Hello, good readers! Welcome to the first Monday Blog for the month of October. This month’s theme, is Emo Month. Why? Two reasons: Halloween is coming, and I’m currently working on my first supernatural book, The Witch of Fulton Lane.

So, why emo Month? When people think of October, they may think of Halloween. I know I certainly do. Halloween happens to be one of my favorite holidays. I’m a little Gothic, a little punk and a little Emo, so the holiday is right up my alley. Some people wander into a craft store, look at the Halloween decorations, and think, “Oh! Halloween decorations!” Me, I think, “Oh, regular decorations!” I changed the Woolaston Entertainment WordPress site to a Gothic theme for the holiday. Ah, who am I kidding: I’ll probably just leave it that way, holiday or not!

Most of this month’s blog posts will focus on The Witch of Fulton Lane. I will release little samples of the book throughout the month. I hope you like it. Also, I’ll share links to websites and places related to the theme of the book.

A sample chapter is available here: https://woolent.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/preview-the-witch-of-fulton-lane/

See you next week!

#emo #Halloween

I released the first Valentine book in 2010, seven years ago. Here we are, in 2017, and the final book in the series is complete. Valentine 5: The Queen’s Fold, is now available on Amazon, and soon, it will be available on other websites. I had some difficulty, deciding how to end this series, but I believe anyone who reads it, will be pleased. Val has changed over the course of this series. She started out as a wild young girl with a pair of handguns, and became a young woman, whose primary concern is protecting her family. She’s met some interesting people along the way; some of them good, some of them bad. Each of them has helped her grow in some way, and I like to think, she was able to return the gesture.

I do have an idea for another spin-off series for Valentine, but if I decide to write it, it won’t be for at least a year.

Halloween is coming, and so is Emo Month!!!!! See you next week.

#newfiction #woolent #valentine

During the course of your life, you may come across certain people who inspire you. You may come across people who take the time to look out for you, offer advice, etc. For me, two people stand out very clearly: my mother, June Parris, and my Creative Writing teacher from high school, Tracy Rice-Weber.

Ever since I was little, my mother always encouraged me to be creative. I did a lot of writing, so she supplied me with plenty of notebooks and pens. I did a lot of drawing, so she always bought art supplies for me. When I decided to give animation a try, she bought a video camera and a light box, and let me experiment. She never told me I couldn’t do something, and even though money was tight, she always found a way to help me get what I needed.

When I reached twelfth grade, I took a Creative Writing class, for the very first time. It felt good to be in a class with other writers and creative types. Mrs. Rice-Weber, my teacher, encouraged all of her students to try new styles of writing, including poetry. She gave me an opportunity to submit work to, and work on the staff of the school’s literary art magazine, Polaris. Thanks to her, I earned an award for my work, along with an academic letter.

I do have one more person I’d like to mention. I never had the opportunity to meet her, but she did encourage me, in her own way. The late Octavia Butler, is one of the most well-known Black women authors of science fiction and fantasy. In fact, reading her work, inspired me to write my upcoming book, The Witch of Fulton Lane.

Do you have a mentor? Has anyone encouraged you to dare to be great? If so, take a moment and thank them.

#mentors