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December 8, 2022

How Blogging Helps Me Write Books

Social media is a powerful vehicle for publishing short-form content that people can digest quickly and easily. We are all lazy to an extent with short attention spans. Which is why I love blogging as a way of publishing long-form content. It gives writers a chance to fully express the completeness of their thoughts. And,… Continue reading

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December 6, 2022

In Case No One Told You

They say not even twins have the same fingerprint which means there is literally no one just like you. Even the ground is confused in the way that you walk when you wake, the earth quakes and shudders, and the sun smiles. It peaks from behind the clouds illuminating heaven-bound highways it is waiting for… Continue reading

Poetry

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November 30, 2022

No Whining Wednesday: Hold Onto Your Sacredness

“Sweet soul. Do not allow yourself to be treated less than sacredly. You may need to learn how to treat yourself sacredly along the way. Maybe no one in your family knew what sacredness looked like. Maybe each of you inherited desecration. Once you set a sacred standard, it does not matter how the world… Continue reading

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November 27, 2022

Introduce Yourself: Introducing Guest Author Ashton Smith

Today is a special edition of Introduce Yourself. Please help me to welcome Ashton Smith to The PBS Blog! Ashton is an amazing young woman from Fort Worth, Texas, with a powerful story. She’s a world-medal award-winning swimmer, author, and corporate speaker. She is legally blind in one eye and has difficulty seeing out of… Continue reading

Introduce Yourself – Guest Authors

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November 22, 2022

What Have You Done?

“A time comes when silence is betrayal.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On October 16, 2022, I posted a video of things you didn’t know about MLK to TikTok and Instagram. I followed this with a video of women who refused to give up their seats on public transportation before Rosa Parks on October… Continue reading

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October 31, 2022

Protecting Your Digital Space

After going back and forth with someone on TikTok who tried to come for me and didn’t know what she was talking about, I eventually concluded she was a troll and shall be blocked. And then I thought, why don’t we do this more often? Why do we sit in fruitless debates with people who… Continue reading

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October 14, 2022

Don’t Throw It Away: How Short Stories from My Teenage Years Became An Urban Fantasy Fiction Novel

When I was about seventeen and eighteen, I wrote stories about my sisters and our friends in this red notebook. Then, we would all sit on the porch, and I would read it to the neighborhood. Everyone had nicknames but also knew who they were so it was hilarious, and they loved it. When I… Continue reading

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