It’s been a spring filled with exciting opportunities to share The Black Girl Next Door with readers around the country.  In the coming days, I’ll share what I’ve learned and the effect my travels have had on my writing.
Here’s the link to the Authors@Google I did presented in February. It was an amazing experience.  I [...]

So this past week, I did something for the first time:  I told my editor NO.
At the end of an early chapter, I recounted an important story about my father that I had never heard until I began writing the book in 2006.  When I heard it, I nearly cried.  I was completely shocked: shocked [...]

I handed in another revision of my manuscript a few moments ago.
I finally figured out why I have blogged so much about the process of revision:  the process of revision is a long sort of goodbye.
My book has been about more than just words.  It has been a major relationship in my life.  It has [...]

Revisions are hard.  I know because as I have been revising The Black Girl Next Door, I have been revising my life.  Two excruciating and exhilarating processes that have taught me some important life lessons.
As I’ve said before, the book revisions have been a matter of perspective, understanding my own frame of mind and finding [...]

I’ve heard lots of writers say that writing is revision, and I know what they mean. Because this has been a week of huge insight about revision, I’ve decided to periodically write posts on the subject and devote a category to revision on this blog.
In the last week, the revisions have proven a challenge [...]