Category: Storytelling

As of two o’clock this morning, I’ve completed my third ghostwriting project. In addition to these books, I’ve also written two and half of my own. I find that each time I go into book-writing mode, I’m more organized, better prepared and far less stressed. Simply put, every go round,…

“I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I’ll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side.” –Audre Lord Society isn’t too keen on Blacks, women and the gay community. A Black lesbian, Audre had nearly all…

I’ve pretty much always been both an avid reader and writer. And though I loved the books that I read as a child, none of them encouraged me to write. I couldn’t personally relate to them. Oh, but lo and behold…the day that I snuck a book from my mother’s…

Though it won’t be explosive every single time, it should never be forced. You should never do it because you fear the consequence of not doing it. You should do it because you have a deep itch that need be scratched. Because at that second, nothing else resides in your…

A couple of weeks ago, I social media sister-friend of mine wrote an article, suggesting tips on how to best launch your freelance writing career. I read it, agreed with everything she had to say, and went on to repost it. Beneath the post, she asked, “As a writing coach…