Click Link To Read Article By Belle
http://www.abelleinbrooklyn.com/blog/2013/1/7/essence-traveling-while-black.html
Hello All,
Thanks for patiently awaiting my late posts, its well into the first month of the year and I have been planning and plotting on an adventurous and productive year. I have finally committed myself to writing and giving you guys a gigantic window into my life and journey to become a published author, wow that was so easy to write and while writing it my heart skipped two beats and I broke a mini sweat, because I know this journey will be exhilirating and challenging at the same damn time! But with all of you guys support and encouragement I see a great end to this journey.
What Have I been Doing All This Time???
Over the pasts few months I have been networking and joining so many groups to get myself out there, it has been alot of researching and emailing in my attempts at being pointed in the right direction, so I have started following an awesome author/blogger named “Belle”, if you havent heard of her then you need to check her out immediately. She is a relationship advice writer with contributing colums and articles to such elite resources as Essence magazine and Black Enterprise, I love/respect her work and have come to use her as my imaginary mentor on how to represent yourself as a successful writer. I have also realized that with my new found career choice I must upgrade myself education wise (totally by choice). While I am a firey English language guru I must gain a better understanding and dicipline of great writing (Stephen King Say’s “Just write”) ummmm, your Stephen freaking King give me something better to work with, lol! My College professor (English Literature) handed me my 8 page paper on short stories we read throughout the semester and with great intensity went on to tell me “You Should Really Consider Writing as a Career”, of-course I looked around to see who he was talking to (Duh), but totally understood his opinion after going over my grades with an advisor who as politely as possible tried to tell me I suck at every other subject. But, strongly saying, I have a choice become a counselor or writer “choose wisely" she says. So, here I am making my mark in the blogging world.... God Be with me!
What Have I Been Reading..hmmmm???
I have pasted a link above about an article in which Belle talks traveling abroad, I myself have made future plans to venture out into the world of foreign cultures, languages and road maps. And, to my surprise I didnt expect to read about outlandish acts of steroetyping done in other countries to black American tourists, in all honesty I had the calming perception that it would be less pressure to represent myself (Damn you Spice Girls). I had a kind of "they will take me as I am" attitude towards my planning, hoping to be freely open eyed and adventurous as any other tourist. BIG GIGANTIC RED X!!! Apparently traveling abroad is were you really get an idea of how far steroetypes and being portrayed in the media as something you’r not can go, that without even realizing were stuck in this twilight zone of judgement and its WORLD WIDE. But, I don’t have time to let these portrayls of what people see me as, stop me from exploring my planet that God made for us ALL. It actually makes me want to venture out more, and without regard or apology represent the beauty and essence of being Black and Proud.
XoXo
Jules
Peace & Love
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