All writing has one goal in mind—story-telling! How will you keep attention, maintaining both pace and interest! This is the heartbeat of all artists—they want to grab your eyes and ears so they can get your heart as well.

When Children Write is a dynamic program whose goal is to increase children’s literacy based out of Baltimore, MD. The program is revolutionary, needed and is the brainchild of Leslie Crawford. The added bonus of this program? The children whom participate will become published authors! You all know we had to get behind this! For more information on When Children Write, please visit their website at http://www.whenchildrenwrite.com. Or email When Children Write at [email protected].

The Quarantine is in full swing, and there’s just some things on our host’s mind! Get a snack, it’s going to be good.

Discouragement is detriment. It is insidious and stifling. It is also cyclic—watch your circles as well! Find my book Writelife on Amazon (WriteLife https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078YM8JTB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TgaEEbAGZYX47) and make sure to follow my girl Tonia Ransom (formerly Tonia Thompson) on her podcast Nightlight! Find your tribe, get your support and keep going!

COVID-19 is an incubation period, not a curse! Work the time! You have work in you to do!

The miniseries has come to an end put this is by no means the end of this conversation! Let us delve deeper into this concept of who owns language, who doesn’t and why writers do the work of changing that!

The miniseries is going strong! We have to understand that language is rich and is steeped in both history and erasure. Be bold. Language needs you too! You are a writer—bend it to your will!

All riders go through slumps! But with The Comeback you have all tools at your disposal to not make a drought a desert!

Toni Morrison said that language is the measure of our lives. With that, I wanted to explore this sect of language known as African American Vernacular English. Yes, the AAVE in this 3-part series we will explore just how powerful (and needed) this dialect is.

This weeks episode was going to center around the hesitation, fear, real fear that some riders have about beginning any work or even in brace the title of writer. Here we are going to talk about the very real possibility of no one reading your work of no one liking your niche or do you have an a breakthrough glass ceilings! But as always there is hope.