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My novella (not a novel), A Song of Summer, will be released later this year. Publishing is a nine-month process. It’s like having a baby. I appreciate your comments. There are three words a creative person craves: Praise! Praise! Praise! Warm hugs to you all.

There is a particular kind of novel that earns its emotion slowly, through accumulation rather than spectacle. A Song of Summer is that kind of book. It follows Christopher Nolan — a Black teenager from the projects who dreams of Paris with a hunger that feels almost mythological — from childhood daydreams to a life-altering…

There are few moments in a book’s life when it gets to dress up and be admired. This is one of them. For quite some time now, my newly written novella A Song of Summer has lived quietly in pages—whispering its way through memory, longing, and the peculiar way certain moments refuse to stay in…

Wow—what a way to end the year! My memoir, Scattershot: My Journey from the Projects to Paris to Rodeo Drive, has been named one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Books of 2025.

Happy Holidays (I think they are happy) to all my friends, and strangers too.    What a year this has been, about it, mixed feelings that I’m in, and it’s almost over… my god! 2025 has been a rollercoaster year for all of us—marked by political turmoil, religious hate crimes, school shootings, and economic uncertainty. In…

I finally started watching the Amazon Prime-BBC series Queers. I had skipped it for ages, assuming it was just another one of “those” stereotypical productions we so often see in the U.S. I was wrong. This series is nothing like that. The acting is extraordinary—reminding you what truly great performance looks like. Each character feels…