April Q. Russell is not building a story about a woman who forgot who she was. She is building the world that proves it was always real.
A novelist, world architect, and transmedia strategist,
Russell spent years carrying the BLAHOM universe
before she released it —she was Black Hollywood Marilyn
developing the mythology, the characters, the dual world system, and the emotional architecture
of a story that sits at the intersection of Afrofuturism,
urban fantasy, and prestige drama.
Her debut novel BLAHOM: A Warrior Goddess
established the canonical foundation
of an IP that now spans novel, comic, animated series,
original soundtrack, and social micro-cinema —
all built and documented in public, before the pitch,
with a live and growing audience.
She is building the version of this story
that has never been told.
MY GODDESS SIDE
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Author’s Favorite Quotes
Before Earth
“We will prepare you for war so that your future is full of love.”
MANCOHALITH
“Get that out of your head. You’re more likely to get hurt if you think like that…let your body feel the movement. Let your mind connect with the music and remember why we are performing.”
BLAHOM
“Once I revealed the truth, I immediately felt the fire within me extinguish and the weight of the secret rise from the pit of my stomach.”
MOTHER HUTRA
Author’s Favorite Scenes
“A Warrior Goddess”
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