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Mar 6
2 min

From Unnamed Slave To 1st African American Published Author

In honor of Women's History Month, I thought it would be interesting to research and share a little known fact about an African American...

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Lori Nelson Lee

Jan 12
1 min

Author Tips Tuesdays

"Never use a long word where a short one will do." - George Orwell Writing your book is not the time to flex your vocab. Remember when...

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Lori Nelson Lee

Nov 17, 2020
1 min

Author Tips Tuesdays

One of the best pieces of advice given to me as a writer is to write like I talk -- have a conversation with my characters vs. writing...

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Kindergarten and Kleenex... Don't Judge Me

Lori Nelson Lee

Sep 3, 2019
3 min

Kindergarten and Kleenex... Don't Judge Me

Ok, ok! So I know it's been a while since I've posted. I think it's safe to say that a weekly blog (or monthly for that matter) is not...

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Why African-American Children's Books Matter, Today and Always

Lori Nelson Lee

Feb 11, 2019
2 min

Why African-American Children's Books Matter, Today and Always

For any of you that have ever seen one of my television interviews, you may have heard me talk about why I started writing children's...

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