A great organization to support
Black Girls Rock promotes positive images of black women in the media. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-10-11-black-girls-rock_N.htm
Excerpt from my novel
Thanks to some good FB friends for helping me over my writer’s block last Tuesday. The following is an excerpt based on that brainstorm. The main character, Victoria and her boyfriend have just gotten into-and then out of-their first fight, and she decides to journal her feelings. **** So I thought I knew what love
Congrats, President Obama!
My thoughts on why President Obama deserves the Nobel Prize and why people criticize him for accepting it.
Healthcare = opportunity for control?
As I hear those who oppose the reform speak in town hall meetings, I feel like one part of their argument doesn’t hold water. Some have said, they are opposed to health care reform because they don’t want government controlling their health care; they want to be able to control their own health care.
“Tell them that it’s human nature…”
Michael’s music is not just a good time in a club. It’s not just a soundtrack to some great childhood memories. It’s the evidence that a great artist can do anything.
What happens if true journalism dies?
I had a conversation the other day with a group of die-hard newspaper subscription holders. They were around my parents’ ages, but they were also computer savvy. But they were concerned at how the paper was shrinking, and about different newsgroups going out of business. One told me her friend’s daughter – a journalism major
Radio personality spotted
Spotted yesterday about 1:50 pm: No Limit Larry from Charlotte’s Power 98 Where: Subway at the corner of Mt. Holly-Huntersville and Brookshire Freeway Doing what: Ordering a footlong sub and humming along to “Day and Night” by Kid Cudi.
Good storytelling, bad writing
When I pick up a book from the library or bookstore and read the back cover, I get intrigued by the plot of the story. But before I make that selection, I open to the middle of the book and read a couple of pages. If my skin starts to crawl, it’s over. The book