I Graduated Today!
Today, May 25, 2022, I gradated with my Master’s in Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from University of Baltimore. I am extremely proud of myself and my fellow writers in the program. We have faced countless days and nights writing, rewriting, reading, analyzing, brainstorming, crying, laughing, and encouraging one another. We have […]
MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts Program Celebrates Return of In-Person Book Festival and Performance
Annual event returns to Wright Theater on May 14 The University of Baltimore’s M.F.A. in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts program is delighted to announce the return of its in-person reading and book fair. After going virtual the past two years due to COVID-19, the program will once again hold its annual live event to […]
My Experience as a Graduate
I’ve been in school nonstop. I thought after I graduated with my BA in English that I would take a nice long break, work, and increase my savings account. But nope, I decided to continue my education but this time it was focused on creative writing and the world of publishing. I returned to The […]
Stay Encouraged in the Lord
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8, Psalm 121, Hebrews 13:5, 2 Timothy 1:7, Isaiah 41:10, John 14:1 Today we are facing a global pandemic on the top of the rise of violence, hardships in our lives, in our health, in our families, and even in our jobs. There are so many factors that play a role to […]
Why Do I Write?
Um… because I want to. Duh! But really, have you ever sat back to think about this question? To allow the question to marinate into your mind, your heart, and your soul until its clutching your lungs so you can’t breathe? I love asking myself this question from time to time. It’s one of those […]
Capture
The Opening Sentence, the First Paragraph, and the First Page ~~~ I have a dark confession to make. The best part about writing the first line is that I got you to read this one. Who doesn’t like a good confession story? I believe the commonality between humans is the inexcusable desire to feed one’s […]
My Attempt to try Cormac McCarthy’s Writing Style
So for my Fabulism class this semester, we had a creative assignment to mimic the writing style of Cormac McCarthy. In particular, his book The Road, possessed page long sentences, a poetic language to his visual descriptions, and almost to no punctuations. Then there’s McCarthy’s style of writing on very dark and gloomy subjects. This […]
The Strangest has reached 1k!
Hello Fairest of the Fair! I have some STRANGE news to tell you today! Because of you amazing readers, The Strangest has met the 1,000 mark on Wattpad today! I give you a thousand – no – a million thank yous for supporting and reading my books. To show my appreciation, I posted two chapters […]
2021 New Year Goals
Hello Fairest of the Fair! This year was not only been strange, but sad and scary. But we must continue to have hope and pray for this Covid-19 to go away and for people suffering from this virus all over the world. Not just the USA. So as we are soon to enter Year 2021, […]
INSIDE SCOOP: Thaqrid Jamar
Hello Fairest of the Fair! It’s time for an Inside Scoop on The Fairest Series! So today, I just posted Chapter 11: The Nest in The Fairest sequel The Strangest. A new point-of-view character has been introduced. His name is Thaqrid Jamar. Now you will be able to read more about him in the Character […]
