Cedric Quincy

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Y’all know my birthday coming up so... (at Charlotte, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Zmwe-h0ec/?igshid=tstxms4w5hue

Served as a student senator for two years. Served as a student advisor/mentor for two and a half senate administrations after mine. Worked tirelessly for Aggies—put aside all the hurt and pain a few caused me. Looked past the name calling, the slander, the defamation, the hatred and the backstabbing to serve a campus that did not always love me back. All for a better student body and a better A&T. It wasn’t always easy but it was a job worth fulfilling. Continuing a trend of #AggiesDo since 1891. I’m glad my Aggies are celebrating #GHOE and going home. Whether it rains or it’s hot, we are going to shine regardless. This medal is one of the best memories I have of A&T. I was surprised when I got it, but the gratitude of this, and others, reminds me the work done was not in vain. I will not be at homecoming this year—but to those who are going, be safe. #AggiePride James L. “Jaeyel” Imes AKA The Pen Behind the Cedric Quincy Books https://www.instagram.com/p/B4BIJl7pDt7/?igshid=1vfkyza2vgaoq

My prayers...please agree with me. I desperately need a breakthrough. (at Winston-Salem, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3-hLq6ppsy/?igshid=10iswi25sb3s2

They can help... https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QXQeehHCW/?igshid=1to1cpagej3xh

All this time these mother fuckers been messing with me—just know the pen have slowed, but it never, ever, fell. Tell my enemies to back the fuck away from them before words become actions. (at Downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B14S_zOh9hj/?igshid=1u9th3xjof40q

TWINS Two versions, one story. One the left is a more faith-centered version and on the right is the more gutter original. How this book came together needs to be its own book. I’ll get to in the parody of my life dropping in 2020. #JaroldImes #HoldOnBeStrong #BlackBoyJoy #UCantBreakMe #MatureTeenAuthor #YoungAdult #YoungAdultFiction #BlackTeensRead #CedricQuincy #BlackLivesMatter #BlackvilleTV #BlackAuthor #blackbooks #writersofinstagram #BlackBoyJoy #streetlit #novel #urbanfiction #urbanfictionauthor #blackgayauthor #blackgbtq #lgbtblack (at Montford Area Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1lngfh6R9/?igshid=bens2c84x543

Initially I was going to send this book as the last one in my contract with my former publisher. I AM SO GLAD I DIDN’T!!! Some of y’all wanted to know about a woman who could knowingly love a man that went both ways. Serita Evanovich was that woman!!! Y’all been following her since BLACKBERRY MOLASSES and in AIN’T WORRIED ABOUT NOTHIN’, I gave her her own book. Initially co-branded under my old pen name, I wanted to combine my work in the LGBTQ community with the work I do for Christ. But what if I told you that this wasn’t the end of the story?! What if—elements of this book didn’t happen the way I said they did?!?! Some of y’all been asking me for a Book #5 and I really wanted to close the series with Book #4. So I tell you what. Y’all know my characters always jump from one book to the next. Aurice is related to a character in another book I’m going to talk about. And I’m going to drop a big Easter eggs about Corey’s cousin and how all of my books, slightly tie together. Stay tuned. #JaroldImes #HoldOnBeStrong #BlackBoyJoy #UCantBreakMe #MatureTeenAuthor #YoungAdult #YoungAdultFiction #BlackTeensRead #CedricQuincy #BlackLivesMatter #BlackvilleTV #BlackAuthor #blackbooks #writersofinstagram #BlackBoyJoy #streetlit #novel #urbanfiction #urbanfictionauthor #blackgayauthor #blackgbtq #lgbtblack (at Montford Area Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1RCgHBzm3/?igshid=1ht79zlz0ttjh

It took me six years to do this book. The truth is UNBREAKABLE (which I’ll discuss later) was originally supposed to be Aurice’s story. 2016 was the year from hell and three years later, I’m still trying to recover. My ex-wife found this pic and I fell in love with it. Thought it would be perfect fit since I was doing the book anyway. I thought I was going to be on a fast recovery in a fucked up situation, so I put this book together with ease. I loved that Aurice had a chance to fall in love. I halfway liked March (lies, I really liked March). Giving Corey an interracial relationship was a new move for me and Cedric as a new parent—bruh. Oh it to @jaxon_grant, @authortysoninsta & @carterjbanks for pushing me to finish this book. Seeds planted here helped develop the book the four of us would eventually write and put out. #JaroldImes #HoldOnBeStrong #BlackBoyJoy #UCantBreakMe #MatureTeenAuthor #YoungAdult #YoungAdultFiction #BlackTeensRead #CedricQuincy #BlackLivesMatter #BlackvilleTV #BlackAuthor #blackbooks #writersofinstagram #BlackBoyJoy #streetlit #novel #urbanfiction #urbanfictionauthor #blackgayauthor #blackgbtq #lgbtblack (at Montford Area Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1C5PxhQwO/?igshid=x5m5w9bmmwpq

