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Byline Alert: I interviewed Kelly Rowland for Essence Magazine’s April Cover Story!
Back in November I met Kelly Rowland, her husband Tim Witherspoon, and their newborn son Titan Jewel at a Beverly Hills hotel to chat about how she was adjusting to be a new mom and a newlywed. Back then, little Titan was just a few weeks old and Kelly was totally in...
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Dear Writers: Don’t Just Tweet, Write
Something interesting happened this week. I was poking around Twitter on Tuesday when I noticed Giuliana Rancic getting THAT WORK after saying Zendaya Coleman's faux-locs made her look like she smelled of pachouli or weed. While I thought Rancic's comments were...
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On Doing It Anyway, Even When It’s Messy
I've been feeling some type of way about writing fiction lately. Despite loving it, both as a reader and writer, the later has been giving me the blues. We're two 2+ months into the year and I haven't been writing. At all. At first I blamed it on deadlines. I got a...
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Things In The Game Done Changed
If you've been rocking with me for a while, then you probably noticed things look a little different around here. After attending a screening of Nefertite Nguvu's film, In the Morning, at the Pan-African Film Festival on Friday night, I came home, had some wine, and...
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Wanna Do Dope Sh*t? You’ve Got to Have a Vision
A few years ago, Iyanla Vanzant asked me a question that I've come back to over and over again: What's your vision? I was interviewing her for JET, and I snuck in a few questions for myself. Back then I was fairly new to freelancing and wanted to know how I could...
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About That Thing You’ve Been Wanting To Do Forever? DO IT!
I recently released another book (you can find it here), and whenever something like this happens I always get the same question. How did you do it?! Usually, when people ask question this they're looking for some kind of trick, easy answer, or magic bullet. But as I...
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Yes, This Is Africa Too
Let's face it. If you rely on Western media to teach you about Africa you'll walk away thinking the entire continent is just one big clusterf*ck of HIV, Ebola, poverty, war, famine, and lions...lots and lots of lions. And while Africa has its challenges, it's also a...
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I'm Going to South Africa!
It's finally happening. Last year, I talked about wanting to go to Nairobi, Kenya, but things didn't pan out. But as the old folks say, everything happens for a reason because in two day--TWO DAYS--I'm leaving for my first trip to Johannesburg, South Africa. Like most...
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I’m Going to South Africa!
It's finally happening. Last year, I talked about wanting to go to Nairobi, Kenya, but things didn't pan out. But as the old folks say, everything happens for a reason because in two day--TWO DAYS--I'm leaving for my first trip to Johannesburg, South Africa. Like most...
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Being Busy Is NOT Awesome, It Totally SUCKS!
If you're on social media, by now you've come across the perpetually busy, #grinding, #werkin' folks who never seem to sleep because they're always on Twitter talking about how much work their putting in on their (obviously) amazing lives. And I'm not exactly sure...
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Be Careful What You Ask For, You Just Might Get It
Let’s get down to business: I’ve had a pretty good week. This week I was featured on Essence.com (as the subject, not the writer), and penned articles for Clutch, XOJane, theRoot, and Take Part about racism, web series, DL Hughley’s sexism, and prison. In addition to...
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17 Reasons to Use Your Vacation Time This Year!
Unlike many Americans, I’ve never had a problem taking vacation days. As a matter of fact, when I was a part of the 9-5 set, I’d use ALL of my sick, personal, and vacation days (and then some) when I needed a break or wanted to take a short excursion because…well, why...
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