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Welcome to another behind the scenes look at one of the illustrations in my soon to be released children’s book, Dear Daughter: A Love Story. As shared previously it’s an expressive story that reveals my heart through a series of short love letters to my daughter Haelee, The Rules of a Big Boss LLC. While I’m the author it’s very much a joint project in that she’s the editor and her company is the publisher. ••• As previously shared, I wrote this story not only for her but fo

This picture is a perfect depiction of Haelee and I as told in my memoir, our memoir, The Unexpected Journey: Fire and Gold. She may not realize my sacrifices now but she will one day and I’m okay with that. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t change a thing. • • • #theunexpectedjourney #blackauthors #ncauthors #mentalhealth #therulesofabigboss #bookstore #selfcare #family #blackwriters #booksbyblackauthors #fathersanddaughters #singlefatherstory #writeyourownstories #mentalheal

Welcome to a behind the scenes look at one of the illustrations in my soon to be released children’s book, Dear Daughter: A Love Story. It’s an expressive story that reveals my heart through a series of short love letters to my daughter Haelee. What’s fascinating is that it’s a joint project that we’re working on together wherein she’s both the editor and publisher for this project. ••• As previously shared, I wrote this story not only for her but for daughters around the 🌎

Dear Daughter: A Love Story is an expressive story that reveals the author Dedrick Moone’s heart through a love letter to his daughter Haelee. The author wrote this story not only for Haelee but for daughters across the world. He writes it to let you know that he loves each one of you through an extension of his daughter in being a dad. He hopes that it helps to shift the paradigm of black men not taking care of their children especially their daughters. And as an added bonus

Inspirational Indie Authors Podcast is hosted by Howard Lovy, ALLi’s Multimedia Manager. It gives ALLi member authors an opportunity to discuss the motivations and inspiration behind their books. His guest this week was my 14 year old daughter, Haelee. Haelee survived an early childhood that was filled with bullying and abuse. Part of the way she healed herself was to write her book about how to love yourself. Now, she wants to give back by helping other children and women wh

I had to share post given that I’m working on a book that follows a similar concept. Tiffany Parker, Founder of Grace Co and Kids is of course ahead of me in that they already have their artwork complete and a release date. Please see why you should grab several copies of their upcoming book by reading below. ••• I WROTE A CHILDREN’S BOOK! So excited to share this with the world! Too many times when hearing, “you’re just like your daddy” it’s a negative connotation associated

Set your calendars for Wednesday, October 6th at 8PM especially if you’re a fellow Aggie. I will be having a conversation about mental health, parenting as a single dad, and the award winning book that I co-wrote with my daughter. That book is entitled The Unexpected Journey: Fire and Gold. ••• For those of you that weren’t already aware you can purchase copies of it from Ben's Boyz, Speak Up Sis, and several other places. ••• Those of you that have a library card but that ar

It was an utter joy to celebrate the grand opening of Next Chapter Bookstore and Gift Shop with friends, family, and my fellow creatives on September 18, 2021. ••• We chatted it up, laughed, and celebrated one another. But not only that we put on singing and dancing performances at my table. I even serenaded my daughter with a live rendition of Isn’t She Lovely. If you weren’t there or missed the lives you missed out on fabulous time. ••• Next Chapter nor Ben’s Boyz owe us a

Haelee and I stopped by Next Chapter Bookstore and Gift-shop (Next Chapter) to drop off additional copies of our books. ••• Nextchapter is run by Sherricka Carpenter-Stanley and it’s located inside Ben’s Boyz. She is an author, publisher, and God fearing woman who’s based out of my hometown of Greensboro, NC. You can read more about her by going here. ••• Ben’s Boyz is the first black owned restaurant in the prestigious Friendly Shopping Center. It was created as a brand to f