Angie Stone: Queen of Neo Soul - May She Rest in Peace - A Fan Tribute by Carol Denise Mitchell

 “When I was younger, I was taught that a winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.” --Angie Stone

“Funk You Up,” has lost its glowing star 

in Angie Stone.

...it ultimately led to the creation of the R&B/hip hop group It's Us, which was later renamed Vertical Hold. In 1988, they released their debut single "Summertime" under Criminal Records.

After Mack departed from the group, Stone, Bright, and Bruno secured a new recording contract with A&M Records. Their first album, A Matter of Time, released in 1993, was preceded by the top 20 R&B hit "Seems You're Much Too Busy" and reached the top forty on the US Top R&B Albums chart, selling over 62,000 copies in the United States.

Angie Stone was like us - Her beautiful dark skin complimented all colors. Her love for The Lord was unmatched. Now, that you know all about how Angie became The Queen of Neo Soul, let’s go back to see how this great entertainer is just like you! Rodney Stone, Lil’ Rodney C entered the scene, and he was affectionately known as Little Rodney C. This young man would soon capture Angie’s heart, leading to marriage and the birth of their child. Initially, he educated Angie, and they eventually tied the knot. Although Angie remarked that they conducted business well together, she felt their marriage was flawed. Despite this, the couple collaborated on three self-written albums in 1984. When Sequence sought answers, Rodney and Angie welcomed a daughter named Diamond. Angie found opportunities performing in commercials and playing the saxophone for Lenny Kravitz. Subsequently, MCA Universal signed her to write songs for another artist, earning her $25,000. In 1993, Angie joined Vertical Hold, channeling her emotions into her music. The song "Seems You’re Much Too Busy" solidified her musical career. Despite facing challenges, Angie persevered in pursuit of her aspirations. After releasing two albums with Vertical Hold, she ventured out on her own but also contributed to D’Angelo’s "Brown Sugar," recognizing their deep connection. However, falling in love meant that Angie had to pause her career. By the late 1990s, her relationship with D’Angelo had ended. Angie recorded demos that reached Arista Records, eventually catching the attention of Peter Edge and Clive Davis. This led to a deal for her first solo album, "Black Diamond," which included the hit "No More Rain." After two decades in the industry, Angie finally embraced her identity as a solo artist. "Black Diamond" achieved gold status, and as Clive Davis launched J Records, he brought Angie along. She later found success with the powerful track "Brotha," dedicated to Black men, and although it didn’t make it onto the album, "Wish I Didn’t Miss You" soared to number one on the dance charts. Angie is known to have said that this was a song she didn’t even like. Angie Stone was amazed how popular it became. We learned this tune was inspired by the O’Jay’s' "Back Stabbers." Angie Stone celebrated two gold albums by the year 2000. She advised Jazzy not to revisit her earlier work, leading to the creation of another single, "I Wanna Thank You," which also reached number one on the dance charts... 

Music: “Love Language”  - Angie did an interview that showed her softer side and I really want to share this with you.  On June 20, 2023, June Archer did a charming interview with Angie Stone. She was a remarkable woman. She told Archer that one notable aspect of my mother was her ability to stay true to herself. She navigated life on her own terms, never intruding on others' paths. She discovered her niche, focused on it, and pursued her endeavors in her unique way. As a result, she found great satisfaction in her life choices, and I believe I have inherited that trait from her. 

I, too, carve out my own space, finding happiness in my independence and the decisions I have made. Then Archer said: “You have also made remarkable choices, Angie, and I must commend you for your body of work, which has helped many individuals through challenging times. When you share your experiences, people turn to you, your music, and your lyrics, finding hope and inspiration. Thank you for your resilience and for being a strong,  unapologetically remarkable Black woman.

I would like to discuss your new album, "Love Language." To begin, I want to ask you: what is your love language, Angie? Is it expressed through music, food, a stroll in the park, or something else?” Archer asked. And then Ms. Stone chimed in: “It’s interesting that you pose this question, as many have been inquiring about it since the album's title is "Love Language." My love language encompasses all of those elements. Each track on this album reflects my essence—how I move, act, and think, as well as what stirs my emotions. You can gain insight into who I am simply by listening to my music. My love language embodies a humble spirit, one that seeks to avoid unnecessary drama and instead fosters joy and generosity. I resonate with those who are eager to give and share abundantly. 

