We must be mindful of the people we keep close to us. Who is there to lift us? And who is there to drain us? https://youtu.be/48fqJbTdMro
Category: #WeWrite
Day 19 ~ 32 Day Writing Challenge
It is that time again... Write the FCKING Story Challenge begins in FOUR days. Last year was the first annual WTFS Challenge and it was amazing. This year we are doing it again. https://youtu.be/PVFmfR6yOmY At the end of every year I feel frantic, neurotic, and obsessed with completing something on my extremely long writer’s goals… Continue reading Day 19 ~ 32 Day Writing Challenge
Strengthening the Writer’s Core Through Movement! #writersretreat #woc
We are thrilled to announce that registration is officially opened for the 4th Annual Sankofa Sisterhood Writers’ Retreat taking place in the Catskills, New York, Friday, May 25th through Monday, May 28th 2018. This year’s theme is: Strengthening the Writer’s Core Through Movement! We are excited about this year’s theme because the emphasis for our… Continue reading Strengthening the Writer’s Core Through Movement! #writersretreat #woc
Tend to the Work! Stay With It!
Tend to the Work and Stay With It! Ep. 48 ~ Afrolatina Show Today is the day I decide to go for some of the things I really want to achieve. In this episode I talk about all I am doing to adjust my life to meet my needs. I am focused today on this… Continue reading Tend to the Work! Stay With It!
FYF ~ Chapter 27 (Pt. 3): What Has It’s Hold On Us? #FYFLove #audiobook
I kept feeling like something was keeping me from writing today. I believed that everything that was happening to me was trying to get in my way. There was something pushing me away from what was important to me like my WRITING. There was something interfering or intervening in my process. I believed that I… Continue reading FYF ~ Chapter 27 (Pt. 3): What Has It’s Hold On Us? #FYFLove #audiobook
Sometimes Writers Just Need Support! #WFWWritein
Yesterday was our last WFW Writing Workshop for this round and it was intense, beautiful, and inspiring. Six writers journeyed with me for the past three months to explore genres they have never written. These writers chose to expand. To be uncomfortable. To grow as writers. We wrote flash fiction, essay, and short story. They… Continue reading Sometimes Writers Just Need Support! #WFWWritein
Self Care as a Form of Resistance!
The NYC Latina Writers Group is honored to announce the 3rd Annual Sankofa Sisterhood Writers Retreat ~ Self Care as a Form of Resistance! “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” ~ Audre Lorde This year’s theme: Self Care as a Form of Resistance! During… Continue reading Self Care as a Form of Resistance!
Just Show Up! #thewritingmidwife #wfw2017
Dearest writers, This past Sunday was phenomenal. It was inspiring, fun, joy-filled, hard, draining, brutal and delicious all at the same time. I could see it on your faces how surprised you were by what came up, and even prouder of what you created. I watched how even the most quiet and shy writers (butterflies)… Continue reading Just Show Up! #thewritingmidwife #wfw2017
THIS IS THE YEAR I PUBLISH #WFW2017 #52essays2017 #52risks
You want to be a writer! You dream of writing! You haven’t told anyone that you have always wanted to write! You are scared of writing! You worry what people will think of you! You have an amazing idea that would make a great book and an even better lifetime movie! You have so… Continue reading THIS IS THE YEAR I PUBLISH #WFW2017 #52essays2017 #52risks
What WILL you complete in 2017? #WFW2017 #amwriting #finishit
Dear Writers, I have been thinking about New Year’s resolutions and the setting of intentions and life goals. In my case I have been meditating on my life’s purpose, writer's intent and writing goals. I started my year as I always do my ritual being to say goodbye to the previous year and to welcome… Continue reading What WILL you complete in 2017? #WFW2017 #amwriting #finishit
The Writer and The Story 