Just as the name implies, I am surrendering to my destiny: I am a writer and filmmaker. I live to create and share my creations with like minds and other lovers of words and images.
I write both scholarly texts and fiction. However, I do them under different names in order to separate both worlds. Still, fact and fiction inform each other as I study pop culture and use these studies sometimes in order to create my own brand of fiction.
My first scholarly work, DREAM FACTORY DEFERRED: BLACK WOMANHOOD, HISTORY AND MUSIC VIDEO was published independently on iUniverse. In the meantime, I also completed a novel, IN TIME, which I have now released as an e-book on lulu.com and hopefully as a paperback available at CreateSpace outlets including Amazon.com! My latest work, THE PEOPLE IN MY HEAD, is also available as an e-book from lulu.com and has also been submitted to CreateSpace. I have also created an experimental e-book, LIFE BEGINS AT 30: WHAT I'VE LEARNED SO FAR AND WHY YOU DON'T CARE also available at lulu.com.In the meantime, I have short stories that I hope to compile for a book, but I will post some here in order to give readers a sample of my work.
My main goal in both my scholarly work and my creative endeavors is to inspire African-American women and girls to transcend expectations and see that we can be anything we want and do what we want on our own terms. We have unique voices within and outside our ranks and each one deserves to be heard.
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