I eat. I sleep. I read. I write.
One of my recent reading pleasures has been checking out Chicki Brown’s Stafford Brothers series. I’m excited to say that her latest is out and by all accounts it’s another hit. Fifth in this wonderful family series, I Want You Back, features the youngest Stafford brother, Nick. Synopsis I Want You Back: Cherilyn Vernon had been dating … More Chicki Brown’s I Want You Back.
The next author of Women: Withstanding All is someone whose work I’m only learning about myself. The theme of her fictional story is one that will touch, challenge, and feel real in every woman’s heart. Meet the Author: Heather Rae Heather Rae’s theme for the #WWAAnthology was The Divorce Woman. Here is an excerpt from her piece entitled: Shape. The scent … More Women: Withstanding All/Meet Heather Rae
The spiritual leader, writing enthusiast, and brains behind the Women: Withstanding All anthology is also one of its authors. I’ve been happy to work on a project with her because her drive and passion is contagious. I often tell her she’s #brooklynfabulous but honestly she’d be fabulous in any region. Meet the Author: Xyla Turner Xyla Turner’s theme for the … More Women: Withstanding All/Meet Xyla Turner
Today is release day for the Women: Withstanding All Anthology, which features short stories from fourteen women authors whose work spans the spectrum from urban fiction, to romance, to women’s fiction; and also spans the different stages of women’s lives, from childhood to maturity. The unifying theme is that it features women, persevering. And here … More Women: Withstanding All Release Day!
It was two and a half years ago that I turned on my Kindle to hunker down and read the novel Unsuitable Men. Little did I know that I was beginning a passionate admiration for a writer whose voice seems to magically coexist rhythmically and figuratively with the inner voice in my head. And now … More Women: Withstanding All/Meet Nia Forrester
Day two of my introductions to the authors of the anthology Women: Withstanding All gives me immense pleasure because I so appreciate all this particular woman has to offer as a writer and a mentor. Out of respect I sometimes call her Ms. M but I think I also have the great honor of calling … More Women: Withstanding All/Meet Angelia Vernon Menchan
I got myself a couple of mini-interventions this month. I don’t get them often because I am highly independent as well as incredibly impatient with bullshit so most people are afraid of having their head handed to them. I don’t blame them I don’t particularly like giving myself an intervention either. They can be wrenchingly … More But…,
Note: Today is the one year anniversary of the death of my late husband M. I’ve been trying to think of a way to acknowledge him on this day without being too maudlin. I’d also like to do it in a way he would have liked and still share our lives together in a way that I … More M. Stories: The Proposal
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