tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65451794196072251792010-07-28T20:49:58.890-07:00A Hidden JewellMy secret thoughts on love, life, fashion, music and the ups & downs of writing my contemporary African-American novel…all things kept hidden until now! xoxoxoxowashinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125AHiddenJewellhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-70613167331153880242010-07-28T19:11:00.000-07:002010-07-28T20:16:28.874-07:002010-07-28T20:16:28.874-07:00Interview w. KayKi!
Kanisha McSwain, known to her family, friends, & supporters as KayKi, started kaykispeaks.com back in 2009 and nearly one year later she had caught the full attention of the twitter world, MTV, and me! KayKi knew she couldn't be the only one who wanted entertainment blog news minus the negativity & gossip (she was right) and thus she breathed life into her blog and has been giving it to her washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-14928303535739480712010-07-22T18:45:00.001-07:002010-07-22T19:23:32.485-07:002010-07-22T19:23:32.485-07:00Zippity Do Dah
Yes, it had to be done….sometimes I just feel the need for it. I took some time off from blogging just to reamp myself amid all the chaos in my life right now. When things get really anxious in life, I have to sort of step in my serene little imaginary box & do some intense prayer, meditation, yoga… otherwise I may just haul off & slap a b.ish for no reason at all. Haha. J/K.
So I'm sitting washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-49116559944286677702010-07-02T06:51:00.000-07:002010-07-02T07:05:33.934-07:002010-07-02T07:05:33.934-07:00#WriterFab!BlogPickoftheWeek:07/02/10:ProlificLiving
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Hope you dolls like this 'blogpickoftheWeek' as much as me! (at least the song by 'Paramore'...I can't get enough of that band, lol) Love to hear your thoughts...do you practice yoga like me & Farnoosh? What kind of healthy foods do you eat? Ever gotten training from washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-89074410553377742642010-06-28T19:08:00.000-07:002010-06-29T08:15:46.619-07:002010-06-29T08:15:46.619-07:00FCG Guest Post: My take on ‘Question of the Week’
So if you're a woman that longs to be informed, inspired, and empowered, but you haven't heard nor visited Jamie Fleming's site ForColoredGurls.Com then I'm just going to attribute that you've been under some virtual rock somewhere. Hehe. But, alas love, no worries! FCG and AHJ have teamed up where I will now be a regular contributing blogger to the site & I can't tell you how excited I am! The washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-71094711831947910232010-06-23T21:40:00.000-07:002010-06-23T22:08:23.133-07:002010-06-23T22:08:23.133-07:00My FaveFour!Hey Loves!
-Just wanted to show you a glimpse of me & things that I had a chance to love a little more this week! The smilebox link will show you the thoughts from my heart, so just one little click and wa-lah!... you've got instant access into my week's FaveFour: Drake's New Album, Time w. my Family, Writing (of course, lol) & Kobe Bryant! Enjoy! Muah!
If you prefer reading about my fave washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-43477945481738255962010-06-22T18:36:00.001-07:002010-06-23T19:08:38.478-07:002010-06-23T19:08:38.478-07:00Play your mind to Success
Henry Ford said, "If you think you can, or if you think you can't… you're right." He knew that the mind is a key component to success. Are you using your mind to fund your writing career?
I personally went through dozens of ideas & self-rejected themes before I came up with a solid idea for this blog. And you don't even wanna know how many times I lay in bed, eyes wide open, driving myself washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-71153865998684507622010-06-22T04:22:00.001-07:002010-06-23T19:36:40.621-07:002010-06-23T19:36:40.621-07:00#WriterFab!BlogPickOftheWeek:06/22/10
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washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-57486250262782896752010-06-11T19:16:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:49:27.797-07:002010-06-23T19:49:27.797-07:00A good book is hard to findSo I just spent half the evening talking to my ex...who over the last five years has become one of my best friends in life. In our four hour convo, we talked about everything; one of those things was discovering that finding your life partner is much like finding that book that changes everything for you.
