“To be able to write, a woman must have a room of her own.” – Virginia Wolfe In December of 2009, I moved back to Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) to work on some things with my family. They were living in an apartment at the time, but were supposed to move into a house in […]
Lose an arm. Lose both arms, part of an abdomen, and half a leg. Means nothing. Nothing knocks a zombie off track. It is tunnel-visioned as it groans its way to its goal. What if more people were like this? Would we all be more successful? Think about zombies for a moment. Just think about […]
“If you don’t have time to read, you have neither the tools nor the time to write.” – Stephen King I have a BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. (I know. Shocking right?) During those years as an undergrad I couldn’t figure out why I had to take all of these various […]
Pray. Repent. Forgive. Ask. Lie. Move. Cover. Over. Great. Amazing. Righteous. Herald. Communist. Agent. Glory. Moses. Drown. Water. Cry. Cover. Loose. Spiral. Taken. Stars. Universe. Ugly. Handsome. Nose. Apple. Fruit. Pie. Pi. Movie. Film. Darkroom. Glory. Gory. Agitated. Shaking. Morose. Nurture. Caring. Falling. Happy. Smiling. Marvel. Galactus. Sorrow. Impact. Impetus. Instigate. Inferior. Handling. Governing. Ringing. […]
Everyone’s talking about bucket lists. People have things on their list like skydiving, water skiing, and snowboarding. (Ironically, all things that can get you killed.) You know what’s on my list? Nothing. Not because I’ve done everything I want to do in life. But if I were given, let’s say six months to live…let’s say […]
My favorite quote of all time has to be from Madonna. “People don’t say what they want so they don’t get what they want.” Ever since I read that a few years ago, I’ve been far more honest not just with people, but with myself as well. It’s like my mother would always say, “If […]
So, you want to write. To that I say welcome to the madness that is the writer’s club. Like all good creative professions writing is filled with as much triumph as it is heartache. Characters live. Characters die. Good ideas come and go. You will often feel like you’re in a race between getting your […]
Today is Thanksgiving. I know it has a rather dubious history, but still, the idea of taking at least one day of the year to voice a few things you’re thankful for does have merit. I would like to take this opportunity to be thankful for my heritage. That being an American woman of black, […]
#219: Write an opening using, “I’m in a half-full bottle of water.” “I’m in a half-full bottle of water right now. That’s how I feel, like I’m just waiting to get swallowed up by that idiot sitting in her office painting her fingernails or whatever it is dummies like her do. I can’t believe she […]
On Nove 17th, I went to the Great British Business Show. If you don’t know what that is, click here. The best way I can describe the show is Comic-Con for businesses. There are all kinds of booths there with people trying to sell you products or services that will help you with your own […]
