A month or two ago, my car broke down at an intersection. There just so happened to be two white cops there who saw my disabled vehicle. They literally stopped traffic going both ways and helped me push my car to the gas station across the street.


With all the tension that revolves around mostly white police officers shooting unarmed black men in this country, the question America needs to ask is this--how do we weed out the white cops who shoot a stranded black motorist, as the case in Tulsa, and keep the ones who'd rather help that same black motorist, like in my case...? How do we keep the white cop who pulled me over only to inform me my registration was expired and to get it checked out, and get rid of the white cop who pulled me over out Whitemarsh in Baltimore County and threatened to bring the drug sniffing K-9 to the scene because he saw on my license I lived on Park Heights, a neighborhood in Baltimore City that ain't exactly the safest...?


When we figure out the answers to questions like those, maybe then we'll begin to make progress as a nation. But until we all agree that a problem exists to begin with, we will be stuck on a treadmill, going nowhere fast.

Long time no update! My short story collection is almost finish. Just need to put the finishing touches on the final story. I forgot how long and exhaustive this process is. Writing, editing, proofreading...it's definitely not as easy as some think it is!

Thanks to all of you who have been staying on me to finish this project and supporting me. Between work, life, and everything else in between, this has been a long time in the works. Hopefully I can finish it up ASAP and put it out there in the universe.

-KT

Rekindling an Old Love

Cast of the greatest Final Fantasy ever...'cause FFVII is so overrated...

Like most men, I grew up with a love for video games. Some of my favorite games growing up include Battletoads, Mario 3, Street Fighter II Turbo, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Chrono Trigger, Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy VI.

However, I stopped playing for awhile when I graduated from college. The systems started getting ridiculously priced...and I had to decide between spending that money on rent and groceries, or a PS3 or Xbox 360. Needless to say which I chose!

God of War 3...don't mess with Kratos!

I still followed what was going on in the industry though, and read up on critically acclaimed games on next-gen consoles I wish I could play. I got a PS3 a few years ago (finally!) and I've been playing catch up on those very games I used to read about and dreamt about playing. The PS3 games I've managed to conquer include the Batman Arkham games, the God of War games, and the first Mass Effect. So before you say "Kyle, those games are old, you're soooo LATE," please believe you're not telling me anything I don't already know! Yes I'm late and I'm playing catch up...but so what! Don't judge me! :-)

Right now, I'm in the middle of playing Far Cry 3. Great game thus far! But the list of games on my hit list seems to never stop growing! Still have to get to the last two Mass Effect games, the BioShock trilogy, the last recent Metal Gear Solid games (including MGS4), and a few others. And that doesn't even include Far Cry 4 and a few games on the Wii that I never got to play (like the Skyward Sword Zelda, and a few Metroid and Star Fox games).

So yeah, in between writing, it looks like my PS3 and I will be spending a lot of time together soon! :-)

This guy....

I'm Baaaaack!

It's been WAY too long since I've updated my blog, but I'm BACK! Things have been busy with changes in my life, mostly positive, that I put blogging to the back burner...so shame on me for that one!


Update: I plan on putting out my next work, a compilation of short stories, some time this Spring. So I'm not sitting idly twiddling my thumbs and not writing :)  Right now I am in the process of revising and proofing the stories, so please bear with me as I finish editing them with a fine-tooth comb. Here's hoping your patience will be worth it! Until then, if you haven't done so already, please check out the short stories I've published thus far The Water of Life and One Last Kiss, as well as my novel Fate's Destiny.

Until then, I'm literally like Kanye West working on The Life of Pablo...revising and revising until it's juuuussssst right :)

#CurrentMood

-KT

One Last Kiss in Stores NOW!!

My latest short story is available now!

A woman who believes she was scorned by the men in her past is willing to go far in order to exact her vengeance, moral decency be damned.

Click on the tab above for direct e-book retailer links where you can download your copy today!

Josephite Harvest Article Follow Up

I wrote a number of articles in the Summer edition of The Josephite Harvest, one of which detailed how one church in Baltimore City helped its community recover during the unrest that followed Freddie Grey's death. In the Fall edition of the Harvest, I wrote a follow up story of that church, and what has taken place in the neighborhood since then.

Click the link below to check out my article on pages 18-19.

Josephite Harvest Fall Edition

                 

Baltimore Book Festival--Done and DONE!

I had a good time at the Baltimore Book Festival this past weekend. I was able to sell some copies of my book (always a good thing!), but more importantly, I was able to do a lot of networking. Meeting other authors and us being able to share our knowledge and experiences writing and publishing was invaluable.

The first day of the festival was a bit slow, at least in the area where the Author's Tent was located. For some reason we were away from where most of the crowd was--I unfortunately didn't realize this until the event was winding down for the day since I couldn't leave my table. Hopefully this is something that will be noted by the organizers when they recap the event!





The following day was much busier as expected since it was Saturday. I was only there for about four hours, but was able to do more in that time than I did on Friday frankly, likely due to the bigger crowd and also because I was in a different location with the Black Writer's Guild.



All in all, it was a good experience, meeting other authors and having complete strangers take a chance on me by purchasing copies of my book--encouraging and humbling at the same time! I was a bit shy about it all in the beginning since it was my first book festival, but I got comfortable by Saturday. I'm definitely looking forward to the next one! :)