In my novel What Goes Around Comes Around, my main character Nicole Gonzalez finds love with a younger man. Luke is warm, successful and into Nicole. He has a sexy swagger that is backed up with the shared values of honor and respect. He listens to Nicole and comforts and supports her. WhenNicole is with…
I am impatient when it comes to starting a new relationship. I obsess over the question, “Does he like me?” I spend countless hours with friends dissecting every interaction I have with a new man that I am interested in. Finally, a good friend said to me “It’s best to be friends first.” I paused.…
Aretha Franklin, also known as The Queen of Soul, didn’t just inspire musicians. She was also an inspiration for writers. The many songs in her vast catalog of music detailed all aspects of love and as a Christian fiction author her life and music are a constant inspiration to me. I was saddened when I heard…
In Favor or Summer Love– With Summer almost over I wanted to share this post that I wrote championing summer love. I hope your summer loves grows or least leaves happy memories in your heart. Summer is a great time to meet someone new. Spontaneous, exciting and fun, these “summer romances” are what many people…
Full disclosure before I start this review I know one of the authors personally. I used to be a frequent freelance writer for Black Enterprise magazine. I attended Rutgers University and wrote for the Black Voice/Carta Boricua as the Sports Editor. Loving in the Grown Zone : A No-Nonsense Guide to Making Healthy Decisions in…
I have written about the importance of taking chances in dating (Don’t be Afraid of No: Dating 101), reviewed matchmaker extraordinaire Paul Carrick Brunson’s book, It’s Complicated, But It Doesn’t Have To Be sharing some of his top advice on how singles can find the love the want and talked about the importance of flirting…
In my previous post, I talk about the three things women want in a relationship. I wanted to turn my attention in this post to the three things men want in a relationship. What I have found is that women and men basically want the same things in a relationship. When I was reading Paul…
In my novel What Goes Around Comes Around, the main character, Nicole, is devastated when she realizes that her marriage is truly over. She continues to have sex with a man who doesn’t support her or offer security. Unfortunately, I have found myself in Nicole’s situation thinking that sex will keep a relationship together and…
Paul Carrick Brunson writes in his book It’s Complicated (But It Doesn’t Have to Be) that singles have lost the ability to flirt. We spend so much time behind electronic devices that when it comes to interacting in person we become awkward and stilted. In my previous post The Art of Conversation, I talked about…
In my novel What Goes Around Comes Around, the heroine, Nicole Gonzalez agrees to a coffee meeting with a handsome musician in her class. The two hit it off and all sorts of good stuff develops. Initially however, she is reluctant to go out with this him and even seems a little flustered on how…