On some real shit, folks hating on this book for no reason. I loved writing about Corey Breddenbutter because at the time, you never heard about fathers balancing their sexuality, their business and family obligations. I liked the dynamics of two different men trying to have a relationship while dealing with their situations with women. I’m proud of this book and I’m glad that my true readers and fans got to love on this book too. #JaroldImes #HoldOnBeStrong #BlackBoyJoy #UCantBreakMe #MatureTeenAuthor #YoungAdult #YoungAdultFiction #BlackTeensRead #CedricQuincy #BlackLivesMatter #BlackvilleTV #BlackAuthor #blackbooks #writersofinstagram #BlackBoyJoy #streetlit #novel #urbanfiction #urbanfictionauthor #blackgayauthor #blackgbtq #lgbtblack https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz08qfsBYcF/?igshid=1j67w88t7jw3a

For my #CedricQuincy readers, this is the book that made y’all love me TEN years ago. When I wrote this book, I had just lost my teaching job during the Great Recession. I was working with a colleague who not only helped me create a scholarship and literary awareness program for teens, he helped me get into a new graduate school program. This colleague helped make it possible for me to find the funding to save my business and publish others. Writing this book helped me forget the chaos going on around me. When it was later deemed a classic by Da Site and became one of only three books to ever receive an endorsement and full marketing on its platform—I’m still humbled to this day. I’ve said it before, my Cedric Quincy readers have been the most loyal, most supportive and I appreciate each and every one of you. #JaroldImes #HoldOnBeStrong #BlackBoyJoy #UCantBreakMe #MatureTeenAuthor #YoungAdult #YoungAdultFiction #BlackTeensRead #CedricQuincy #BlackLivesMatter #BlackvilleTV #BlackAuthor #blackbooks #writersofinstagram #BlackBoyJoy #streetlit #novel #urbanfiction #urbanfictionauthor #blackgayauthor #blackgbtq #lgbtblack (at Montford Area Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz011j7hkwV/?igshid=ub4pbxsx97qm

I do this a few times a year. Sometimes, I amaze myself—a lot of times, I work to bring back the grind. I hope to inspire those who need to get to work to do so and those who are looking for something different to try something from me. #JaroldImes #HoldOnBeStrong #BlackBoyJoy #UCantBreakMe #MatureTeenAuthor #YoungAdult #YoungAdultFiction #BlackTeensRead #CedricQuincy #BlackLivesMatter #BlackvilleTV #BlackAuthor #blackbooks #writersofinstagram #BlackBoyJoy #streetlit #novel #urbanfiction #urbanfictionauthor #blackgayauthor #blackgbtq #lgbtblack (at Pomodoros Greek and Italian Cafe East) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0amYWh6_0/?igshid=ffh51ma0nte3

I mean this genuinely. I just want peace. (at Asheville, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwktdyBt4x/?igshid=1edrmulk9u4by

Y’all, don’t get mad at me but I just discovered how hot @hermusicofficial’s album is. I know I’m late but those who know me know I been through hell these last three years. Between her and @arilennox , I may actually get these books done. (at Montford Area Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzErrJfhePd/?igshid=rbtf4c2cv2eg

Thank you @blackwealthrenaissance for enlightening the masses. This is what I help people with. If you need help, slide into my DMs. #InsureTheBag #CoverByJamesImes #FinancialAwareness #FinancialPlanning #FinalExpense #MortgageProtection #MortgagePaymentPlans #BlackMoneyMatters #BlackWealthSeries #BuildingBlackBusiness #BlackAuthorandAgent #BlackBusinessOwner (at Pomodoros Greek and Italian Cafe East) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byn4SxgBpTv/?igshid=13qk4gqtcllg3

#DearWhitePeople Some of y’all will never truly understand how bad watching this story hurts. Don’t get me wrong the cast and crew of @whentheyseeus did a damn good job with their portrayal. @netflix brought to life and gave a story a much needed platform. My heart goes out to the Central Park Five, because we need a new word to describe the injustice that was done to these young men. I got to experience a small taste of what they went through—I’ve talked about it in vignettes between this and my other profile. Being falsely accused of a hideous crime has long-last, devastating, psychological pains that I haven’t quite figured out how to deal with. I know this is not my story, but in a way, it is. Every time a police officer pulls me over, I fear I will be turned into one of them, or #SandraBland. Every time I have a disagreement with a white woman at work, I think about which one of my exit strategies I will need to execute. I have a severe lack of trust of you white people to fix the system to make it equal to all. See white people, what you don’t understand is that your own fear and ignorance your ancestors planted—you need to have the power to unpluck. You need to stop benefiting from a system which continues to empower other white people to cry wolf while leaving a bloody trail of innocent black victims in your footsteps. You need to step up and offer more then reparations. You need to condemn the actions of #lindafairstein and #carolynbryant and other like them. There isn’t enough Fuck Yous for women like them—nor is there a phrase appropriate enough for them. I don’t think we’ve come up with it yet. But whatever it is you do—you need to do it fast—so that #WhenTheySeeUs, we can have peace, at last. (at Power of Positivity) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByY7wJeBiKt/?igshid=11dt3ecapknlh

at Asheville, North Carolina https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0NTiflOGt/?igshid=xco2bgs9u8h5