The Write Path

Hey Guys! Ready for a story time? Here's the time I met my FAVORITE author and totally messed it up by being a hot awkward mess. The encounter happened some years back. Luckily, I wrote about it while it was fresh, capturing all my blundering glory. I wish I could do this day over, but there's no redo's in life so instead you get this dreadful story. It's a doozy! Sometimes God gifts us with days that we will cherish for a lifetime,  the day that I met Ms. Jenkins was one of those days. As my husband  and I stepped inside the restaurant the nervousness I experienced was  unprecedented--even for an awkward chick like me. The entire day  nothing more consumed my thoughts but this one moment. I had waited f or what seemed like forever be here. I didn't want to be here. I was  scared?   As a creative being it's always nice to share your time with another  creative being, but this was so much more than that. I had literally  grown up reading Beverly Je...

./''/ Even before I decided to seriously peruse writing, I dreamed of being a traditionally published author. I wanted nothing more than to be signed to one of the big named publishing houses - but recently, that's all changed.  Don't get me wrong, if the opportunity ever presents itself (in the right way) I'll hop on it, but it's no longer my "dream". Truth is, with the right marketing, a little bit of luck, and a whole lot of hard work & support, self-publishing can not only be more satisfying, but it can be a lot more lucrative too. Here's a few reasons why I've recently arrived at this conclusion.  I Can (possibly) Do Better By Myself. Quiet as kept, the publishing industry has long been a racist market. Whether it's unintentional or by design really doesn't matter. Just this year, black twitter exploded with authors telling their truths about writing while black with the now popular hashtag, #PublishingPaidMe. You can read abo...