Author-Scarlet
@scarletwrites.substack.com
🌺 Exploring love, life, & the stories that connect us. Author web page https://scarletibisjames.com/. ✨
Strong Spirits ✨ Strong Stories ✨ Indigenous Power Reads ✨ Kindle Unlimited
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#bookish #bookishgifts #bookpromotion 📸 Jennifer Marquez (Unsplash)
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#bookish #bookishgifts #bookpromotion 📸 Jennifer Marquez (Unsplash)
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Strong Spirits ✨ Strong Stories ✨ Indigenous Power Reads ✨ Kindle Unlimited
storyoriginapp.com/to/kti6ASy
#bookish #bookishgifts #bookpromotion 📸 Jennifer Marquez (Unsplash)
storyoriginapp.com/to/kti6ASy
#bookish #bookishgifts #bookpromotion 📸 Jennifer Marquez (Unsplash)
41 is your sign to get this ebook. It's the quick-read, feel-good, real love story of the season. LOVE IN THE DARK… a holiday romance #booksky
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
41 is your sign to get this ebook. It's the quick-read, feel-good, real love story of the season. LOVE IN THE DARK… a holiday romance #booksky
remembering the legacy of this day…
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
remembering the legacy of this day…
Caribbean girl + books + soft life energy.
Here’s the backstory. 🌺🔥
Here’s the backstory. 🌺🔥
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Caribbean girl + books + soft life energy.
Here’s the backstory. 🌺🔥
Here’s the backstory. 🌺🔥
What happens when a marriage hits a blackout—literally and emotionally? #books
I wrote about love, repair, and choosing each other again in my newest Substack post featuring Love in the Dark.
If you want a holiday story with heart, this one’s for you.
👇🏾
scarletwrites.substack.com
I wrote about love, repair, and choosing each other again in my newest Substack post featuring Love in the Dark.
If you want a holiday story with heart, this one’s for you.
👇🏾
scarletwrites.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What happens when a marriage hits a blackout—literally and emotionally? #books
I wrote about love, repair, and choosing each other again in my newest Substack post featuring Love in the Dark.
If you want a holiday story with heart, this one’s for you.
👇🏾
scarletwrites.substack.com
I wrote about love, repair, and choosing each other again in my newest Substack post featuring Love in the Dark.
If you want a holiday story with heart, this one’s for you.
👇🏾
scarletwrites.substack.com
Love in the Dark: A Holiday Romance for Grown-Ups - amzn.to/3LzuARK #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Love in the Dark: A Holiday Romance for Grown-Ups - amzn.to/3LzuARK #booksky
Manifesting shelf space like it’s my side hustle 😏📚 #AuthorDreams #ScarletYearnings
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Manifesting shelf space like it’s my side hustle 😏📚 #AuthorDreams #ScarletYearnings
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
From the Now Morning Show to your screen 🌺 Grateful to TTT Live & Natasha Lake for spotlighting Trini stories of love + belonging. #Books More: www.scarletibisjames.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
From the Now Morning Show to your screen 🌺 Grateful to TTT Live & Natasha Lake for spotlighting Trini stories of love + belonging. #Books More: www.scarletibisjames.com
Imagine writing about a runaway DJ and getting called “emotionally resonant and intellectually stimulating.”
Not me out here mixing pain and poetry like rum and coconut water. 🥥🥃
Thank you, QBR / The Black Book Review—I feel seen!
👉 scarletibisjames.com/blog
Not me out here mixing pain and poetry like rum and coconut water. 🥥🥃
Thank you, QBR / The Black Book Review—I feel seen!
👉 scarletibisjames.com/blog
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Imagine writing about a runaway DJ and getting called “emotionally resonant and intellectually stimulating.”
Not me out here mixing pain and poetry like rum and coconut water. 🥥🥃
Thank you, QBR / The Black Book Review—I feel seen!
👉 scarletibisjames.com/blog
Not me out here mixing pain and poetry like rum and coconut water. 🥥🥃
Thank you, QBR / The Black Book Review—I feel seen!
👉 scarletibisjames.com/blog
Why are you waiting until the last minute? The thing is this Saturday. Call, nah. Sign up 🇹🇹. You know you want to come and see meh. CALL! 780-3763 #trinibooks
October 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Why are you waiting until the last minute? The thing is this Saturday. Call, nah. Sign up 🇹🇹. You know you want to come and see meh. CALL! 780-3763 #trinibooks
Home sweet home 🇹🇹✨ Back in Trinidad where steelpan, pelau, and a quick doubles lime remind me why I never left in spirit.
📚 Join me Oct 11 & Oct 25 to celebrate books, belonging, and community. scarletibisjames.com
#Trinidad #CaribbeanLit #ScarletIbisJames
📚 Join me Oct 11 & Oct 25 to celebrate books, belonging, and community. scarletibisjames.com
#Trinidad #CaribbeanLit #ScarletIbisJames
September 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Home sweet home 🇹🇹✨ Back in Trinidad where steelpan, pelau, and a quick doubles lime remind me why I never left in spirit.
📚 Join me Oct 11 & Oct 25 to celebrate books, belonging, and community. scarletibisjames.com
#Trinidad #CaribbeanLit #ScarletIbisJames
📚 Join me Oct 11 & Oct 25 to celebrate books, belonging, and community. scarletibisjames.com
#Trinidad #CaribbeanLit #ScarletIbisJames
Allow me to reintroduce myself, I am Scarlet Ibis James and I am a humble voice in literary fiction. Follow me for joy-filled fiction about love, legacy and longing.
