Kicking off my new series, Uplifting Black Voices, over on Yopp I interview executive producer, web reality star, entrepreneur, and social media influencer, Ressie G. Ressie opens up about his personal journey and we discuss his time with Chasing: Reality, media representation, activism, his new company, ReVoyce, and much more. And now our feature presentation.
Late last year I had the privilege and pleasure of being invited to The Scenario Radio Show to celebrate and discuss the 20th anniversary of HBO’s The Wire; arguably one of the greatest television series of all time. … More The Wire: 20 years later
Over on Yopp I have the privilege and the pleasure of interviewing author, inspirational speaker, activist and podcaster Britt East. And we get into all of the things. From his award winning book A Gay Man’s Guide To Life, to racial justice, activism, supporting our trans siblings, becoming the best versions of ourselves, his new … More A Gay Man’s Guide To Life: An Interview with Britt East
One of my favorite interview with one of my favorite people. … More Gail Force: An Interview With The Indomitable Gail Simone
One of the true joys of my career is that I get to meet some truly extraordinary and amazing people from all walks of life. These individuals are using their gifts to make this world a better one. A few of them, I’m both honored and humbled to consider colleagues and good personal friends. Case … More Disability Visibility: An Interview With Alice Wong
In spite of all the craziness, yours truly has been blessed. I continue to churn out content, land sales with new markets and level up both artistically and professionally. Because I’ve been on deadline and with everything else going on in the world, I haven’t had an opportunity to list my top articles from the … More Thirteen +: The Best Articles of 2019
Today you guys are in for a treat. Over on 30Up, I sit down with the one and only Gail Simone and we discuss everything from comics, writing, diversity, Hollywood, Lion Forge and much more. And now for our feature presentation.
So for the past few months I’ve been working on a few projects, one of which I’m excited and humbled to finally announce. Making my debut over at 30 Up, today I sit down with one of my oldest and dearest friends, Independent Filmmaker Robert S. Evans and get his thoughts on everything from pursuing … More For The Movies: An Interview With Indie Filmmaker Robert S. Evans
To whom much is given, much is required. And even if that isn’t the case, the responsibility exists all the same. I don’t have much (I am a professional author after all), but whenever there’s an opportunity to pay it forward, I try my best to do so. This is especially true when there’s an … More Its Own Reward
Recently the lovely Patricia Eddy and I were guests on Write On The Edge with the very awesome host, WT Prater. Among topics discussed were, Joss Whedon, J.K. Rowling, Shonda Rhimes, our writing processes, and I share what inspired my latest urban fantasy West of Sunset. Click here to continue……….
In the latest Outer Alliance Podcast, I return and sit down (and yammer like a dork) with the ever wonderful Julia Rios to discuss my latest novel, West of Sunset and Black Speculative Fiction Month. Rios also pays a warm tribute to the life and work of the late Eugie Foster.
Same song second verse, a little bit louder and a little bit worse. Today I’m back with the Twinjas. It was so nice we made it twice. Today we’re discussing diverse books, queer speculative fiction and LGBTQ History Month.
Today I return to the Twinjas and discuss #BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth. Have a gander.
Crossposted……. So I was recently interviewed by Derpetta Greene, author of this awesome article here. As you’ll see throughout the course of the interview, a myriad of topics get addressed. Diversity in urban fantasy and speculative media in general, the bigotries and hurdles that minority artists face in our day to day, my inspiration for … More Rise of the Urban Fantasy Author
Fighting to bring multiculturalism to YA and speculative fiction. I recently had the pleasure to sit down with the Twinjas for a no holds barred interview, where I share my thoughts on tackling bigotry in the industry, my Media Litmus Test, the Black Folks Being Awesome Facebook initiative, my next novel West of Sunset, and … More This Once And Future King
So recently yours truly had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a discussion on the Outer Alliance Podcast. Hat tip to the ever-wonderful Julia Rios for setting this up. See what happens when 8 OA members answer the same four questions (about SF awards, what “metrosexual” means, identity politics and the term QUILTBAG, and recommended … More 4 Questions, Eight Answers
So while at Midsouthcon, I had the privilege and pleasure of meeting Walter and Misty who treated me to an interview for Witin Radio. Two of the finest people you could ever meet, Walter and Misty were an absolute delight and I was honored to be interviewed and excited and a bit nervous as you … More The Place For Intelligent Radio
It’s no secret that I’ve got nothing but love for exquisite ladies behind Middle Child Press, case in point. As much as I’m promoting their projects each time we do these roundtables and interviews, the truth is I get just as much out of these one on ones because if for nothing else, I get … More Fashion Tip From The Bartender: An Interview with Ankhesen Mie
To say that fellow Amaya Radjani is one of my favorite people would be a vast understatement. In fact we constantly joke that we’re each other’s sibling from another maternal figure. When her latest novel, Tainted, was released, I knew I wanted to sit down with her and have a long chat on her new … More Interview: Amaya Radjani
So in honor of Outlantacon which is going down this weekend (and if you’re in the Atlanta area, you need to be there), yours truly was interviewed by good friend, fellow author and fellow Outlantacon guest, the lovely Kayelle Allen.
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