MusuWrites

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When Pain is Not Processed

Imagine, a piece of fruit that’s been sitting in your fridge for weeks. The time has come and gone for you to throw it out, but it continues to sit on the shelf, slowly rotting. Even though the refrigerator slows...
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Our First Writing Workshop

Over the weekend, I had the priveledge of being a part of a local woman’s summit, hosted by Bernadette Brawner of S.H.E.E, Sisters Helping Empower Each Other. Bernadette held her first annual She’s Got a Story to Tell Summit and...
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Welcome to the new and improved Musu Writes!!!

It has been an INCREDIBLE several months!!!! With the completion of my first book, The Next Time I Leave is fresh off the shelves and I’m so excited! It’s been a lot of work, but we’re finally here! It’s been...
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Your Mind Has to Get There Before You do.

Being in an abusive relationship takes a serious toll on someone. I personally feel the real work starts with recovering and learning to just “be” again, but I’ll get to that in a minute. Right now, I just want to...
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Mind Platter: My discussion with Author Najwa Zebian.

Author Najwa Zebian recently discussed her book, Mind Platter with me on La Femme de Prose. To be honest, I hadn’t heard of this young author  and poet before and I’m surprised at that. Najwa has been featured in the...
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Does Forgiveness Include Responsibility?

I’ll never forget the moment, I was locked in frustration trying to move on to completing the next chapter of my book. I had been dreading this moment for months, because I knew what it entailed. Putting this book together...
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La Femme de Prose Out and About – Momma’s Safe Haven

I had the great privilege of attending a recent community event hosted by Author, Speaker and Community Leader Beverly Smith. It was the 3rd Annual Black Wall Street, Southeast Ceremony, in which community leaders were honored and the city’s youth...
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La Femme de Prose Out and About!

For those who may not know, I currently host a weekly podcast, La Femme de Prose, with the support of Focus on Women Magazine. We converse primarily with women authors, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and so-forth. It has been a very rewarding...
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Never Hurt Again? Here’s Some Reality For You.

A few years ago I was in a really dark place. I was in the midst of an unhealthy relationship and it just seemed like there was no way out. To make it worse, I found myself in another hurtful...
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A Look at Child Abuse: Something Needs to be Done

Child abuse is unfortunately an issue that is severely overlooked. The scary part is, most abuse cases happen under someone who is loved and supposed to be trusted. What’s even worse, when most of these cases go to court, the...