And as we started talking, I started thinking. I came to the realization that in looking washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-85283815353585518192010-06-06T15:49:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:51:14.721-07:002010-06-23T19:51:14.721-07:00Exact Change Please!So I'm coming to realize more than ever that there is no other way in life to avoid change, unless I'm putting exactly 65cents into the vending machine when I'm craving a can of Coca-Cola. You see, change is inevitable. It can't be avoided,evaded, or escaped. Oh yes,it's sure to happen and whether I like it or not there's nothing I can do to alter that.
Now don't get me wrong, change is good. washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-85914280600644593392010-05-23T11:25:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:39:04.834-07:002010-06-23T19:39:04.834-07:00Poetry reading tonight @ 6A friend thought I might like to read something, it will be my first time & IF i decide to do it (nervous, lol) I wrote this up. I'm printing it out & sticking it down inside my new BeBe purse, although it may never make it back out (I'll keep ya posted) Anyhoo, let me know your thoughts & leave me one of your fave poems written by you or someone else, I'd love to read!
Captivations & washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-75053814416789555592010-05-23T10:15:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:39:26.059-07:002010-06-23T19:39:26.059-07:00Working a lot on the novel & in the office. I've got a lot of goals set that I wanna reach & I have no plans on stopping now! I'm so focused & motivated! If anything or anyone were to happen in my life right now that would create a deflection of my goals, I'd pray & get right back on track. I know this sounds so simple..but it used to take SOO much more than that to get me back on track. I'd be washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-56942500729910085072010-05-11T21:01:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:39:48.275-07:002010-06-23T19:39:48.275-07:00I LOVE FEEDBURNER
Now if I can just figure out how to interactively link it with my blog & twitter w/o frying my techno brain cells, I'll think I'll be okay. LOL!
pssst...Feedburner is how you can sign up to get all my lovely posts in your email, on your Yahoo/Google homepage, or any rss reader you have. I finally took the leap & signed up for email subscriptions from one of my fave book bloggers,Notorious washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-40803740458224412322010-05-03T17:23:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:40:39.788-07:002010-06-23T19:40:39.788-07:00Searching for my creative soul
I'm always always looking for this! For us writers, our creative souls is the footprint for our story ideas. When we truly look inside of it, we can find the smallest story idea. And THAT'S what can make the biggest impression in our books. Doesn't matter if your story idea is small, if it has real meaning to you...then use it! I'm really trying not to stress about coming up with this washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-12791326168607370592010-04-21T17:37:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:41:00.485-07:002010-06-23T19:41:00.485-07:00#Wednesday Writer Fab!
@kroby1 (Kimberla Lawson Roby)is a New York Times bestselling, african-american contemporary-romance author published by Harper-Collins. Roby (imo) is the epitomy of self-made writing fabulosity! Her debut book, Behind Closed Doors, was originally self-published through her own company, Lenox Press. Since then Mrs. Kimberla Lawson Roby has given us 13 more books, all surrounding very real washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-47909185972274646472010-04-14T18:43:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:41:36.858-07:002010-06-23T19:41:36.858-07:00NOW willing to work & write...Came across some inspiring words online tonight pushing me to get my novel COMPLETED. Yes, yes, I've done some tweeking on my characters (ONCE again) but I have a good outline going & I really, really think I'm going to see this thing through. Soooo I got a little downhearted today, I had to work late in my office, I had a headache, I was aggravated, no, I was really more than aggravated, I was washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-63988142337539348362010-03-30T15:23:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:42:16.289-07:002010-06-23T19:42:16.289-07:00Hello my luvs!
