Sep 08

WE BE TRYING TO FIND COMMON GROUND

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When Walter Scott’s murderer might be set free, I was horrified. I knew something funny was going on when I heard a juror, I believe the same person who hung the jury, wrote a letter to the judge. In the letter to the judge, this juror claimed he or she was feeling pressured to change their vote. Keep in mind in this state, communication between a sitting judge and a juror who is not the foreperson is not allowed. I’m not sure what the judge said to the letter writing juror, I do know the jury foreperson told the judge they were deadlocked but that the jury wanted go back and try to reach a unanimous decision. In South Carolina, a judge cannot legally send the jury back a third time decide a defendant’s fate but if the jury volunteers to continue, apparently a judge can allow them to go back and try to reach a decision. I just pray the officer who murdered Walter Scott doesn’t go free because one person said he or she couldn’t make up his mind. Meanwhile, his or her eleven fellow jurors felt there was enough evidence to find for a guilty verdict. A […]
Sep 01

DUTCH CHOCOLATE9: Where is Vita Louise Kane?

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In the 9th novel of the action series Dutch Chocolate, rookie detective Tanya Dodge (from Forever Woman8) searches for Vita Kane, who has simply disappeared. When Tanya’s mother, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Maybelline Dodge, tells her that Vita mentioned a cousin that lived in Wickwire, New York, she takes a leave of absence from the police department. She decides to go in search of the one woman she met that didn’t make her feel less than and listened to her opinions no matter how naïve. She wants to ask Vita why she left the city and would she consider returning to the city with her. Will Tanya find Vita and convince her to be hers, forever? Find out in Dutch Chocolate9, where is Vita Louise Kane? Dutch Chocolate9: Where is Vita Louise Kane? Is available for pre-order 8/20/24. The release date is 9/02/24. ASIN: B0DDJGHF3K (Kindle Version $3.99) ASIN: B0DDQ24S14 (Print Version $12.99) Here are the links for: Dutch Chocolate9: Where is Vita Louise Kane? Kindle USA: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DDJGHF3K Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0DDJGHF3K Kindle Print: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DDQ24S14 Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1605295 Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/irTI4_QB6Yc Connect with BL Wilson at these links: My blog: https://wilsonbluez.com/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/patchworkbluezpress Facebook: https://on.fb.me/1zvTAcl Linked-in: https://linkd.in/1ui0iRu Amazon author page: https://amzn.to/1y7Ncar Goodreads: […]
Aug 25

WHY I WROTE: WHAT YOU SEE AIN’T WHAT YOU GET, a story of abandonment, loyalty and love.

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I wrote this novel in 2010. I knew it contained a story of child abuse worth telling. I just wasn’t sure when the time was ripe to tell it. That was because the abusers were members of a well-connected religious community. While their victims were essentially orphans of color who had no support systems in place to protect them. I worried that the acts of abuse and molestation might be too lewd to tell. Or worse when I described the acts, my book would be placed in the X-rated category. This story would never get to the people I wanted to reach. I also thought it was a story worth telling because I met several women and at least one man who went through something like this when they were kids. Their adult abusers were respected members in their communities and were believed. The child victims were blamed for what happened, if they were believed. If they weren’t believed, the children were left to suffer in silence. Either way the children were shunned by their communities. They had no caring adults help them through a difficult time. They had nobody to lean on and so they were forced to help […]
Aug 18

THE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA

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When I was still working for city government, I formed a great friendship with a female co-worker. We used to talk about everything. She knew I was gay and accepted that fact. She also knew years ago that I’d been through a nasty divorce just as she was going through one currently. We exchanged notes about how bad my ex-husband or her soon-to-be former husband were. We spoke about our husbands’ idiocy about misusing our children’s affections or playing games with child support, hoping if things were bad enough for us, we’d come running back to them. We shared the difficulties of raising children as single working mothers. On the job, we also wondered why this unqualified, lazy so and so was promoted or given a raise when we had more qualifications and better service records, but we were not considered promotable. We had typical girl talks. While I liked all the things I had in common with my good friend, what really fascinated me was our weekly discussions about televisions programs we watched, which sometimes led to political discussions. My friend convinced me to watch Sleepy Hollow. I truly loved idea of a young Black as a romantic interest […]
Aug 11

HISTORY & WHO TELLS IT

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The picture above was taken in 2015 around Thanksgiving. The shadows you see are my mother and me. We’re watching what’s left of our home being torn down. It’s a complete surprise to us. We both thought when she sold it to a nice young white couple for a great deal less than she imagined, the house … our house would be there forever. It just wouldn’t belong to us any longer. Two other unique houses built by the first Black families to live in this township, just outside of Akron, Ohio, were gone too. My home and my history as well as the homes and histories of the two other Black doctors had been torn down and buried in the in the grassy earth. Permit me to explain by going a bit backwards. My mother sold our home eight years ago in 2010. She’d been trying to sell the ranch-style home for years. She couldn’t get the asking price for it. Since the area my mother lived in had been zoned for commercial as well as residential use, she thought it would be easier to sell her house. Unfortunately for my mother, Ohio was one of those states that […]
Aug 01

WHAT YOU SEE AIN’T WHAT YOU GET, a story of abandonment, loyalty and love.