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Allow me to reintroduce myself, I am Scarlet Ibis James and I am a humble voice in literary fiction. Follow me for joy-filled fiction about love, legacy and longing.
On September 6, 2025, I’ll be at the New York Black and African Literature Festival in NYC—[hosted at @nyblackaflitfest + @theafricacenter].
I’ll be signing books, answering questions, and soaking up the rhythm of our diaspora. ✨
Will I see you there? 📚💫
I’ll be signing books, answering questions, and soaking up the rhythm of our diaspora. ✨
Will I see you there? 📚💫
September 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
On September 6, 2025, I’ll be at the New York Black and African Literature Festival in NYC—[hosted at @nyblackaflitfest + @theafricacenter].
I’ll be signing books, answering questions, and soaking up the rhythm of our diaspora. ✨
Will I see you there? 📚💫
I’ll be signing books, answering questions, and soaking up the rhythm of our diaspora. ✨
Will I see you there? 📚💫
Whoa 🤯 Thank you for sharing
August 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Whoa 🤯 Thank you for sharing
Ah not comin alone 🇹🇹 dis October ✨ open.substack.com/pub/scarletw...
August 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Ah not comin alone 🇹🇹 dis October ✨ open.substack.com/pub/scarletw...
Don’t pick Scarlet Yearnings for book club—unless you’re ready for messy love, fierce women, and conversations that run past midnight. 🌺📚 scarletibisjames.com/scarlet-year... #booksky
August 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Don’t pick Scarlet Yearnings for book club—unless you’re ready for messy love, fierce women, and conversations that run past midnight. 🌺📚 scarletibisjames.com/scarlet-year... #booksky
Scarlet Yearnings: Stories of Love and Desire is now available en Español for the first time.
Las historias que amaste—o que aún no has leído—pueden ser tuyas en el idioma de tu corazón. 🌺
📖 Read the story behind the translation here: scarletibisjames.com/blog/new-loo...
Las historias que amaste—o que aún no has leído—pueden ser tuyas en el idioma de tu corazón. 🌺
📖 Read the story behind the translation here: scarletibisjames.com/blog/new-loo...
August 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Scarlet Yearnings: Stories of Love and Desire is now available en Español for the first time.
Las historias que amaste—o que aún no has leído—pueden ser tuyas en el idioma de tu corazón. 🌺
📖 Read the story behind the translation here: scarletibisjames.com/blog/new-loo...
Las historias que amaste—o que aún no has leído—pueden ser tuyas en el idioma de tu corazón. 🌺
📖 Read the story behind the translation here: scarletibisjames.com/blog/new-loo...
🎧 New Conversation Alert!
I had the joy of joining The Dez Experience podcast for a heart-to-heart about culture, family, resilience, and the love stories behind my books.
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to hear me off the page—laughing, reflecting, and sharing my journey—this is for you.
I had the joy of joining The Dez Experience podcast for a heart-to-heart about culture, family, resilience, and the love stories behind my books.
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to hear me off the page—laughing, reflecting, and sharing my journey—this is for you.
August 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🎧 New Conversation Alert!
I had the joy of joining The Dez Experience podcast for a heart-to-heart about culture, family, resilience, and the love stories behind my books.
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to hear me off the page—laughing, reflecting, and sharing my journey—this is for you.
I had the joy of joining The Dez Experience podcast for a heart-to-heart about culture, family, resilience, and the love stories behind my books.
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to hear me off the page—laughing, reflecting, and sharing my journey—this is for you.
I am hesitant to “celebrate” Emancipation of the formerly enslaved in the British colonies.
Here’s why: substack.com/profile/1037...
Image: “Two Moors” by Rembrandt. Published Domain via Unsplash.
Here’s why: substack.com/profile/1037...
Image: “Two Moors” by Rembrandt. Published Domain via Unsplash.
August 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I am hesitant to “celebrate” Emancipation of the formerly enslaved in the British colonies.
Here’s why: substack.com/profile/1037...
Image: “Two Moors” by Rembrandt. Published Domain via Unsplash.
Here’s why: substack.com/profile/1037...
Image: “Two Moors” by Rembrandt. Published Domain via Unsplash.
...every person who shared it with others, and everyone who engaged in deep discussions about its themes.
The book world is so much richer when we celebrate stories that matter. Thank you for being part of this journey! 💙
#ScarletBirthright #FirebirdBookAwards #LiteraryFiction #BookCommunity
The book world is so much richer when we celebrate stories that matter. Thank you for being part of this journey! 💙
#ScarletBirthright #FirebirdBookAwards #LiteraryFiction #BookCommunity
July 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
...every person who shared it with others, and everyone who engaged in deep discussions about its themes.
The book world is so much richer when we celebrate stories that matter. Thank you for being part of this journey! 💙
#ScarletBirthright #FirebirdBookAwards #LiteraryFiction #BookCommunity
The book world is so much richer when we celebrate stories that matter. Thank you for being part of this journey! 💙
#ScarletBirthright #FirebirdBookAwards #LiteraryFiction #BookCommunity
I wrote this story hoping to create something that honored specific cultural experiences while speaking to universal human truths. To see it recognized across all these categories feels like pure magic.
This victory belongs to every reader who championed this book...
This victory belongs to every reader who championed this book...
July 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I wrote this story hoping to create something that honored specific cultural experiences while speaking to universal human truths. To see it recognized across all these categories feels like pure magic.
This victory belongs to every reader who championed this book...
This victory belongs to every reader who championed this book...