For clarification, I am a reformed man hater and found this type of black woman, including my mother, made me think this way at one time. Then I look and see how they chewed up their men and try to give me advice and thought ... you are WRONG.
How is it I would have tens of cool men friends yet when it came to my past dating I viewed them as evil? When actually, I never had been treated wrongly, EVER, by a black man. I've been wooed just like in the movies with flowers, sweet words and I was the one screaming at them. Black women just kept telling me black men were nothing, they lie, cheat etc. Yes, maybe to THEM, but by being friends first this never happened or it ended before it got to that point. And the one guy who did cheat I asked him and he told me straight yes, but he was still in high school and I was a cougar at 23! Ha, ha.
Sisters, this is wrong. You bring on what comes to you, change the mindset. I would love to represent this more in my book and any black men complaints. After living with my mother and see how she can bring even my docile fun attitude to the brinks of hell, my thinking changed. Men aren't evil, we bring it out of them, Sisters. I think men are beautiful creatures like children and their attitude is just a mirror of your own. Anyway, I will be focusing more on this in the novel and think it needs to be addressed and end in black society.
How was my writing this week? One word. Exactly. That is all that I was able to write for my story this week since Saturday. One aspect of creativity I found out, it is a living entity once you apply it to a substantial plane like paper or material. It does NOT want to be touched if your Spirit or Mind is not giving it its 100 percent attention as I was not giving Pride and Prejudice this last few days.
But, I have finally had a conversation with a person off line that I could have good give and take about this idea and they can't wait to read it because they think this is a great idea. Can you believe in over a month this is the first feedback I get?
Where does my energy come from to pursue this venture? She loves P&P and thinks having it told from the high black society side hasn't been done and will be awesome. I needed that encouragemental shot! Anyway. I am waiting for all the responses from one forum where I asked the men all of their complaints of black women because I think it is lacking in this story. Besides, I think black men catch enough slack on the big screen, time they get represented and show the black female side is actually deserving of their wrath sometimes.
It looks like I will have my first real draft as planned by the end of December but want to take another month to clean up the details and final edit before I self-publish a few copies and send them out to readers for their feedback.
I found this is the best way. I did that for my "Last Cottonpicker" story, to which I moved back to the countryside to write. The feedback on that story was it was a beautiful rich story, but it had no focus. Now, recently with the heavens opening and giving divine inspiration, even that story has become more clear to me.
Anyway, I will return Saturday, but it doesn't look like I will be writing so much, and I learned not to force it either.
Have a good one and thanks for checking back.
BLACK GENTLEMEN Do you have any grievances that you would like for me to put in the book of the number one annoying thing black women do that you must have added to the story?
Love and Peace,
Denise Morris
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