Welcome to the Brookelynite Daily Experience: A Sneak Peek at What Awaits

On Monday, I celebrated 6 months of Brookelynite Daily! This milestone means so much. It marks 6 months of creating content I genuinely love. The excitement I feel when brainstorming the content schedule and crafting the stories to share with my Brookelynite Daily subscribers is unmatched.  

The main reason I created Brookelynite Daily was to give my stories and their happily-ever-afters an extension. To me, the story never truly ends… it’s just the beginning. Brookelynite Daily is where the stories continue, week after week.  

If you’re not familiar with Brookelynite Daily, don’t worry! I’m here to give you a sneak peek at what you’ve been missing.  



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Why I Took My Books Wide

Picture it. It’s 2015, and I’ve got a story—a short one—with no real plans for it. But with a little encouragement, I decide to publish it on Amazon. I know nothing about self-publishing. Whatever little you might know now? I knew even less than that.

I thought all I had to do was upload my story to Amazon’s platform and boom, Amazon would handle the rest.

Not only did Amazon not handle the rest, 🤣, I had to roll up my sleeves and learn how to self-publish for real. So I took a year and immersed myself in everything I could find… writing, designing, marketing, editing. Workshops. Seminars. It was a lot. But even with all that, knowing what I know now, I was barely scratching the surface.

The truth is, the learning never stops. Class is always in session. And one of the biggest lessons I had to learn in those early days was about the very mysterious Kindle Unlimited, what we’ll call KU from here on out.

That first story I mentioned? It was No Fraternizing, Pt. 1. It wasn’t a “Part 1” when I wrote it, but while I was deep in learning mode, I started getting messages from readers I had no idea my story had even reached—asking if there was going to be a next part.

So, while I was learning, I was also writing. In 2016, I came back more informed and with at least five new stories that I enrolled in KU.

I didn’t fully understand the program back then… I just knew that’s where the readers were. And I wanted to be (and still want to be) where the readers reside. So I ticked the little box that made my books exclusive to Amazon, and honestly? The rest was history…

Until February 2024.



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Character Q&A: Lauryn James

Lauryn insisted we meet at a charming bookstore cafe nestled on a quiet corner in Manhattan. It wasn’t far from Langston University, where her husband, Asher Truesdale, was wrapping up another intense day of PhD studies. 

“I wanted to meet here because it’s close to LU,” Lauryn explained, her smile softening as she adjusted her baby girl in her arms. “Asher’s coming after class. We’re going to grab dinner together.”

We settled into a cozy corner near the back of the café, the sound of clinking mugs and low chatter filling the background. Lauryn’s baby, Eres, was peacefully asleep against her shoulder, her small hands curled gently in the crook of her mother’s arm. With only an hour to chat before Asher joined us, Lauryn and I got right into our conversation about marriage, the possibility of more children, and the exciting new project her father had been working on.

The warmth of the moment felt easy, natural… a reflection of Lauryn’s journey. She was once closed off, guarded by pain, but now, in this space, she radiated a calm confidence. As our time together ticked on, I couldn’t help but marvel at how much she had changed since the early days of Wrath.

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Wrath Chapter 20: “Lauryn… May I?”

On a list of stories that challenged me as a storyteller, Wrath tops the list. I was sincerely terrified to write this story. Not because I thought it wouldn’t be good, but because of how much I knew I’d have to anchor myself in my character, Lauryn James. My friends-to-lovers love story Last Comes Love took a lot out of me after I wrote it, and I was concerned that Wrath would do the same. And it did—but in such a beautiful way, much like LCL. I told myself Lauryn’s story would be a progressive journey toward happily ever after, with surprising pivots that would feel like the end of the world but were really just part of the necessary path. And one of those pivots happened in chapter 20… the chapter that captured Asher and Lauryn’s first intimate encounter.

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Inside the Character: Getting to Know Lila Perez (neé Moore) from the No Fraternizing series

Lila Perez (neé Moore) is the FMC who started it all for me. She was the very first self-published character to appear in my very first self-published story, No Fraternizing, Pt. 1. I thought her up after visiting a barbershop with my boyfriend (now husband), and she lived rent-free in my head from that moment on. Lila was the first character I ever fleshed out to completion—one who came alive on the page beyond anything I could’ve imagined. She’s like the Eve of my book world… the first to walk its terrain. And I wouldn’t have chosen anyone else to go first.

Let’s get to know Lila Moore a little more intimately.

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Ebb & Flow Chapter 7: “I Doubt I Can Be As Happy With Someone Else, Naazir”

If there was one couple I could say I rooted so hard for, it was Nubia and Naazir. When I originally worked on their summer romance in the short story An Unexpected Love, I fell hard for them. They were truly my introduction to opposites attract. From different worlds but drawn to each other with the commonality of being in love with something deeper than the surface could ever reveal. I really love these two. So it was important they reunited after those very painful chapters we had to endure… which in the future we will tackle. But for now, let’s get into this reunion we so needed between a couple whose souls were intertwined and simply destined to be.

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Inside the Character: Getting to Know Joelle Victors from Indecent Arrangement

Joelle Victors may not have had much airtime in my book world, with only a short story and an erotic suspense, but once you meet her you won’t forget her… or her story. I’ve toyed with the idea of giving Joelle a spinoff story, but nothing has come to me naturally yet. Still, I loved how twisty and crazy her tale was and really liked Joelle as an FMC. Some of her history was hinted at in her story, but there’s so much more to know about Joelle.

Let’s get to know Joelle more intimately.

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The Steps for Building Ayla and Hassani Franklin

I’m on my—I don’t even know what number—read through of My Only, and at this point, I’m reading more for pleasure than looking for things to add or change. I’m obsessed with all aspects of this story, sincerely, and to me, that’s a very good sign.

Every so often, I’ll come across a book I’ve written that makes me say, If no one likes it, I know I love it. And that’s enough.  

My Only is another one of those books. I’m confident it’ll be loved, but even if it wasn’t, my love will be enough. Everyone else’s love? That’s just extra. And it’s all because of these two.

Ayla and Hassani.

These two have officially secured their place at the top of my favorite couples list. They have. Their vulnerability with each other, their journey through forever… my goodness.  

While My First, My Last followed the theme of a track and field race, My Only follows the theme of architecture—from the blueprint to the forever home. And like My First, My Last, I really did something with this spinoff, and especially with these characters. It all happened in steps.

Steps to Building Hassani Franklin  

Step 1 – Patience  

Step 2 – Determination 

Step 3 – Emotional Security  

Step 4 – Vision  

Step 5 – Boundless Hope



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