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If You #BoycottDove You Better Boycott #Unilever & All Its Other Brands
A friend posted an article from the Independent entitled Dove regrets its racist Facebook advert. Well, that got my attention. Here's a small clip of the ad: [easyembed field="video-dove"] After reading the article, I started perusing the comments. Someone replied...
The Real Reason Why #SelfPublished #Books Are Not Giving Authors Instant Overnight Authority (or Changing the World)
I sat in a free breakfast seminar the other morning. I was in the back of the room watching a man, a perceived expert in book marketing, go through his book self-publishing book “manifesto.” He spent the first 90-minutes telling us how bad it is out there in the...
#JimCarrey Isn’t Crazy; He’s #Woke
[easyembed field="video-jim"] Jim Carrey is being called bizarre based on the interview above. Many are questioning his mental state; but what most don't understand is that Jim is simply woke. And which introvert hasn't felt that way? You're in some social situation,...
The Historical Trauma Sansa and Arya Stark Sliced Away That Their Mother and Aunt Could Not
I'm a social historian. Background and obscure characters from the past interest me. I enjoy giving significant attention to the voices of insignificant characters. In essence, I dig through the archives to discover the forgotten stories of dead people. Part of my...
5 Reasons Why You Must Wake Early and Write Expressively
Recently on Facebook, I got a message from a colleague: You help people write for full expression. Do I have that right? If so, what are the benefits of writing expressively? I have a client I think may benefit." After writing seven books, I started writing...
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[Manifesto] Writing Is My Activism
You’ll never see me in the streets marching with a placard sign. That’s not me. That’s never been me. So, I write. And I write some more. And I write even more. Some days, I write for only 30-minutes. Other days, I write for four hours. Writing is my activism. I...
My Year of No: How One Simple Word Helped Me to Finally Live Free
My darling, I'm in a flow right now. I'm in a floooooooooow." I think I whispered those words to a young girl who approached me while I was sitting at the library. I say I think because I was listening to music while she was talking. MC Lyte's Paper Thin wafted...
The #NOMOChallenge – Why I’m Doing It
Why am I seeing his pulled pork masterpiece in my newsfeed again? I wondered to myself. About four days earlier, a friend in my friends' list posted a photo of the piece of pork he grilled on his barbeque. Four days later, it was still showing up in my Facebook...
Calling All #Influencers: Have You Written 3,244 Words in the Past 4-Days?
Some of the biggest influencers in our history have written some of the most influential pieces of poetry, plays, and ideas. King David wrote most of the psalms in the Bible and it is read by many Christians who find comfort through his words. William Shakespeare...