In First Published Book, We Missed A Meeting, There Is A Relatively Vast Use of The N-Word, And It May Make Some Readers Uncomfortable.Alright, so We Missed A Meeting is officially out now and available on Amazon. By now, most people have probably received their copy if they're using Prime, or are currently awaiting their signed copies from me personally. But before you break the book's spine, there's something that is to be said about this piece, both in warning and in dismissal: there is use of the n-word all throughout the book. More importantly than the use of this very controversial word is the fact that I have no plan on altering this very key element from the text.
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The above tweet that went out early this week has been churning in my mind for quite some time now. Based on a simple Twitter, I was able to somewhat streamline my blog focus for the folks who wanted to hear some insights, more maybe inspiration - or motivation - about having a job and a side hustle.
I'll be honest, though, folks. Nothing I say can garnish results. None of what is going to come from this particular blog is going to be of so much substance that you smack your boss in the job with a keyboard and walk out our your day job. Nope. What it will do, though, is motivate you to get your eternal shit together. This new series, Side Hustlers' Anthem is going to run down the creative and productive aspects of getting your creative juices flowing, as well as include some testimonials from my own experiences. Take from it what you can. I remember sitting in an early morning sales room at Toyota. The general manager, a portly old white man with a high-pitched southern drawl went around the room asking everyone what they listened to in the mornings on their way to work. His belief was that a salesman should be listening to lectures, podcasts, and tutorials that would be beneficial to their growth as a salesman. When he got to me, I expressed aloud that I didn't listen to Tony Robbins, or any of the sales genius, that morning I had listened to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. He literally paused. And went to the next person.
"The Black Grasshopper", the second entry of Life In The Garden was posted to the MarvelTheWriter Wattpad page on October 30, 2016. A year after the original posting of "In the Garden with Lizard and Snake", I wanted it to be known that The Garden would be a collection of short stories, all intertwining various characters in the garden itself.
This particular story highlights the tale of the Grasshoppers' culture and rituals, and the journey Black Grasshopper takes following three years of struggling with his molting process. Rather than understanding what he can do to grow, he tries to find the source of the Garden's annual Great Gust so that no other grasshoppers might molt into adulthood. You will figure it out when it all falls down." Haven’t taken a read of my short story, The Black Grasshopper? Check it out here at Wattpad: Read The Black Grasshopper.
As I’m preparing to do my “year in review” posts and gather up and box 2016 as a year, I’m thinking of how this year was so filled with ups and downs. There was a lot going on. |
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