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January 8, 2023

Giving Myself Permission to Write Shit

I had a post for you, towards the end of last year, then fear stopped me. It wasn’t good enough I thought, but then it never really is for me…or rarely. Whenever I pick up a pen…well, actually I don’t…

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December 31, 2022

One Last Post…For 2022, Of Course

I’ve been watching YouTube vlogs and Instagram posts of people recapping their year. With less than an hour and a half left before 2023 steps on the scene, I thought I too will reflect on this past year. Not gonna…

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November 20, 2022

No New Friends…Wait!

Friends, How many of us have them Friends, Ones you can depend on                 — Lyrics from the song “Friends” by Whodini If you grew up in the 80s like I did and you were into hip-hop, you probably know…

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October 31, 2022

How a Rat Reminded Me not to Settle

I’ve lived in my apartment for a long time – longer than I care to share here, though one day I will tell, perhaps in a book. There are things that I like about this apartment like the size –…

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October 9, 2022

My Self-Publishing Journey: When Things Don’t Go as Planned

I was afraid this was going to happen, but I was hoping that it wouldn’t. Once again, I am so behind on my book-publishing activities. I had it all planned out. I was supposed to spend 40 hours on editing….

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September 26, 2022

My Self-Publishing Journey: Retrieving files from a broke down computer

It’s been about 11 years, and finally I was able to get into my old desktop computer– the kind that had what we called a tower back in those days, and an old analog monitor. The very first computer I…

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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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