Angie Stone’s Famous Quotes 

“Let us have some more fun with some very interesting quotes we found on line by Angie Stone. Be prepared to laugh and remember Angie Stone the way she’d love for her fans to remember her. 

Because I am just a giving person spiritually, I feel that if your intentions are to use or abuse or take advantage of, then you might get what you’re getting in the meantime; but there’s still a price to pay.”

“Music always hits me when I’m driving so, I keep a recorder in my bag.”

“I’m the kind of woman you might say is too good. I’ll massage a man’s feet, have dinner cooked when he gets home. But once they leave, the door is closed, and the locks are changed.” “They always come back when they learn that no other woman’s going to treat them this good!” – Angie Stone

After I had finished Carol Denise Mitchell's latest book about Angie Stone, I wasn't quite sure how to begin to share about the book... You see, given my emphasis on reading/books, I don't have the knowledge to talk about those who specialize in other creative arts... People like Angie Stone... But, after reading what Mitchell had written, I knew two things: that Carol was one of the greatest fans Angie Stone had ever had... And, two, when a fan like Carol Denise Mitchell gets angry about what was done to a friend, she's going to write about it... after doing a lot of research!

At one point in her book, Carol writes to her readers that she knows she's repeating herself. And then adds, she is so shocked that she can't ever forget all that she discovered, or similar words... Now, from a book reader, I noticed more about her format rather than repetition of material. And, to me, that was more important...

 

She started out by talking about her own relationship with Angie... and shares as much as she wants. She has titled each chapter and becomes repetitive as she "bundles" material to talk about in each chapter... thus, each reader may decide a chapter is more significant and want to emphasize it more. One of the things that I didn't know even at hearing of the tribute being made was the breadth and scope of Angie Stone's accomplishments! 

Carol talks about each of her activities from songwriting, singing (on Soul Train and other shows) as well as television performances, being spotlighted by Rolling Stone and so much more...

If you have not heard of author Carol Denise Mitchell, you will learn that her writing is more based upon what she wants and needs to write about rather than one or two genres... She's written fiction as well as nonfiction and so you will find that her books can be separated by topic as well as reading straight through. But no matter how she presents it, Mitchell has a specific purpose to writing this tribute--that is, besides expressing her emotional feelings about Stone.

Mitchell has experienced much abuse as we all know happens with those who are different in some way... meaning, not being a white man... And, she has written enough and done research to show how Black people, in particular, can be scammed by those individuals who are producers and/or hired to take care of specific duties and financial affairs while the creative artist does what she is being paid to do.

Mitchell refers often to what is found as  documentation on YouTube. I found quite a bit that was not allowed to be shared from that site, including several recent posts to followup after Stone's accident. . I made no effort to learn more than the fact that I saw that there were many people talking about Stone's beginning to speak out about where her money had gone... And, a possible correlation to the fact that she was killed in a car accident...

What I do know is that, although I had never heard of Angie Stone before, I took the time to listen to her wide variety of music and I found her, in my opinion, a wonderful multi-talented role model for young girls and others. I was totally entertained by spotlighting all that I've shared with you all today! Angie's ability to move from one type of music to another, without any problem reveals just how much her talent exceeded many other singers who stick within, say, a country genre... Her obvious writing skills in poetically setting thoughts to music places her, also, above those who did not write and sing her creations... In fact, from what I've read, it is quite easy to see just how others had decided to, on an ongoing basis, take advantage of her generous nature, so much so that, as she was looking toward retirement, she was unable to do so because of lack of money... I couldn't help but think of similar situations where young, beautiful creatives have been manipulated to the point that they are being ignored once the funds begin to run dry... 

While I am making no accusations myself, I suggest to those who are close to Stone, that they find somebody to trust and start looking, based upon the groundwork in this book... Carol is a great researcher--she's found more to write this book than necessary as a fan... But, Carol, is not just a fan of Angie, She's a black woman that cares about how all women and others who are being ignored or purposely taken advantage of based upon some bias or prejudice that has no foundation of Truth... To find her on this blog, you may need to use a variety of her name in the right column--I read Carol's first book and as many as I've been able since then... I've been honored to support her writing career... 

