisters. Those
dinners always tend to be crazy, loud, and the perfect place for juicy plot
ideas! LaShawn's mantra for life is always good food, good wine, and good
friends. That's the best recipe for a happy life.
Her Blog: http://lashawnvasser.com/
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