[Last updated: September 21, 2021]
Everybody’s reading: “I Attended a Black Art Exhibit and 90% of the Crowd was White”
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My latest fiction piece: “Can You Hear Me?”
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This week’s music recommendation: Pressure — Ari Lennox
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My creative process needed some tweaking. Does yours?
When I learned about the Save the Cat beat sheet last year, I felt like Neo after he took the red pill in The Matrix. …
We gettin’ spooky in the new issue of my newsletter! Can I get a booOOoOooOOOOOoooo?
I’ve got horror recommendations, an extra-long writer’s log, and more in the latest issue. Go check it out below! Also, subscribe to the newsletter if you haven’t already.
Shoutout to everyone who checks out my…
Why couldn’t the show hold my attention?
There are no Squid Game spoilers here y’all.
I almost quit watching Squid Game, the global sensation on track to becoming Netflix’s most-watched show, five minutes into the first episode.
Throughout the past year or so, as I’ve spent a hellish amount of time coddled by the instant gratification of…
An essay on creativity, visibility, and the downsides of technology
After winning the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology series or Movie, I May Destroy You creator, writer, co-director, and executive producer (as well as one of my fave people and career crushes) Michaela Coel used her speech to give advice to fellow writers. …
October interview questions with The Brain is a Noodle
These questions were created by Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) for the writers of the Medium publication The Brain is a Noodle.
[1] Does writing energize or exhaust you?
It’s definitely both. Freewriting, letting the words flow in an inhibited manner from my mind to my fingers to the page, is energizing. …
Failure doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
At the beginning of September, I stood upon my virtual soapbox, puffed my chest, and proclaimed proudly that I was going to complete a 30-day Medium Challenge — posting 30 times in 30 days.
Today is September 30th and this is the 20th post of the month. Unless I bust…
It’s time for a new newsletter y’all! I give the deets on one of my career crushes in the latest issue.
Check out the writing prompts, pop culture recommendations and more at the link below. …
The best way to say goodbye to summer is through music.
A tradition I started with myself, years ago, is starting a new Spotify playlist every season. Each playlist includes newly released tracks from that season that I loved— at the moment at least. But, by the season’s end, some tracks are well-worn, like faded jeans, and others collect dust.
Now…
I read this book in less than four days. I was hooked.
Bleaker House, written by Nell Stevens, is about a writer who wins a fellowship to research and write a book anywhere in the world, all-expenses-paid. …
Nia Simone McLeod
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