May 14

In Belly Fires, even death can’t kill the flames of passion

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In Belly Fires, even death can’t kill the flames of passion, Lieutenant Governor Charlene Ford loses everything in a deadly car crash and nothing feels the same. One minute, she is at the top of her game as the first African American lesbian lieutenant governor of New York State. The next minute, she is trying to keep a stiff upper lip as she watches the gravediggers bury the two walnut coffins containing her son JJ and her life partner, Regina. Her family is gone. Her world is gone. All she wants is to go away and disappear for a while; to just get lost until the pain in her heart stops. She sneaks away from her security escorts and borrows her chief of staff’s ancient jeep. She and Rusty, her loyal Akita, climb into the old jeep and head for parts unknown. As she crashes through the guardrail, she struggles to put on the brakes. The jeep’s brakes don’t work. Charlene stops fighting her fate as the car floats in mid-air for a long moment, then tumbles down the mountainside. The next time Charlene opens her eyes, the pain is tremendous. A handsome woman is standing over her with a […]
Feb 17

Patchwork Bluez Press is releasing an erotic novel, SECOND CHANCES, with African American lesbians as main characters on All Heart’s day, February 14

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In the sensual whodunit novel, Second Chances, at love and murder, a woman regains consciousness from a fifteen-month coma. She has a second chance at life while her killer has a second chance to kill her. Will the woman’s assailant finally succeed in killing her before the cop, who reopens the cold case, can prevent the murder? Lieutenant Gwen Weston “meets” playgirl, Dr. Angela Bennett, when she investigates an attempted murder on the doctor’s life. Fifteen months before, a brutal assailant left Dr. Bennett to die on an isolated stretch of Harlem River Drive in New York City. The beating put her in a coma and Gwen was as surprised as everyone else that the woman could survive the extensive loss of blood and physical trauma. After her investigation reveals no suspects, Gwen closes the doctor’s case but maintains a monthly vigil at the coma clinic. When Angela regains consciousness and begins rebuilding her wounded body and chaotic personal life, Gwen reopens the case. Then one of Gwen’s officers dies in a shootout. Angela becomes Gwen’s confidant, and providing comfort becomes the pretext for the two women to draw even closer. Here are the purchase links for Second Chances, at […]
Feb 17

Patchwork Bluez Press is releasing, BUILDINGS, an African American lesbian love story on All Heart’s day, February 14

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The romantic novel Buildings, a New York love story is the tale of a single mother with three children looking for a good woman but can’t see the best woman is right in front of her. City building inspector, Maxine Simms finds Samantha Armstrong’s children in a dangerous basement and brings them home slightly injured but no worse for the wear. She forgets to return the little girl’s bike and it becomes the excuse to see Samantha again. The two women begin dating. Things couldn’t be better, until Samantha’s former lover, Sergeant Norma Higgins, pops back into the picture injured and in need of her tender loving care. Here are the purchase links for Buildings, a New York love story: http://amzn.to/1DOaNSy (US link) http://amzn.to/1Cpy0Gd (UK link) Smashwords: http://bit.ly/1A4LoRN   Here are links to connect with Author BL Wilson: Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1zvTAcl Linked-in: http://linkd.in/1ui0iRu Twitter: http://bit.ly/11fAPxR
Feb 17

COMING OUT: LESBIAN AT 47

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I read this article from a worried parent years ago. I found the question interesting enough to write about. A woman, the mother says, “My 16-year-old son told me that he is gay. What should I do about it?” Today, I’d add my own experiences of informing my family that I was a lesbian. I wasn’t as young as that mother’s son was when he said, “Guess what Mom? I’m gay. Nope, that wasn’t me. I was 47-years old before I finally admitted to me that I was gay and then I admitted it to my family. You’re probably thinking isn’t 47 a little old to discover your orientation? Shouldn’t a person know before they reach 30 who or what they like? At 47, a person has lived over half her life in the shadows and maybe with the wrong gender as well. I understand your skepticism but permit me to explain my particular situation. I’m a Baby Boomer. When I grew up, young women were just beginning to flex their muscles. They were thinking about working in non-traditional jobs and considered living non-traditional lives. Most of the women I knew when I was a kid, wore traditional clothes to […]
Feb 08

PREORDER THEM NOW ON AMAZON.COM!

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Look for both novels Buildings, a New York love story and Second Chances, at love and murder due out on ALL HEART’S DAY, VALENTINE’ DAY, February 14th. Buildings, a New York love story is the tale of a single mother with three children looking for a good woman but can’t see the best woman is right in front of her. City building inspector, Maxine Simms finds Samantha Armstrong’s children in a dangerous basement and brings them home slightly injured but no worse for the wear. She forgets to return the little girl’s bike and it becomes the excuse to see Samantha again. The two women begin dating and things couldn’t be better. Maxine is crazy about Samantha and her children. The children, Emma, Timmy and Billy like Maxine and her scrappy little bulldog, Butchie, a great deal. Samantha thinks she loves Maxine until her ex, Sergeant Norma Higgins, pops back into the picture injured and in need of her tender loving care.   ASIN: B00SP718DI ISBN-13: 978-1505847970 ISBN-10: 1505847974  Here are the links for Buildings, a New York love story: http://amzn.to/15B8Ye2 (e-book) http://bit.ly/15Jg1Sp (book trailer)   In the sensual thriller Second Chances, at love and murder, a woman regains consciousness from a […]
Jan 24

Book covers: is a picture really worth a 1000 words? Can you tell a book by its cover?

