This weekend I got on, and then off the rollercoaster from hell, For Colored Girls, the movie. If you haven't seen it, go. You may love it. You may think it's too strong. And I am sure you will find that you just can't catch your breath. But i want you to see it as a writer, as a creative being, as a woman who has a story to tell. This is brave stuff. It was brave when… Continue

Andrea Collier, our NaNoWriMo correspondent hits the 5,000 word mark and reveals her first 500 words.

Day 4: Hey SheWriters and SheWriMos! Three days at 1,700 words each day. It hasn’t been stressful at all. Because I am a journalist who has to push output for paying assignments for magazines and websites, I am used to hammering out 3,000 words of some kind every day. So technically I may be a… Continue

Andrea King Collier, our first-ever NaNoWriMo correspondent, tells what it’s like to sit butt in chair and stare down that first blank page.



DAY 1: Hey, all you SheWriters and SheWriMos! Here we all sit, on the first day of NaNoWriMo, facing the challenge of writing 50,000 words of a novel over the next 30 days. I am thrilled and scared to be sharing my journey in putting butt in chair and grinding out the words and… Continue

These are things I knew but have been reminded of in 2009.

1. Writers write. They may talk about writing. Think about writing. Read books about writing. But at the end of the day if you aren't writing, you aren't a writer.

2. Ass in chair. No explanation necessary.

3. Every time you face the blank page, it is a leap of faith. And it is a brand new exercise.

4.If you keep writing, YOUR voice will eventually show up. And you will love that.

5.You know how people say "it… Continue