Hello Folks,

As you may or may not know, I’m a former bookstore owner who didn’t have a backup plan for 9/11. Between leftover inventory and my personal collection…I’ve got waaaay too many books lying around my apartment and storage room, just gathering dust. Looking at my bank statement and looking at the shelves of books, I decided that it made no sense to hold onto them. So welcome to my clearance sale!

Just to get the ball a-rolling, I’ve listed a mixture of old, new and in-between items at Amazon.com with prices ranging from $0.20 to $39.50. These items will also be listed on a new blog I’m in the process of creating.

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You might have noticed that there was no “Happy Thanksgiving” post from me.

As I sat in my chair early yesterday morning attempting to compose a cheerful, upbeat, gosh-darned-glad-to-be-alive post. It just wouldn’t come. Whilst I am glad to be alive and not unduly saddened, this year I seem to be undergoing a “what now” phase.

I didn’t want to run down the usual list (life, health, strength, family, job), yet I didn’t want to appear as though I wasn’t thankful, which I am. I then recalled a recent revelation I had while writing a portion of my book-in-progress, which for the purpose of this post I’ll title, “Thanks for My Memories” :

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No…not another NaNoWriMo gadget. A blog award just for women! I read about it in Eph2810’s feed. So actually, it would probably be more accurate to state, Look What Found Me!

My thoughts ran the gamut of, why we gotta have our own contest, we quitting? I’m not a wuss, I can and have competed with guys all my life! Which was quickly followed by…yup, and that’s probably why you’re up at 5:14 a.m. writing a post for your blog!

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Okay people, I now have two volunteers, I just need one more. *looking around…let’s see…who will it be?*

As you can see by the nifty little progress meter below…I’m rolling right along, 50,000 by 11/30 or overeat trying!

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Hey Folks,

I have managed to write myself into a headache…I have been in such a writing frenzy since I got the latest epiphany. Book number one has been tabled to be finished at a later date and Book number two Conversations with God is all systems go.

At the time of this post, 4:09 p.m., I’m up to 7,865 words which is amazing, considering how long it took me to get to that point with Love Quest. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Conversations with God is all gold so that’s where you come in. I’d appreciate it if you’d read an excerpt and let me know your thoughts? (I’ve included a tiny excerpt below)

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Okay, maybe it’s the lack of sleep, or my fractured thought patterns…but I couldn’t stand it anymore and now there are two, count ‘em–two books in progress, each with their own nifty little meters.

Book No. 1 - Already in Progress - Working Title: Love Quest

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A word count meter! If you’d like one of your very own click here:

7,682 / 50,000 (15.4%)

My word count is below the projected bar, but after attending a NaNoWriMo (you knew the word was gonna come up sooner or later) get together last night. I am rejuvenated! I went home last night and scrapped some parts and wrote 1,o78 words before bed.

Yes, I scrapped some, but I figure that was better than starting over.

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I just read a post in one of my crit groups about a survey showing that the pressure of the literary world being such as it is, “more than one in three consumers in London and the south-east admit having bought a book “solely to look intelligent”, the YouGov survey says it finds one in every eight young people confessing to choosing a book ‘simply to be seen with the latest shortlisted title’ This herd instinct dwindles to affect only one in twenty over-50 year-olds.”

This article brought to mind my bus ride home on Friday night:

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Hello Folks,

As you can see, I got colorful for the holidays. This is my Thanksgiving rendition. In the meantime, I’ll be scoring the web for a Christmas look. So if you see anything that looks like me, don’t be shy–forward it to me!

As to NanoWriMo:

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Excerpt from Dr. Michael Eric Dyson’s book “The Michael Eric Dyson Reader”.

“Look at me,” the sister blurted in exasperation. “It’s Saturday night, and I can’t buy a date.”

She attended a black tie in Chicago that the 100 Black Men of Chicago sponsored. The even drew many of Chicago’s elite, prominent clergy, physicians, entrepreneurs, and politicians. Her skin was brown and smooth-all sweet chocolate dipped into sensuous ebony hues - and her sparkling eyes set like flaming candles above her arching cheekbones. Her hair was a stylish black splash, with her limbs elegantly gesturing and her hands delicately pointing as her painted, manicured nails punctuated her message. As we talked for half an hour, it was clear that she was not only drop-dead gorgeous, but also bright as all outdoors, down-to-earth but schooled, witty and urbane but a true home girl, used to the corporate game she played as an executive but wearing her status loosely. Highly intelligent, educated, perceptive, in love with her people, down for the cause, a lover of black men-and she was alone, by herself, without a date in sight on a Saturday evening that brimmed with romantic promise.

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