Welcome!Hi love, my name is Ayana Zaire Cotton.I’m an artist, learner, writer, software engineer, and founder of Seeda School, a skill building platform for learning how to worldbuild through a black feminist lens.

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Where the children’s story is simply the right form for what the author has to say, then of course readers who want to hear that, will read the story or re-read it, at any age... I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can... See more

Beautiful letter from W.E.B. DuBois to his daughter Yolande

Trish Thomas

Principal & Lead Strategist at Akamai Strategy, Founder of Lark Builders

March 12, 2016

I just had the privilege of discovering this beautiful letter from a father to a daughter as she stepped into the great unknown. Yolande was the daughter of W.E.B. DuBois and went abroad to a p... See more

However, marketing to an audience (marketing at scale) can cause real headaches when it comes to less standardized products and services. Azout points to examples of companies scaling to the point that the unchecked variations among its customers and conflicting internal priorities led to a breakdown of quality and effectiveness. I've seen (and exp... See more

“I am searching for that which is real of my heart, and which when completed I can stand humble to one side of and say: ‘This is it, this is how I feel, this is my honest interpretation of the world; this is not influenced by money, or trickery, or pressure...except the pressure of my soul.’”

When I'm talking to students who want to write professionally, I try to draw from simple analogies: the carpenter who is going to make a perfect chair has to know about wood, trees, the body and how it looks when it is in a sitting position. He should know something about the industry first of all. And then he should pick the right wood for color, ... See more

I now think of myself as a writer. I didn't realize it on my own though. It was after Sula was published; I was talking to my editor (Robert Gottlieb of Knopf) one day, and he said, "This is what you are going to be when you grow up. This is it." I said, "A writer?" He said, "That's right. Of all those other little things you do, this is it. This i... See more

BUSINESS

1. 10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy


2. How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes


3. Writing for Busy Readers by Tood Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink


4. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport


5. 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Atte

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