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I wanted this to be a Hallmark but it turned Lifetime/Tyler Perry real quick.

Over 40 and recently divorced the last thing Celestial Soliel Divine is looking for is love. However, when a dashing restaurant proprietor rescues her from a bad blind date, Soliel feels obligated to at least return the favor. Little does she know the owner, Ellis, has more than just a passing affinity for dark chocolate.

Ellis Mason has his hands full running a restaurant he inherited and his new chocolate venture. He’s also running from the truth burying his head in work to avoid falling into the trap of loneliness. Still, he never expected a night out with his best friend to cause such a disruption in his life.

Destiny and fate are playing both sides. Can Soliel and Ellis take the bitter with the sweet and get lost in the chocolate to bring them peace?

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They are at it again…sigh

I never intended to write this book. Doubletake was a one and done. The End. However, my readers had other plans and now apparently my characters do too. These are the fun times I get to wake up to in the middle of the night.

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Money is far from the ultimate protection, a lesson that still haunts Brooklyn Alexander. The only child of a wealthy economist and a woman from the wrong side of the tracks all the influence in the world could not save her from the clutches of a man who would go to any lengths to protect his family name. While she’s cheated death before, Brooklyn prefers to lay low which means love is off the table.

Once a successful entrepreneur, Gregory Aladin was living the high life, until an unfortunate tryst with an employee sent his finances down the drain. Now struggling to make ends meet, he feels his luck is changing when he rescues fellow stranded tow truck driver Brooklyn from the side of the road. Juggling financial ruin and his budding love, Greg maintains a carefully orchestrated façade while trying to navigate Brooklyn’s avoidance of what he suspects is a sketchy past.

With secrets, lies, and vindictive former suitors determined to remain relevant, what should be the start of a fairytale romance is quickly descending into chaos. Can Brooklyn and Greg navigate the traps of their former lovers, or will an unexpected player finally claim victory?

NANO plans out the window.

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As many writers know when it comes to writing, and in this case for me NANO, the best laid plans go out the window when your characters are in control.  My choices this year, get on board or lose my mind. Since I and semi-coherently writing this post I chose the get on board option and so far it has work.

My lesson this year for NANO is to be flexible.

My typical NANO plans is to spend the first week immersed in the process without looking back. That means taking off from work, shutting everything out, and living with the bare necessities of eat, drink, bathe, sleep, and write.

Well, my characters decided that wasn’t their plan. They only want to speak to me from roughly 7PM to 10PM and then they are done. I can roll with this. Now I get my days to myself, and I can spend quality time with the voices in my head after sunset.

Of course, I resisted at first, determined to sneak in half a chapter or so when I had some downtime. And, well, they showed me. Crickets.

To my surprise I’m not much further behind that I would typically be. The voices and I have come to the consensus that getting the 1667 per day is attainable and we have successfully kept to the schedule to make this happen. Some days they have given me more and other days just enough to squeak by the meter. And I am actually ok with this.

Will I continue this one my own next year? I can’t say for sure but seeing the results of being flexible, and caring with myself and the process, has made this year’s NANO so far as much of an enjoyable experience as I’ve had other years.

So, to my characters, I thank you for showing me my options.

Ana’Gia Wright

NANO 2021

NANO is on the horizon. For those who are unfamiliar NANO is National Novel Writing Month where writers face the challenges of writing 50K words in 30 days. Its full of fun, mayhem, and madness depending on who you ask.

For me, NANO is my opportunity to get the first draft of a project done. This year, so long as my characters are on board, I thin I have a winner.

Over 40 and recently divorced the last thing Celestial Soliel Divine is looking for is love. However, when a dashing restaurant proprietor rescues her from a bad blind date, Soliel feels obligated to at least return the favor. Little does she know the owner, Ellis, has more than just a passing affinity for dark chocolate.

Burning rubber and flaming emotions

This is one of those middle of the night open road full throttle angry gear shifting tear falling all out emotional rubber burning in a race car songs. And I think my #CarolinaDrift chick is in this mood. But she gonna have to wait om me to finish with my fire crew.

Fairytales with a twist

I decide to play in the dark for a while and thought, why not redo some fairytale? Thus, the birth of Funky Fairytales. Take a walk through these darkened woods but do mind the things that go bump in the night.

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Naughty naughty chocolatier

I think I might like the direction this story is headed.

A Licentious Storm was nominated

I’ve been playing the dark for a while (Aziza Sphinx has surfaced more than Ana’Gia) and my alter ego received nominations for two categories for A Licentious Storm.

I made the nominations. Feel free to vote for me for Black Author Queen (Aziza Sphinx) and Best Black Paranormal Book (A Licentious Storm). https://www.blackgirlswhowrite.com/2020awards