This article was originally posted on About Freelance Writing on August 29, 2011. If you are a writer, you should have a blog. A blog is an online representation of you and your writing, which will allow people to get to know you better personally and professionally. You can use it to document your knowledge,…
Author: Ms. Marcie
I am a writer, blogger, trainer and author who loves sharing little known and unknown facts.
Marcie’s Top 10 “Must Read” Black History Books
I absolutely love reading Black history books. I feel like an Educated Negro even though I have not read half the books that have been written. Anyway, allow me to share some of the more popular Black history books. I have only read half of these books, but I can’t wait to get to the…
Marcie Recommends: Believe You Can: The Power of a Positive Attitude
Believe You Can: The Power of a Positive Attitude by John Mason is an easy-to-read book of positive words and affirmations. I saw this book in Walgreens on Tuesday. After flipping through a few pages that really made me feel good, I knew I just had to have it. I purchased it on Wednesday, and…
African American Students Ages 13 – 16 Needed to Read with Me
I need 8 African American students ages 13 -16 who like to read Black history books to read with me. It doesn’t in matter which state they live. Ideally, I’ll have 1 male and 1 female in each age group. What: We will read a couple Black history books together Why: To read, discuss and…
Many Thanks to Sprint
I would like to commend Sprint representatives on working with me with my recent phone issue. Long story short: I got a new handset, my text messaging didn’t work, and the staff worked with me to make sure my issue was resolved. There were good and bad parts to this experience. The Bad I called…
Check out My Interviews on The Write Design Company and Shorty
Remember I said I was going to start interviewing bloggers and business owners for The Write Design Company? Well, I started my blogger interviews at Blogging While Brown. I conducted an audio interview with Danyelle Little ~aka~ The Cubicle Chick and a video interview with Chrystal from the Duo Dishes. They came out very well….
Are Your Plans in Writing? Here’s What Brian Tracy Has to Say
I recently finished reading Goals! How to Get Everything You Want – Faster Than you Ever Thought Possible by Brian Tracy, and he wrote “All successful people work from written plans.” It was found that business owners who had completed business plans before they began operations were more likely to succeed even though many never…
Progress in My Writing Life
I often give periodic updates on what’s happening in my writing world, and I feel the need to share today. Book Completion Coaching I am happy to report that I have 2 clients who want to be coached to completed books. The first client is an 87-year-old writing a memoir about her life as a…
Marcie’s Media Moment: Mixed Race and Light Skin Do Not Accurately Reflect the Black Community
Mixed-raced children do not accurately reflect African American children, and I need the media to stop throwing them in our faces as if they do. Allow me to digress for a second. Have you ever really looked at the advertisements in the newspapers and commercials? These companies throw all of these curly-haired children with a…
Marcie’s Discovery: My Purpose in Writing
This has been a very enlightening weekend for me. Yesterday I attended a workshop given by the Ethnic News Media a division of the Community Media Workshop at Columbia College on covering youth violence. And I just left the Tavis Smiley & Cornel West’s Poverty Tour at St. Sabina. The common theme of both events…