SunRA Blogs About Queen of Hearts.
Why am I starting a blog now? Because I released my first novel, Queen of Hearts, and its next wave, King of Clubs practically at the same time.
Publishing them both at once was risky, but it wound up happening that way though the project began months ago.
Queen of Hearts is Book One of the Lions & Love Series that I'm publishing of a possible 12 novels. Originally Both Queen of Hearts and King of Clubs were one huge novel. That would have been horrible to sell knowing that when split properly both have over 500 pages.
That's a lot of words and drama in two books. But are meant to be read in order. The character introductions for the series, their meeting, the growing drama, mental scars, and family issues are exposed in Queen of Hearts.
Once the Four character voices pull you into their thoughts it gets weird and uncomfortable. I found myself becoming a detective putting together clues to an insane puzzle. Of course, these are mostly teenagers as well as very intelligent, but doing some emotionally and financially irresponsible things for selfish reasons.
I want you to find an escape into their world because most people wouldn't go out like this....not in the real world. It's meant to constantly flip perspective, and oftentimes I found the characters recalling another's memory of an incident, but seeing it with different eyes.
I wanted to ask a question and make the solution all at once. I wound up writing this world where these teens really are mostly stuck in their own heads because of their abandonment issues, and obsessions with societal pressure. It was so fun for me to imagine the world the way they want to make it, but it would seem impossible by normal standards, and there needed to be titles involved with making a family.
These kids are doing the most having their own money, and have made some horrible life choices to be only between the ages of 15-21. It's entertaining to me to read the novels over and over again, already knowing the next chapter to come.
(Except from Queen of Hearts)
Chapter Seven: Told by Cyrus/We Gonna Be Alight?
"Are you serious?" I asked as it set in. "You're gonna do it, Queen?"
"If Mami says yes, I would love to model Antoine's beautiful designs. He has a wonderful vision to use all women of color in his ads, but he wants me to be his Paula. I like him. He is funny as you, Darius. I think Antoine likes you a lot," Mandisa replied with a gorgeous smile.
"Yeah, Antoine loves men with long hair. I had to fight him away once he got comfortable around me. I'm not homophobic, but I don't like them touching me!" Hakim chuckled, turning his eyes. "He's a big dude, and he made me uncomfortable trying to feel my legs. Eww…"
"Shit, you should have busted him in the lips!" Lionel laughed, rolling his eyes then frowning. "The big ones will try to make you gay if you’re too nice!"
"See! That's the shit I'm talking about, Lionel! I hit him for coming on to me, and it’ll ruin Mandisa's shot at modeling and being happy for once in her damn life! You don't think at all, do you?" Hakim groaned.
"Shaniqua, you need to stop playing and tell Mandisa the truth about us!" I teased Hakim putting my hands on my hips and waiting.
"Cyrus….do…don't…not now…." Hakim laughed and shook his head. I was not going to have them fighting around Mandisa.
"Oh, so I should go talk to Antoine? Fine, I see how you treat all your bitches," I growled, pretending to be hurt.
Mandisa turned so red I was worried if she could breathe! Hakim and Lionel knew that was one of the go-to moves when they started in on homosexuals. I have nothing negative to say.
I don't like to hear anything negative either, so I use it to make them shut up. It's worked for years on Lionel and Hakim. Kaliah hates that shit. So I do it even more around him to piss him off. Sometimes when Hakim is high, he joins in, and it is hilarious. I do my best to flip negative scenarios positively."
(END SCENE)
Yes, they are foul-mouthed and silly at first....and they get worse...it's a mess thinking about things they won't talk crap about. The run through homophobia, racism, self-esteem issues, sibling rivalry, sexual addictions, underage drinking, mental slavery, and I kept going until things seemed to jump timelines. It was so much fun!
My next blog post will be about King of Clubs, book 2, continuing the storyline around these kids.
Publishing them both at once was risky, but it wound up happening that way though the project began months ago.
Queen of Hearts is Book One of the Lions & Love Series that I'm publishing of a possible 12 novels. Originally Both Queen of Hearts and King of Clubs were one huge novel. That would have been horrible to sell knowing that when split properly both have over 500 pages.
That's a lot of words and drama in two books. But are meant to be read in order. The character introductions for the series, their meeting, the growing drama, mental scars, and family issues are exposed in Queen of Hearts.
Once the Four character voices pull you into their thoughts it gets weird and uncomfortable. I found myself becoming a detective putting together clues to an insane puzzle. Of course, these are mostly teenagers as well as very intelligent, but doing some emotionally and financially irresponsible things for selfish reasons.
I want you to find an escape into their world because most people wouldn't go out like this....not in the real world. It's meant to constantly flip perspective, and oftentimes I found the characters recalling another's memory of an incident, but seeing it with different eyes.
I wanted to ask a question and make the solution all at once. I wound up writing this world where these teens really are mostly stuck in their own heads because of their abandonment issues, and obsessions with societal pressure. It was so fun for me to imagine the world the way they want to make it, but it would seem impossible by normal standards, and there needed to be titles involved with making a family.
These kids are doing the most having their own money, and have made some horrible life choices to be only between the ages of 15-21. It's entertaining to me to read the novels over and over again, already knowing the next chapter to come.
(Except from Queen of Hearts)
Chapter Seven: Told by Cyrus/We Gonna Be Alight?
"Are you serious?" I asked as it set in. "You're gonna do it, Queen?"
"If Mami says yes, I would love to model Antoine's beautiful designs. He has a wonderful vision to use all women of color in his ads, but he wants me to be his Paula. I like him. He is funny as you, Darius. I think Antoine likes you a lot," Mandisa replied with a gorgeous smile.
"Yeah, Antoine loves men with long hair. I had to fight him away once he got comfortable around me. I'm not homophobic, but I don't like them touching me!" Hakim chuckled, turning his eyes. "He's a big dude, and he made me uncomfortable trying to feel my legs. Eww…"
"Shit, you should have busted him in the lips!" Lionel laughed, rolling his eyes then frowning. "The big ones will try to make you gay if you’re too nice!"
"See! That's the shit I'm talking about, Lionel! I hit him for coming on to me, and it’ll ruin Mandisa's shot at modeling and being happy for once in her damn life! You don't think at all, do you?" Hakim groaned.
"Shaniqua, you need to stop playing and tell Mandisa the truth about us!" I teased Hakim putting my hands on my hips and waiting.
"Cyrus….do…don't…not now…." Hakim laughed and shook his head. I was not going to have them fighting around Mandisa.
"Oh, so I should go talk to Antoine? Fine, I see how you treat all your bitches," I growled, pretending to be hurt.
Mandisa turned so red I was worried if she could breathe! Hakim and Lionel knew that was one of the go-to moves when they started in on homosexuals. I have nothing negative to say.
I don't like to hear anything negative either, so I use it to make them shut up. It's worked for years on Lionel and Hakim. Kaliah hates that shit. So I do it even more around him to piss him off. Sometimes when Hakim is high, he joins in, and it is hilarious. I do my best to flip negative scenarios positively."
(END SCENE)
Yes, they are foul-mouthed and silly at first....and they get worse...it's a mess thinking about things they won't talk crap about. The run through homophobia, racism, self-esteem issues, sibling rivalry, sexual addictions, underage drinking, mental slavery, and I kept going until things seemed to jump timelines. It was so much fun!
My next blog post will be about King of Clubs, book 2, continuing the storyline around these kids.
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