For those those who are interested in music as a career, or music in general, this book will be fascinating for fans of Blues, R&B, Jazz and just about any beat, including one that sounded Latino... Stone had no limits to what she was able to "dream up..." This would also be a valuable educational book for those in the music business... There is every evidence from her "sound" as well as how she was "slid out" on some activities for one reason or another, that this woman could have been even more of a star than she was as evidenced by this Fan Tribute! At a minimum, have as much delight as I did as I listened to this playlist I was able to find relatively easily... Each recording was an amazing discovery of a supremely talented female singer! And I didn't even get into her television and other activities! Angie Stone deserves to be remembered! And she's probably already singing in the heavenly choir!

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Letters to Carol - An Extraordinary Memoir-Self Help Presentation - From Blob to Beauty Queen; From High Living to Living on the Street -A Review and Discussion and Featuring Complementary Music Videos!

Dear Carol, Let’s go back a little in time. Your grandmother had died. Madea lived in Watts. By this time, she told neighbors she was moving and not to tell your father she was moving to Scottsdale City. Dane was still traumatized over your grandmother’s death. This is when Madea placed the burden on him to father his own brothers and sisters, which was a huge mistake, because the monster Dane allowed him later to perpetrate familiar child abuse tragedies on his own kids, later in life. Carol, because you are such a nice person, subliminally, you understood the pressures Madea placed on your brother, Dane. You knew more after Dane married Perry. She defended his heavy abuse of his siblings. That is why you wrongfully believed tolerance was love again. Notwithstanding, and on top of the pain you endured at home, at school it was worse. Following tortuous hours of “Girls Punishment” with your neck cracking, your body tired, and after hours of abuse, you had to straighten up to go to school for more abuse. It’s important to state that at eleven-years old, a child is not mature enough to know what compounded abuses can do to the maturation of a growing child’s mind. This is why the child internalizes dangerous emotions that can ruin a child’s emotional maturity, much later, in life. This is another reason why by the time you were in your mid-sixties, your inability to find and or handle housing matters had a lot to do with the interruptions of your now fragile emotional stability, which began a huge pile-up from 1955-2023. In 1966 you were in the Black schools, like Mark Twain and Ralph Bunche, where it was normal to be a dark-skinned child. When Madea moved to Scottsdale City in 1966, your dark skin was not accepted by the white kids in Scottsdale City. 