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Hello, Everyone, I’ve been trying to figure out what makes one book sell while another doesn’t. Let me explain what I mean. I published three books on October 31 of 2014. You heard right— on Halloween of last year. I chose that date because one of my books…. Oh, snap! I forgot to mention the titles of my novels. They are SAFE HAVEN, OLD MAN PETERSON, murder it’s all in the family and I’M YOUR BABY TONIGHT but what about tomorrow? Anyway, I chose All Hallows Eve to release my books like so many caged ravens because one of my books, I’M YOUR BABY TONIGHT, has an erotic, Halloween-themed masquerade ball in it. My first cover for I’M YOUR BABY TONIGHT had a busy Halloween-themed cover. The book barely sold. I knew my writing was good, but who would know that if the cover made readers pass on my book? Let’s see if I can dig up a copy of that cover? I frankly loved that cover, but when I posted on a site that reviews book covers, they didn’t. They asked me, “What do babies have to do with pumpkins, cigars, and guns?” They recommended that I shouldn’t combine […]
Jan 15

I AM CHARLIE?

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January 8, 2015 Too bad these young men couldn’t be taken alive and interviewed I want to know why they were killed and did they actually do what the media and police says they did. Nobody seems to want to examine the racism and the prejudice against Muslims. I keep hearing the BS on from white media who are acting like they don’t understand this. These guys probably aren’t terrorists any more than MLK or Malcolm were. They are young men of color who don’t feel a part of society…duh…sounds familiar, doesn’t it? The USA manages to send its racism around the world without even trying hard, doesn’t it? Did I mention what happened in Paris and what’s happening here BLACK LIVES MATTER and the willingness the police unions to stage a Blue Flu action, could be teachable moments about white privilege and Black lives don’t matter attitudes? I’m not creative enough to design something but I sure can see the links. Can you?
Jan 15

NYC POLICE KILLINGS AND THE HAYMARKET MASSACRE

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January 5, 2015, Dear Bill Fletcher, I read your article I agree with most of it. I do think that the young man who killed the 2 cops had a good reason to be in New York on that day. I believe that he wanted to eliminate everybody in his life that day including his family in Brooklyn who refused to let him into their family home. I’m betting that he hung out in the city wasting time at the mall, hoping if he returned to the family home he could get in and kill them too then himself. When his people wouldn’t provide access (I believe for a second time or third time that day) he grew enraged. He killed the next thing besides his family that represented authority… the two police officers sitting in their car. I just don’t believe he came to town with the intention to murder the two cops. I believe they represented a substitute for authority (that is his family) to his very sick mind. It saddens me that Pat Lynch and his fellow officers have used these murders to their benefit. It’s almost as if they were waiting for something like this to […]
Jan 09

The thing about white privilege

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On December 19, 2014, I read this article about white privilege. For those of you who don’t know what white privilege is, you should read the article entitled, “The thing about white privilege,” on LinkedIn at http://linkd.in/1v996HQ. However, just in case you don’t want to read the article right now, here’s a definition. In brief, white privilege is what rules our country today. It’s what allows a young white person living in New York City not to understand what stop and frisk is because he or she will never experience being stopped by a police officer and searched (that is fondled) looking for drugs simply because he or she is white. It’s what allows a young white person to shop in an exclusive or brand name store and not worry about salespeople following them around because they might steal something even though they have more than enough money to pay for anything they want. It’s what allows an applicant with a white sounding to get a call back for the job over all other applicants with Black or Hispanic sounding names when everybody has the same qualifications. It’s allows a white couple to receive a lower mortgage rate or refinance […]
Jan 03

The 10 Worst Civil Liberties Violations of 2014

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Portside Date: December 30, 2014 Author: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern Date of Source: Monday, December 29, 2014 Slate The world may not actually be falling apart [1]—but it feels like America is. From police brutality and botched executions to voter suppression and election corruption, 2014 was a terrible year for civil liberties in the United States. Protests were quelled by military-grade weapons in scenes worthy of a banana republic, and the divide between the rich and the poor in the freedom and justice they are afforded is Dickensian in its scope. While the country has evolved on marriage equality, it often appears to be backtracking on just about every other advance we have made, from the racial and gender progress of the 1960s to the most basic principles of the criminal justice system. Below, we’ve listed the top 10 civil liberties nightmares of 2014 in no particular order. Here’s hoping this list is harder to put together next year. Read the entire article here. Source URL: https://portside.org/2014-12-30/10-worst-civil-liberties-violations-2014
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