Mamalicious!

My sister-in-spirit and “Co-Parenting Matters” co-host Talibah Mbonisi of WeParent is accepting submissions for an anthology about single black fatherhood. Please forward, re-post, re-tweet, and, if you are so moved, SUBMIT!
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Fatherhood Freestyle: The Unheard Voices of Single Black Fathers
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Open Call for Submissions
Summary:
WeParent seeks submissions for an anthology expressing the insights, experiences, and [...]

I’m fairly certain that I’ve posted a blog entry with this exact title before.  Because it’s true.  I’ve always been blessed with good friends, even though many times in my life I’ve nevertheless felt alone in the world.  After my mom, grandmother, and dad died in 2005, which coincided with the break up of my [...]

A big part of why my relationship with TechBoo works is that aside from the unavoidable issues related to the distance, we each function the same way we would as if we were living under the same roof full-time.  In other words, we work together on the mundane, the logistical, and the drudgery too.  Effective [...]

I love it when Baby Girl and Mini-Me get to spend time with TechBoo.  I get tired just watching them.  So much energy and joy.
Thanks, as always, to El Ex for making this possible.  Because he acts like a grown up and doesn’t disparage TechBoo (or me, for that matter) to our girls, the girls [...]

My latest post is up at The Faster Times!

Why is today made of awesome sauce, you ask?  Why is it gonna be lovely?
First, this afternoon, El Ex and I are signing on the dotted line with our fabulous agent, Danielle Chiotti of Upstart Crow Literary Agency. Danielle will rep up us, shopping our co-parenting book proposal around to publishing houses.  Fingers crossed for [...]

“You’re super-smart and a great writer, so…”
I love conversations that start out like that.  I love it even more when the remainder of the conversation isn’t someone trying to get me to write for free.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what has happened more than a few times after I hung out my proverbial shingle and offered up [...]

If you are a regular reader of CoParenting101.org, you know that I *heart* Talibah Mbonisi, founder of WeParent.com (a resource devoted to African-American co-parents) and our co-host on “Co-Parenting Matters.” Below is an awesome cross-post from WeParent penned by Talibah in which she talks co-parenting, Spades, and playing to win. She really breaks it [...]

This morning, on one of my favorite blogs, Daily Plate of Crazy, Big Little Wolf mused about couples who live “together”, separately.  Couples like TechBoo and me. Here’s some of what she had to say:
“I was perusing one of my favorite French sites last night, and came across this article on couples who live [...]

Check out my latest at The Faster Times. Here’s an excerpt:
“These days, it seems that the Brits are on the cutting edge of divorce-related commerce. From the folks across the pond who first brought us divorce cakes and divorce gift cards, we now have divorce gift registries. Debenhams, a British department store chain [...]