Creating bliss In response to Everything Fun Writing Prompt When I accepted the challenge to build an inspiring bliss station for my creative work, I started by emptying an entire room down to its bare, dull-white walls. I imagined how I would fill the room, beginning with a fresh coat…

the process changes over time — “How much do you love me?” I held my 4-year-old hands in front of my face and counted each finger. Ten fingers were not enough to express how I felt, so I took off my ruffled socks and counted ten little toes. “Twenty,” I yelled out, “I love you twenty…

Climbing to the top — I write and write until I dig out of the mile-high pile of words that bury me. I am rejuvenated when I stand on top of the mountain with a piece of thoughtful writing in hand. …

Everything leads to writing First and foremost, I am a Southern Girl, down to my bobby socks, Sunday flock, sweet tea, and cornbread and collard greens, without the ham hock. Hey, y’all. Okay, I admit that eating greens without the ham hock to season them to perfection makes me a…

May and the Freedom Fighters — Moving On is a three-part short story about May Williams and her brave decision to leave the Mississippi Delta in 1964. May takes the bus from Hollandale, Mississippi, to Jackson, the state capital in part one. In part two, She meets the nosey Miss Faye, whose intentions are not always…

Defining your truth — “What’s your definition of the truth? I know you have one.” Henery X, the author of Far From Fiction and Medium standout, asked this thought-provoking question. I accepted the challenge. Identifying the process After examining my thoughts, actions, and behavior as if I were reading a book where I was not the main…