Archive for the 'Wordsmithin’' Category

“My Ex and I are Swingers…”

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Check us out! We’re the featured post at Huffington Post -Divorce! Click here!–> “My Ex and I are Swingers…and Other Myths About Cooperative Co-Parenting”

“Write Your Damned Book Proposal Already!” is now on Facebook!

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

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“Write Your D*mned Book Proposal Already!”

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Finally!  I have launched (hence the post below) my new webinar, “Write Your D*mned Book Proposal Already!” Here are the deets… In Write Your Damned Book Proposal Already!, you can expect 6 weekly group web teleconference calls covering the key components of a successful non-fiction book proposal. The calls will be led by Deesha Philyaw, [...]

Wordless Weekend

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

NaNoWriMo Check In

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

So I did it…I’m doing it.  I’m doing the damn thing for NaNoWriMo.  <–Click here and check me out!  As of today, I’ve written 5,317 words of my YA novel (which very well may turn into an adult novel, not sure at this point), a little more than than my goal for Day 3 of [...]

It’s NaNoWriMo!

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

Now that I’m fully recharged (Thank you, TechBooHusband!), I’m ready for NaNoWriMo! That’s right…I’ve signed up for National Novel Writing Month, and I’m taking the plunge and completing the first draft of my YA novel (based upon my short story “Bomani Jones”) within the next 30 days. Many thanks to my friend Carolyn Edgar for [...]

Getting/showing love around the Internet…

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

3 quickies: CoParenting101.org is in the spotlight at The Young Mommyblog.  El Ex and I were both born to young mommies, so we are especially appreciative of this blog. I’m guest-blogging over at The Stepmom’ Toolbox on the subject of the evolution of my relationship with my bonus daughters. And this guest-blog is in conjunction [...]

In which my writing is so good, a reader almost burns her dinner…

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Imagine the big grin on my face yesterday when I found the following posted on my Facebook wall by Michelle Sewell, the publisher/editor for Woman’s Work, a collection of short stories from GirlChild Press (my story, “On Death and Dating,” has the honor of opening the collection): Someone almost burnt their dinner reading your story. [...]

“Which Mommies Matter?”

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

My friend Tami of WhatTamiSaid is holding it down at Change.org with a new piece on race and the mommyhood. Bonus: I’m quoted!  Or rather, my Bitch article is.

“Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are Quote-Unquote Co-Parenting”

Friday, June 18th, 2010

“I am doing my best to raise a happy, active and healthy boy. I believe that wherever possible, if the parents can cooperate and co-parent in a positive way, the child will benefit. Levi and I are turning a new page here as co-parents to this wonderful boy and putting aside the past because doing [...]