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Reader Shout Out: “Retaliation-the best book I’ve ever read!”

Its true that authors, singers, filmmakers, and artists would be nothing without the people who are touched by their work. No matter how successful you become, you never tire of hearing that somebody was inspired by what you do. On Christmas Eve I received an email from Jen in Texas who not only emailed me [...]

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Rules To Live By: You can only do your 50

For the past eight months, I’ve been doing a lot of introspection of my life. I’ve completed journaling exercises to understand what I’ve done good and what I’ve done that isn’t so good.  One of the issues that I’ve noticed consistently is that I always give more than half. In any relationship that I have, [...]

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New Book: Best Teen Writing of 2009

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers has released its new anthology featuring works from teen writers who were honored for their writing by the The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009. Taken from 452 award-winning manuscripts, Best Teen Writing features the work of 48 young writers. The writers are from 12 – 18. [...]

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Youth Rights: What are they? Why should you care?

On this past Friday, I was the keynote speaker for Planned Parenthood’s Teen Life Conference that was held at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. One of the workshop topics was Youth Rights. A lot of young people don’t understand that they have rights. When I think of youth rights, I think of people [...]

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Jacksonville Lecture Schedule: FSCJ tonight, Tuesday & Wednesday

Hey there! I like to meet fans and friends all around the country so I wanted to let you know that I’ll be lecturing at Florida State College at Jacksonville this Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday. The topic is: 10 Steps for Highly Successful Undergrads. The lecture is about motivation and tools to get you going [...]

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Famed Author, E. Lynn Harris Dead at 54

Everybody needs somebody who inspires them–who gives them something to shoot for. E. Lynn Harris was a prolific author who developed the courage to talk about his life and homosexuality in the African American community. He wrote vividly and created unforgettable characters. A lot of my youth readers are probably unfamiliar with E. Lynn Harris, [...]

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