A Sigil to Bind the Night
Hello Dear Reader! I can’t believe the first half of the year is nearly over! Time has been skating by so fast that I can hardly catch my breath. With that being said, I am here to bring you an exciting update. I’ve had my eye on Graveside Press for a little while now. I […]
How to Create a Fantasy Novel Outline: A Step-by-Step Guide
Hello Dear Reader! So you’re writing a fantasy novel. You think it’s a series. Before you run too deep into those dark and draft-y woods, let’s have a conversation. I’m going to tell you things that I wish someone would have told me when I sat down to write what will be my debut novel. […]
Project StarFire: Starting Something New
Hello Dear Reader! Starting a new project always comes with a lot of emotions. And that is because stories are little personal miniatures of ourselves that we carve onto the page and then reshape over and over again. Writing is often one space where I can fully express myself without fear of judgment. This is […]
Afterthoughts: The Black Speculative Fiction Celebration
Hello Dear Reader! Last month I organized and hosted an event for the Black History Month to create space for Black speculative fiction. There are so many incredible authors out here crafting these intricate, brutal, tender worlds, but there aren’t enough people amplifying those voices. For years, I have dedicated my time and energy into […]
Writing Descriptions for Impactful Prose
Hello Dear Reader! Today’s post is for the writers out there looking to elevate their prose.  Writing is a juggling act, trying and sometimes failing, to keep all your pieces in seamless rotation. Description is just one of the many cogs that need to continue turning in order to make your story impactful for […]
Black History Is American History – Day Four
Here is the extra credit reading for Day One. Please review and leave your response to the question below in the comments. This assignment is worth 2 points. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the U.S. from the mid-1950s until his assassination […]
Short Story: My Last Name
Hello Dear Reader! Today I am sharing with you a short story that I wrote for Black History Month. It made me uncomfortable to write it, and I hope you feel just as uncomfortable reading it. Happy BHM. Responses to this post are worth 2 extra credit points. It’s the first day of a new […]
Black History Is American History – Day Two
Here is the extra credit reading for Day Two. Please review and leave your response to the question below in the comments. This assignment is worth 2 points. From 1312 CE to 1337 CE, Mansa Musa (also known as Musa I of Mali) presided over the Mali kingdom. Mansa Musa was one of the wealthiest […]
Black History Is American History–Day One
––––Here is the extra credit reading for Day One. Please review and leave your response to the question below in the comments. This assignment is worth 2 points. On February 21st, 1933, Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) was born in Tryon, North Carolina. Her mother, a Methodist pastor, and father, a handyman and preacher, carefully […]
Project Space Teeth Update 1.17.25
Hello Dear Reader! Project Space Teeth was born because I wanted to get into FIYAH Literary Magazine (that dream came true when I submitted durning their following open submission. Read more about that here). Their then prompt was Spacefaring Aunties, so I wrote a queer story about Black women traveling space on a mission to […]