I like to tell people that a couple of years into single motherhood, I stopped picking up toys — and started picking up men. It’s not really true, but it’s not like I haven’t tried.

It would be embarrassing if any of my textbook editors got a hold of my book, Single Mom Seeking: Play Dates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World (2007, Seal Press/Avalon).

I write regularly for LifetimeTV.com and BabyCenter.com.

My writing has also appeared in Family Circle, Pregnancy, Parenting, and American Baby — as well as at sites such as Mom Logic, Literary Mama, MSN.com, and Huffington Post.

When I’m not writing about dating, I’m writing textbooks. Juicy!

I have shamelessly shared way too much on my website, Single Mom Seeking. It’s what I remember, but most names have been changed to keep me out of trouble.

If you’d like to meet me, here’s a sneak peek… for Mother’s Day:

Single parents, speak up please! Write to me.

Sending love to you all,

Rachel

P.S. Yes, that is me on the cover… My managing editor lent me those heels.

Photo by the amazing Johannah Hetherington