I feel like everyone has been there at one time in their life or another…you feel stuck. Life has turned you every way but loose and the dominoes keep falling on top of your head to the point where you just know you have a concussion and need rest. But then, you try to take a break and the guilt starts eating at you. Like you can’t relax because there is too much work to be done. You can catch up on emails or start that DIY project you’ve been meaning to start. There may be a

A book review for the nonfiction title Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

Feeling like you aren’t good enough, like your work doesn’t matter, like you screw up more than you succeed. Every creative knows what imposter syndrome is…intimately. But it isn’t like just knowing what it is makes it any easier to avoid or overcome. You can know what a sinkhole is, but that doesn’t mean you’re prepared when one opens up in front of your car. And that is what imposter syndrome can feel like, a void that just gets deeper and deeper until we’re in a rabbit hol

I haven’t been writing that much lately. I think it is part being tired, part not wanting to use my brain, part the world being a mess. It’s probably a conglomeration of many things, but the result is that my creativity has really been put aside. More like stuffed into a trunk and thrown into my crawl space, if I am being honest. Of course, this isn’t the first time I have done this and I doubt that it will be the last, but I made the conscious decision to stop guilt tripping

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Hemlock & Silver is a fantasy novel by T. Kingfisher. It is a fairytale retelling that is a good combination of Coraline and Snow White...

You’re probably on my website because you like to either read or write. And if you like reading here, I will make the leap that you read...

I know what you’re thinking, self care and being a writer don’t go together, but I disagree. And honestly, recently I have been in...

Personally, I am all for it and I’ll get to that in a little bit. I was talking with a friend and while she used to be a big reader, life...

Anyone who has ever tried to submit a piece of creative work knows that most literary journals and small presses charge what they call a...

I think that every writer has written at least one WIP that didn’t do what they wanted to do, but I’ll just speak for me. Sometimes my...

Earlier this year, I decided to apply for a reader position with a pretty well-known literary journals, with quite a few sister journals....

If you’re here, I am assuming that you like books. I can personally say that I love them. They are a huge part of who I am as a person,...

Because they're pretty similar!!! This will be a short post, don't worry! What is a book coach? Coaches are those who help you take your...

If you have been a part of the writing community for any period of time, you have probably heard of sensitivity reads. Maybe you know...

Being a writer is great...until it isn't. With imposter syndrome, the way the world is going, work/life imbalance...it is easy to run out...

Okay, writing a book is hard. Then you have to edit it and work on either self-publishing it, finding an indie press you like or querying...

Editing can be hard, getting rid of those scenes that you love can be hard. And sometimes, you just don't know where to go to learn more...

I am sure that I am not the only one who has clicked “submit” with the hope of my latest work being in a well-known literary journal or...