Writing Samples
After writing freelance magazine, newspaper and web articles as well as publishing 1,000+ original pieces on FUNKY BROWN CHICK® and contributing pieces to others’ books, I’m finally writing my first book. More details soon. In the meantime, if you’d like to read my other work, link to selected published clips are below.
Books in Which My Writing Appears
- Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure by New York Times® bestselling editors Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser.
- Migration and Immigration: A Global View, A World View of Social Issues by sociologists Maura I. Toro-Morn and Marixsa Alicea.
- On purpose: Rhetorical Analysis of Non-fiction by Nanna Flindt Quist. Hell yeah! Even Denmark gets down with the funky brown. Gyldendal — the oldest and largest Danish publishing house — included a FUNKY BROWN CHICK® post in their textbook about effective communication. Also included in the book are President Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Blair and others.
Selected Articles I’ve Written
- Don’t Call Your Ex, Lifetime Television for Women
- Stuck in the Middle with You and You, New York Press
- Take My Vibrator, Please!, New York Press
- Is Facebook Helping or Hurting Your Love Life?, Fast Company
- Top 5 Online Dating Site Trends, Mashable
- I’m a Writer, Not a Child Pornographer, The Huffington Post
- Sex Bombs and Legalized Prostitution in Times Square, The Huffington Post
- How To Boost Your Sex Life When Your Wallet’s Bust, The Huffington Post
- Exclusive Interview: Jean-Claude Van Damme Gets “Raw” in JCVD, The Huffington Post
- Political Sex Scandals: Obama, McCain & Palin, The Huffington Post
- Freakonomics: Interracial Sex Makes Us More Beautiful, The Huffington Post
- Circle Unbroken, Alumni magazine
Sex and Dating Column
Nerve magazine is a Webby Award Nominee and National Magazine Award Finalist for General Excellence Online. I wrote a sex/dating column, under the pseudonym funkybrownchick, which launched shortly after Valentine’s Day 2007. Archive:
