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Happy National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month. Details on Yecheilyah’s 5th Annual Poetry Contest are pending. For now, here are some of my favorite quotes. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou “If I didn’t define… Continue reading
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Things You Don’t Need to Self-Publish a Book
A Massive Social Media Following You do not need to have a million social media followers to publish a book. Your community will grow as you do. This is a marathon, not a sprint. A Fat Bank Account You do not need to spend your rent/mortgage money to publish a book. This is not to… Continue reading
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Let the Words Be Seasoned
There are times when Black authors find themselves fighting against those who wish them to edit their soul. Take the salt out the meat. Take the voice out the work, and leave it seasonless. To quote Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, “People still have a white, western idea of how intellect is ‘spose to walk in the… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Title: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Author: Mark Manson Publisher: Harper Published: September 13, 2016 ASIN: B019MMUA8S Pages: 212 “People declare themselves experts, entrepreneurs, inventors, innovators, mavericks, and coaches without any real-life experience…they feel they need to be great to be accepted in a… Continue reading
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The Hardest Lesson I Have Had to Learn as an Authorpreneur
One of the biggest mistakes I made on my Authorprenur* journey was doing everything for free. Everything from book reviews to interviews to consults was free at one time. I gave everything away. I even taught people the steps needed to publish books on their own without them giving me a dime. *A play on… Continue reading
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If We Were Having Coffee Right Now
Hey, ya’ll, hey! It’s been a lil minute since we had a lil chat. This year I decided I would not rush back to this blog after the New Year. If you are one of those extra woke people who need to remind me it is not technically a “New Year” until spring, don’t. I… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book List 2021
Hey guys! As we wrap up 2021, I thought I’d copy off Barrack Obama and share my book list, a combination of Trade and Indie books I read this year. This list is based on books I’ve read or am reading now. I missed a lot of hot releases reading for research, so I only… Continue reading
