Tag: writing

  • The benefit of seeing book writing as a process versus a product

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    Trelani

      Aspiring author: How do you write a book? Me: What’s holding you up? Aspirer: Everything. Me: The first step of writing a book is knowing what you want to write about. Are you stuck on that part? Aspirer: No, mainly what to do after I write it. Where do…

  • 5 things I sacrificed to finish my novel by the deadline

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    Trelani

    And before I start, I gotta brag just a little bit. I actually finished my book before the deadline, I finished writing TWO books (my novel and an ebook with beaucoup value for writers that I want to give away), finished reading a book, and I finished my client’s structure…

  • My latest rejection letter

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    Trelani

    I applied for a writing fellowship in New York that I was super duper excited about. I prayed about it, journaled about it, envisioned it for myself, made it my screensaver on my laptop, claimed it, had sista-friends pray about it, and this was the response: Many and plenty of…

  • How’d you evolve this summer? Let’s write about it.

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    Trelani

    Remember the “What Did You Do This Summer” essays that we’d do in school? I used to love that! Sitting there in my all new err’thang, writing about how fabulous my summer was. Because I’ve always been a storyteller, I’d always throw some extra cayenne on top of what really happened.…

  • I was supposed to be at the spa. Not a scary ass, raggedy ass motel.

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    Trelani

    Sunday was supposed to be the shit. I’d planned to drive up and meet up with friends to feast and celebrate the closing of our 21-day vegan detox and our friend’s birthday. After that, me, Akilah and Monique (the Radical Selfie crew) were meeting up at Jeju Sauna & Spa…