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Ebony has been condemned and rejected by her parents and peers all of her life. Like many other black girls who grew up weary to face life, she struggles with the adversities of being impoverished and accepted for who is she is. After being mentally, emotionally and sexually abusedEbony still struggles to fight her way to the top, never fully realizing her worth is until she finds love and acceptance from one of the faculty members at her school. From that point on, things began to blossom for her until she meets a smooth operator named Desmond Waltz.
Desmond is a world renowned entertainer who takes a sudden romantic interest in Ebony. His hidden sadistic and sexually devious desires for her erupt into rage, abuse, and imprisonment. Not only is Ebony’s world turned upside down yet again as she deals with Desmond’s desire to see her suffer under his thumb, but she is also subjected to his domineering mother, who hates her and abuses her every time she gets leaving Ebony beaten and bloody and begging for the pain to stop.
Will Ebony be able to break the perpetual cycle of abuse, self-hatred, and anguish? To what end is Ebony willing to go to finally be happy?What happens next in this riveting novel has twists and turns that’ll have your jaw dropping.
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 5:16pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Last night was my third time giving my World Building Workshop to kids. Let me just say, when I started the journey of an author, I had no idea where it would lead.
The best part of writing for kids, for me at least, is watching their innocent, thirsty faces light up when you’ve given them some of your time. There are some other enlightening parts of promoting my book that make me laugh and shake my head with disbelief.
DOING WORKSHOPS
I am…
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Trying to get over this emotional writer's block
To let go and just live....
And let live
To understand and dig deeper
And yet still stand
But today I feel defeated and exposed
Internally losing the battle
Drunk off memories and what could be's
Accepting but still craving
Wanting you on my skin
Inspiring me
Turning my metaphors into reality
Creating harmony from haiku's
Basking in our ink.. a new…
ContinuePosted on May 7, 2011 at 12:57pm 2 Comments 1 Like
Hello all!!
I'm relatively new to the site and am just getting settled in. About a year ago I started Aziza Publishing based off of the need of the youth who created "The Young Dreamers Initiative (YDI)". YDI is a group of 10-18 year olds who have a passion not only for writing but for all of the creative and performing arts. They are currently pursuing a project that myself and Aziza Publishing fully supports in publishing a book titled 'Ebony The Beloved".…
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