Mamalicious!

Me. TechBooHusband. No kids. Yes.

Many thanks to The Pittsburgh Foundation for awarding me an Advancing the Black Arts in Pittsburgh grant, in support of my YA novel!  

From Publisher’s Lunch Deesha Philyaw and Michael Thomas’s CO-PARENTING 101: Advice from a Formerly Married Couple on Parenting Across Two Households, the first book co-authored by a divorced couple for whom co-parenting is central to their daily lives, providing expert advice, practical tips, and tried-and-true tactics developed from real life co-parenting experiences, to Melissa Kirk at New [...]

So…El Ex and I received an offer on our co-parenting book!!!!!! Bonus: I was in the car with TechBooHusband on a rare mid-week stay in Maryland when I got the news. So thrilled to be able to share such an important moment. This story is developing. Stay tuned for details. In the meantime… Sing it [...]

Please do yourself a favor and check out the latest addition to my blogroll, For Harriet. The site’s tagline says it all: Celebrating the fullness of black womanhood.  The content is smart, thoughtful, and edifying.  I don’t come away from it feeling like, “Heard it all before…” or “We need to do better…”  I come [...]

So, not that I needed anything else to play with, but…I now have a Tumblr.  See/hear/feel it.

Pittsburgh Friends, I hope you’ll join me and Damon Young (The Champ from VerySmartBrothas) for this interactive social media workshop on April 16th. Check out our groovy flyer at the link below for details. (I’ll wait.) Like it? Then sign-up (and get even more details) here: And don’t forget to tell a friend! Space is [...]

My apologies for the not entirely appropriate use of Ms. Donna Summer, but I got some things I want to toot my horn about. First up… Tonight at 9 EST, I’ll have the pleasure of joining two awesome gents, WiseMath and Inkognegro, on their show The Black Odd Couple to discuss my webinar, Write Your [...]

It’s been a minute since I posted a blessings post.  I haven’t stopped counting them, but I don’t always share.  Today, however, I was reminded of how blessed I am, particularly in my co-parenting relationship with El Ex. 1. I’m blessed that he is committed to putting our kids and their needs first, above our [...]

As I blogged recently, my youngest bonus daughter DG picked me over Condoleezza Rice as the subject of her school project.  She had to interview me and write a report.  She also had to create a “Bottle Buddy” replica of me.  I’m loving the results.  Check me out… I am rocking this outfit, am I [...]