Joshunda Sanders's Blog, page 42
October 5, 2013
"as a writer, if someone falls in love with my work, i know they have fallen in love with my mind...."
“as a writer, if someone falls in love with my work, i know they have fallen in love with my...
October 2, 2013
"I had a wonderful childhood, full of pains and terrors, but also rich with good friends of immensely..."
“I had a wonderful childhood, full of pains and terrors, but also rich with good friends of...
October 1, 2013
Tag, a short love story
My eyes and soul lurched toward each December, crackling with each calendar page. Eight years, two...
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. ~ Voltaire"
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. ~ Voltaire” - Love to my folks in...
September 30, 2013
"Rather than thinking about diversity as this vague yet complicated notion, I like the idea of..."
“Rather than thinking about diversity as this vague yet complicated notion, I like the idea of...
"Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you."
““Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not...
"I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down..."
“I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you...
September 28, 2013
flavorpill: Why Aren’t More People Talking About Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Men We Reaped’?
flavorpill: Why Aren’t More People Talking About Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Men We Reaped’?: flavorpill:
"This...
"This...
September 27, 2013
explore-blog:
The Atlantic'sTa Nehisi Coates adds to the...
The Atlantic'sTa Nehisi Coates adds to the collected advice of successful writers and shares his wisdom on writing, grit, and failure:
Breakthroughs come from stress … from putting an inordinate amount of pressure on yourself and seeing what you can take and hoping that you grow some new muscles. It’s not really this mystical — it’s like repeated practice over and over and over again, and suddenly you become something you had no idea you could be… .
I strongly believe that writing is an act of courage.
Pair with Neil Gaiman’s advice to aspiring writers and Debbie Millman on courage and the creative life, then revisit psychologist Angela Duckworth’s work on why grit is the key to success.
