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January 21, 2021

3 Poetry Lessons from Amanda and Angelou

Lesson #1: Study Amanda Gorman, 22, became the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles at sixteen years old in 2014 and the first national youth poet laureate three years later. On Wednesday, she became the youngest poet to write and recite a piece at a presidential inauguration, following Maya Angelou and Robert Frost’s considerably more experienced footsteps. (Los Angeles Times)… Continue reading

Poetry

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April 6, 2020

Revising The Stella Trilogy: Book Two – Beyond the Colored Line

Book one is out and we are on to book two! My main challenge for book two is making sure that it stays consistent with book one. This is important for any series, but for Historical Fiction, it is even more critical. Since writing Historical Fiction is writing set in a time that has already… Continue reading

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April 3, 2019

Cry Out

How does it make you feel to see someone mistreating themselves to hear them poison their mouth with self-hate language or disrespect their soul with insecurities does not your intestines cringe do they not wrap themselves around the wrongness there the diseased spirit of a person defeated does not your stomach turn into knots does… Continue reading

Poetry

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July 9, 2018

8 Basic Tips for Social Media Etiquette

On social media, everything is a part of your brand and is an extension of you. People don’t know you personally so all they have to work with is the vibes you give off. From the way that you send emails, your blog posts, your social media posts and newsletters, everything. What you publish reveals… Continue reading

Articles

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February 9, 2018

The PBS Blog Podcast Ep 9 – Language of Love

Note: The PBS Blog Podcast has a new Twitter and IG Page! Be sure to follow us at @PBSBlogPodcast and thepbsblog It’s been a minute but I am back with another PBS Blog Podcast. Today we are talking about the language of love. The language you use when you speak about yourself is what is eventually… Continue reading

PBS Blog Podcast

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February 2, 2018

Black History Fun Fact Friday – How I Almost Learned an African Language

Welcome back to another Black History Fun Fact Friday. Technically, I am still doing research on the article I had hoped to finish in time for you today. (I am actually sitting here trying to finish it.) Instead of publishing anything, I am going to push it back to next week. However, I don’t want… Continue reading

black history fun fact friday

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February 15, 2017

Choose Your Words

Don’t act like these little black letters have no home outside the blank page. Like murder can’t come falling from your mouth. Like lawlessness can’t come ripping through towns like torn flesh from heavy winds. Choose your words as if the next phrase has the potential to destroy. Examine the shape of them as they… Continue reading

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