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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. -E.B. White

I really like this quote. Seriously, my little group of writing rebels lights up my life. Rebels because they write against all odds. They write in the middle of the night and early morning. After work, thinking at work. In the face of adversity, in the spirit of celebration. They show up with all their feelings and creative force, and with all that, they genuinely make me feel more secure in myself. Like maybe the world doesn’t understand me, but my writing rebels do. And I think that’s something valuable in a world that alienates you from yourself. My writing friends always bring me back to me, and it’s not forceful, it just happens.

If you’re looking to chat about your writing journey, my IG is the place to connect with me. @Jayne_Press

“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.” – Ernest Hemingway

I’m at the point in my editing process where I’m deleting and getting right to the point. I know the story. Now, to get rid of all the parts that motivated me to write but won’t motivate you to read. ::insert fake laugh that leads to sobbing here::

How’s your writing going?

“The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen … Perhaps it can’t be done without the poet, but it certainly can’t be done without the people. The poet and the people get on generally very badly, and yet they need each other. The poet knows it sooner than the people do. The people usually know it after the poet is dead; but that’s all right. The point is to get your work done, and your work is to change the world.” – James Baldwin

James Baldwin inspires me so much. I do believe we’d make great friends.

Here’s an article from the rabbit hole I just went down on The Marginalian. I felt every emotion on my way down. Enjoy!