#Am Reading-#Am Writing--#IAN1 Why Write?

I heard many times in my life that if you wanted to hide something from a Black person you should either write it down or put it in a book. That adage may have been true in the times when educating the slave was discouraged, but now I wonder if it can be said  for most races of people in general.
We're in a flash mode of communication. Texting with most of the vowels abandoned, twittering instead of conversations, and short posts instead of letter writing.

Someone questioned me about my need to write and my desire to be an author and this was after they were finished spouting the fact books are too long.

I write for my daughters, so they will have something from me to be proud of.







I write for my grandson, so that he can grow-up and be a man who is proud of his country, thriving and striving for higher achievement.

I write for those who continue to enjoy reading good books. I write for those who value the struggles many before us went through in order to learn to read. I write because every year, when February comes around I am reminded of the triumphs of my ancestors. Whether they were Black, White or all colors of the rainbow. I #amwrite and I #amreading for the future..

Kindle, Smashwords , Sony or Kobo, Scribed
Nook and iPad here & here.

Reading is Detrimental to Your Life

It's amazing how much we know and barely realize it. I stand by the words I have always told my daughters. If you read you can learn anything someone else knows. When I became a parent of my first daughter I can't tell you how afraid I was. I must have read all kinds of books and then finally decided the child was not in the pages of any of them and had to step out on my own. A process that has become a habit.

When it comes to a broken item in the house, I bow to Jeeves, Ask.com. I can now fix so many things the family tends to call me when something has broken. This past weekend the DC hole on the netbook stopped working. You know that little hole where you plug the power cord? Well of course we hurried to Ask to see what we could do. I have dissected larger laptops of my own, but this little thing was for my daughter. Which means I did the research and she did the hands on. I only share info and tinker with my own things.

Needless to say, repair is imminent. We have to wait for ordered parts and then install them. This will basically cost no more than $30 where the computer repair shop wanted to charge $250! Goes to show what a little reading will save you.