Be On The Lookout, Fall 2019,          

For My First Two Novels!

New novel writer, S.B. Middlebrook, PhD, a former university professor of marketing and communications, is a writing coach and an independent publisher and marketing and communications consultant.

Want to Write a First Novel? Are You Scared? Ready to Be Committed?

Yes, the pun in the line above is intended, and no, you don't have to be crazy to want to write a novel. But, being crazy in love with writing is a prerequisite. So, with this thought in mind, welcome to my blog for writers who want to know what it takes to start, and to complete, a first novel.

This blog contains a discussion of my ten hard-learned steps to getting my first novel started and completed, and these steps might help you if you're still dreaming about writing and perhaps self-publishing your first novel.

In this blog, I've also shared parts of my own journey, my biography, that helped to prepare me for my novel-writing journey. I've found that it can help to look at life (and commitment) from another vantage point, and I hope that at least something about my long journey to commitment will help you find your own path to the commitment you'll need to write, and perhaps to self-publish, your first novel.

I am beginning the writing of my sixth novel in the collection I call “Color of Love.” I chose this name for the series/collection because I decided that each romantic story should be color-coded in the book title. Since the issue of "color-ism" still plagues our community, and since there are so many beautiful and rich skin colors and tones associated with the magnificent and resplendent African diaspora, many of my stories take a look at skin color privileges and stigma, as they exist/manifest in the U.S. With these things in mind, I wanted to place emphasis on color by giving each book a "colorful" title. You can look forward to reading books with heroes and heroines with skin tones ranging from the lightest of light brown, to the darkest of dark brown, and all the amazingly lovely colors in between. The richness, the variety, the bountiful bouquet of color variety we represent makes each and every one of us uniquely stunning.