Celebrating Doll Seed’s book birthday! Made a short video about 2 stories that readers especially loved from the collection.

Absolutely loving the ‘Ink and Magic’ writing retreat I’m attending in Maryland led by Leslye Penelope, Cerece Rennie Murphy & Ines Johnson. Their collective knowledge as successful authors & close friends is phenomenal. Our creativity has been sparked in this nourishing space!

Celebrating a win—a finished, readable draft of a writing craft book that I’ve been working off and on since 2022. I promised myself I’d finish it in June. Working with a writing buddy, for accountability, since April helped. As a creative person it’s important to keep promises to yourself.

Settling into my first solo writing retreat at a local hotel. Playing solitaire to ease in as Maya Angelou used to do on her retreats. A candle and a few room sprays to make it cozy. What do you bring when you go on a retreat? #writers
#writerslife

I haven’t had the opportunity to do many local Cleveland events so am thrilled about this one on Sat! I’ll be signing books from 11am-12pm. Love Indie Bookstore Day celebrations! #blackbooksky #blackauthors #blacksky #horror #specfiction @sistahscifi.bsky.social

I'm so excited for this conversation about speculative fiction and the contemporary moment in NOLA! Today-4pm at Octavia Books.

Feminist Futurism vs Project 2025: A Speculative Salon
An evening of storytelling, resistance, and radical imagination!
#blacksky #blackauthors

I'm so excited to be in conversation with author Chin-Sun Lee about speculative fiction and the contemporary moment in the great city of New Orleans! Next Saturday!

Feminist Futurism Vs Project 2025: A Speculative Salon
An evening of storytelling, resistance, and radical imagination!

So excited about attending AWP in LA this week.
I’m thrilled that the panel I proposed was accepted & that
I’m with a stellar group of authors! I love demystifying the submission process!
#writers #writinglife
I hope to see you there if you're attending!

This book hit all of my sweet spots:
-Set in the 1920s in Washington DC
-features many historic Black intellectuals and writers
-a creative envisioning of the spirit world
-immersive story telling
-Great female friendships and strong heroine
#fantasy

Still buzzing from Claire Dederer’s stellar talk “Monsters Among Us” at the Cleveland Museum of Art w/the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities. We puzzled together over ‘What do we do with great art made by bad people?’ Short answer: see the art & add a lot of context
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