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Walking in Other People’s Shoes

“Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.” –Salman Rushdie While I cleaned the kitchen today, I played a video of Rushdie speaking to a group of Google employees about his work. I appreciate Rushdie because he writes Magical Realism, and he likes the idea of leaving charactersContinue reading “Walking in Other People’s Shoes”

Writing Favs

“What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.” – Logan Pearsall Smith It is often the case that one small detail about an entire book is what connects me to the story. Not all the time. Some of the best novels I’ve read have many things IContinue reading “Writing Favs”

Who’s Your Current favorite Author

What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit. -John Updike Someone I was talking to today told me they loved John Updike. They mentioned a book he wrote titled, “Rabbit Run.” I have not read that book yet. I’m not sure if I have read anything by him yet butContinue reading “Who’s Your Current favorite Author”

Share Your Writers Life with Me.

So 11am writing sessions are officially a thing in my life. It worked out wonderful. This whole mini adventure of amping up my daily writing habits reminds of writing. I maneuver people places and spaces around till they fit together nice and snug. I didn’t expect this journey would take me to midday writing. IContinue reading “Share Your Writers Life with Me.”

Support Black Authors

For the Conscious Reader 150 Black Authors organized into genre. “Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I’ve explained inContinue reading “Support Black Authors”

“Art In My World”

Art is an exchange of ideas. Something I love about art is that its message can evolve and grow as the art is passed down from the creator. When I first began to write, I used to be offended when people misunderstood my work. Then, I came to realize that the evolution of thought isContinue reading ““Art In My World””

Writing Like A Writer

We all do this writing thing different That doesn’t matter It’s not about how or when you write it’s about doing it it’s about continuing to do it even when doing it no longer makes sense There’s a silent commitment between you and the words and an image of you writing alone And that’s itContinue reading “Writing Like A Writer”

Extracting Ideas From The Inside

This is literally what a thought looks inside the brain. But when we think, this is not what we see. Today I’d like to discuss how we get our thoughts from conception into a place where we can mold them into a story. Getting ideas from pure thought onto paper can be a complicated thing. ButContinue reading “Extracting Ideas From The Inside”

Conceived Ideas? -The Creative Process

The truth is once a piece is finished, most ideas conceived will have no place of origin. Plus, some things are meant to be kept as an artist’s secret, and I respect that. However, Henry James left us a list of places that ideas come from and it’d be my pleasure to share that withContinue reading “Conceived Ideas? -The Creative Process”