Really? Really Teen Kid? Wait til you have kids of your own! But the lessons I've learned in order to keep these social media savvy kiddies in check: 1. Hold their mobile phones hostage until all chores are done. 2. Threaten to post photos of their nasty room on Facebook & pictures of them cleaning it. (Humiliation works, see this post on what Reshonda Tate Billingsley did to her teen) 3. Don't pay their cell phone bill - until they learn how to get better grades.

Host a Series of Events. Speak for free. Yes, run your mouth. Most authors just want to write in a cave and appear when the book is published and on the shelves. But that's not how it works! You have to pre-promote the book and talk it up months before it's even done. Promoting the book at least six months before it's published in not too soon. So, set up events where you speak at conferences, schools, churches - anywhere and everywhere - and tell folks you have a book coming out! (And don't forget to get their email addresses).

Still standing! Me and Hubby celebrated 17 years of marriage on March 23. Wow. A lot has changed in 17 years. Some things remind me how LONGGGGGG we've been together. Why has our marriage worked: 1. We really LOVE each other.... (I am crazy about Marc Perry - I am still starry-eyed in love) 2. We really LIKE each other. There is no one in the world I'd rather spend time with. He is my best friend. (And he's cute). 3. We would do anything for each other. I cook, clean and wash his underwear - whatever and he is always there for me. Marc is my protector, my hero, my superman.

Trayvon wanted to know why he was being followed. His father warned him. Just walking while black in America can be dangerous. We have to change this. When was the last time you went out walking and someone asked you, "What are you doing around here?'" How would you respond?

This was a GAME CHANGER for this Harrison High school kid. It was a social media phenomenon -- originating right in our neighborhood! My teenager told me about it when she got home from school. She saw it happen. One tweet from one high school student - went viral, trending worldwide on Twitter.