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July 27, 2026

Writing Practice: Did I Tell You I Lost 30lbs?

And what better way to celebrate other than…you guessed it, eating some food. That caused me to pile the pounds back on to the tune of 234 pounds. I’ve since dropped back down to 227 pounds.  My ultimate goal is…

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July 7, 2026

My Self-Publishing Journey: Can Maya Angelou & Zora Neale Hurston Help Me Finally Remove the Needle from a Broken Record?

Back in 2002, when the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was still held at UCLA instead of USC where they have it now, I attended for the first time and met Maya Angelou. Well, met might be too strong…

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April 29, 2026

Show Me the Expert! Why is it so Easy to Get That Title? And Why it Shouldn’t Be!

In this day and social-media age where anyone can pick up a device and blast themselves into the minds of potentially millions while also having a chance to make money doing it, many have decided to take technology up on…

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March 25, 2026

Please Pardon Me: Thoughts on Body Positivity, GLP-1s, a Rediscovered song and Editing

Please pardon me, I’m trying to figure out how to say this without being offensive. Then again, offense is so subjective, so here goes… Recently I was watching one of my favorite shows, Jenna & Sheinelle. They had this body…

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February 11, 2026

My Self-Publishing Journey: Slow Progress is Still Progress

I’m learning to trust my instincts. I still have a long way to go. You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you’re not sure about something? When something’s just not right? That’s the feeling I had regarding…

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January 31, 2026

My Self-Publishing: Here I Go Again

But life has a way of disappointing you into a place where you revisit your dreams. Congratulations, Me! I’m embarking on my self-publishing journey again. Just as a little refresher, I wrote a rather long short story over 20 years…

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Hello! Welcome to Shirscribe! I know my face doesn't look so welcoming in this photo, it's just that I did those braids myself and I actually like this pic. But I am really happy you're here, so come on in, have a look around, read a post or 50, comment if you'd like and come back soon!

Introducing My Writing Practice!

You know, writing rarely comes easy for me. Most of the time I mull over it forever, then edit it and edit it,  only for it to still be filled with errors, or just not be quite right.

Part of the problem is I’m reaching for that old unattainable perfection. The other part is I need to read and write more.

So this is me, writing more.

In this series, I’m giving myself two hours to write about a topic of my choice nonstop, and 30 minutes to edit it before I post it here, just as it is.  The great sentences and the incoherent ones with spelling and grammatical errors too.  I’m just going to write and see what it will be.

I’ll be posting these writing practices once a week. I’m not sure which day, and maybe no particular day, just one time a week, with no end date as of now.

I can be so insecure about my writing, so I think this will be helpful.

Here’s to writing and getting better at it!

Thanks for reading!

7.27.2026

Mood…

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. — Psalm 46:4

Lord, let me be that river.

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