Carla (C.J.) Miller

 

The "Reality" Series by C.J. Greene

 

 

The "Reality" series of books on Parenting in the Modern Age, (being marketed to young women aged 18-30 years old), are a snapshot look into the moral waters of today's youth.  In my personal opinion, the waters have become so treacherous that youngsters need an experienced navigator to help them to reach the shores of sanity and propriety, safely.  So, without lecturing my audience about the evils of pre-marital sex or how "life in the fast lane" can destroy your hopes and dreams---I gently show my readers "the way";  in addition to helping older readers to gain a better understanding about how to approach the delicate subjects of parenting and sex education in today's world with their children.  

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I propose The "Reality" series to be a valuable guide, in our modern sexually charged atmosphere, but it is not a cut-and-dried treatise on how to raise children properly.  It is a 3-book entertainment vehicle, which parents, parents-to-be, and young adults alike can use to make the proper decisions about fostering good relationships with their significant others, or those they hope to have children with in the future.  Gleaned from over 37 years of my personal writings, and parenting experiences, (having gone through several metamorphoses over the years), the stories are loosely based on the author's life, but are fictionalized accounts that will hold the reader's interest to take them to the next level.

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The specter of the AIDS and HIV epidemics, along with the explosions of other sexually transmitted diseases (including the comeback of Syphilis) looms largely over the heads of middle-aged parents, who if not infected themselves already, may be seeking a new lease on their dating lives, while simultaneously attempting to teach their teenage children about having successful relationships or marriages...all without the proper knowledge or tools, to do so. 

 

The first book, “FACING THE REALITY”  was published by Authorhouse.com using my own money in 2008, and is available on Amazon.com.  With the proper publicity and Marketing venues, I hope that more exposure will translate into greater sales. A short synopsis of the series and an excerpt, are included at the end of this website. The second and the third and final books are also on sale at Amazon.com.  Hopefully a national publisher will offer me a lucrative deal along with movie script rights.

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The second book: “FACING THIS SIDE OF THE MOON”continues with the story of Miss C.J., but the focus is now on her children and her grandchildren, and some of the other characters that were introduced in the first book.  Her granddaughter is growing up fast and is now a young teenager who is attending Middle School, and becoming more curious about sex and the sex lives of the adults around her.  Her mother, Marcella (Miss C.J.’s oldest daughter) is a busy hairdresser, who is now pregnant with her second child. Unfortunately, the baby’s father is a drug dealer who has committed a very serious crime and then must then face going to jail, thus leaving Marcella to raise her baby and her young daughter on her own.  

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She meets a budding political figure, named Northrop Ellis, who is the attorney who gets her exonerated after she gets arrested for attempted drug trafficking in an innocent act of passing off drugs to a colleague of her boyfriend, gone awry.  Northrop has his sights set on eventually becoming a presidential candidate, and runs for State Senator of New York.  He falls in love with Marcella and promises to take care of her and her children, but he is torn between being a step-parent and being a high profile political figure in Washington DC.

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The story also continues with the life and trials of Darette, (Miss C.J.’s niece) who returns to her life in Atlanta after meeting a certain young lady at the airport.  Earlene is the child of a crack-addicted mother who died in jail, and she has spent the majority of her life in Foster homes. Upon graduating from high school she searches for her real father, who turns out to be an ex-basketball star for the Atlanta Hawks.  She has come to Atlanta to visit him and to find out more about her biological mother after he decides to adopt her to bring her back into his life.  But, unfortunately he is having difficulty getting her to adjust to a new life as a sophisticated young woman in high society. Having come from the ghetto in New Jersey,

 

Earlene is unprepared for her life with a famous millionaire father and is having trouble following his rules for their protection.  

She is the example of the unbridled, sex-hormone driven youth of today, and we get a glimpse into the lives of successful, wealthy business people, and how difficult it is to raise children, even in most privileged of circumstances including super star celebrity status.  

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Miss Darette finds herself in a world of trouble after she assaults her live-in boyfriend and gets arrested.  She finds out that she is pregnant, and loses everything that she owns while she is incarcerated, but still has the hopes of getting back up on her feet when she meets Earlene’s father, David, and begins a tumultuous affair with him after Earlene is killed in a tragic car accident.  Darette is a mega-talented clothing designer who wants to start her own clothing line, and hopes that David will help her get her business started.  

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But, David is an overly cautious, workaholic who is mainly concerned with making money; not spending money, and is skeptical about starting a relationship with anyone, no less a homeless, pregnant ex-felon whom he barely knows.  After his only daughter is killed, he has a devastating emotional breakdown and becomes vulnerable to Darette, who eventually moves into his mansion and begins her life as  a famous designer. This part of the story is concerned with how difficult and forbidden it is to mix business with pleasure, and how getting to know someone BEFORE they become a part of your life, or before you live with them is so very,  very important.  

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We also get a continuing look at the life of college student/turned street hooker/ turned budding CIA agent in training, Joanna (Miss C.J.’s middle daughter).  We learned about Joanna's problems in the first book, after she was seduced by a young man whom she had just met at a dance club, who promised her a life of luxury if she would only come and “work” for him in his business.  Not knowing exactly what kind of business the young man was in, she gives up her life in New York as a college student and unwittingly becomes a prostitute for G-Money in Atlanta.  After almost getting killed by a rival pimp, Joanna is abandoned by G-Money at a clinic where he takes her to get treated for her wounds after she decides to return to her "normal" life in New York.  

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On the way back home, she meets an ex-Marine officer, but unfortunately, she gets entangled in a terrorist attack and ends up getting kidnapped by The Sergeant who makes her come to work for the CIA as a computer geek.  This part of the story deals with how exciting a college student’s life could be with the proper goals, but it also deals with how hard it is for Veterans to adjust to civilian life after leaving Military Service. The Sergeant turns out to be a psychotic, suicidal and homicidal maniac who vows to marry Joanna and make her his "accomplice" for life while plotting to kill her own brother-in- law; the new presidential candidate.

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The  2nd book ends with everyone’s life in the balance.  They have all found a bit of happiness, but there are still some questions to be answered...

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The target audiences for this series of books are young female adults between the ages of 18 and about 30 years old.  The style of the writing is very unsophisticated and lighthearted, because I want the younger groups to not be intimidated by the language. The language is mature enough, however, to attract the older audiences and hold their interests, also.  As mentioned before, the manuscripts are kept short for quick reading, and so as to not bore the reader with too many details or too much to remember about the 5-6 story lines.

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Originally written as screenplays, the books can be easily transferred to other media formats such as e-books, short video files, or other e-marketing tools that can attract the younger audiences.  

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As the books have messages to convey and important lessons to be learned, they are not only to be taken as light entertainment, but rather as intricate tools for learning lessons in Parenting, Relationships and Spirituality.  I wish to market the series to large groups such as relationship and family therapy groups, sexual and marriage preparatory groups, and especially to Parenting groups that can use them in their discussions.

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