Readers: I had a vision last night of a sexy, seductive male character for an upcoming adult novel. I’m thinking Idris caliber, but hey, the vision came without a name for him… Pick a character name for me. If you pick a name that I go with, I’ll send you an autographed book for yourself [...]

Two days after Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from her husband of 72 days, I have some comments  about the media, sexism, Reality TV, and parenting. The media is ALWAYS more critical of women than they are men. As we hear a bunch of commentary on Kim–the sextape, the Reggie Bush relationship, etc–we will hear [...]

Its my birthday week and if there is one thing about me, I celebrate life–especially mine during the month of my birth. Some of us dread our birthdays–we don’t want to get older and we allow mistakes from the past to dampen our spirits and we often ruin the day. I don’t know if you [...]

Many try to deny the power of music, but I’m telling you, music is a universally communicated artform–no matter your country of origin. Don’t believe me? Watch these very young girls from the UK perform Nikki Minaj’s Super Bass. Its unreal. They may be older than ‘toddler’ age, but not by much.

I’m sending a big Shout Out to the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta of the Palm Coast Flagler County Alumnae Chapter for selecting Retaliation as their 2011-2012 book for the Delta Gems & Delta Academy girls! There are hundreds of books that they could have chosen, but they chose one of mine. I thank you! [...]

I’m excited because my indie book Retaliation is in its 5th printing. I remember when my first book, The Blueprint for My Girls hit its 4th printing. I believe I was on a college tour with authors K’wan, Brandon Massey and Jamise Dames. I remember thinking how exciting it was… Well, in my birthday month, [...]

I am so thankful for the people that I’ve met in my career. The legendary Lee Bailey is a colleague who I can say is the real deal and is always about supporting what is on and poppin. Lee is always the founder of RadioScope and EURWeb! Wonderful writer, Ricardo Hazell, wrote a piece on [...]

My company, Still Eye Rise Films, recently produced the film, The Difference. It was our first time working with a government grant to produce a film. So, it was definitely an eye-opening experience. We previewed the film on September 16 and this is the certificate that I was presented with for our work on teen [...]

I don’t wanna yell but I am annoyed today. I am annoyed with all of the articles that I’m reading about people who have been lynched, hung, electrocuted and otherwise treated unjustly in the United States of America. It is not enough to simply SPREAD a story on Facebook or Twitter. If you don’t like [...]

In celebrating 30 days of Yasmin — 30 days of literacy, film and empowerment–this is one of my empowerment messages.  9/23  to 10/23/11 – Join the Movement… As rough as life is, and it does get rough, there are things for which we should be thankful . When I look at my life, I am [...]

As a part of my 30 days of Yasmin celebration — I’m celebrating my birthday for 30 days this year–I am scheduling Skype booktalks and film talks with youth schools and organizations. At no cost to you, we can have a 30 minute conversation on the following topics: The Blueprint for My Girls – Self [...]

Some of you may know that my birthday comes every year on October 23rd.  This year in celebration of my birthday, I’m sending out autographed copies of Retaliation for $10… I’m paying for the shipping to anywhere in the continental US for the $10 purchases. I’m starting my celebrating on today, September 23! [We have [...]