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Finally, a dating book for blerds! There are countless books on the market that help you navigate the dating world. But few address the unique challenges we experience as blerds. We are intelligent, …

I never thought this would happen to me. Truly, I am disturbed and surprised on multiple levels, but for the last week, my biological clock has started ticking. There is this foreign little voice in …

Image courtesy of Essence.com Somewhere between graduating from college, earning my master’s and moving to Los Angeles, I stopped dating black men. This is interesting to me because I loved and cheri…

I ask this question seriously. As I mentioned before in a previous post , I've been treading the online dating waters but I am no closer to finding someone that I can get excited about than I was…

Geek (noun) – A person who is wildly passionate about an activity, interest, or scientific field and strives to be an expert in said avocation. Person does not necessarily sacrifice social status to…

As a 30-something year old black woman, I pride myself on having embraced my differences. This was not so much the case back in my mid-20s when I was struggling with my so-called "otherness&quo…

TRAILER ALERT!! I got a new one for you folks. Rising star Nicole Beharie ( American Violet, Shame, The Last Fall ) is set to star in an upcoming indie flick titled,  My Last Day Without You . Since …

I’ve been wading in the dating kiddie pool for the last few years now. I will be honest and transparent with you in this blog post. I am single, 33 years old, have no children, and I’ve never been…

Is it possible to find love as an introvert? I once read this book called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. In the book Cain exemplifies the theor…

This is a quote from a hilarious article by a self-proclaimed "lame azz bruh" who is confused about dating in 2013.  It's worth the read because he raises some very good points. "…

Shequeta Smith is the director of the YouTube hit about an interracial body swap between two women who spend a day in each other's shoes. A lighthearted comedy that speaks to the serious issue o…

Loosely connected characters living in New York City trying to find out who they are. Yes, the genre has been done a number of times, but somehow New York Lately makes us realize that each obstacle a…

Thanks Twitter! This post is from a rousing like...4 way conversation going on right now. I could get flack, and if so, that's cool. I got some earlier tonight from Facebook for something complet…

**cross-post** I need to take time from my regularly scheduled program to tell a little story.  It's been in my spirit and I finally got the push I needed to say what I have to say.  ~ Amaya So t…

I write romance and women's fiction for a living, and though people think that anybody can pen a good romantic story, I'm here to tell you that it ain't easy! You've got to have the r…