DM: So how do you know that that is true and what make you think that others don’t want you to prosper in the industry? Lola: Because no matter how much dirty work you do and who you do it with, sooner or later, somebody is going to get greedy and they are going to want more. Then it becomes the more you give, the more you’ll have to give and the moment that you decide not to give any more, is the moment that your mischievous doings and acts, and your dirty hands will be exposed. And trust, it does happen like that, more so than not. DM: Wow. [Takes deep breath]. Now that’s a reality check for your ass right there. Lola: Now you’re in the know. [laughs]. Welcome to the world of literary: the good, the bad, the ugly and the in between. DM: Oh you know I’m aware, shit, I’m an author myself. As a matter of fact, in the next release I just might be revealing something that is going to blow a lot of people minds. Lola: For real?! Shit, can a sistah get a little bit of insight now. [laughs] DM: Nice try but you’ll have to wait just like everyone else my sistah. But I will tell you this, it’s going to be exciting, well at least it will be for me. [chuckles]. Lola: Oh shit, then let it be what it is. [laughs] DM: I see you do a lot of laughing. Is that habit or is that one of those “laugh to keep from crying” t ype things. Lola: It’s the latter. I mean, don’t get it twisted because I do have a lot of happy days but when it comes down to what I love (writing) being sabotaged by some insecure but established author, with nothing else better to do than to give us struggling writers bad advice, talk down about self-published authors and their skill set, and then use what power or connections they have to put us on the black list as their way of ensuring that we stay at the bottom, it gets very overwhelming at times. 12 | P a g e
DM: So other than laughing, how else do you cope? Lola: [chuckles] I just keep my head. I stay the course. I continue to write because writing is my outlet. It’s my ventilation. It’s my medicine. If I quit or give up or give in just because some lame ass well-established writer see it fit that they block my success then I will be giving up and quitting in everything else that I do ya know. DM: Yeah, So exactly how do you beat the odds? Lola: [Chuckles] I just told you. I continue to write and publish what I write when its ready for release. I mean, yeah, there will be errors because I don’t have an editor but if the readers can get past the errors (and they usually do) and see the story for what it is, then it will be just a matter of time before some publisher, editor, or agent will pick up my books and see the true essence of my ability and my talent to write. It will be in that moment that they will come asking me to let them be my rep. Now I know that some people calls it wishful thinking but I call it hopeful. I mean, without hope there is no expectation, right? DM: Right. I like your swag, your stillo. You keep it real without making it gangster. Sort of classy and sophisticated without the ghettofabulousness. Now don’t get me wrong because there is nothing wrong with being ghettofabulous, shit I sometimes let “Boquisha” come out of me too [laughs]. Lola: [laughing] We all have some ghettofabulousness in us, no matter what color, creed, or nationality we are. For some of us, it comes naturally and for others it has to be pulled out but it’s there, you best believe it. DM: Well I know that you have another interview within a matter of minutes and I just want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to include me. I hope the next time that we talk, that I can publish the real you and not this anonymity stuff. But I understand