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KL's Newsletter>
My Day In the Mall.
July 30, 2008
Finally Get To See My Name In Mary B. Morrison's
New Novel "Who Loving You?"
pages 236-239 Who's Loving Me by K. L. )
Hey Family I was in the mall today trying to get the local
book wagon to take on a copy of my book. While I was there
trying to be all smooth and suave with the young lady who
was digging the big man, I noticed that Mary B. Morrison's
book "Who's Loving You" was out..
Now this was big to me because I signed the release to have
something I had written placed in the novel. I have to be
real about all this. I am new to this writing game and when
I was told that Ms. Morrison wanted to have my work in her
book, I really didn't beleive it. I have been on edge about
making mistakes that it's hard to sometime allow the joy to
settle in. Even after signing the release and speaking to
her on the phone I still couldn't allow myself to get
excited because I just knew this couldn't be happening to
me.. Me?? I was at the time a unsigned, unpublished author
who was working on poetry. Who has had to basically start
all over because of placing my trust in others and getting
burned finanicially and emotionally. So to have some of my
non-fiction work requested was a strange feeling. Fiction
and non-fiction was supposed to come later in my writing
career since I knew I needed work.
Now let me allow you to walk with me. As I saw the cover I
am familiar with it because I have been checking at various
times on its release date. The nervousness was in full
bloom. I had sent a few emails to Ms. Morrison to no
response. Asking for a quote and offering my own book as a
way to see where I stood. My heart is racing simply
because if I open this up and I am not in there I would
feel like I was on that show punked!! At this point in my
writing career that would really make a brother want to
hang up his pen.. Now I see the sister is staring at me
because she wants to know why I am caressing this book like
I have future plans. Now when you see the cover and see the
strapping shirtless brother on the cover you truly
understand why she was looking at me like "OH No HE IS ON
THE DL!!!" Naw sister its deeper than that and I have a
wife I love too damn much to dabble with men.. As I look
for the table of contents nothing!! Heart rate quickens..
Damn it!! Even if they get upset I am looking over this
puppy until I find myself in here.. Then it I turned to
page 236!!!
Yes yall right there on page 236 stretching out to page
239, "Who's Loving Me?" all 3500 words of K. L. The
Writer!! There was my article. There was my tribute to my
wife for the world to see in Ms. Morrison's book. I had
arrived. I was in a national best sellers book and my name
was there and website there for all who are coming to read
Ms. Morrison. I was so proud of myself that I said to the
same woman look that is me right there. She was now joined
by the woman who blew me off the other day when I with my
sons when I asked politely "Do you sell poetry books?" and
with a stern and unconcerning, NAW! I offered my card and
said can you give this to the owner or the buyer.. Sure!!
Well now guess who leans over as I am holding Ms.
Morrison's book and says, "He was here the other day, Look
here is his card!!!" Oh you know me now?? LOL LOL LOL Well
the thick sister who was already smiling for other reasons
was overly excited and said they were considering some
poetry do I have my books with me.. Off to the van I go!!
When I came back I had to pick Ms. Morrison's book again.
It was like it was my own..
Now if you're reading this so far understand, its not about
your age its about your experiences. I am a 40 year old man
with three college degrees and over 10 years of teaching
experience, but that means nothing when you're in an area
that is unfamiliar, which you have no past and your
learning with each word out of your mouth and typed..
Seeing my work in that book gave me a jolt that I got
something here.. Its raw and uncut like the drugs we see in
many of those stupid 80's film but potent nonetheless. I
feel like underneath all of this naivete is a diamond
waiting for more pressure to cause the greatness to
surface.. I have made publishing mistakes that I am
repairing, I have made marketing mistakes that I am
repairing and I am reading and learning more about this
business.. but for a moment I was the man.. LOL LOL.. I was
assisting someone make money and hopefully it will trickle
down to me. More than that, I was accepted and my words
stood on their own inside a proven veterans novel..
Come on if you can understand and I am sure you do.. Its
like being asked to accompany the varsity team and your a
freshman. Well I am loving it. I'll say this to bring this
to a close. Ms. Morrison, may write in a genre that I don't
read or write. However this love story she wrote has a
little something all her other works didn't have "K. L."
and I know I am not the deciding factor if it's going to
top of the charts like all of her other works, but this
time around when her very loyal fans come to read. They'll
take a piece of me with them and God can tell you, that is
all I ask when I write anything.. There is my reason for
writing this.
The Lord is truly mysterious, go figure, the Queen of
Erotica writes a love story and somehow for some reason
allows a no name author who writes poetry to bless her
pages and share a small amount of her light.. The Lord is
at work here... I couldn't have written a better story..
Thank You for sharing in my moment..
K. L.
Author of "A Man In Transition"
featured in Who's Loving You by Mary B. Morrison (page
236-239)
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