“For me, it is extremely important to emphasize that AAE is not a subsect, a second-class citizen of American Standard English. It is its own amalgamation of rich history, survival, love, resistance, and culture—a culture so deep that people around the world are using Black American English terms and phrases.”

This is a resource link guide. Here you will find all of my go to links that helped me understand the craft of writing. This guide will be updated frequently.

“If everyone keeps telling you that you are good, you will never be great. As new writers, we must learn how to take critique. Critique is vital to an author's writing journey.”

“My advice will always be this: the backlash comes when white writers create Black stereotypes instead of writing Black humans. We fear, we hurt, we have ups and downs, we have wins and losses. Write to our humanity, not to your idea of ‘Blackness.’”