PinnedMy Outlining ProcessThe best agenda I can ever spread is my Slideshow/Powerpoint Outlining process. I’ve shared this with a few people, and with Mo’s tweet, many more people asked for it. So let’s get started.Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Jun 29The Bear: Finding A Home in the KitchenThe kitchen is one of the most pivotal places I’ve ever walked in. In every nook and cranny, there is something to be learned. Hands come together to create meals to put smiles on faces and bring people back to the table. A place where I find peace in the…TV Series3 min readTV Series3 min read
May 31You Hope Heaven is a Jazz ClubYou hope heaven is a jazz club. You desire that a blues song shall lift your spirit to the skies when life escapes your body. So you may flow for all of eternity to the sweet tune of black fingers climbing and crashing with the valves of their trumpet. …Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Jan 13The Yonder Years — HomeThis week’s blog is inspired by You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi and all the lovely food descriptions in the book. But also, this comes from a personal place — hint all the self-inserts — of coping with my anxiety. …Writing6 min readWriting6 min read
Dec 14, 2022The Vulnerability of Black WomenThis blog post was supposed to come out the week that Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan was released. But I could not bring myself to write it due to my constant battle with anxiety, which stifled my creative spirit. The end of the semester affected my mental health…Black Women6 min readBlack Women6 min read
Nov 10, 2022Meeting the Legend that Birth Bloodmarked“Publishing in the way that I have perhaps makes me an author, but it didn’t make me a writer,” the inspirational, motivating words flowed from Tracy Deonn’s mouth during her Bloodmarked Release Day event in Chapel Hill. To say it was an honor to be in the same space as…Black Books4 min readBlack Books4 min read
Nov 4, 2022Being a Capricorn Isn’t Always Fun“What are you gonna do when you can no longer seek academic validation?” my 11th-grade English teacher asked me during a random conversation. Where this man got the audacity to ask such a question, I don’t know. I’m more than sure he meant it as a joke. …Black Author5 min readBlack Author5 min read
Oct 21, 2022Open Letter to My Black Forefathers and MothersOpen Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson did so many things to my mind and soul. Some things I am still processing and can’t even speak on, but I can tell you that I’ve never been more appreciative of my black forefathers and mothers. The same week that Nelson joined our…Black Author6 min readBlack Author6 min read
Oct 14, 2022Wait, Hold On… I Wrote a Book?A Journey of Writing 153,000 words. I’m going to say that again… 153,000 words. When I finished my first draft, I knew I had written a lot. But my god, I didn’t realize it was actually that long. …Writer6 min readWriter6 min read
Published inZORA·Oct 7, 2022I Am an Imperfect Black Girl and So Is My Main CharacterThere need to be more imperfect black girls in books. Unapologetically messy, angry, sad, or whatever they want to be while expressing themselves in any way they desire. As human beings, we are inherently imperfect. It is what it is. But as black women, society says we can’t be that…Books4 min readBooks4 min read
