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March 13, 2014
The Journey….#STAYCREATIVE
Everyday is a journey to be inspired, to be motivated and to CREATE!!! I can’t even help it! I’ve had the conversation with many artists and we all agree. Creating is a must like eating; essential for survival and growth! Resources? Not enough…Money? Never enough…Time? THAT is what EVERY Artist wish they had more time for! So many ideas, too little time!
Whether writing poetry, stories, singing, painting or photography…Creatives MUST Create but its hard and stressful.. but we do it anyway! What will be the end results? Will the goal (s) be realized? Time will tell but for now, the thrill and the adrenaline rush of pushing ahead to try new things and express new ideas is fulfilling. To Realize that your Art, is your Truth and your Vestige to mark your time here on Earth!!! THAT is the Journey that Artists and Creatives strive to be on until they take their last breath.
Here is a link below that should help YOU expand your Mind & Potential and become better artists!!
ENJOY and STAY CREATIVE! >>>> 29 Ways To Stay Creative..
Don’t forget to check out the 1st book of my Sci-Fi | Urban Fantasy series; Watch The Shadows: The Legacy Chronicles Book 1.
“It’s not the dark that should scare you, it’s what lurks within that should…”
Watch The Shadows: The Legacy Chronicles Book 1 is a collection of dark urban fantasy poetry that introduces the hidden dangers, realities & characters that hide just below your perception. Let it be your doorway inside of The Legacy Chronicles.
Until next time…Stay Creative!
February 10, 2014
DEAD ALIVE
Tightness in my chest
like a gorilla sitting on my body,
each breath gets more restrictive
like a constrictor python. . .
squeezing
Thousand stings of wasps and fire ants
erupt in my mind,
nerves explode
in a vicious display of fireworks
Distorting Pain
Pain as bright—hot like the sun ablaze
Blinding white, searing darkness
I’m Choking on air like its acid
Pain. . .
No more
I see in sharp gray. . .
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. . .
to be this way
my dying breath has given way to a painful life
I’m no longer dead
I’m alive?
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January 21, 2014
Watch The Shadows
Underneath the Milky
Moonglow
Beneath the City Lights
Below the skyscrapers
and other man-made
monoliths
hidden in the crevices of
reality
There’s something there
something’s alive
and dead
The Shadows
Live. . .
Can you hear them?
Listen. . .
The Shadows breathe
Silence
Its children grow restless
They Hunger
Soon they will eat
impatience and hunt
just out of view
just below the waves
of darkness,
sounds of low rumble
growls, sharp clicks
and edge scraping of
fangs and claws
These Things you won’t see
but they do
their eyes penetrate the
Abyss of Blacklight
because they are Predator
and you. . . Prey
Pray that Light comes
quickly
Your heartbeat pounds
loud like a drum
swallowed by flowing
darkness
that deafens the sound of
Fear. . .
screams won’t be heard.
Death is there. . .
January 10, 2014
What are you Reading?
Ghosts Of Koa by Colby R Rice
Tech Watch by Radi Lewis
Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology by Milton Davis!
Jason Wise Field 4.0 by Jaycen Wise..
The Gifting|Urban Myth by Raymond Ayala
The Forever Man by Xavier Moore
StormWater Novella by Jason Reeves & Radi Lewis
October 24, 2013
Featured on Suspense Mystery Horror And Thrillers In Black site!
October is Black Speculative Fiction Month and I, along with many talented Black Authors are featured and today is my day! Go Check it out! Many thanks to Deatri King-Bey for the support and feature!
Suspense Mystery Horror And Thrillers In Black
Just in time for Halloween too! You can buy my ebook, Watch The Shadows: The Legacy Chronicles Book 1. Click the image below 
October 3, 2013
October is now… BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
There is a need for a greater awareness of Black Authors of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror. There are great Creators in that realm; Octavia E. Butler, Charles Saunders, Tananarive Due, Walter Mosley and Steven Barnes but what is most awesome is how the list keeps growing every year, every month and every day.
