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“Hey Y’all are 2 Men…,”
she said leading into the question that would change everything.
“…Tell me something, My man came home the other night from work and when I tried to go down on him to give him Head he stopped me!? Is he cheating on me??”

 

For those of you wanting the answer I gave her now, well, in its simplest form,… No. Your man not wanting a blowjob right as he’s walking in the door from work could just mean he has a lot on his mind and needs a moment.

 

The year was 2004 and the woman who asked the question felt comfortable enough to ask the question because I had just asked her…

“What kind of books do you like to read?”

My ever so clever opening to handing a potential customer Yonder’s 1st Book “What I Do Is Taboo” already opened to the intro poem. Since this book is erotic fiction… if they liked the first poem, they usually wanted to read more and would buy the book. And this young lady was a reader! As she flipped through the book, giggling, smiling, bright eyed…then a little pensive… then the question. Because I’m a comedian, and Yonder and I had no filter when talking about sex, she was at ease talking to us. The book signing was 2 hours long and she stayed the whole time. Standing at our table in the middle of a busy Saturday at Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore Maryland. Her energy brought other ladies and a few men who also purchased the book. It was a great day of sales.

But what hit me the most is that I thought Women were talking to other Women about these kinds of things?! And thought they may be, if you Really want to know something about a man… ask men! 2 hours plus! The folks were captivated by these mature, adult conversations about sex without Shame or Judgement! I stepped back and suggested to Yonder,

“Man if they’re getting open like this in the middle of a mall… what would happen if we made this a private event with food and drinks??”

And in 2004 we changed the “What I Do Is Taboo” book tour into The Original TABOO TALK TOUR. It blew Up! We went from 12 people in the back of Carl Weber’s bookstore ‘Urban Knowledge’ in Bmore to 1200 people in a hotel ballroom less than 2 years later! Our secret wasn’t a secret really. We just set a judgment free, fun, comfortable atmosphere where folks could talk with no Battle of the Sexes Bullshit! And we kept it sexy! If you let people get open about the Sex stuff that some folks think is taboo, you’d be surprised what comes out. And special thanks to our assistants… WINE and Sangria!

 

Yonder and I are best friends who, even though we live on separate coasts now, still communicate every day; for 20 years and counting! But there were still a couple things I never asked him.

 

WHAT MADE YOU START WRITING YOUR 1ST BOOK

 

“I read the book ‘The Purpose Driven Life’ by Rick Warren. You were supposed to read the book over 30 days and at the end of 30 days decide what your purpose was. Well, I read the book in one day, and decided I wanted to be an author. I started writing the next day! Now, when it came to what my topic would be, as the saying goes, Write What You Know! The short stories I write are a mixture of events from my life and the lives of others I know or heard about. I call them NaStories (Nasty Stories). But just like Taboo, nothing’s really Nasty…nothing is really Taboo. The only thing that’s really Taboo is telling the truth!”
YONDER

 

HOW WE MET

I had a popular email newsletter “Ghost Host Presents” that I would send to thousands of people in Baltimore, DC, DMV and all surrounding areas. This was like 2002 before SPAM was huge so people would forward it to friends and coworkers. The newsletter contained Upcoming Events, Projects I was working on as well as promotion of clients I was working with. One day in 2003 I got a call from Yonder. He was working at his government job and said someone forwarded him my newsletter while he was in his office. His exact words were,

“Hey I love the work you’re doing with Author DEE BLACKMON and her book ‘Fallen Snow’!! I AM AN AUTHOR, and I’d love to work with you!”

Dee Blackmon was the first author I worked with and she was amazing! Great personality and she could write so all of our events were fun and different! So I was thankful that people who I didn’t know recognized that too!
But Yonder and I lost touch for a year! In that year’s time he finished his book and hired a publicist. And one day out of the blue, he called and told me he had his book… boxes of them actually!!! I’m such a PULL THE TRIGGER dude I was like, ‘What ya doing today??’. He drove an hour and a half from La Plata Maryland to Baltimore and I set up his first book signing! And 20 years later, we’re still rolling!

YONDER INTRODUCES ME TO THE WORLD AS AN AUTHOR

Only God truly knows why he brings people together. Sometimes reasons, sometimes seasons, sometimes lifelong. We became business partners, friends and brothers with a mission through our book tour and events with helping Men and Women communicate better in love! And right when Yonder was about to do book 3 of the What I Do Is Taboo (WIDIT) he says,

‘I’m going to need your story for Book 3.’

 

I didn’t have to ask if he was serious. He had seen my writings and poems, he knew I could write. He wanted the world to know. And, as you see, it continues to bless us all!! Our dynamic duo has been blessed to change lives through something as foolishly fun as writing Erotic Fiction?!! The pen is indeed mightier than the sword.
We went from a book tour, to Taboo Talk, to Taboo Talk Tour, to the Taboo Talk Radio Show, To the Taboo Talk TV pilot, to Taboo Raw Uncut Radio… something as simple as chasing our purpose turned into so much! And the Best is yet to come!

 

2024 & BEYOND

Upcoming is the release of ‘WHAT I DO IS TABOO – Book 6’, as ‘But Naked Honest part 2 – Her Butler His Maid – Finding Gratitude in Servitude toward your mate’, and the long awaited ‘Chronicles Of Young Lance’ which will be our first feature film screenplay. We’re currently opening a new Media House in Los Angeles so stay tuned for that. And of course, we’re always looking to encourage and help the next up and coming authors… including the Author in You! That’s right, YOU reading this right now??

Where is your book? Are you ready?

God Bless, One Love… Talk to y’all soon

Photo by TROY’S Ocean Pic – by Debra Simmons www.diamonddustphotography.com Yonder’s Ocean Pic – by Tonya Harrison