Aug 07

100 YEARS OLD. She’s a century.

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I don’t normally do five essays in a month. I also don’t dedicate any of them to somebody’s birthday either. This month, I decided to change what I normally do and make an exception. My mother turns 100 years old on the second week of this month. She doesn’t do Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Instagram or Snapchat so she’ll never read this tribute. I thought I should do something special online for her, sort of a permanent digital record that she existed on this earth for the last 100 years. I read somewhere that the number of folks over 100 isn’t so rare nowadays and the number of centenarians is actually increasing. Try as I might, I can’t imagine what she’s seen during her lifetime. I know she missed WWI but lived through the depression. She spoke about how she and my aunt sold bread and cookies from a wagon. My stepfather lost a janitor job during the depression but tried to make up for it by setting a home bakery because he loved to bake. My mother said she got to practice subtraction and addition as she and her sister sold bread and rolls my step-grandfather baked. She watched her […]
Jul 31

Are You The One Love For Me?

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Can a womanizing news reporter change her ways and fall in love with a high school principal? What would it take to make that happen, when the principal’s ex-lover decides to interfere? Nicole Harris, a highly successful high school principal, is the subject of an interview with local cable news host Josephine Dickerson. Jo spends more time flirting with Nicole than exploring the topic and Nicole dismisses Jo as a player, even though she is very attracted to her. When Jo ends up on Nicole’s doorstep, bleeding and in need of medical assistance, can Nicole find it in her heart to discover if Jo is the one love for her? Are You The One Love For Me? is available for pre-order 7/23/17 on Kindle. The release date is 8/2/17. ASIN: B07465VJGT (Kindle Version $2.99) ISBN-13: 978-1973880066 (Print Version $8.99) ISBN-10: 1973880067 (Print Version $8.99) Here are the links for: ARE YOU THE ONE LOVE FOR ME?: Amazon Kindle USA: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07465VJGT Amazon Kindle UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07465VJGT Createspace: https://www.createspace.com/7385419 Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/737937 Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/qw4uNX1nc2M Ask David: http://askdavid.com/books/10892
Jul 24

WHY I WROTE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS, SOULLESS LOVE?

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I’m in love with crime or cops shows and the movies about them. I’ll go see or I’ll rent them at the drop of a hat. Just turn on my television, leave it on the crime channel and I’ll watch Law & Order, Hillstreet Blues, LA Law, NYPD Blue, Blue Bloods, The Shield, Red Road, Murder She Wrote, Prime Suspect (English version), Swat, Colombo, Kojac (with Ving & Telly), Gunsmoke, Paladin, The Wire, Oz, Motive, Luther and How to get away with murder for months without coming up for air. If there is a well-written crime show or movie out there, I’ve probably seen it. I’ve also been fascinated with the prince of evil, also known as Old Scratch, Lucifer, Satan or the devil and his power or lack thereof over humans. I decided write a novella that combined both of my fascinations. When I finished writing it, I realized I’d modeled my tale somewhat after Brimstone, a TV series that didn’t last long but held my attention. My novella is narrated by the corrupt, female cop, Detective Shelly Edwards AKA Francine Jackson AKA Sharon Johnson. It’s called DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS, soulless love? Thanks for reading BL. Wilson Connect […]
Jul 10

THE GOD THING

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  I’ve been thinking a lot about God lately. I’m not sure exactly why, but I’ve been doing it. For example, two weeks ago, I went out to move my car from one side of the street to the other side. In New York City, we have something called Alternate Side of the Street Parking. Particularly in Manhattan, good legal parking spots are worth a car’s weight in gold. Even bad illegal spots are worth something until the traffic agents or the police discover them. Depending on the side of the street, the day of the week, and time of day, a car has to be moved or the owner risks a ticket, a tow, or both. I saw two older Black women in long-sleeved dresses that almost touched their ankles crossing the street as I double-parked. I immediately thought of old-school church sisters. The only thing the two sisters were missing were their Sunday-go-to-meeting church hats. They did carry copies of their religious booklets, face-out against their chests as if the papers could shield them against the sinning world they were entering. I watched the two women for a long while. They both took bench seats in the park […]
Jul 01

Devil’s In The Details, soulless love?

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Dirty Detective McCoy murders his disgraced ex-partner Detective Michelle Edwards. Michelle happens to be in love with his kid sister, ADA Brenda McCoy. Brenda is investigating a corruption case against two dirty cops that turn out to be Michelle and her brother. Michelle turns state’s evidence against McCoy and he decides to kill her. Now dead, Michelle wants a do-over. She wants to relive the last three years and three days of her life before her murder to keep her lover Brenda from committing suicide. Old Scratch, also known as Big D, hears her plea and makes a deal with her. She has to bring him an innocent soul in exchange for hers. She has seventy-two hours to find one. She can’t bring him any of the drug dealers, drug users, crooked cops, or others criminals that she’s dealt with in her job as a cop. When Brenda offers her own soul so they can live together in Hell, will Michelle accept the deal? Devil’s In The Details, soulless love? is available for pre-order 5/23/17 on Kindle. The release date is 7/2/17. ASIN: B0734J9S5J (Kindle Version $2.99) ISBN-13: 978-1548304911 (Print Version $8.99) ISBN-10: 1548304913 (Print Version $8.99) Here are the […]
Jun 26

WHY I WROTE PERSONALS, INTERNET LOVE?

