Comic Con 2014

Yay it's almost here!!! I'm still working on my costume. Gee whiz, I'm pooped before the conference even starts. I'll be sure to post the photos.

While at ComicCon, I will be promoting my new book, La Rose, Book III Le Baton Chronicles, to be released on Kindle as of August 31, 2014.

In Book III, Julian Charles Chamberie's supernatural journey continues when he visits La Rose Plantation in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana with his Great-Grandmother Lela Chevalier Roberts, where he confronts the demons and heartbreak of his incarnation as Augustus Chevalier, eternally tormenting his soul.

See you at Comic Con. Be sure to say hello to the Lady with roses in her hair. 

Happy Birthday Lela!

Today, February 12, 2014, Lela Chevalier Roberts would have been 167 years old. Lela was born in 1847 to her master Augustus Chevalier and his slave cook, Sammie, in St. Helena's Parish Louisiana. Lela had a half brother and sister, Jean Charles and Lily Chevalier. Lily loved Lela deeply, not caring she was half black; however, her father could never accept her because of it.

Escaping her father's abuse and murder attempts, Lela escapes to New Orleans with her half brother and his wife. Lela perseveres, surviving the trials and tribulations of being Negro in 19th Century Louisiana, but to live a vivacious going on not only to rule New Orleans, but Heaven and Earth, and all those who dwell within.

Happy Birthday!!!

Eve of the Greatest March of All Time

This is a special night for me. 50 years ago today, thousands of people from around the nation, from all walks of life, arrived in Washington, D.C. to participate the following day in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Celebrities such as Lena Horne, Josephine Baker, Charlston Heston, and the March's organizer, A. Philip Randolph, strapped on their walking shoes to participate in the festivities, headlined by Dr. Martin Luther King, encouraged by Mahalia Jackson to "Tell them about the dream, Martin."

However, one young man missed this event. In La Rose, Book I Le Baton Chronicles, Julian Charles Chamberie sits at the bar of New Orleans' Hotel Monteleone, pissed off. His 116 year old Great-Grandmother, Lela Chevalier Roberts, has summoned him home to order her affairs, forcing him to miss the greatest humanitarian event of all times. Julian hadn't seen Lela since 10 years before when he was 14 years old, but what did he care. He had no desire to return to the home where his mother had fallen to her death.

Despite his pain and despair, Julian returns to the Chevalier Mansion to realize his emancipation and freedom in ways undreamed of through Lela's recount of their family history, beginning with the story of her father and slave owner, Augustus Chevalier, in 19th century St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. With Lela's story, Julian begins to uncover his true purpose and calling in life, as unbelievable as may be. I encourage all of you to read this story of the supernatural spiritual exploration and liberation of Julian Charles Chamberie, defying the truths which the color of his skin and radical beliefs may have attempted to convince him of in August, 1963.

Happy March. I hope to see you for a few moments tomorrow on the internet. Keep the dream alive.

http://www.amazon.com/Rose-Book-Baton-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B00DJE9Q3Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376955351&sr=8-1&keywords=la+rose+book+i+la+baton+chronicles