Writing

The Rise of the Papilion trilogy is completed, but it has taken years to complete each book. So long, in fact, that when I released Wolf’s Bane, followed by the soon to...

When DJ Khaled made the lyrical announcement that he wasn’t really checkin for “No New Friends” I happily sang along in agreeance. Deciding my inner circle was already stretched to...

The greatest hurdle to be conquered by the much maligned Angry Black Women can only be won by harnessing that passionate energy and directing one’s intensity for creative and productive...

A few years ago, I was at a church service in which I shared a piece of my writing with the congregation. After the service was over, a female minister approached...

Whoo, I still can't believe how fast July flew by and August too. I almost missed writing this post and was afraid I wouldn't be able to before I went...

Today's post is an interview with Tiffany T. Cole, a freelance editor and a copy editor for Limitless Publishing and the Purdue University Chronicle. She has edited and critiqued dozens...

Literary magazines are a great way for writers to get their work out there and noticed. Today's post is an interview with Julie Demoff-Larson, senior editor of the lit mag Blotterature....

I've heard this term used before, finding one's niche, when it came to writers marketing themselves. But it wasn't until I recently attended the Writing Day Workshop in Hoffman Estates,...

Have you ever loved someone so much and been so disappointed at the same time? I recently spoke to a friend - who hopefully doesn't read my blog-, and she...

There is a pancake house in my area that has the brightest sign on the street. Electric blues, yellows and pinks flash across the screen advertising specials and hours of operation....

Well, I've finally figured out how to add pages to my menu. It's as if I've been dropped into a different world in getting use to Wordpress. And that feeling...

At one time, I would have never considered querying a small press. To be honest, with everyone either self-publishing or working toward obtaining a publishing deal with a traditional press, I...