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Please visit my website to learn more about of my books. Since the release of IF YOUR WIFE ONLY KNEW, I have enjoyed meeting readers that are new to my work. They sometimes want to read the previous novels. THANK YOU for your interest. And I am floored by all the libraries that support my work. Libraries rock. I am amazed that my books are in circulation in Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, among others. This is a writer's dream. Very grateful for the blessings that have poured into my life since the release of the debut novel MY DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND.

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Cydney Rax

Years ago when my debut novel was released, someone interviewed me. I came across this question and response and the answer is still true nine novels later.

Cydney, we both know “thick skin�� is in, especially being in the public eye. How do you block out criticism and focus on your mission? I was thinking about this the other day. You have to return to your original foundation. Why do I write? What is my purpose? Am I born to do this? Do I have stories inside of me that are begging to come out? You recall all the positive things that have happened and think on those things. You think about the people that have emailed you that love your book. You consider how your book is in libraries being circulated all across the country and in different parts of the world. You remember the days of struggle, trying to finish the novel, looking for an agent, getting the rejection letters, and ultimately finding out a major publishing house thinks enough about your story to publish it. You stand firm in spite of negativity. You write down your goals and work toward them. You never give up, never quit, just because a few people terrorize you on the Internet. You remember that it’s what God thinks about you that counts, and you go to bed and wake up thanking God for his blessings. In short, you are a fighter not because you want to be, but because you have to be. Why? Because you don’t want anyone or anything to take away your dreams.

I can never forget the novel that introduced me to the literary world. Around 1999, I began to write a book that started with a simple premise: what if there was a guy that had a girlfriend, but he started liking his girlfriend's mother? That was the start of me trying to write this storyline. When I finished in 2000, I was so hyped. I actually finished writing a book. This had never happened before. And I wanted to know if a publisher would be interested. Well, first I got a literary agent. This happened in Spring 2001. And she gave me some editorial advice. We tweaked the novel for a couple of months, and then I mailed the finished manuscript to her around Sept. 7, 2001. The next week 9/11 happened and the world came to a stop. After all the hoopla about that tragedy subsided, my agent sent out my novel to four New York publishing houses. All four rejected the book. I felt crushed...and worried. I had to kind of forget about it for a while. Life went on. By the spring of 2002, one day my agent called me and told me that Random House wanted to make an offer. After we hung up, I literally raced down the hallways of my day job, so thoroughly full of joy and gratefulness to God that my dream was going to come true. We signed the contracts, did the rewrites and the book was published in hardcover on 6/8/2004. I will never forget that time period. I felt like I was in a daze, yet everything felt normal...as if it was meant to be. I love writing so much. I have a ball drawing up stories and characters. Writing is a lifelong dream that I'm able to live. And I'd have it no other way.

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As a writer, and as someone whose books are available in libraries across the world, I can give people a peek inside the mind of a Black woman. Not EVERY Black woman because we are extremely diverse. And that’s a good thing. But, what we can do as women is realize what we’re excellent at and bring that gift to the table. That way we may benefit from one anothers talents and abilities.

It’s like going to a pot luck dinner. Someone will bring the ham, someone else the potato salad. Sister so-and-so is great at making a banana pudding and little sis can bring the case of sodas. Find out what you’re really good at, and we are all great at something, and then do your share.

Making history for me is about being very bold and truthful in the stories that I write. That means unveiling parts of life and provide glimpses into our personalities that aren’t pretty. We must confront the ugly truth if we want things to change for the better. And within my stories, we can take a closer look and hopefully discuss these issues amongst ourselves.

That is why social media can be a good, powerful medium if we use it in the proper manner. Using it in a reckless way can be very detrimental. We should be slow to speak and quick to listen and learn. I have discovered that when I don’t get all the facts straight and use my raw emotions to chime in on a hot topic, I can make a fool of myself. I don’t want to do that.