Question: Which character in the book do you relate to the most? Who's your favorite character?
Answer: There's a part of me in every character in the book; so, I don't have a specific character that I identify with the most.
As far as my favorite character, I will say Brass. He's the character that has most of the challenges, but also the character who triumphed over so many of life's obstacles. And life can be funny at times, because some of the same issues the characters were dealing with in the book, were some of the same issues the Black Coffee models, for the book's cover (pictured), were dealing with in real life.
Question: Why did you include song lyrics in your book?
Answer: I can relate music or a particular song to every part of my life (the good and the bad). In both "Looking for Sweet Love" and "Black Coffee" (which are centered around a radio station), I related current songs, songs we grew up with, and songs with lyrics that have profound meaning in the same way for the characters' life circumstances—the good and the bad. The pivotal songs defining the storylines and characters' lives include:
1. Cause I Love You, Lenny Williams
2. Life Begins With You, DeBarge
3. More Than I Can Bear, Kirk Franklin
4. Wake Up Everybody, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
