Show Notes:
As Black History month comes to a close and Women’s History month is about to begin, Nicole shares what she believes to be failures in her own History education and how that can affect her writing. In this episode, Nicole discusses what responsibilities she believes writers have to fill the “in-betweens” in their own education and exposure providing some resources to get started.
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Mentioned in this episode:
- Previous episodes about this topic:
- Episode 72: The Single Story Cure https://stopwritingalone.com/2020/06/04/episode-72-the-single-story-cure/
- Books on Writing by Walter Mosley
- ELEMENTS OF FICTION https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9780802147639
- THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9780316065498
- Robert Fleming THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS HANDBOOK https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9780345423276
- Angela Benson TELLING THE TALE: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION WRITER’S GUIDE https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Tale-African-American-Fiction-Writers/dp/0425170543/ref=sr_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=angela+benson&qid=1614235711&sr=8-16
- Walter Dean Myers JUST WRITE! HERE’S HOW https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9780062203908
- INVISIBLE QUEEN by Stephanie E. Myers http://myerspublishing.com/
- RECKLESS by Selena Montgomery https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9780061376030
- BLACK BUCK by Mateo Askaripor https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9780358380887
- THE CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE by Tomi Adeyemi https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9781250170972
- THE BODY IS NOT AN APOLOGY by Sonya Renee Taylor https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9781523090990
- WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9781555977672
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