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April 23, 2020

90s Throwback Thursday Jams: Changes, Tupac

Hey guys I deleted this post by accident 🤦🏾‍♀️ so if you shared it that link will be broken, but you can repost this one 😁👍🏾 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9G6ro-c0C5E Continue reading

Throwback Thursday Jams

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April 22, 2020

Writers Wednesday – Chapter 8: The Women with Blue Eyes

Chapter 8: “Something You Should Know” E: You need to come in Tina: I know. I’m sorry. I will. E: I’m serious T. Don’t miss another session or I’ll have to report your ass Tina: Lol. I won’t. Although she had added a smiley face and “Lol,” to Erica’s text message, in real life she… Continue reading

The Women with Blue Eyes

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April 21, 2020

African American Images on Book Cover Premades!

If you’ve been following this blog for the past five years you know one of my biggest complaints has been the lack of African American/Black themed premade book covers. And guess what? I found a few! Beetiful Book Covers “Launched in 2013 by Stefanie Fontecha, Beetiful Book Covers offers African American premade book covers.” Cover… Continue reading

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April 21, 2020

New Words

It was either the fresh smell of an expanding vocabulary or the sweet taste of new words on my tongue. Or perhaps the way they moved around in my mind. It was the way they sounded, like soft wings flapping against the air and the effortless inspiration they stirred while teaching me their foundations. It… Continue reading

creative writing

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April 16, 2020

Tightening Up the Business Structure of Your Writing

I have had this post sitting in my drafts since October 2019. I didn’t want to publish it until I had tightened up my own business structure and then Corona hit and I thought, “Maybe this isn’t appropriate right now” and I put it off. I have a habit of meditating on what I have to… Continue reading

Articles, self-publishing

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April 15, 2020

Writers Wednesday – Chapter 7: The Women with Blue Eyes

Chapter 7: “Angel of Vision” Paschar licked her lips and smoothed out the wrinkles in her dress as she stepped over the body, closing the door behind her. The electricity from his soul caused her entire body to pulsate and the blue in her eyes to shine bright. The fresh human essence had her entire… Continue reading

The Women with Blue Eyes

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April 14, 2020

There is a Movement in Stillness

I saw a sunflower bow to a bee without moving. It arched its stem, its petals already stretched wide and willing. There it waited for the wind to whistle the way it does when it pushes the flower forward, and here, the flower bowed. Beautiful and with grace, this sunflower let itself go in the… Continue reading

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About Me

My name is Yecheilyah (e-see-li-yah), and my work confronts historical erasure and advocates for a more inclusive understanding of Black history. Through my literature and poetry, I uncover and preserve the rich, often underrepresented stories of African Americans. I also host an annual poetry contest.