Vonna Ivory Joseph's Blog

    Every good love story deserves its own soundtrack.  What songs would you add?     Hopeless – Dionne Farris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxDgp...   Don’t Wanna Fight - Alabama Shakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nin-f...   Gimme All Your Love – Alabama Shakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oib0...   Speechless – Destiny’s Child https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5eVS...   Need You Now – Lady Atebellum https://embed.spotify.com/track/11EX5...   When I See You –

Let's get to know the main characters from Good Enough.   Camisha Ann “Cami” Robbins- Remarkably independent, compassionate and slightly neurotic, Cami Robbin’s strength is in her ability to keep on going, no matter what her life throws at her - even an absolutely hopeless mother- and to uphold her dignity throughout.  She tests the conventions of who should love whom, leading her on a journey towards an acute self-realization. She is the glue that holds the whole operation together.   Lennox

I am absoutely obsessed with Paris based French Illustrator, Niki Kobi.  Her illustrations inspire me and enrich my dreams of one day living, creating and EATING in gay Paris!  Cehck her out.  You won't be sorry!  http://www.nikisgroove.com/ or bring home some of her beautiful illustrations:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/Nikisgroove...    

 

Q - What does your writing process look like?   A - Wine, laughter, and my dining room table.   Q- Do you have any strange writing habits (like standing on your head or writing in the shower)? A- Not really?  I ask my characters questions (aloud) and I like for my friends to read my manuscript out loud to me.  Q- What book do you wish you could have written? A- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.  But, Carson McCuller bet me to it.    Q- Just as your books inspire authors, what authors have inspired

Good Enough is my latest baby.  Yep, my baby.  I created the book in just about 9 months and found a new layer within myself during the process.  I learned how supportive my husband can be.  I learned how much my friends love me and I learned that even if I take a little time for myself, life goes on.