Someone To Call My Lover is officially Published!

My initial thoughts on publishing my first book of the 2026 year.

Sonya Harris-Oguzor

7/1/20261 min read

In December of 2025 I found out that my father had passed away. I was hit with a few emotions but not initially the one that I thought I would feel. I wanted to say so many things to him and I wanted to go back in time but I couldn't. My inability to change what I could never made my writing poor. For a few months I thought about missed moments. Then one day I realized that my Daddy would not have wanted me to be so sad over his death. Whenever someone he loved died he spoke about the good times he had with them and later made jokes between crying.

Someone To Call My Lover, I a gift from God to get me out of my slump. In writing it, it did a few things for me:1) It gave me something else to think of besides death, 2)It sparked my imagination once more 3) It reminded me of the joy of the Lord. My Daddy wasn't a religious man but whenever I was sad I would skip church service and he'd always say to go get clean (implying I wasn't taking care of my body) and go to church (take care of my spirit).

When writing the main character, I wanted to let the world into my life for a moment. I was sad and instead of documenting everything that I cried about I decided to give my main character something to look forward to. A man. Now I'm not saying that a man can cure heartache of a lost parent but I will say changing where ones attention is going can be very helpful when grieving.

Because my books are always romantic, whether blatant or subtle, I wanted there to be more than one love interest; God almighty first and the man as second. You tell me if I accomplished that well or not.