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November 11, 2025

I Need a Little Christmas

When the clock struck 12 on November 1st, Mariah Carey, aka the Queen of Christmas, declared It’s tiiiiimmmeee! And so, let it be! I am so happy that the Christmas season has begun. I can’t wait to see the first…

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October 28, 2023

My Self-Publishing Journey: What if I Get Rejected?

How was your day today? Here’s how mine went… I did not set one foot outside the door today, but I know it was cold this morning. I woke up tired. I remember back in the day, I don’t know…

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December 22, 2021

The Beauty of Rediscovering an Old Short Story

 I wrote a short story over 20 years ago, well, I started it over twenty years ago, and finished it about a year later. It was so long ago that I don’t even remember my writing process. All I remember…

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August 18, 2020

I Got Laid-off Today

Actually I was laid off Friday, but I found out today, because I didn’t open my email until today.  And I must say, I’m a bit surprised at how hurt I was. I mean I didn’t like that job. Hated…

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June 22, 2020

The Challenges of Becoming a Doer When You’ve Mostly Been a Dreamer

As I’ve mentioned before, one of my favorite YouTube Channels is CNBC Make It.  I like it because it showcases millennials (which I am not, by the way – Gen Xer here) with comfortable incomes ( or at least most…

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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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