by Sharon Mitchell | Nov 26, 2013 | emotion, experiences, fear, happiness, hate, Love, reader, skill, write
Ek’abo Ebi! (Welcome Family!)Love, Hate, Fear, Happiness. What does it take to write about emotions? What does it take to be able to use words to express emotion? To get a reader to feel and understand a character’s pain, anxiety, joy, exhilaration...
by Sharon Mitchell | Nov 22, 2013 | Amachi's Hope, DiversifYA, interview, status, YA
Ek’abo Ebi! (Welcome Family!)Amachi’s journey continues! I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to do another interview; this time with the blog DiversifYA. www.diversifya.com/ DiversifYA is an awesome blog that addresses diversity in writing (YA and other...
by Sharon Mitchell | Nov 19, 2013 | After Earth, fantasy, main characters of color, MCOC, movie, sci-fi
Ek’abo Ebi! (Welcome Family!)My husband and I watched Will Smith’s After Earth earlier this week. Though the movie was not what I expected, the one thing I really appreciated was that there was not just one, but two Main Characters of Color. Will...
by Sharon Mitchell | Nov 12, 2013 | Agents, colleague, competitor, published, writing
Ek’abo Ebi! (Welcome Family!)Last Friday at 5:00 p.m., I was standing at the corner waiting for my bus to arrive. Looking up, my eyes were drawn to the different names of companies that currently have offices in my vicinity. Among them are law...
by Sharon Mitchell | Nov 5, 2013 | beginnings, first book, manuscript, write
Ek’abo Ebi! (Welcome Family!)“Come on down and get a free turkey with any seventy-five dollar purchase!” said the booming voice. “Hurry, supplies are limited and Thanksgiving …” Olivia leaned forward and switched off the little, black AM/FM radio on the...
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