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The murder of an athlete’s long-time agent and good friend, Preston Walters, brings two former best friends, Charlotte Harris and Melanie Tailor, who haven’t spoken to each other in years, together. While life has been extremely good to Charlotte, the millionaire athlete, Melanie, the journalist is trying to make a name in her chosen profession. Melanie is still looking for that one big break that will change her career forever. She finds it when the local police charge her estranged best friend Charlotte Harris, with a sports agent’s murder. The dead agent is the same man the journalist slept with back in college but her best friend the athlete always refused his entreaties. It seems both women have been keeping secrets but the only way to solve the murder is to unlock those secrets. Who really killed Preston Walters, famous agent for star athlete Charlotte Harris and Melanie Tailor’s ex-lover? Will Melanie or Charlotte reveal the secrets they’ve been keeping for years? Will sheriff ex-deputy and now private investigator Delaney Carter uncover their secrets? Can the two women overcome their pasts and move into their futures? I hope you enjoy my novel. What You See Ain’t What You Get, a […]
Jul 21

WHY I WROTE: WHAT YOU SEE AIN’T WHAT YOU GET, a story of abandonment, loyalty and love.

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
I wrote this novel in 2010. I knew it contained a story of child abuse worth telling. I just wasn’t sure when the time was ripe to tell it. That was because the abusers were members of a well-connected religious community. While their victims were essentially orphans of color who had no support systems in place to protect them. I worried that the acts of abuse and molestation might be too lewd to tell. Or worse when I described the acts, my book would be placed in the X-rated category. This story would never get to the people I wanted to reach. I also thought it was a story worth telling because I met several women and at least one man who went through something like this when they were kids. Their adult abusers were respected members in their communities and were believed. The child victims were blamed for what happened, if they were believed. If they weren’t believed, the children were left to suffer in silence. Either way the children were shunned by their communities. They had no caring adults help them through a difficult time. They had nobody to lean on and so they were forced to help […]
Jul 14

THE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
When I was still working for city government, I formed a great friendship with a female co-worker. We used to talk about everything. She knew I was gay and accepted that fact. She also knew years ago that I’d been through a nasty divorce just as she was going through one currently. We exchanged notes about how bad my ex-husband or her soon-to-be former husband were. We spoke about our husbands’ idiocy about misusing our children’s affections or playing games with child support, hoping if things were bad enough for us, we’d come running back to them. We shared the difficulties of raising children as single working mothers. On the job, we also wondered why this unqualified, lazy so and so was promoted or given a raise when we had more qualifications and better service records, but we were not considered promotable. We had typical girl talks. While I liked all the things I had in common with my good friend, what really fascinated me was our weekly discussions about televisions programs we watched, which sometimes led to political discussions. My friend convinced me to watch Sleepy Hollow. I truly loved idea of a young Black as a romantic interest […]
Jul 07

HISTORY & WHO TELLS IT

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
The picture above was taken in 2015 around Thanksgiving. The shadows you see are my mother and me. We’re watching what’s left of our home being torn down. It’s a complete surprise to us. We both thought when she sold it to a nice young white couple for a great deal less than she imagined, the house … our house would be there forever. It just wouldn’t belong to us any longer. Two other unique houses built by the first Black families to live in this township, just outside of Akron, Ohio, were gone too. My home and my history as well as the homes and histories of the two other Black doctors had been torn down and buried in the in the grassy earth. Permit me to explain by going a bit backwards. My mother sold our home eight years ago in 2010. She’d been trying to sell the ranch-style home for years. She couldn’t get the asking price for it. Since the area my mother lived in had been zoned for commercial as well as residential use, she thought it would be easier to sell her house. Unfortunately for my mother, Ohio was one of those states that […]
Jul 01

WHAT YOU SEE AIN’T WHAT YOU GET, a story of abandonment, loyalty and love.

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
The murder of an athlete’s long-time agent and good friend, Preston Walters, brings two former best friends, Charlotte Harris and Melanie Tailor, who haven’t spoken to each other in years, together. While life has been extremely good to Charlotte, the millionaire athlete, Melanie, the journalist is trying to make a name in her chosen profession. Melanie is still looking for that one big break that will change her career forever. She finds it when the local police charge her estranged best friend Charlotte Harris, with a sports agent’s murder. The dead agent is the same man the journalist slept with back in college but her best friend the athlete always refused his entreaties. It seems both women have been keeping secrets but the only way to solve the murder is to unlock those secrets. Who really killed Preston Walters, famous agent for star athlete Charlotte Harris and Melanie Tailor’s ex-lover? Will Melanie or Charlotte reveal the secrets they’ve been keeping for years? Will sheriff ex-deputy and now private investigator Delaney Carter uncover their secrets? Can the two women overcome their pasts and move into their futures? I hope you enjoy my novel. What You See Ain’t What You Get, a […]
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