This year started with excitement. February marked the release of my first novel, “Afterlife,” that I co-wrote with author Julie Kimbrell (writing as J.K. Ishaya). Afterlife serves as the first in a series of books “The Arcadia Chronicles” inspired by my award-winning film Passing Darkness starring and co-created with Debra and Gerald Hopkins (more about … More The First Chapter of Afterlife: Book One of the Arcadia Chronicles