Category: The Blog

  • Breaking your book idea down in steps

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    If I broke down what I do in a sentence, I’d say that I help you break down your book-writing process in steps. I sit at the table (and it might be imaginary if we’re in different locations) and tell the person across from me to lay out their ideas.…

  • 8 steps for those ready to organize and act

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    I learned about a website called Blavity earlier this year. It’s ran by #youngblackandgifted writers who ain’t scared of stepping on toes. I made a mental note to eventually publish something with them, and…I just did! The title is “8 Steps for Those Ready to Organize and Act.” A little background on…

  • 8 (perfectly okay) ways to feel about what’s going on

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    Even before what happened yesterday in Dallas, things were getting kinda crazy in America. There were so many opinions, so many lack of my opinions, mixed feelings. I experienced so much of it myself and was the sounding board for others, including children, in this social/political/emotional struggle. And though I…

  • 5 spiritually yummy lessons Reiki taught (and retaught me)

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    I got my first reiki reading at the Shades Retreat a few years ago. I explain what reiki is further down, if you aren’t super familiar. The practitioner at this retreat, Nichole’s style was so bomb. She integrated Orisha readings, and it blew my mind. She told me that Oya…

  • When the pressure is on to create something they’ll love

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    Organized Noize produced almost everything hip-hop coming out of Atlanta in the ’90s. They did a lot of work for Outkast, Goodie Mob, Killer Mike, Ludacris, and produced TLC’s “Waterfalls” (thinking of that song makes me want to do the butterfly). Recently, they released a must-watch Netflix documentary. One part that stuck…