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I'm DL White, indie author of contemporary fiction that centers Black love. From steamy romances to tales of friendship & personal growth, my characters are relatable & will steal your heart.
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I write seasoned romance. My characters are over 30… most are over 40. If that’s old lady romance… ok. There is an audience. I haven’t been in my 20s in 20 years. I want to read people who are my age.
Few authors write a single draft and then publish it.
Few authors write a new book every three months. I know, I know, you know a lot of... in the grand scheme of things, I'm saying.
If you're not that kind of writer, forcing it will depress you. Be the writer YOU ARE.
There is a method to a slow burn romance. The reader is supposed to ✨smolder✨ while intimacy builds. It shouldn’t be cold for 78% and then 3 pages of mild filth.
Come on, y’all. Making it hard out here for slow burn authors.
Y’all gotta stop telling that lie that Twitter doesn’t sell books.
YOU don’t sell books on Twitter because you drop a link and expect to make a million, roll into a hot convo to be divisive and get hurt that your POV wasn’t embraced.
Twitter is conversation and relationship.
I love a slow burn. I've determined that folk don't know how to write a slow burn. BURN should be doing the heavy got damn lifting!
It can't be chaste for 289 pages and then raucous fucking on page 290 and the end on 315. THAT IS NOT A SLOW BURN BITCH!
@jaipurlan
We’re not getting into cars with people we don’t know.
We’re not letting people we don’t know come to our homes.
We’re not giving people gas money on the first date.
Nobody is worth risking your safety. Please don’t do this again!
#Eachoneteachone
@GimmieABeat
if I record it it's cause I want to watch it back later over and over and take in everything I couldn't see at the time. The moment goes so fast and concert tickets are expensive.
AUTHORS with self pub titles on AMZ-
As audio continues to BOOM, thieves are going through and claiming titles that aren't theirs and recording audiobooks - and earning revenue. Even if you NEVER intend to record audiobooks, please go to ACX and claim your titles as yours.
If you’re reading a “slow burn” and it’s past 50% and that couple hasn’t done shit but hold hands and blush, it is not a slow burn it is a closed door romance. Put it down.
I don’t care if you heard that that they fuck like porn stars on page 379 /400. Put it down.
@eustaciavye77
@hellakyra
Or give away some height. I like being short and I HATE when someone is shorter than me.
That's fine, I still have smaller feet.
I don’t understand why people read genres/ tropes they don’t like and then rate the books low like it was a surprise they wouldn’t enjoy it.
Like my friend that hates lemon pepper wings but keeps ordering them.
You don’t like them. Stop it.
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However many books are out there featuring Black couples we need more of them. More. of. them.
I know we have stories out there. The # does not compare to the multitude of non Black stories out there.
Write that book. Publish it so we can read it.
I buy most of my books from tweets on twitter and Instagram.
My bank account thanks you, BTW.
Authors and marketers that insist that books don't get sold on social media, I don't know where y'all hang out or what you're doing. Maybe it's just us?
In 2012, I wanted to lose 100 lbs and publish a book.
7 years, 125 lbs and 7 (technically 10 but we’re not talking about that right now) books later… 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
The thing people don't get about audiophiles: THEY STAN THE NARRATORS. They listen to books they would have never read if their fave voice didn't record it. Bro your book got read by people who would have otherwise skipped it.
@augustgods
@kindabritt
These expectations should be communicated well before this point. A bag was fumbled here and it wasn't him.
I get that you're ok with this loss and words will fall on deaf ears but your date dodged a bullet. I hope he meets a woman who can make her expectation plain.
There are 3 songs about this man and I do not understand.
You Oughta Know, No Scrubs and Hit 'Em Up Style are all about... Dave Coulier?
And not one song about Stamos. *smh*
Here’s a hot tip: it’s still a book if it’s on an e-reader or in audiobook. Print is an edition, like ebook and audiobook. If you say real book instead of print edition I will throw a book at you. We work too hard for people to erase and dismiss formats.
@rgay
I have a panic attack when there is a patrol car behind me in traffic and I am a grown woman. That neighbor really called the police on a little black boy....... I'm just floored.
Thanks to my dad, I am starting of 2022 debt free. I paid off my student loan, my surgery loan and multiple credit cards on my own.
He took care of the last bit, including Lucille.
#debtfreeby50
achieved with a few years to spare.
@solomonmissouri
Someone tell me what is the point of having a cell phone of you don’t charge the thing or take it with you when you leave the house?
Also why are 71 yr olds ilon the roof cleaning out the gutters when they have able bodied grandchildren?
Man who get into a relationship with women cause they look a certain way then tell them not to look that kind of way anymore confuse me.
But tbh I find that most dudes like that tend to have control issues and think women only dress sexy to attract male attention.
Someone on tiktok said his brother used to buy his girl flowers and keep one for himself so he’d know when they are dying and needed to get her new ones I- 😭😭
I just wanna throw this out there: There are LEGION of indie black romance and small press authors out here. Please don't limit recs to your traditionally pubbed faves!
@MissKlept
Comfy shoes. Everything is further away than you think it is.
The food wasn’t as good as I thought it would be.
Last time I went they could smoke in the casinos.
Wear a watch.
Limit your gambling $!
Get off the strip if you can.
I just want y'all to know... we OUTCHEAH writing regla Black women with luminous melanin and thick thighs and coily hair and awkward feelings that make us go all gooey inside and friends who love us enough to tell us the truth (and clown us when we don't listen). WE. ARE HERE.
REQ: Beach-set romances by Black authors WITH BLACK hero/heroine.
This is a specific request.
Please don't drop your non Black req just in case I want to read it. I already have a list of nonBlack beach set romances to read.
@ETCanada
Biology is letting you know you've let it go too far. Don't wait to stink or appear dirty to bathe. It's like you were never taught hygiene.
Maybe if ppl automatically assumed you were dirty, it would be such a giggly situation.
People think tagging the author in a negative review is "being honest". I mean, you can be honest about my books until the cows come home. That's why review spaces exist.
You don't have to come to my house and scream your dislike through my mail slot. That's rude.
And crazy!
The way readers so obviously project the dissatisfaction in their own lives onto the material they read… specifically romance.
That book is not about you, your life or your choices. It doesn’t matter what you would do… the book is not about you in any way.
Beverly Jenkins never planned to be an Author. Her mother passed a love of books & history and she decided to become a librarian. In this episode, she talks about the journey from first-time author to the premiere writer of historical Black fiction.
This romance writer thing is not a contest. It's not a cooler than, knows more than, is more supportive than contest.
I write Black romance. If you write it to, we are on the same damn team EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME AND I DONT IKE YOU.
Here is the thing.
I do not see readers saying I WISH [AUTHOR] WOULD SHUT UP ABOUT THEIR BOOKS.
What readers don't like is if your feed is 99% please BUY MY BOOK!
Promote your books and don't apologize for promoting them.
Thread.
I heard that it was Read-A-Romance month! (That's every month to me... but I digress)
If you’re new to me, here’s a rundown of my book babes.
All of my books have black male and black female main characters and all have happy endings. Some are sappier than others….
Dear Authors,
Don't apologize for promoting your books. You're an author. You write books.
I'm a reader. Readers LOVE books! We absolutely want to know about them.
Thanks,
Your reader
@BookOfCinz
No sir. Take me out the rotation.
Whatever dating guru men are listening to that tell them to test women by telling them they’re gonna be late or double booked to see how far you can push it… They need to unsubscribe. This is a frequently played game.