Simply Cheris. . .

Music plays such a big role in my writing, so I thought it would be fun to share the soundtrack for my book, Too Hot For TV . Tina Turner: Baby, I'm A Star  Brian McKnight: Let Me Love You Prince: International Lover Rick James/Teena Marie: Fire and Desire Black Sheep: The Choice is Yours James Blunt: You're Beautiful Pink: Trouble Beyonce: Listen Gladys Knight and the Pips: You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Gladys Knight and the Pips: Midnight Train to Georgia Rockwell: Somebody's Watching Me Nu Shooz: I Can't Wait Fine Young Cannibals: She Drives Me Crazy Load your e-reader with Too Hot For TV as you groove to the songs that inspired me. It's also available as a mass market paperback.

Music plays such a big role in my writing, so I thought it would be fun to share the soundtrack for my book, If It Isn't Love . New Edition: If It Isn't Love Robin Thicke: Lost Without U Whitney Houston: Exhale (Shoop, Shoop) Deborah Cox: Sentimental Taylor Dayne: Love Will Lead You Back Deborah Cox: Things Just Ain't The Same Jaheim: Find My Way Back Anthony Hamilton: The Point Of It All SWV: I'm So Into You Alicia Keys: Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart Cheryl Pepsii Riley: Thanks For My Child Monica: Why I Love You So Much Bobby Brown/Whitney Houston: We Got Something In Common Load your ereader with If It Isn't Love as you groove to the songs that inspired me.

Music plays such a big role in my writing, so I thought it would be fun to share the soundtrack for my latest book, Recipe For Desire . 1. Queen Pen: Party Ain't A Party 2. Jean Knight: Mr. Big Stuff 3. Maroon 5: Makes Me Wonder 4. The Temptations/The Supremes: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me 5. Brian McKnight: Crazy Love 6. Keith Sweat:  I Want Her 7. LSG: My Body 8. Jesse Powell: You 9. Adele: Rolling In The Deep 10. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme 11. Miles Davis: All Blues 12. Johnny Gill: My, My, My 13. Beyonce: Daddy Load up your iPod, and get your copy of Recipe For Desire !

Just me, my iPad and a web cam. Watching Discovery ID, listening to Johnny Gill while writing this love scene.

These days, it seems as if any reality star or scandal making headliner has a book on the shelves. Yes, I'm pointing my finger at Evelyn Lozada and Rielle Hunter. I'm all for supporting real authors. You will never see me talking junk about my fellow scribes, we work too hard to build a reputation and to put quality books out there to entertain readers. For example, one of my favorite writers, Victoria Christopher Murray , is a magician with the written word. When she tells a story, you learn something, you feel something and you want more. For a "reality show" bully star to be called an author --when we know good and damned well a ghostwriter did the heavy lifting--is simply disrespectful. This week, proud home wrecker Rielle Hunter drops a book about her affair with former senator John Edwards and their daughter. It's currently number two on Amazon. I saw her on 20/20 and was simply disgusted by the way she talked about Elizabeth Edwards, John's d...

 

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know I celebrated Prince Day by playing all of his music, watching Purple Rain, Under The Cherry Moon and even Graffiti Bridge. As the Purple One's birthday winds down, I thought I'd share the songs that inspired me to write certain books --more specifically-- some scenes in certain books. See, I can't write without music. And since I can't sing or play instruments, I'm glad I fell in love with Prince in 1984 when I had no idea what Nikki was doing with that magazine. :) 1. His Sexy Bad Habi t -- Do Me Baby ( Controversy, 1981) 2. Revelations -- I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man (Sign O' The Times , 1987)    3. Recipe For Desire -- Housequake, Adore ( Sign O' The Times , 1987) 4. Let's Get It On -- Eye Hate U , ( The Gold Experience , 1995), Letitgo ( Come , 1994), Joy In Repetition ( Graffiti Bridge , 1990), The Greatest Romance That's Ev...

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