{"id":3716,"date":"2020-07-20T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=3716"},"modified":"2020-08-13T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:04:07","slug":"question-from-a-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/question-from-a-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Question From a Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/milk-chocolate-kisses1579059143-1024x933.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3717\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/milk-chocolate-kisses1579059143-1024x933.png 1024w, http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/milk-chocolate-kisses1579059143-300x273.png 300w, http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/milk-chocolate-kisses1579059143-768x699.png 768w, http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/milk-chocolate-kisses1579059143.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/milk-chocolate-kisseslp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milk Chocolate Kisses<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AFRICAN-AMERICAN-READER-1.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The following book review for <a href=\"https:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/milk-chocolate-kisseslp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milk Chocolate Kisses<\/a> was posted on Amazon.com on March 30, 2020 by Kindle Customer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I know your face&#8230; <br>I too live in Maryland, wow I love African American writers. Your books are places I know about, being home. You have great faith, WONDERFUL BOOKS I&#8217;m going to read The Candy Beach Series . I love Ocean City. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I have a small question, why don&#8217;t you have on your cover African American people? For great reading and you being a fantastic writer, why wouldn&#8217;t you find a beautiful woman and man of Color. <\/span>Just a question, I probably won&#8217;t hear from you but just think about it, thank you be blessed\ud83d\ude07<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, Kindle Customer in Maryland, I could not find a direct way to contact you via Amazon, so, am resorting to respond to your question via this blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d contemplated placing an African-American couple on the cover of my novels, but, was hesitant. From my experience, SOME Caucasians MAY mistakenly feel that books with an AA couple may only be written for AA readers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted ALL folks to enjoy my books. So, in the end I decided to simply use silhouettes on my covers. I wanted to appeal to all races, so, that&#8217;s why I did that. My books are categorized as African-American, and, with the exception of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/sweet-delights-lp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Delights<\/a>, my main characters are African-American. So, I&#8217;m hoping most folks who enjoy a good romance will give my books a try! I hope that explanation helps! May God bless you! Thank you for your question! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following book review for Milk Chocolate Kisses was posted on Amazon.com on March 30, 2020 by Kindle Customer: I know your face&#8230; I too live in Maryland, wow I love African American writers. Your books are places I know about, being home. 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