Alright, so today I want to talk a little bit more about writing, particularly for those of you considering a career as a writer (and, let's be honest: I need this as a reminder myself!)



So, writing takes time and a significant amount of hard work. I only wish that some people who do not write understood how much effort is put into writing. And equally, I wish that some writers did not pretend to write so easily and effortlessly.



I work as deliberately at writing as a… Continue

One of my favorite moments of the 2010 BET Awards was when Larenz Tate and Nia Long showed up on stage to perform their poems from the movie, Love Jones (1997). I couldn't have been the only thirty-something woman screaming at the television at the site of Larenz Tate--he was as lovely to look at that night as he was when Love Jones first came out.



From that movie emerged a very attractive guy who was no longer the quirky odd kid he played in The Inkwell (1994). Anyway, I was… Continue

As I have been writing fiction more consistently lately, I have spent a lot of time thinking about the literature I read and what constitutes "good literature". I have a number of friends who are really hard to please when it comes to literature (you know who you are) and I cannot tell you how many times we chat about what we love and hate about a book.



I recently read an article that addressed the fact that some writers do not like to read, and I find that notion rather peculiar.… Continue