Category Archives: Announcements

Today, I began my 10-week screenwriting course.

Henceforth, I’ll be very busy in the next few months and beyond.

That said, I have learned a lot on the first day already.

Unfortunately, I learned that I will not be able to keep most of the novel’s material for the screenplay (85 pages to 120 pages for a beginning screenwriter).

However, I could adapt my book to a TV miniseries (10 episodes – 10 screenplays). Thus, I would then be able to keep most of my novel’s material.

Decisions, decisions, decisions….

A New York University professorial colleague is right that I need to get signed to an agent. Until then, I have to manage the “show” and the “business” aspects of this journey.

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Exciting News!

A New York City Department of Education’ (NYC DOE) committee approved Afrika’s Struggle: His Experiential Journey as a textbook.

NYC DOE is the largest market in the United States of America. (For comparison, the Chicago Department of Education is the second largest market in the United States of America). Additionally, it is a very difficult market to access due to its rigorous and arduous vetting/application process.

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Meeting with the fellow South African queens, B.  and Jessica (based in South Africa, in London and in New York), in Manhattan, as it pertains to a possible film adaptation of my book, Afrika’s Struggle: His experiential Journey. I’m still doing the legwork – no pun intended as it pertains to my legs.

Be sure to come out to see Karl in Hartford, Connecticut. I will be doing a “reading” from my new book, Afrika’s Struggle: His Experiential Journey and will be participating in a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Fiona Vernal (UConn Department of History). You may bring your print copy of my new book to be autographed or you may purchase one at the event.

Be sure to visit this page, in the future, for my upcoming blogs on pertinent subject areas.

For example, I’ll be writing about the African burial ground discovered in East Harlem. Interestingly, it follows the discovery of another African burial ground on Wall Street. Both discoveries allow the revision of the historical record to reflect slavery in New York via a clearer prism.

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