January 12, 2026

New Year, New Challenges

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Ink & Magic Writing Retreat Applications open until Jan 16, 2026 - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/

EVENT: Me and Nicole Glover - January 15, 2026 - 7pm ET online + in-store at East City Bookshop in DC - Register

Read The Starseekers by Nicole Glover

Margie Lawson - https://www.margielawson.com/lawson-writers-academy/

Ray Bradbury Challenge

Writer Kaia Alderson - https://www.kaiaalderson.com/

The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9781934414903

Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson - https://amzn.to/452HDSC

A Black Women's History of the United States - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780807001998

Story Engine deck - https://storyenginedeck.com/

Plur1bus TV

Better Call Saul

Playing Big by Tara Mohr - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9781592409600

Freedom app - https://freedom.to/

Erykah Badu New Year's Invocation

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