To be seen is not the same as being recognized. Invisible Man exposes how visibility can be conditional, transactional—even manipulated. As DEI rollbacks and book bans rise, Ellison’s novel feels eerily relevant.

When I stood before Mrs. Ogburn’s third-grade class to recite “Mother to Son,” I could feel my “childness” trying to hold something too large for my small hands—its mass and weight slipping through my fingers.

This Black History Month, let’s accept the invitation to immerse ourselves in the brilliance of our literary ancestors and receive their words as catalysts that spark our own.

Dr. King’s legacy teaches us that writing, when wielded with purpose and compassion, can shape movements, change minds, and transform entire societies.

Marketing doesn’t have to feel like drudgery. If you’re an author who dreads promoting your book, it’s time for a mindset makeover.

If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that you never know what conditions in our world will impact a book’s sales and engagement.

Writing in a way that creates an effective and safe exchange between what's on the pages of your book and the reader's heart, mind, and actions is important. It's what helps bring the change, outcome, or transformation they seek. It's what keeps them reading.

Leader, thinker, changemaker, and cultural influencer, you’ve questioned the feeling but you can't shake it. This next book you are to write must be big and transformational. You’ve come into new way of being, and it’s causing you to see everything differently. The pieces are still coming together and the idea is at the tip of your pen, but you are feeling a bit stuck on how to tease it out. Let the answers to these three questions lead you to your next big book idea.

Going from speaker to writer can be a big shift in expression, but there are ways you can capture your most compelling messages and transformative ideas and get your words on the page and in the book you’ve been called to write.

Living in these moments for you, sent and called one, is an energy leach the enemy counts on. When you find yourself going back to the memories and emotions of the moments you've already begun to heal from, take up the active work of Philippians 4:8.