In 2001, Winslow founded Melodrama Publishing, a New York-based company, and self-financed her first novel, Life, Love & Loneliness, in June 2002.
[1] Following the overall success of Life, Love & Loneliness, Winslow opened a bookstore in 2003 called Melodrama Books & Things in Far Rockaway, Queens.
[2][3][4] In 2004 Simon & Schuster Pocket Books printed the first edition of Four Degrees of Heat with Brenda L. Thomas, Rochelle Alers, and ReShonda Tate Billingsley.
[4][6] Publications such as Black Enterprise, the New York Daily News, and Publishers Weekly[1][3][4] covered Winslow’s accomplishments, and in 2005 Vibe.com referred to her as "Melodrama's Queen Pen".
[8] Throughout five years of legal battles, Winslow remained silent, choosing to not comment or defend her position through social media.