Ever since I’ve read J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, I wanted to read fantasy with not only a Blackface but a Black spirit. There are more Black fantasy stories out there but the word can use one more.

I have planned the rest of the novel to the end and only need to write the last ⅓ to ¼ of the story, the third act. Then a week or two from the story before the first round of edits.

Benjamin L Goins Biography
Toward the end of August 2019, I had been commissioned to write a biography for the first Black person elected to a city-wide office.

I’m in the middle of collecting information based on newspaper articles. I’ve written some words on some of the parts of his life.