Simply Cheris. . .

So, I'm taking a sort of social media break to work on my two WIPs. Last night, I wrote 2,000 words on Alicia's story. And Thursday was going to be Dana's day. Day light came, I woke up at six-thirty ready to write. Sat down with my wireless keyboard and nothing. Not a word. So, I said: "I'm going to do some yoga. Get the blood flowing." I did yoga, aerobics, some ab work. Came back to the iPad and nothing. Brewed some coffee, cooked an egg with cheese and tomatoes. Ate. Drank. Nothing. Watched the Young and The Restless, went to sleep because Victor Newman is starting to bore me. Woke up. Wrote three damned sentences. Cleaned the refrigerator, went to the market, watched Scandal. Did another 10 minutes of yoga and then my lovely Muse decided to show her face. RIGHT when I wanted to go to bed. On the flip side, Alicia's word count: 14.565 Dana and Adrian: 14,402 and counting. My muse started whispering to me again. I'm going to need more coff...

See you later! Au revoir!

Tashmir Touch Events hosted an event celebrating Recipe For Desire in Atlanta over the weekend. There was a cooking demonstration, a reading from Recipe For Desire and a fun Q&A session. Don't let me talk you to death, take a look at the video highlights: The wonderful book clubs Author Miranda Parker showing support. Have to read A Good Excuse To Be Bad ? Author D. L. Sparks , mistress of romantic suspense. Pick up her latest, Between Friends Radio personality and Lipgloss boss , Shay Moore Me and Louise Brown, who is basically Cleveland Alexander's mama! If you enjoyed More Than He Can Handle , you should thank her! I'm always amazed that people actually listen to me talk. :)

Women love a man who cooks. And if he cooks well, then we're beating down his door to marry him. Last Saturday in Atlanta, I met one such man, Chef J. Rodney . Cooking demo in Atlanta. He runs his own personal dining service and demonstrated his skills at the Recipe For Desire book event hosted by Tashmir Touch Events .  Here's his delicious recipe: The finished product

Sixteen year old Jasmine Thar was shot and killed in December. She wasn't walking around a strange neighborhood. She wasn't wearing a hoodie or carrying Skittles and iced tea, she was with her godmother and a friend getting ready to go shopping in Myrtle Beach. Thar was shot by a resident of Chadborn, N.C., a town along the N.C. coast, not too far from the S.C. coast. James Anthony Blackwell, 23, told police he was cleaning a a Remington Model 700 rifle and it fired without him pulling the trigger. The police bought that excuse and Blackwell was never charged. Thar's mother, Carletta McNeil, had to take to the Internet to get some movement on the case. She started at SignOn.org Justice For Jasmine petition. As of Wednesday morning, 9,047 people had signed the petition. The State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI are investigating the case --but there has been no charges filed against Blackwell or an arrest in the case. What's the excuse in this case? The Cha...

Do I look a little frazzled? It's because I am. Writing is hard work, but I love to do it! Make sure you add these books to your Reading Lists: You Have No Idea by Vanessa Williams and Helen Williams And An Accidental Affair by Eric Jerome Dickey.

The shooting of Travyon Martin has people talking about race and Wednesday night, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee, Mecklenburg Ministries and Community Building Initiative hosted a discussion on Martin. What needed to happen here was a real-life discussion on the racial issues in Charlotte. Because this city has some serious underlying racial issues that no one talks about in mixed company. Tonight was a chance to do that and no one did it. Last night's event was supposed to talk about broader implications of the Martin case , including: Why is what happened so disturbing? Could it happen here? What should happen now? What we got was a PC discussion on race, a rehashing of the reported facts in the case and a group discussion where someone said they're afraid to adopt a black child and more proof that our local elected officials really don't give a damn about what's happening in Charlotte. Before I get into the meat of the program, I have...