K. Roland Williams - ProfilesArchive

About Me

What's up fam, allow me to introduce myself. My name is K. Roland Williams and I hail from Pittsburgh PA.

After being blessed with a multiple book deal with Triple Crown Publications, my time to shine is approaching fast. Be on the lookout for Cut Throat, my debut novel, March 1st. It's already starting a buzz on the streets.

I am here to network with all readers and writers of literature-all types particularly street lit.I also want to talk to editors, agents and film producers.

Feel free to hit a brotha up, I really love discussing this business with anyone and everyone who wants to talk. Especially people who want to write their own work and see there name on a novel. There is no greater feeling then to be read and hopefully understood.
If you plan to write in this genre, a word of advice:
Stay true to the game and tell the story from the heart. If you shoot from the hip, keep it real and grimy, the reader will know it and feel you.

For those of you that doubt it, street lit is here to stay... to all of you who hate on street lit authors and think our novels are trashy, useless stories of sex and violence, all I have to say to you is this:, "How has your book been selling lately?"

When street fiction took hold again a few years ago (I pay homage to Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim and August Wilson) it took the world by storm with its gritty story lines, uncompromising honesty and ability to make a person who wouldn't typically pick up a book at all, read and yearn for literature. How could anyone question the power in that?

Like many street fiction authors have said before me and will say after me... "Get used to us being around, we ain't going no where!"

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VISIT:KROLANDWILLIAMS.COM

Listen to my interview with Urban Literary Review: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/urbanliteraryreview/2008/02/20/ Urban-Literary-Review

Up Coming Book Signings-Bring your copy of CUT THROAT so that I can sign it and meet you in person.

Saturday, 7/19

1P â€“ 3P Come meet me and have your novel signed! 10th Annual HARLEM BOOK FAIR HARLEM, NY

Meet "CUT THROAT" debut author K. Roland Williams
Come out and meet with debut author K. Roland Williams as he signs his novel "CUT THROAT"
Free and Open to the Public
Bring your copy of CUT THROAT or purchase a new copy at the event.
DC Bookman host 2 events
Saturday, August 30th (12 noon - 3p) 3900 Minnesota Ave NE Washington, DC 20019
Saturday, August 30th (3p - 6p) 2808 Good Hope Rd Washington, DC 20020
H-H.E.A.T. Magazine & Moorer House Publishing Presents- Grown & Sexy Lounge
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/HHEATMAGRADIO/2008/01...

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My Interests

Writing the best street fiction possible is the highest priority on my list of interest.

As well as expressing my creativity and exploring the talents and gifts that GOD has saw fit to bless me with!

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in literature and the REAL drama of the streets.

Urban lit readers and writers or anyone interested in the genre, feel free to hit me up.

Folks looking to read my work that are potential writers themselves.

I love speaking with people trying to get into the writing business so if that's you and you want some advice don't hesitate.Book clubs hit me up. I am about to do the book tour and want to get several Book Club visits and readings in so that I stay connected with the people really reading my novels to know what I need to improve on to make my work better.

Music:

Hey R & B is what's up, I love the romance of it. Some of the new artist are very good but you still can't beat Luther Vandross and Keith Washington to set the right mood for romance!

Don't get it twisted, when a brotha is ready to do some head bangin I throw in the hip hop... Jay Z, Notrious B.I.g., 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Method Man, LL Cool J and the list goes on. I love hip hop and jazz as well.

I used to be a muscian back in the day, so I have an interest in most types of music...

Movies:

God Father 1-3, Scarface(Of Course), Carlito's Way, Alien, 300, Training Day & Braveheart...

If I contiued my list would be way too long.

Television:

Right now I am into The Unit, The Sopranos, The Wire, and The Shield.

Gritty stories do it for me, if you haven't noticed.

Books:

Anything that is published by Triple Crown Publications is a must read!!!T Styles, Cynthia White, Dawn Desiree, Leo Sullivan, Vickie Stringer-the list goes on!

I do read a variety of other authors from Anne Rice to Langston Hughes.

I am currently reading books written by: Omar Tyree, Toni Morrison, Nikki Giovanni and a few others.

Pick up Black and Ugly by T. Styles, read it and it was great!!

Some of the O.G.'s of the urban fiction genre I've read over and over again are: Donald Goines, IceBurg Slim and August Wilson(By the way, he grew up in my hood).

Heroes:

Nat Turner, Bill Duke, Langston Hughes, Oprah Winfrey (Yeah... I said it), Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Harriett Tubman, Jessie Jackson, Rosa Parks - many more...

My Blog

McCain's YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c Pass this along to everyone you know. K. Roland...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:42:00 PST

Come meet author K. Roland Williams-TRIPLE CROWN PUBLICATIONS

Read my synopsis of Natural Born Gangster and tell me what you think.

"NATURAL BORN GANGSTER" (Synopsis) Tyrell Burroughs is the sophisticated king pin of the fastest growing drug cartel on the eastern seaboard. He controls his operation with an iron fist -loyalty or ...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Fri, 18 May 2007 09:57:00 PST

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITEARY REVIEW!

Book Review: "Cut Throat" by K. Roland Williams Book Title: "Cut Throat"Author: K. Roland WilliamsPublisher: Triple Crown PublicationsReleased: April, 2008Have you ever wanted something so bad tha...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:14:00 PST

Cut Throat gets a great review in Library Journel!

The Word on Street Lit No. 3By Rollie Welch, Collection Manager, Cleveland P.L. -- Library Journal, 4/15/2008 3:25:00 PMIn last month's column, Vanessa Morris celebrated Women's History Month by focus...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:07:00 PST

Elevated Passion (Short Erotic Story)

Elevated Passion I meet you in a very secluded dark hall way of an office building and take you into the elevator. You, as usual have on a skirt. As we enter the elevator I will wait ...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:24:00 PST

More Erotica.

My mouth and tongue moved to the gyrations of her hips and ass.She tried her best to slide her body across the leather back seat of thetruck, and away from me, backing her self against the drivers sid...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:12:00 PST

Cut-Throat is now availiable for order!

CUT-THROAT "The music game has never been so dangerous" My debut novel Cut-Throat finally has a release date of March 1st and is actually availiable for order now on Triple Crown Publication's web si...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:15:00 PST

How should a black man love a black woman?

-To love a black woman- I stand here before you a naked man. Not naked in the sense that I am without clothing, but naked in the sense that I am totally vulnerable to you. I have found tha...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:44:00 PST

Synopsis and Excerpt from my Triple Crown debut Novel-Cut-Throat

What's up world. I am here to post an excerpt from my debut novel- Cut-Throat "The music business was never so dangerous!" An Urban Novel by: K. Roland Williams SYNOPSIS Quincy Un...
Posted by K. Roland Williams on Wed, 09 May 2007 01:19:00 PST