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I started writing my novella in 2009. Back then, I’d been living the single life for about six years and I was growing sick of it. I wanted to find a decent, god-fearing woman who liked me as much as I thought liked her. I was ready to date again but how or where to start, I wondered? I’d heard so many horror stories about dating online. Maybe the classifieds would be better? Or how about blind dates arranged through my friends? That could work too since my friends should know what I liked in a woman, right? Or I could hang out at the Center or I-House. I’m sure I could find some attractive, interesting women at either place. If none of those options worked, there was always my last resort… the online sites. Sometime later, I thought wouldn’t it be interesting to write a story about a single lesbian’s adventures in the dating world in 2009 when social media hadn’t taken over the internet yet. My book is entitled PERSONALS, internet love? HAPPY GAY PRIDE MONTH!!!! Thanks for reading BL Wilson Connect with BL Wilson at these links: Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/patchworkbluezpress Twitter: http://bit.ly/11fAPxR Smashwords profile page: http://bit.ly/1sUKQYP […]
Jun 19

IF YOU KNEW YOU WERE GAY…

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“First of all, I am not writing this note to start a fight with you, or to judge you. It is just a question that has been on my mind. From what I have read, there is a school of thought throughout the LGBT community that being gay is not a choice that gay people make. It is something that they are born with, and they know from a very early age that they are gay. It is not something that they can turn on or off like a light. If this is true, why did you marry me? If you knew in your heart that you were gay, wasn’t marrying me and then having a child with me wrong?” Those were the words in my ex-husband’s email that got me to thinking. I wondered how I might answer him. This should be easy, I thought. I’m a writer. I use words to present my arguments and defend myself, don’t I? I answered my own question with a loud YES, I can do this. Jump forward six months. It was late August, hot and humid, but I still hadn’t answered ex-husband’s email. I asked a couple of friends what to […]
Jun 12

COMING OUT 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. The mother says, “My sixteen-year-old son told me that he is gay. What should I do about it?” Today, I’d add my own experience of coming out as 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 forty-seven years old before I finally admitted to me that I was gay and then I admitted it to my family. Question: Isn’t 47 a little old to discover one’s 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. How is a major life change possible at that age? 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 represent […]
Jun 02

Personals, Internet Love?

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Wanna read a Lesbian Love Story just in time for Gay Pride Month? For $2.99 on Kindle: Personals, Internet Love? Can a seriously wounded, stubborn police sergeant accept her one-night stand lover as her doctor? Sergeant Lucinda Parker, shot in the line of duty, is seriously wounded. Isabelle Parker, an accomplished surgeon who has treated Lucinda on a prior occasion, and subsequently had an affair with her, is assigned as one of her doctors. Will Lucinda listen to the doctor’s orders and follow them? Can she forget the sexual relationship they had earlier to become the compliant, obedient patient? Can Isabelle put her feelings aside to treat the patient who was her glorious short-term affair? How will the sergeant feel when she learns the truth about the doctor’s background? Will the two women overcome the huge obstacles placed in their paths together or will they continue to hide their feelings from each other?     ASIN: B072J7YQ1Z (Kindle Version $2.99) ISBN-13: 978-1546839187 (Print Version $8.99) ISBN-10: 1546839186 (Print Version $8.99) Here are the links for: PERSONALS, internet love?: Amazon Kindle USA: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072J7YQ1Z Amazon Kindle UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B072J7YQ1Z Createspace: https://www.createspace.com/7187912 Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/725930 Book trailer: https://youtu.be/SdMHVTmpSvk   Connect with BL Wilson at these […]
May 28

DECORATION DAY & MY UNCLE HERBIE

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On this Decoration Day, also known as Memorial Day, I wanted to honor my uncle, a Black veteran who fought in Germany during World War II in some small way. The photo you see above was taken in 1989. I’m not sure what my son and my uncle are looking at. My son was probably grinning at my younger sister, who was taking the picture. I imagine Uncle Herbie was thinking about his big sister, my Aunt Sadie, who had just died. I tried to find a photo of my uncle alone and in uniform, but I couldn’t find one. When I was a kid, I really admired my uncle because he was s-o-o different from my father the medical doctor, who was also his big brother. Uncle Herbie was the only surviving uncle that I had. My father came from a very large family of nine kids, but only three survived to adulthood (my father, my uncle, and my aunt). He was the first one to attend college and went on to get a medical degree. In contrast, my uncle worked in a factory. I’m not sure whether the factory produced tires or automotive parts. We lived in Akron, […]
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