The PBS Blog

Truth is Stranger than Fiction

March 28, 2019

Start a business that is not only dependent on the people you know to be Successful

If you are a new entrepreneur, if you are just publishing your books or starting your own business, I want to congratulate you! I want to tell you; you will do well and go far. I want to tell you; you are brave and beautiful. But I also want to warn you: start a business… Continue reading

Articles, self-publishing

authors, blog, blogger, blogging, business, businessperson, growth, Independent Publishing, indie authors, publishing, success, support, wordpress, writers, writing
March 27, 2019

Cover Wars

We had a private cover war going on in my email list, where I asked my audience to choose between my original cover for Keep Yourself Full and a new concept I was thinking about. Almost everyone chose the new concept and together we decided to switch it up. For those of you who don’t… Continue reading

General Topics

#BeWritingOnWednesday, #Wednesdayblogs, #WWWblogs, blog, blogger, blogging, book publishing, cover, cover wars, Indie Publishing, inspirational, publishing, self-care, self-love, war, wordpress, writers, writing
March 25, 2019

Introduce Yourself: Introducing Guest Author Khaya Ronkainen

Today, I’d like to welcome Khaya Ronkainen. Welcome to The PBS Blog! Let’s get started. What is your name and where are you from? My name is Khaya Ronkainen. I was born and bred in South Africa, and I now call Finland my second home. South Africa in the houusee. What was your childhood dream?… Continue reading

Introduce Yourself – Guest Authors

#amwriting, #MondayBlogs, Africa, amazon, Apartheid, authors, blog, blogger, blogging, freedom, life, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, wordpress, writers
March 22, 2019

Lessons from a Tomato Plant

We’ve been trying to grow a tomato plant but the weather in Georgia is not warm enough to put it into the ground so it’s still in the original package. The plant is dying as you can tell. It needs to be transplanted to a bigger environment. Either we will attempt to put it into… Continue reading

General Topics

blog, blogger, blogging, Environment, fish, growth, lessons, life lessons, People, plants, purpose, reflection, surroundings, wordpress
March 21, 2019

Throwback Thursday Jams – Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train to Georgia

Continue reading

Throwback Thursday Jams

#ThrowbackThursday, blog, blogger, blogging, classic R&B, classic soul, Georgia, Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Midnight Train to Georgia, r&b, soul, The Pips, wordpress
March 20, 2019

Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – The Cursed Queen: Mystery Tales Series Book One by Carlo Ocaya

Title: The Cursed Queen: Mystical Tales Series 1 Author: Carlo Ocaya Publishing: Coming June 19, 2019 The Cursed Queen is part of Ocaya’s Mystical Tales series, a fantasy mystery novel full of adventure and magic. The story takes place on a hidden Island called Ophen, and the world is reminiscent of Bright, the movie starring Will Smith,… Continue reading

book reviews

#BeWritingOnWednesday, #Wednesdayblogs, #WWWblogs, author, Fantasy, fiction, Independent Authors, Indie Author, magic, mystery, novelist, reviews, wordpress, writers, writing
March 18, 2019

The Most Irritating Thing about the Self-Care Movement

the fact that everything is a movement now like the importance of self-love didn’t exist before Instagram memes like healing is a status update like self-care ain’t a journey but a tweet like healing ain’t a process but words we hang on our Facebook walls and pretend we ain’t cover trauma in hashtags I see… Continue reading

Poetry

blog, blogger, blogging, healing, journey, life, path, poems, process, self-care, self-love, social media, trauma, wordpress

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.