I'm Just Doing Me…
This question, “What would you do if you were not afraid?”, was asked in a YouTube video and my thoughts raced for at least three hours after I read it. This is a very thought provoking question, because fear is one of the main reasons people don’t pursue their dreams or reach goals. And…
After years of keeping fans waiting in anticipation, The Best Man: The Final Chapters was released on Peacock TV in December 2022. I watched the first episode for free in December and had planned to binge the other seven episodes in the near future. My “near future” turned into five months. Last week…
Facebook‘s parent company, Meta Platforms, Inc, has settled another legal battle, In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, Case No. 3:18-md-02843-VC (N.D. Cal.), and users may be eligible for a cash payment. You can submit a claim at https://www.facebookuserprivacysettlement.com/. I know a lot of people who practically live on Facebook who did…
I’m writing this post because I want to acknowledge my dope supervisor. I don’t feel she gets the credit for her contributions at work, so I’m going to acknowledge her here. I’m only going to use her first name for this post. Kim embodies the spirit of dopeness. In addition to being a great person,…
Did you read comic strips in the newspaper growing up? Have you ever considered writing your own comic strip? You have a chance to do so on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Award-winning comic book writer and graphic novelist Alverne Ball will guide writers through the process of comic book script writing by using different media…
Anger. Stress. Frustration. Loss. Hopelessness. Intimidation. These are feelings LaCoya LaShawn experienced working in corporate America for 15 years. Having to work in such hostile environments, it’s no wonder she titled her first book, “F*** the Fairytale: My Escape from Corporate America”. The first line of her book description on Amazon states, “Although the language…
I was having a conversation with a colleague and he said, “I’ve always wanted to play the piano.” I wanted to say, “No, you haven’t; because if you really wanted to play the piano, you would have started.” You may be saying, “How can you say that? You don’t know that person.”If that wasn’t your…
The Gobble Doggs, a black-owned business that has been serving gourmet turkey hot dogs since 2012, is awarding scholarships to African-American graduating high school seniors who are innovative, forward-thinking and have a passion for business and entrepreneurship. Whether a student opts to attend a college or university, trade/vocational school and/or has or wants to…
I have not yet read “Ode to Toni Morrison (and Collected Poems)” by Jennifer Brown Banks, but my high regard for her personally and professionally is the basis of this book recommendation. When I decided to embark upon a freelance writing career, Jennifer was the only freelance writer I knew. She was (and still is)…
It has been a long while since I last published on Marcie Writes because I lost interest in blogging about blogging and writing. Then the pandemic hit; life changed as we knew it; and my creativity dwindled for awhile. I continued to journal and free write in hopes of finding a “niche”, but that did…