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Eric Benet...I'm coming for you!
Let's see.....
Last night, I spoke to a really cool dude on the phone for like two hours. He's really interesting....
Work was good. I found out one of my kids is transferring...awww, sad. I will probably get to see him this weekend.
So today, one of my boys asked me "Who do you want to meet most when you become famous?" So I was like wow, I never really thought about that, although everyone around me seems to think I will be famous one day. I always kinda set my sites realistically. AJ from 106 and Park, basically.
Ha.
So I said "Eric Benet" first just so I can get a picture with him and tell everyone "See? We don't look THAT much alike!"
(I've never said so in this diary, but lots of people say I look like Eric Benet.)
What people don't realize is that all light skinned dudes with dreadlocks look alike.
It's true. Me, Lenny Kravitz, Eric Benet, Gary Dourdan back in the day....okay, I don't think we all look alike, but people that have light-skinned dreadlocks man fetishes will think so.
And there's nothing wrong with such a fetish AT ALL.
Oooh, here's some good news, which I can only partially tell you. I THINK I have come up with a title for the second novel. I wasn't feeling the other working titles I had, and my number one pick was the title of an existing book by a black author (non-fiction, but still...didn't think that would be the right thing to do). My new working title keeps in the Biblical arena, as Lazarus but it makes sense.
*Doing a quick search on Amazon to see if it's taken.....*
It's taken, but not by any African American novelists. For that matter, old boy isn't alive, nor is his book popular. Book titles aren't copyrightable, so basically I could name a book The Green Mile if I wanted to. But a gentleman wouldn't do such things. I'd hate (in all seriousness) for somebody to order my book thinking it was another black novel, or vice versa. The polite thing is just to be more original if possible.
Writing....I love it. I can't wait for this time off, though. I've got so much I want to handle creatively. (As well as the business side of everything.)
But okay, I am like crazy tired all of a sudden....I think I'ma lay down.
PEACE!
Posted by Rashid on October 26, 2004 9:06 PM