My stories will always hold space for Black women. We’ll find joy and justice there.

I hope today is the most beautiful Friday you’ve had all year.

Fear regret more than you fear failure. ~ @kevonstage.bsky.social

Creatives… if you’re gonna do it… DO IT!!

Black writers… writing is resistance.

The first draft is you telling the story to yourself. The subsequent drafts are for you to figure out how you’re going to tell it to everybody else. And the final edit is making every sentence fight for its life.

#Writers As of 3pm ET… I am officially back in the query trenches. Send all the vibes.✨

It’s really fascinating what happens when you remove diversity—white male incompetency is placed on full display and with no one to blame for their actions —so they just lie.

Well, they lied. Obviously.

Good morning Black women. TAKE UP SPACE. Love you. 🫶🏾

Sometimes the power lies in knowing when to let somebody else do it and when you need to do it yourself. Because there are things so personal that nobody — nobody — can do it like you.

I wish all young Black people understood that whether you’re an employee, or self employed, reading is tied to wealth! The more you read, the more you learn, the more you learn, the more you earn.

If a man can’t plan a date, he can’t plan a future

Some of y’all be trying to force that dry turkey on your loved ones. They said they don’t want a plate of your left overs. There’s a reason they didn’t come to your house for the main event. 😆

Merry Christmas yall!

In this season of thankfulness and joy… I’m grateful for INSTACART because babeh. 🛒🛒🛒🛒🛒🛒🛒

So I’ve had my 1st Black History Month event cancellation because of “DEI concerns,” citing a fear of frivolous suits. Funny thing is, I don’t do DEI, I’m a historian of the Black American experience. A reminder that DEI is just a dog whistle about suppressing history, if you need a reminder.

One of the best things I’ve ever done for my mental health was take that custom greeting off my voice mail. If I haven’t talked to you in years, don’t be calling my phone out the blue. Won’t get my pleasantries letting you know this still me… 😆

Ima zoom in on your profile pic cuz some of yall AI

#MorningWords #WritingCommunity Words flow From cracks in my foundation The beautiful places That still bleed They nourish my soul With all that’s missing Giving All I need

2024 ain’t been about nothin so I’m glad to see it go. But I’m also glad I ‘get’ to see it go. Better is on the way…

A chaffle

Americans cannot even agree on feeding the poor and housing the homeless. The word United is more sentiment than reality

Umm text me babeh. 9/10 it ain’t nothin but a text anyway. Let’s go to brunch, lunch, or dinner and sit down, break bread, but when we gone… text me. 😆

Ding ding ding!!

When y’all say mines, my blood boils!!! If you ain’t talking about a bomb in the ground the word is MINE.

This doesn’t give persistence enough weight. Here, let me try… 50% persistence 20% marketing 20% talent 10% “luck” If you’re persistent, you will LEARN and DO. Rinse and repeat. We’re born with talents, but they must be nurtured. What some call luck, I’ve seen to be readiness meeting opportunity.

Anybody up? I’m about to make a cup of tea and jump back into these edits. I need to make a good dent today. #writingcommunity

To all the people upset about Luigi Mangione being made into a folk hero. Now you know how we felt when you made Kyle Rittenhouse into a hero.

On behalf of the bougie big backs. This will do. 😆

#WritingCommunity Anybody wanna do some writing sprints with me in the morning? Imma get started around 8am ET.

“EVERY FAILURE. EVERY SMALL WIN. EVERY HOUR SPENT ON A VISION THAT ONLY YOU CAN SEE. THEY ALL COUNT.”

Finally woke up without a migraine after several days. I have so much to do and probably won’t get to half of it… 😩

This is day 4 of a migraine… one bad enough for me to post about specifically and not just in the general chronic pain kind of way.

9 times out of 10, Imma go to the movie and have NO idea what happened or how it ended. Cuz Imma be sleep. They serving drinks, appetizers, entrees, and dessert in theater with full on recliners. They tryina put you to bed…

That or a man that CLEANS… babeh cuz what you want?! What you need?!

I’m off today. Still up at the butt crack of dawn though… 😩

My robe is one of the things that ages me… I found this random tall girl shop when I was in my early twenties and this robe is heaven… Plush. Floor length. Long sleeves. One day this bad boy will be patched up with swatches from my grandchildren’s blankets. I will never give it up. 🤣

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations. No reviews. Just covers. #BookSky 💙📚 20/20

Exactly. Because why are you speaking at this early o’clock anyway?

I’m gon gif and meme and wear a side part… it is what it is. 🤣🤣🤣 #Blacksky

Is anyone else just *not interested* in using AI for their writing? All accuracy and morality aside, I just don't want to. I want every last word I put on a page to have flowed out from my own body. Maybe I'm romanticizing it, but I just can't see it any other way.

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live — Nikki Giovanni

I literally couldn’t care any less today… 🤦🏾‍♀️

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations. No reviews. Just covers. #BookSky 💙📚 19/20 I was named after Nikki Giovanni. She’s one of the reasons I write. Rest in Power.

There’s always somebody in the group chat that’s gotta let you know they already heard, already saw, already knew whatever you’re sharing… y’all annoying. Just drop a 👍🏾 and keep it moving. 🤣🤣🤣

This thread!! 🤣🤣🤣

Y’all I figured out what I needed to do to tighten the ending of this thriller... And now I have chills!!! 🤯 *** When they didn’t get justice, she took revenge. But how far did she go? Grieving mother. Black love. Besties. And some unhinged behavior. #WritingCommunity #BVM

I got my first agent offer a year ago today. One of the best birthday presents ever. 🥰