This is nerve-wracking to write but if I don’t put this out there I’ll probably stop updating this blog. Hopefully this is a worthwhile exercise.
A former coworker, Jasmine, of Kimieye and Hot glue & Hobgoblins, took me out for froyo almost two years ago because I was supposed to
Originally this post was titled Cool Resources: BookTrope. However I found out the BookTrope will be ceasing business on May 31st a few days ago.
Let’s do a year (and change) in recap, in no particular order: got a full-time job, fell in love, helped move my Nonna to GA,
Spoilers are universally hated but sometimes they’re hard to avoid when you’re talking about certain topics, like today’s: foreshadowing. So fair warning: thar be SPOILERS
Trigger and spoiler warnings (rape and female genital mutilation). It’s Herstory Month! What better way to kick off March then showing how one author wrote
Last post I talked about how to use history to inform your writing and I gave Brer Rabbit as an example. That’s one way to
If you are an American, you have the special privilege of drawing from at least two sources of history. You can draw from the relatively
It’s Black History Month and in the spirit of #weneeddiversebooks (#wndb) because Twitter likes it short) I’m highlighting Black authors. First up is Nalo Hopkinson,
The fourth story in Unnatural Creatures, Ozioma the Wicked, is equal parts amazing and frustrating. The parts I am most frustrated with are also the parts