Entrepreneur in Spring Time
This is my dVerse contribution for this week. The theme is spring. If you want to read more poetry on this topic, click on the aforementioned link. I see her…
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NaPoWriMo Day 8 – Actually – A Palinode Poem
Due to my work load and emotional state, I initially decided not to participate in NaPoWriMo this year. My love of poetry is pulling me in though so I will…
Liquid Gaming?
Could gaming be the new after work cocktail? I used to unwind on Friday nights or hell, any night, with an after six drink with my girls or a date…
Zany, Twisty, Crazy List of Things Writers Obsess Over
I’m feeling listy today. So let me set the scene for you. Earlier I was in my PJs’ lying toward the foot of my bed with my laptop elevated on a makeshift…
A Writer’s Life Deconstructed
On any given day in any of our lives we can go through a myriad of emotions, create our greatest work or be hit with a tragedy so piercing that…
And The Winner Is…
What I love most about being a social media marketing professional is that I get to be online a LOT. I am always looking for content and as a news…
Losing Blog Followers & How To Get Them Back
Blogging Saved Me. Literally. I created my old blog Lyric Fire when I was out of work. It helped to have a place to write and record my feelings and…
Cookie’s Chronicles – A Poem Inspired by the TV Show Empire
If you be my Lucious, I will be your Cookie Awww sookie, sookie! Now  Listen to this  You can keep your money Because our love is like…
Welcome to My New Author Website!
It’s been a long time coming, but my transition from a site solely for blogging to a full-fledged author site is complete! I created my blog Lyric Fire in 2009 and…
Remembering Odella – One Year Gone
On this day last year my mom died. I’d just come back from Mexico. A much needed vacation. I still felt the sun on my neck. The scent of suntan…
My New Author Website Update!
As I prepare for my literary agent to start sending out my manuscript pitches, one of my homework assignments was to turn my blog into an author website. That means…
I Signed With a Literary Agency! – The Path to Publication Continues!
For those of you that follow this blog you know that I have been on a journey to get published and I am pleased to announce that I’m getting even…
#Beyonce Inspired Six-Word Memoir Voted Best of The Week on Smith Magazine Site!
Hello readers! My Six-Word Memoir on the SMITH Magazine | The Six Word Memoir Project site was voted one of the best last week! I was so busy that I…
My Ancestry.com Results Are In!
HI have always wondered where my ancestors hailed from and that is not only because I was adopted. I just have a natural curiosity about people and their family trees…
Omar’s “Skirt,” Lupita’s Skin and the Horrible State of Disgrace We’re Currently Living In
As an artist who writes, I pay close attention to what we love, loathe and what we fear. I must say it’s been a pleasure for me to see the…
Where Has My Muse Gone?
Actually, I don’t think I ever had a muse. I’ve always seen myself as a pure writer filled with ideas and I imagined that they came to me organically and…
Lyric Fire Promotion: Attention Fashion Bloggers: Join the Paletly Preferred Blogger Program & Make Money!
I’m not known as a fashionista, but as a creative, I love and respect the artistry that goes into the many modes of fashion creation. So, I am stepping out…
Christmas Greetings From Lyric Fire!
We are finally close to Christmas and the end of 2013 and my goodness what a year it has been! I have much to be thankful for and even though…
The Life-Box Collection (A Poetic Short-Stack Trio Set-Life’s Challenges) Vol II
Life has a way of throwing us about the walls of it’s structure, bruising us from top to bottom, soothing us with lushness and lulling us into feeling so damn…