Brooklyn Gilmore Journal

  If you know me well, you know that I’ve talked about publishing The Demons In My Lunchbox for quite sometime. It took a decade to write it, edit it, and publish it. TEN YEARS. Why did it take you so long, you ask? It took me that long to dig deep into inner most being to break down walls, barriers, and strong holds. It took me that long to get real with myself and with God. It took me that long to allow myself to be vulnerable enough to confess the messiness in my life.  Last March, at the very beginning of the global pandemic, The Demons In My Lunchbox, finally dropped on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Online.  I was elated and scared. to. death. of the unknown and the perception of this memoir. I was blown away from the out pouring of love and encouragement from friends and fans who’ve read it.  Then there’s my mother. Let’s just say that the book has drummed up a lot of emotions on both sides and it sent me straight into counseling. Forgiveness is not for the fai...

Sometimes I can just shoot myself in the foot. Ya, know one of those moments you think dog-gone-it why did I wait so long? The light bulb comes on and you find yourself analyzing or justifying your reasoning for procrastinating something entirely too genius to put off. That's me with Brooklyn James' Hell Hound in the Vigilare trilogy. " Why did I wait so long to read this? " I ask myself. Let's see here. My wacky work schedule, twisted sleep patterns, and the 90-million curve balls life has thrown my way lately seems to be too weak of an excuse to justify my procrastination. Approximately one month after I lost my home to an electrical fire, Brooklyn James makes an appearance to Northcentral Pennsylvania to promote Hell Hound, the second novel in her trilogy, and currently her third book. I was not about to let a little curve ball deter me from owning Hell Hound . I hustle to Pennsylvania from Central New York and make it happen. I immediately begin...