Can’t say I didn’t warn. I brought author interviews back in a big way this week with a new author, Christopher Murphy. Christopher Murphy on LGBTr On my YouTube show, LGBTr, where I interview Black LGBTQ authors, we talked about his debut novel, Where the Boys Are. Learn how he twists the thriller/mystery genre to […]
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Author Interviews Are Back With LGBTr on YouTube
I’m bringing back author interviews with my YouTube show, LGBTr – Lots of Good Books to Read. This is where I interview Black LGBTQ authors about their lives and their books. Why I Stopped the Author Interviews I originally stopped because it felt overwhelming to do this, create content for other mediums, and write my […]
The Rise – An Interview with Toni Newman
While reading I Rise: The Transformation of Toni Newman, I started to reflect on my own life. For one, I didn’t get nearly as much attention from the same sex in high school and college as Toni. (Yes, I’m kinda jealous, haha!) Aside from that, I was able to reconfirm just how good I had it […]
Getting Gorgeous – An Interview with Renaldo Christopher
Watch my conversation with Renaldo Christopher, author of Gorgeous. It’s the story of four Black, gay men who try to escape the pasts that always seem to creep back up. We explore the stories of these characters and talk about how sickness helped him power through the first draft of his novel. Some interesting points were […]
Inspiration for All: An Interview with Brandon Goode
I had the pleasure of coming across a new LGBT fantasy author on Twitter and I just knew that we would have an interesting conversation. Brandon Goode released his debut novel, The Secrets of Eden, about a week prior to our interview. As a new author in the fantasy genre myself, I knew we would have some […]
Lawayne Childrey: From Tragedy To Triumph
My interview with Lawayne Childrey was one like no other I had done before. I’ve interviewed other authors about their lives, but never has a story resonated so deeply with me and with those of you who have watched. Childrey is the author of Peeling Back the Layers: A Story of Trauma, Grace and Triumph. It’s an autobiography […]
La Toya Hankins: For the Love of Yourself
The way you discover your sexuality is as unique to everyone as their fingerprints. For La Toya Hankins, author of lesbian fiction titles SBF Seeking… and K-RHO: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood, she came to the realization of her orientation just months before she was to be married to a man. As a springboard into exploring feelings long buried, […]
King for a Day – Daily Writer Log
Keep up with all of my progress on new books and different projects with my new series of videos on YouTube. Every day I will post a new video where I talk about my challenges and triumphs as a writer. Subscribe to my YouTube channel now and get notified every time a new one gets […]
Harry Potter’s Hermione Is Black?
Some controversy has been stirred up recently with the casting of a black actor, Noma Dumezweni, for the role of Hermione in a stage production of the next chapter in J. K. Rowling’s mega book series. There seem to be two camps of thought ranging from “don’t change the character” to “it’s great – she […]
A Black Slave Master
The Known World Edward P. Jones’s novel takes a unique angle on the slave narrative with its focus on a black slave owner. In my new YouTube video, I give my initial impressions of the first 100 pages and talk about what we can take away from it as writers. One thing of note about […]