Inspiration

Your Responses to Injustice Are Part of Your Legacy

Every day, you choose to make the best of your day. We all have bad days, sometimes long stretches of bad days …

Happy new year to you all! I know many of you are looking forward to a fresh start this year (so many …

What happens when I drop the mic? Does it bounce? Does it fall flat? Does it shatter? I stepped up to the …

I’ve got a lot of successful friends. Meaning my contemporaries (that I either work with or went to school with) have accomplished …

It feels like forever since I’ve written a blog post for August Rose Press or this blog (#absenteebloggerlife). Truth be told, I’ve …

It seems obvious enough, if you want to be a writer, then write what you want to write! But there is a …

Let’s be honest here, not everyone writes books that speak to the person hidden on the inside. You know, the person that you …

The Nobel Prize. The Pulitzer Prize. The Caldecott Medal. There are so many awards out there for writing, illustrating, and publishing. Some …

Have you ever noticed how different Harper Lee’s voice is from John Steinbeck’s? Have you ever compared the writing style of Aimee …