-I really want to start posting more often..w. life & all of its craziness, whew! I can hardly get a second to breath much less write, write, write! But I was born for this challenge & I'm ready! Expect to see more of me! I've been motivated recently by one of my besties who got some inspiration to start her own blog...thought I should show mine a little more appreciation! Like I washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-40128341968929894592010-03-08T16:32:00.000-08:002010-06-23T19:43:24.223-07:002010-06-23T19:43:24.223-07:00My Life As Jewell...Ten ways I'm taking control! I've just been feeling really blessed lately and enjoying life to the fullest. Even when negative thoughts & doubts try to creep in I put on my mental diva glasses...because they help me to focus. Focus on my strengths. Focus on my accomplishments. Focus on my goals. Besides feeling down & stuck is SO not 2010. So here's what I do to stay on a good path for me washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-59683316799716521842010-02-09T18:26:00.000-08:002010-06-23T19:42:38.232-07:002010-06-23T19:42:38.232-07:00Great Writer Fab! Ode to Bebe Moore Campbell
So this evening my agenda was to wash my hair after work...check. Twitter, jusssst a little...check. And catch up on my Twilight reading,on Eclipse, chp 5..TEAM EDWARD LOVE..check! lol. Anyhoo I put the book down for a second to catch up on some celeb gossip & saw a YBF blog post about Maia Campbell and how life is treating her a bit better. Maia Campbell(who played Tiffany on LL Cool J's 'Inwashinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-15187057389886318492010-01-25T19:06:00.000-08:002010-06-23T19:43:50.459-07:002010-06-23T19:43:50.459-07:00Did I mention moving can take over your ENTIRE LIFE if you let it?
Trying to get everything organized to move across town into a bigger place(3 bedroom, 2bathroom house) feels like an uphill battle with a Uhaul truck on my back. Between the boxes, the organizing, the packing only to unpack, arrrghhhh anybody have any tips to help me keep my sanity? (sidenote: I could be moving AGAIN in less than six months with my job, which IS a good opportunity but ALSO washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-48622894126090535332010-01-13T20:10:00.000-08:002010-06-23T19:44:23.453-07:002010-06-23T19:44:23.453-07:00It's been a rough few days & I've discovered this one fact...and it makes me so happy that all I want to do is just say it.
At the end of all your days...no matter how rough they seem... in order to make it through...with friends, family, co-workers, bosses, & just life in general remember this one thing:
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.
washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-5024530233337352092010-01-09T10:10:00.001-08:002010-06-23T19:45:35.095-07:002010-06-23T19:45:35.095-07:00DREAM BIG
The B.Scott Show: Mariah Carey Interview
LOVE LOVE LOVE this vid! 1. I'm a HUGE B.Scott fan..aka love muffin...I love B.Scott's passion to never give up on his dreams. He started out a young man from N.C just posting to youtube & a few years later look where he is now. He just motivates me to keep going for your dreams (even after you tube showed the a$$ and pulled his videos about a week washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-68863048989573410742010-01-07T18:01:00.001-08:002010-06-23T19:46:22.238-07:002010-06-23T19:46:22.238-07:00Sleep when I die?
-You know this line^. Supposedly all the hustlers, celebrities and uber-successful don't really sleep that much…they're too busy working. Well, I work really hard, b/c I want to be really successful so I decided that if I cut my sleep down from 8 hours a night, maybe I could squeeze a little more writing in. So yesterday, I worked from 9am-8pm & then worked on my writing, blog & twittered until washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-5436290973262802902009-12-31T19:11:00.001-08:002010-06-23T19:46:56.360-07:002010-06-23T19:46:56.360-07:00
I'm ready for love with the year 2010
Two-Thousand and Ten…I won't let you down
I know for twelve months you'll only be around
The things we'll do together will be so profound
You drop the ball on me, make my heart start to pound
Body, mind & soul start to race, a new physique of me breaking through
We haven't yet met, yet I can already say I love you
To that dude 2K9, I'm saying 'bye'.. washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545179419607225179.post-39035057189776947382009-12-27T09:32:00.000-08:002009-12-27T09:34:15.436-08:002009-12-27T09:34:15.436-08:00Urban word of the weekHarajuku Barbiefly b.ishes who are about gettin money. term was made popular by nicki minaj. it's what she calls herself and others who are into her music and her style.Ex. "carter called lemme get tha car key. you don't want it wit tha harajuku barbie" -nicki minajDon't be a strawberry shortcake, all my HB's know what that is, lol! Visit Urban Dictionary's site for more more urban words...washinjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06573526257248997794noreply@blogger.com4