This post will be short, but I had to pat myself on the back for the month of January because this month was the first month in my 5 years of blogging that I surpassed 1,000 views on my blog!! This year I’m getting a LOT more serious; pushing out more content, engaging more with…
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Self-Care Sunday: Binge a Thon!
Welcome to another edition of “Self-Care Sunday”, where I do my best to attempt to provide you wonderful people with ideas on how to bring even the smallest joys to your life as self-care. Today, I want to talk about something I find relaxing and fun: binging good television! Sometimes, when I’ve had a long…
Self-Care Sunday: Discovering a New Hobby
Welcome back to another self-care Sunday post!! Today’s post we will highlight finding yourself a new hobby and how that can promote self care! How often do we find ourselves consumed with adult responsibilities, and practically nothing for pleasure? I know for me, I have found myself overwhelmed at times with the struggles of adulting,…
#WhitWritesHerNovel: Draft #1 is Done
Six days overdue; however, I got my first draft edited on 1/6/2020. I must say, the sequel was not as bad as I imagined it would be. I can tell that I have improved in my writing, and am happy with the way the story flows thus far. I will start my first rewrite this…
Tyler Perry’s “Work Ethic”
I typically do not write about very many socially current events, just because of the nature of social media and sometimes people cannot have a healthy discussion about something without slander, name-calling and mud-slinging and I truly do not have the time of patience for all that, lol. But, for this particular situation, I had…
2020 Book Predictions
Typically, I give myself this lofty goal of reading however many books I can in one year. Well, in recent years; between blogging, writing my own books, scrolling aimlessly through social media and having a toxic job, 2019 wasn’t the best year for finishing ANY book I started. Trash, I know. But I will be…
How to Help Your Favorite Self-Published Author
Publishing a book is hard, tireless yet rewarding work. What’s even harder, more tireless but sometime less rewarding? Self-publishing. If you’re a self-publisher, it often times means that you are a one-man/woman show. You do your own marketing, advertising, networking, publishing, etc. so you are primarily depending on your ability to market yourself and your…
Essential Black Wisdom: Work, Artistry and Success
“It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it. -Lena Horne
Sneak Peek Alert: Playing with Fire II
Just a little sneak peek at the first two chapters of Playing with Fire II. INTRO Two years later…. So, I’m sure you all have been wondering what has been going on with me. Well, I must say, it’s been rough as hell. I was surprised that after everything that happened, Trey stayed with Liyah…
Playing with Fire II-Excerpt
Here is an excerpt of my sequel to Playing with Fire, Playing with Fire II!! INTRO Two years later…. So, I’m sure you all have been wondering what has been going on with me. Well, I must say, it’s been rough as hell. I was surprised that after everything that happened, Trey stayed with Liyah…
Write, Live and Love 