Carol, by the time you entered Junior High School, you were dealing with the pain of an enlarged heart, Post Traumatic Depression, abuse by your brother, Madea and a sister that hated you. It was the end of three-years of being called, “The Blob.” You were tired mentally. You have now stored over a decade of abuse in your emotional cache. The personalities are tired. We have all waited decades for you to be ready to tell your “real” story. To that end, we are all proud of you. At home, things worsened when Madea called you lazy. Getting up to do household chores was dangerously killing you. One day on the track at Garey High School, where you attended for three years, you ran the track. This occurred late in the afternoon. The football field where the Vikings practiced was empty. On that unusual eve you collapsed. As a child without guidance or love, you took care of yourself. You lay on that track, with horrific pain in your chest. On that ground, you prayed to heaven for your grandmother. You knew at any moment you could die, but this was to you another challenge you had to get through. You lay where one of your personalities showed you how to breathe. There, you clutched your heart, not knowing what a dangerous situation you were in. All you knew was there was a lot of chest pain. You laid on the tarmac of the racetrack until the pain subsided, having no clue that your heart was attacking. Later, at home you performed your household chores, including washing walls in the house on Fowler Avenue. You tired easily, but you washed the walls anyway. You did not have support from family to even tell one soul you had a heart attack. A few weeks later, when the school district ordered a physical, their medical staff wrote Madea a shocking letter. In it they told her you had an enlarged heart. Back then, instead of Madea checking all this out with emergency doctors, she continued to ignore the matter not caring about the outcome. “You have an enlarged heart,” she said to you one day when you were sixteen. Giving you this information, did not include following up. In fact, Madea simply waited for you to die. If you can’t accept this information about Madea, your end-of-life maturity will be heavily compromised, Carol. You are not writing this all down for brownie points, or to impress anyone. This is being said correctly now because this is your life. This is a moment of clarity, which will in turn, save us from being on those cold/hot streets, again. We must get this all out. You must cry. You must embrace this pain with the knowledge you never afforded yourself to engage longer than a fly before. I love you, Carol. I know this is hard for you. If Madea thought so little of you to not take care of your mental or physical health; then why would she care about your having an enlarged heart? I am sorry that you are crying. Cry. You must cry to release these feelings from your wreckage of memories of the past. These are the things about your upbringing you refused to face in the past years. You are facing these issues now. This is the most important information of your life. We hated being on the cold streets not knowing how we got there. This information is being given to you, through me, by God. Moreover, Madea was more vicious towards you than you are willing to talk about Carol. What mother allows her older son to daily punish and molest a child with a life-threatening medical condition? It’s time to purge the pain Carol, please ask God to forgive your demons, Carol. You must see Madea for what she was; instead of what you wanted her to be. Carol, this is a must. When people criticize you…When they say leave it in the past, surge forward. This is your life. You are already being freed, as you tell your story through me. Here is where the truth will not be a stranger. Here is where nothing will hide. All human beings deserve to be heard. Listeners will be educated. History will be informed, while this time potential publishers will know the real you. I want them to know that Carol Denise Mitchell is an honest, amazing, smart, beautiful woman, who is at last owning the rights to her safety. Carol deserves love. Carol is for the first time becoming whole. Carol’s story is one of sheer survival!

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I have read several books by Carol Denise Mitchell but none like her latest. Nor have I read a similar book by any other author.  It is, quite simply, unbelievable and  extraordinary, yet, for many, it may be quite confusing. Carol has chosen to declare this a fiction book; however, in my opinion, this is a disservice to potential readers. Carol is protecting herself legally--for she has self-taught about employment discrimination, civil rights, et.al.--by claiming fiction. I, on the other hand, believe she should be broadcasting the truth of her life and what she is, even now, still dealing with. For, as some of you know, I, too, am also dealing with and trying to write my own story... So, if your early life was full of pain, confusion, hate, abuse, or other negative things that can happen to any one of us... I highly recommend you spend some time reading Letters to Carol..." For believe me, as you finish reading, crying for words shared in this book, you will know you are reading Truth...

And the way she presents her story is through the voice of one of her inner selves, who still remembers what happened, and guides today's Carol through each and every single incident where she was abused in some way... is the extraordinary part. Letters to Carol is Carol writing the book, but as if it were dictated by another individual... That part deep inside Carol where all of those memories that she could not confront ever again, had been pushed so deep that, physically, and of course, mentally, she had chosen to live and move forward.

Until that day, maybe she snapped, maybe her body could no longer handle the pressure and...collapsed. Some of you may recall this is what happened to me when the first thing that happened was that I could not stop crying... Only by reading books was I able to escape... One of those books was Whatever Happened to Suzy? Reading this story by Carol was the first of many of those who share childhood pain through their writing...

For me, I found parts of me inside her memoir story... Other readers might also find parts of you, or others in your life. What do I mean? Well, think about how you might represent yourself at your job, as opposed to how you are with a close friend, or better yet, in a crowd. I know that I "put on a face" not literally but figuratively, in each of those scenarios. On the job, I put on my face of a professional, dedicated to doing my job from the first step into my office. I rarely stop for breaks, rather sipping tea while I continue to work. And, most of the time, expecting much the same from others... Get the idea? Most of us have ways to act in different life situations. While Carol calls these different personalities, diagnosing herself, "One day, inside my bedroom closet, I developed dissociative identity disorder, better known as Multiple Personality Disorder. I began hugging myself, promising to develop protective mechanisms to help me deal with daily trauma.  

