Writing While Black

By Wendy Coakley-Thompson

After twenty rejections of Christina’s poignant novel based on how she met her Jewish husband, she, on a martini-soaked dare, creates a Caucasian alter ego and writes a lily-white chic lit novel. When her agent actually sells the novel to a publisher, Christina’s common sense warns her to back out. The lure of a lucrative two-book deal, though, is far too seductive. So, Christina straps in for a life-altering journey on which she questions priorities and wonders whether dreams can peacefully co-exist with reality...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wendy Coakley-Thompson
• Release date: Jul 10, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476190037

Wendy Coakley-Thompson

I'm the author of Writing While Black, Triptych, Back to Life (2004 Romantic Times Award nominee), and What You Won't Do For Love (optioned for cable television). I'm also Examiner.com's DC Publishing Industry Examiner. I've written for music and fashion/lifestyle magazines in both New Jersey and The Bahamas. I co-hosted The Book Squad with Karyn Langhorne Folan and earned an Associated Press/Chesapeake Award for my work as a commentator for Metro Connection on WAMU, a Washington D.C. National Public Radio affiliate.

Book preview