How I found my writer's tribe

If there is anything I've been known to find, it's a community.  When I was in college, I would find my way to campus organizations.  Whether I would stay a few month or the entire school year, each organization gave me a space of support, accountability and laughter. After graduation, it was a bit harder to find these spaces. As a writer, you sit in your room or maybe a coffee shop alone.  You write, you edit, you think: alone.  So much of it is alone, so when I find the groups of people I have to appreciate them.

During this time with the Black Lives Matter and CO-VID, I have realized that I have been depending on my tribes. Being a Black woman writer is challenging, but with the support of my communities, I am succeeding, and hopefully I helping them to do the same. We rise together! I didn't always have these spaces.  In fact, it wasn't until three years ago that I started finding my adult writers tribes.  Rec Room Writers, several writer friends, and a group of Black women writers are my own writers rooms.  Each serving a different purpose in my journey and helping me build professionally and personally.

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