Now I knew exactly what she meant. In fact, I have used one of the oldest affirmative statements known from the time of Socrates, as my guiding mantra, as I've gone through specific time periods, or traumatic experiences with an inner eye that watched, and remembered... In fact, Carol begins with a first statement of her learned life realization : “No two lives are the same, such is the spice of life!” --CD Mitchell

Also at the beginning of her book, she includes a note that I might have written, from my perspective, if I were to write a book with a dedication: I dedicate this book to anyone that loves the power of God. Many individuals have relied on the love within to get along in life. You are special, you are somebody. We all need to discover the sanctuary within our souls to rest, to be good to others, and more importantly, be good to ourselves. Your health is your wealth, your success is imminent!

Now in my life, I was early involved with the church and quickly learned about the Holy Trinity: God, The Son and the Holy Spirit. I honed in on God as Father since my early father was killed in a mine accident while my mother was carrying me. It was easy to see that I still had a Heavenly Father, who made it clear to me to remember:

All I had to do is know that I know that I know that if I am still then God is there with me... 

He is the Great I Am!

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Before I go any further with the book content itself, I want to use a present day illustration of what happened to Carol... Have you noticed that many Far Right political people will repeat over and over and repeat again and again, things that we KNOW are lies. Yet some of us have learned from the study of psychology and other communication processes, that, for many people, if you hear the same thing over and over and over, you will possibly come to actually believe and accept it as truth, even though you can do the research and discover that it is a lie--but you're still not totally convinced because you've heard it pounded into your mind day after day after day?!

At a time when we are seeing more and more hateful actions due to , politics, social media and television, etc., it is still hard to realize just how cruel one individual can be to another. 

Carol was a smart little girl, but coming from a large, poor family she was overweight. (I know the feeling, but my story was a small not hidden memory)  compared to what happened to Carol which had been pushed down deep, forgotten, but still an unresolved abuse.  We don't know how much she weighed... What we learn is that her teacher gave her the nickname, Blob! And, of course all the kids also called her by that name!!!

Carol had hoped to escape the significant mental and physical abuse that she was given at home. Her mother also belittled her, used hateful words when addressing her...and, possibly, stood by while her brother raped her. We do know her brother raped her, we don't know definitely whether her mother knew about it. The key point that the home environment was full of children and Madea instructed her son to be like their father (a little short of 20 children by her mother) and, given that her mother ridiculed Carol, all of the other children did as well...

During this time period, Carol fortunately found one counselor who worked with her for three years. While her self-esteem was raised, still there was so much happening, that the good never quite overrode the bad that was happening.

For instance, Carol was able to lose weight and became interested in entering a beauty contest. She won Miss Congeniality! Note that I found this a quite affirming thing. Even though she was the only black girl in the contest, it was Carol's personal interactions with everyone which brought about her selection. Take note of the praise that was made in the book when she realized that even with the things in her past, she was still bringing light and good wishes to others...

Too bad she lost her trophy. She had placed it in a paperbag... But, when Carol graduated from school, her mother kicked her out with the few clothes she had and a paperbag that was soon lost in the shuffle of accepting that the only thing she had to sell was her body and she began to prostitute herself. After all, she wasn't a virgin, right?

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But one thing that her counselor had pointed out to her and that she realized herself was that she was a good writer! She wrote her first book, What Happened to Suzy and a new anniversary edition is out now!

She studied hard and became involved in helping individuals with job discrimination, writing another book about what employers don't want us to know! She became well known because of this nonfiction book which was used by employers and employees alike.

It happened to me not long after my official leaving of a long-term career at West Virginia University, when I discovered that I was no longer able to keep my mouth shut, even in sensitive meetings... For Carol, you'll find it was a cumulative experience, much longer than I had...It was years passing as Carol got married, more than once, had children, more than one and had many different jobs beside a significant career as a published writer.

What we do know that is at some point, Carol was homeless and even at that time, none of her family would respond to her need. About that time, I'm sure she began to think, "I don't need you; I don't need anybody!" But that's a lonely existence and scary especially when you are homeless...

When that last straw was broken. Carol had begun to go to counseling and almost immediately, the man who she had gone to for help, promptly took her to a motel and forced sex as part of her treatment... Yeah, right! Carol knew all about that, but, when it happens with a professional to whom you sought help, it creates a response so deep that one can begin to feel that nothing and nobody would ever be trustworthy enough to help me!