Those new and unique voices deserve the readership of anyone that loves creative speculative fiction! Some notables are; N.K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor, Milton Davis, Balogun Ojetade, Valjeanne Jeffers and so many more! In fact, two of those listed, Milton Davis and Balogun Ojetade are responsible for creating and leading the charge for Black Speculative Fiction Month!
Why? Simply because sometimes, you must create what you need!
This is a call, a movement to bring greater light to that special Dark Matter; Black Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror novels, books and stories that are inventive, scary, exciting and fun to read. Treat your self and support these and other writers and creators!
Here is a modest list of links, authors and publishers of Black Speculative Fiction Month!
Black Speculative Fiction Month http://blackspeculativefictionmonth.com
Black Sci-Fi http://www.blacksci-fi.com
Black Science Fiction Society http://blacksciencefictionsociety.com
Octavia E. Butler http://octaviabutler.org
Charles R. Saunders http://www.charlessaunderswriter.com
Balogun Ojetade http://chroniclesofharriet.com
Alicia McCalla http://www.aliciamccalla.com
Milton Davis http://www.mvmediaatl.com/Wagadu/
Nnedi Okorafor http://nnedi.com
N.K. Jemison http://nkjemisin.com
Tananarive Due http://www.tananarivedue.com
LA Banks http://www.leslieesdailebanks.com
Octavia E. Butler http://www.sfwa.org/members/butler/
Geoffrey Horne http://www.geoffreythorne.com
Ytasha L. Womack http://www.iafrofuturism.com
Steven Barnes http://darkush.blogspot.com
Valjeanne Jeffers http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com
Nalo Hopkinson http://nalohopkinson.com
Walter Mosley http://www.waltermosley.com
Ced Pharaoh http://cedpharaoh.com
and the list keeps growing! We can use your support, so spread the word..
October is now..BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
September 27, 2013
The Nature Of Stalkers...
I breathe shadows
and exhale,
emitting the dark fog like an aroma of stale myrrh..."
- The Nature Of Stalkers from the dark fantasy poetry book,
Watch The Shadows: The Legacy Chronicles Book 1
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Buy it here: http://bit.ly/WatchTheShadows
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September 18, 2013
AfterMath
AfterMath.
A few month or so ago, I missed my first official invite to a book panel so depressing but Life calls and you go with the flow.
I will even miss my 2nd official invite to another panel this month…that’s aggravating for sure!!! But the things that I’m doing in the background will eventually add up, so there will be other opportunities…
Alas, I’ve been going through some struggles so I’m catching up on ALOT of movies, books etc…but I Finally saw it. I loved it.
You can’t please everyone..critics are overrated.
They don’t understand.
They claim the acting was weak and that the Story had flaws.
They don’t understand.
It was about the future and what roots us in the present.
The Now.
Its about what is important, sandwiched between technology and savage nature.
A free flowing connection.
Love.
They missed the point.
My son loves their first movie together, even as a younger child
he saw himself and I in their union.
Now in their second movie, their bond is projected into a future
where Blacks & those of original African Ancestry are not imagined.
Pick any number of sci-fi films and the number is staggering of how many of us in 2013
are still not allowed to exist in the future.
For this fact alone,
this movie is a triumph.
A greater victory than the detractors will ever fathom.
The story? A Father through duty and calling is a leader among men.
This civic duty allows him to protect the world, community and his family.
Separating him from his center, his nucleus, his remaining family.
He wants the best for his Family but this duty pushes him away from his Son.
He pushes his Son through his presence to be better than himself.
I see myself in him, his son in mine.
I watch and I see myself and my son,
A glorious connection.
A growing, sometimes tough bond but its just that I want to protect him. Cheer him on.
Teach him. Support and do what is in my Power to make sure that he sees His Own Potential through his eyes.
Sometimes, I’m tough like the Father in this movie.
Stern but with an unwavering Love for my Son.
Sometimes we clash but like the Real life Father and Son in this and their last movie,
It is obvious they have a connection.
The critics just didn’t understand.
Maybe you need to be a Father….
This movie for me is about Black Fatherhood.
