Here’s why that matters and how I did it. — I started posting on TikTok about two weeks ago. Late last night, I reached 1000 followers. You can find that here. Ninja Writers (Shaunta Grimes) (@ninjawriters) TikTok | Watch Ninja Writers (Shaunta Grimes)'s… Ninja Writers (Shaunta Grimes) (@ninjawriters) on TikTok | 2.5K Likes. 1K Fans. Writer/Teacher Bit of a mess I'll help…www.tiktok.com There are a couple of reasons why it’s important to get to 1000 followers on TikTok. I’m going to talk about each of them. …

Control what you can control. Let the rest take care of itself. — I came across someone on Tik Tok this week. They have 10 million followers. Ten. Million. They put on makeup and 10 million people pay attention. And someone else who has 1.5 million followers. They got a book deal. I’m not going to lie. It’s hard to look at my…

It’s time for the second annual Blog-Your-Own-Book Challenge! — Last June, I thought to myself — what if we challenged everyone to write a blog post a day for one month. That morphed into something more like what if we challenged everyone to write a blog post a day for a month and turn those posts into a book? …

Meet FRED . . . — FRED is the folder for reaching the end of your draft. And he is magical. This deceptively simple little tool keeps me on track, reminds me that I’m a real writer (when I need that reminder), and makes sure I actually finish my projects. …

An Essay by Sharon Astyk — First published on May 3, 2023. There’s a really big recession coming. And there are a lot of reasons why it is coming. It is possible that the Republicans, for example, won’t cave on the debt ceiling. Banks are underwater. The commercial real estate market is collapsing, because it is…

An essay by Sharon Astyk — First published on May 22, 2023. Today’s reminder is that COVID SCARED THE CRAP out of people in power. At first, like everyone else, they were scared of getting sick and dying, which is why we got to find out what we did. But pretty damned quick they were scared…

An essay by Sharon Astyk. — This essay was first published on May 17. Couple of things first — Sharon will be live, talking about gardening, on Saturday May 20 at 8 pm EST. Click here to register! This is a long post, but incredibly useful and worth reading all the way the way through. …

An essay by Sharon Astyk — First published on May 15, 2023. Sharon will be live, talking about gardening, on Saturday May 20 at 8 pm EST. Click here to register! Today’s thinking is about my understory. No, that’s not a cutesy term for my panties, I’m talking about the garden — what grows under all…

An essay by Sharon Astyk — By Sharon Astyk First published on April 13, 2023. As my family crawls its way out of the sucking grip of Covid, my brain goes mostly to my garden. I’ve got plans, as I’ve told you all before. Even though I’m wildly behind, and the weather isn’t cooperating (it was…