Protect your manuscript. Preserve your energy. Progress your writing through the holiday season. Holiday Headway can help.
As October arrives, the academic and calendar year begins its familiar, frantic acceleration. Grading looms, holiday obligations multiply, and winter fatigue sets in. For Black women scholars and authors, this is usually the season when your writing projects (dissertations, novels, scholarly articles and books) get pushed aside until the new year. But waiting until January…
Legacy Pillar of SDJ is for the Sistahs who are Considering How Their Work Will Outlast Them
Look, I know you’re probably tired of hearing about these SDJ Pillars, but if I don’t tell you about them, who will? And maybe SDJ isn’t for you, but if I don’t tell you about it you won’t know. So I press on. I pray one day Sistahs on the Doctoral Journey will be a…
Inheritance Pillar of SDJ is for the Sistahs who are Creating or Stepping into Something New
Last time, we talked about the Edifice pillar of being a Black woman with a doctorate. Today I’ll remind you of all the pillars and talk about our next pillar: Inheritance. Foundation: You’re in the thick of it — ABD, dissertation mode, survival mode. This is your pillar. Connect with sistahs who are right where…
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I am a writer, coach, and cultural custodian for Black women. I’m invested in preserving and sharing stories and historical perspectives that have been forgotten, neglected, and are being erased. I write about 19th Century literature by and/or about African Americans, and I also write biblical fiction and drama from unexpected perspectives.
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