While the style of writing is indeed like creating a letter to another person, you will find quite a bit of repetition. Some may see this as what some people do...routinely repeat over and over what they've talked about in the past. This is not that type of repetition. Consider, if you would instead, that one of Carol's grade school abuses was being called "blob" over and over, primarily by white children... As mentioned above, if you are told something day by day, even though it hurts you greatly (or even if it is lies that are not true), there is a tendency for us to believe it "must" be true since it has been said over and over... Breaking the tight bond of abusive language is extremely difficult and you will see that Carol, in trying to move forward without facing her early reality, created a period of so much confusion that it is hard to even consider what exactly is the truth by which you are living.

Fortunately, I would guess from her grandmother who had named her, Carol found a relationship with her Heavenly Father. And, as I read each of the individual letters, I felt that I was reading a God Incident--a book given to Carol Denise by The Holy Spirit. I believe that God through His Son loves all children and grieved for the little girl who was never called by her real name--a child of His... Carol mentions in several videos that she sometimes doesn't know what she is typing--such as the time she needed to share with others about her attempt at suicide. For it is the Holy Spirit that often brings up to us exactly what we need to hear, think about, and possibly act upon. Or perhaps it is both! My above concept of putting on "faces" for different events or people... and a very real awareness that The Holy Spirit has often been using my fingers to write when I allow myself to open to God's Words.

God Bless you Carol

and all the other children hurt by somebody who should be doing just the opposite. I've come to know and love you through this latest book in particular. Thank you for writing it... Many will find themselves in these pages and...find...hope!

Gabbie

 

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Carol Denise Mitchell is here shown with her latest book, Rovella Starr. She is also the author of What Happened To Suzy. You can do a search here on my blog to read my reviews for these great books!

What Are You Reading? Carol, Jake, Chris (Interview by LATimes)

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Highlighting the Poetry of Carol Denise Mitchell, Author!

We are Homeless

Wrote this poem at three-thirty; thirty-three times
Found living on the streets no reason to rhyme

Pissy icy boxes filthy garbage cans grime
Public dryers spinning crazy use to cost a dime

In your bed tonight, do you think about me?
Fighting rats diligently over what you ate at three?

No keys keeping feet on this shaky ground
Like homelessness had never ever, ever been around

Give stars money they will never, ever spend
While his fellow man yearns for a bed to sleep in

Ne'er judge a hungry human for wanting to be full
When you ate your steak chewing holes full of bull

Many on a list of those who are doing extra well
Forget homeless in America are living in jail

This is America's biggest domestic war
Give peace, warm milk and a key to any door

Rich country of mine with millions to burn
Oh America the beautiful why haven't you learned

This is not about elections or winning more votes
It's about a warm shower with a fresh bar of soap

Not asking for a home for just only me
Give up these roofs for all society

Scarred, war hands gives you rest in your bed
Soldiers on the streets may we rest our heads?
We are homeless.

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What Sid Did

Joanne is gone to poverty, cancer & disease
No doctor treats a woman on free honesty

Delivered me she did two precious little kids
Now they're living with her man, a man named Sid

Sid saw her go to heaven; then he raised our kids
Can't help but respect what Sid did.

Can't say a spoiled word bout' a man's heart so true;
Just doing what a parent perhaps anyone would do

Just one more year for his long law degree
He said, "That’s when the kids are coming with me"

Out the shack behind the ghetto, on up to Beverly Hills
Toting lessons of our lives..., it was written in her will

Joanne brailed, “Sid; take my kids, just leave"
Respect their poor father he was very good to me

They left out the ghetto at twelve one day
With my heartfelt blessings leading all the way

My heart forever cries for my two little kids
But I shall always take kind to what Sid did.

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Carol Denise Mitchell

Carol and I became friends during the time I've reviewed her two books: What Happened to Suzy and Rovella Starr. As you can see she writes with a passion and tells the story like it is! Click on the title of this entry to check out her site!

Mitchell's Rovella Starr Strangely Wonderful...

