Bold and Bodacious Blogs
King Street Studios featuring Shannon Reeves
It’s taken me a minute to upload my feature on King Street Studios which was featured in the July/August issue of Arbus Magazine – Northeast Florida’s Arts and Business Magazine. I interviewed Shannon Reeves back in 2009 for the Florida Times-Union when she was still a proprietor in Historic Five Points. Relationship(s) matter, and I […]

Angela Robinson “Jacksonville’s OWN Star!”
Kudos to Angela Robinson for serving as a master-example of how a girl with a dream can become a woman boasting stardom. She is a Jacksonville-native and graduate of William M. Raines High School who has journeyed a route to be admired and an apt lesson for all who dare to dream and are confronted […]
Black Men who Motivate: The Power of a dream
Black men who motivate: The power of a dream March 19, 2015 Filed under EDUCATION, METRO BY PENNY DICKERSON SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER Steve Harvey is credited with improving college attendance, career prospects, personal development for more than 8,000 youth who have graduated from his Disney Dreamers Academy (DDA) since its 2007 launch. Partnering […]
Black Girl on the Bluffs!
There are two things you need to know when visiting Martha’s Vineyard: 1.) Where to go. 2.) Where NOT to go. I’ve been on “The Vineyard” – as the locals call it – for five days strong as a writer participating in a lively retreat at the Noepe Literary Arts Center on Main Street. Wait, that’s something […]
The whimsy and woes of a writer’s life.
This blog is featured in HBCU Lifestyles http://hbculifestyle.com/category/culture/ The decision to write full-time is an aggressive endeavor despite talent or drive. Writing is a multi-billion dollar industry that is news-necessary, the cutting-edge of entertainment, and the pivotal intersect of social survival: Tweet or die. African Americans have infiltrated the literary scene with riveting stories nestled […]
My Current Situation: I’m half-a-century plus one
It’s been a minute since I’ve crawled out of bed amidst an anxious toss ‘n turn and took to the keys. If you can’t get your “stroke on” in bed, every good writer knows how to soothe her soul with key strokes. So, it’s September. Practically mid-month. Specifically, the 22nd. Actually, it’s the pivotal month that tends […]