I seek to push. Inspire my son to push forward. To have Faith. To have courage.
To understand that he can’t control outside forces but that he does own the Power
to take a knee and center himself and allow the internal God Power to lead him.
To make the choice to master Fear and not become a slave of it.
Its my duty, joy and honor to make sure that he listens,
To do what I say even when I’m unsure.
Even though, I know the day will come that he will come into his own.
To defend and honor his own thoughts
and take the leap of Faith of the cliff of uncertainty
into his own Potential.
With God flowing, giving him flight to soar higher..
Greater. More Powerful than I ever Will.
We want our Sons to BE that Bright future than we will never see.
It is my hope, that in a time of great stress, uncertainty, fear
even when I’m not around that he stills hears me.
My wife has asked why are you so tough sometimes,
I say because like in the movie Boys In The Hood,
when Tre’ got out of the car even through great, stress and anger..
he heard his Father’s voice of reason.
Our Sons, My Son needs that.
I hope that what I give is of value. That what little I have to offer has weight to help my son
Center himself
Like Kitai did.
He heard his Father’s words of wisdom,
teachings and advice through God’s Will and Essence
to make the decisions intuitively;
as if his Father was right there with him.
I smiled because Katai had been listening after all…
That is what I hope I’ve done
and will continue to do.
I hope to be a memory of inspiration.
Of hope. A point of reference so that my son can make his own decisions that will allow him to grow into the Warrior King that he is.
The critics didn’t get the Legacy of wisdom and inspiration.
They couldn’t feel the human quality to the sci-fi story which has greater,
more sincere depth than most of the sci-fi movies that came after..
After Earth.
Until movies of the fantastical…the sci-fi-sational can depict
what I identify with…
what I feel is important…
until they do that.
They may be entertaining on some level but they will all fall short.
I guess I’m just picky like that.
Salute to Jaden & Will Smith.
Loved seeing Sophie Okonedo and Zoe Kravitz…
Yes! I call it a Black Sci-Fi movie..one for the collection.
Now what other things do I need to finish writing …oh yeah,
my own urban sci-fi fantasy.. Urban Mage: The Legacy Chronicles Book 2…
You can buy book 1 Now!
Watch The Shadows: The Legacy Chronicles Book 1
http://bit.ly/WatchTheShadows
Until next time….
August 6, 2013
NEW BEGINNINGS…
New Beginnings!
Welcome to my new blog! Well, actually an old blog at a new location! I will be re-posting some of my old content to get this place re-established. However, for those of you who are just stopping by...
WELCOME!
This blog is where I ramble about all things creative; my writings (more on that later), my photography, art promotion and other social musings!!!
New Beginnings!
I’ve been invited to be on my 1st panel at Wizard Chicago, Thursday Aug. 8th 6pm. It is called Creating Dynamic Black Female Characters in Fiction. I’ll be on deck with Shawn Alleyne (author of the Aizan comic book and Founder of the Xion Network); Ytasha L. Womack (author of Afrofuturism); Joe Currie (Prodigy comic book series) & more. I’m excited about that! I will be sure to get pictures…
Finally….
New Beginnings!
My book Watch The Shadows: The Legacy Chronicles Book 1 is available NOW!
Watch The Shadows: The Legacy Chronicles Book 1 is a collection of dark fantasy poetry that introduces the hidden dangers, realities & characters that hide just below your perception.
Let it be your doorway inside of my sci-fi/fantasy series: The Legacy Chronicles.
December 16, 2012
KICKSTARTER Project — URBAN MAGE: The Legacy Chronicles Book 1.
GlyphX is a smart but unfocused young man trying to find his way in the world or at least a corner to call his own. He comes across realities better suited for nightmares…..werewolves..and what are these Jackals?
Mystic pyramids and lands with a beautiful Priestess as his guide
And oh yeah, vampyres..and he can’t forget about Stalkers?
There’s a war coming and he’s going to find himself right in the middle of it,
next to some Demon Priests who seem to be the center of the trouble.
You’re help is needed to bring help this project succeed on Kickstarter.
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