Rovella Starr
By Carol Denise Mitchell
Publish America
ISBN: 1606727281
211 Pages


Rovella Starr (A Love-Starved Bitch) by Carol Denise Mitchell has done it! I had not been surprised by anything that has been inflicted by one man to another in any fiction novel I’ve thus far read. At least that was true before I read Carol Denise Mitchell’s latest! The problem is that Mitchell writes her novel as an old-time storyteller and you feel like you are sitting on the back porch, drinking a glass of iced tea, as she tells her story. Whew!

After reading Mitchell’s earlier book, What Happened to Suzy, it did not surprise me that her main character, Rovella Starr had been a victim of childhood abuse. I was not surprised to learn that, in many ways, she was just a little bit “crazy.” Nor was I surprised when, on her wedding day, her new mother-in-law jumped her and beat her—well, maybe I was amazed!

I also wasn’t surprised when, upon having her third child, born dead, and then come back to life, she devoted the rest of her life to protecting him. She kept him close, including scaring off any girl who showed an interest in Ray, while allowing her husband and other sons to come in a neglected second in her life. And, of course, I wasn’t surprised when all of Rovella’s neighbors stayed away, especially when Rovella thought nothing about having her shot gun handy to keep anybody off of her property.

But when Rovella paid lots of money to a woman who could only be called a modern-day “witch doctor” for a spell to give to her beloved son? Yep, that about did it for me!

And yet, in the midst of the utterly unbelievable tales that surrounded the life of Rovella Starr, there developed a beautiful love story—that between her son Ray and a famous author, Dana Ann Arbor. From the moment the two first saw each other it was love. True, it was a love that most people thought would be over quickly. While Ray was a handsome man, most people felt he was retarded, or at least, not quick in thought and manner. Dana Ann, on the other hand, was known the world over for her beautiful love stories that kept people enthralled. But there was one thing that Dana knew; Ray loved her with a gentle and kind love that she had never known from the successful and worldly men with whom she had previously been involved.

The amazing thing was that Rovella even allowed their relationship to develop as far as it did before she took her first major step. But once she decided to break up the love match, nothing could stop her!

Let’s stop until I get another glass of tea...and then hurry back! Carol Denise Mitchell is going to finish telling what that love-starved bitch did to her son...and how this amazing story ends!

You’re just not going to believe parts of this tale...but you won’t want to miss it. Because, every great love story is bound to have a happy ending, don’t you think? Rovella Starr, by Carol Denise Mitchell, a tale that only a true storyteller can place before her readers!

But make sure, you’ve got something to drink...and maybe even some smelling salts! Again, I say...Whew, this is some kind of tale! Read it--only if you dare!


G. A. Bixler
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How to sell on Amazon

By Guest Blogger Carol Denise Mitchell

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1 Upload your inventory to customers

2 Customers see your product Worldwide

3 Customers Purchase your product

4 You ship product to customer – amazon

5 Amazon transfers payment into your bank account

Notifies you payment has been received


Selling on Amazon

Team up with the world's leading internet retailer and sell to millions of customers. With a monthly subscription fee of only $39.99 plus selling fees on items that sell, Selling on Amazon is a low-cost, low investment, incremental sales channel. If you are just getting started or looking to sell only a few products, sign up as an Individual seller.

Access to millions of customers shopping on Amazon.com
No per item listing or credit card fees
World class fraud protection
Upload Your Product Inventory

With Selling on Amazon, it's easy to upload your inventory. Once you've registered, use the Web-based tools, a free desktop software application, or text files to get up and running fast.

Customers See Your Products on Amazon.com

Amazon.com is a leading web site and is a stop for millions of online shoppers. By listing your products on Amazon.com, reach millions of potential customers every day.

Customers Purchase Your Products

Amazon.com makes buying your products a snap. With features like 1-Click and a brand millions of consumers trust, customers make quick, easy, worry-free purchases.

You Ship Products to Customers

Amazon notifies you by email when an order has been placed. You simply pack and ship your item to the customer (unless you let Fulfillment by Amazon do the work).

Amazon Transfers Payments to You

Amazon deposits payment into your bank account, and sends you an email notifying you that your payment has been sent.



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