I think I poked a sore part of myself writing this, but what's the point of being an author if you can't stare off into the abyss after writing something extremely true and extremely revealing. open.substack.com/pub/fluoresens…

A super interesting part about On Sundays is how literally none of it had to happen or would've happened if there was no nuclear family, if victims of abuse were listened to, and if the Black Christian community wasn't so insular.

Celebrating this win with a COVID and flu test. Something something disabled authors creating great art from their sick beds.

Congratulations to Yah Yah Scholfield for being one of the 2025 O. Henry Prize winners! Their story "Strange Fruit" first appeared in SHR 57.1, and you can read the beginning: lithub.com/strange-fruit/ Pick up the issue: southernhumanitiesreview.com/the-2020s.html… #litmag #writingcommunity #fiction

Oh! Wrong account but I stand by it! There is a soulfulness and meaningfulness and deepness that comes with a choir-trained voice. Georgia Mass, Chicago Mass... Yeah it eats!

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i really do enjoy books where women are doing weird ass shit to their bodies and the people around them, and i wish more Black women were writing Black women who do weird ass shit to themselves and the people around them. I want us to unsettle!

Who am I if not a writer of long posts and big thoughts? fluoresensitive.substack.com/p/who-gets-to-…

Doing my letters asking authors for blurbs... To the four Black icons who are about to meet me, I am pre-sorry but also excited???

i think poetry is best encountered spontaneously. it always feels like a gift, or a small miracle

A) I finally feel well and calm enough to write again, and B) there is nothing I love more than a second person POV

Today's been rough, but this definitely cheered me up! Advance proofs of 'On Sundays, She Picked Flowers '!!

One of my favorite things about being a Black author is not explaining certain things, like. What is known doesn't have to be explained, some things aren't for everyone.

I'm not gonna lie, I really hate the story I wrote about lynching will never not be timely.

Watched a stunning play at the Alliance Theater (Covenant, and if you live in Atlanta, I'm not kidding, you HAVE to watch it, perfect gothic horror), so naturally I have to go home and journal and outline book two.

Our 2026 reading challenges are now live! 🎉 We’ve got the return of our Onboarding Challenge, another 10 new countries for you to visit with StoryGraph Reads the World, as well as 10 fun prompts for our Genre Challenge to get you reading outside of your comfort zone!

She's here, she's born!! After ten years of gestating, Happy book release day to me, to ON SUNDAYS, SHE PICKED FLOWERS! Thank you Saga Press for the opportunity!!