MasteryPlus | Tananarive Due | Activity https://www.masteryplus.com/members/tananarive/activity/ Activity feed for Tananarive Due. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:13:56 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 a747010e35a72021e65a08f46fcf65de Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/gratitudes/#post-527 Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:37:40 -0800 Gratitude is more important to me this week, when so many people around me are in fear and mourning. Gratitude is tha antidote to hopelessness, focusing on what we have and where we are instead of what we have lost or what obstacles may lay ahead.

I’m grateful for my wonderful partner, Steven Barnes. I’m grateful for the company of other…[Read more]

]]> 401e05b32154be2d16ea564dbb5e8821 Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/how-did-you-come-to-be-a-writer/#post-518 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 02:07:22 -0800 I like to think I was “born” a writer, but I think being raised by oral storytellers with shelves crammed with books MADE me a writer by the time I was 4. I wrote and illustrated a picture book called “Baby Bobby,” and it was off to the races! (They say “Write what you know!”)

]]> ee9b19f289b6df0b1027be97b5332f0e Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/moral-support-floggings-will-continue-until-moral-improves/#post-417 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 16:55:15 -0800 I was listening to a standup comic last night who laughs a lot and shared his secret for happiness: instead of beating himself up for what he’s NOT doing, he appreciates himself for what he IS doing. So when the voices say, “Hey, loser–I thought you were going to finish your essay/story today,” I’m going to try to substitute a voice that says,…[Read more]

]]> fa97e463453b63acfd897499ebe66224 Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/moral-support-floggings-will-continue-until-moral-improves/#post-417 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 16:55:15 -0800 I was listening to a standup comic last night who laughs a lot and shared his secret for happiness: instead of beating himself up for what he’s NOT doing, he appreciateds himself for what he IS doing. So when the voices say, “Hey, loser–I thought you were going to finish your essay/story today,” I’m going to try to substitute a voice that says,…[Read more]

]]> 4c8f5fbd3d3c468689156d41906a65bd Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/gratitudes/#post-343 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:56:38 -0800 I also remain thankful for the blessing of a cyber communnity. I got a lot work done on my essay in response to the election–which is all about healing, coping and formulating a plan through it, based on lessons from my civil rights activist parents and authors like Octavia E. Butler, who saw all of this coming. I will share it when it’s ready.…[Read more]

]]> 710a3410f2ec96427d3e4ef90df4c0ef Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/feeling-alone/#post-309 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:59:34 -0800 This may be a stretch, but can you lay even long-term plans to change where you live? Even making plans, no matter how far-fetched, may give you more of a sense of control–and if you DECIDE to stay where you are rather than feeling trapped, that may help too.

Just a thought. Aside from that–what everybody else said. 🙂

]]> ad584d1b0543f5ddbbc0a84d279bb9ea Tananarive Due changed their profile picture https://www.masteryplus.com/activity/p/284/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:23:26 -0800 0 5f4417491860c0ca24ce14a1dd6b1df2 Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/the-machine-is-the-success-path-for-this-course/#post-276 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:41:52 -0800 The great thing about visualizing a machine is that it helps us detach from notions of spoiling our Muses with special treats: a deserted cabin, a five-hour writing block, exactly 76 degrees.

]]> ab9d79b44415f3814cfaf8f742f091a6 Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/moral-support-floggings-will-continue-until-moral-improves/#post-271 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:21:34 -0800 So here’s my new voice: “You’ve lost it.” That’s the voice you have to look forward to, if you’re a beginner. The voice changes, it doesn’t go away. Sometimes that voice moves me to action, sometimes it paralyzes me. So I try to rely on other methods to motivate myself (including the To-Do List hubby has been pushing for years). If you use Google…[Read more]

]]> e8dec4e407c769bcbbc95be120ccb242 Tananarive Due replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/post-election-healing-through-journaling/#post-253 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:15:45 -0800 Great! And I can’t wait to see what films your produce in the wake of these times. I think I will repurpose that post for my blog.

]]> a95272ceb95521d8cfa2a0fe634bfaa5 Tananarive Due started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/post-election-healing-through-journaling/ Sat, 12 Nov 2016 17:01:24 -0800 As the numbness is wearing off after Tuesday, I’m glad I’d rediscovered my journal in the days before election night so we wouldn’t be complete strangers when I needed to move beyond social media and try to unpack my feelings.

Sometimes journaling is nothing more than a list of events. After the election, I spoke to my 82-year-old father, a…[Read more]

]]> 14c8a5e9135a3825ec5a60bf8d61721f Tananarive Due started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/hello-everyone/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:30:02 -0700 Welccome to the course. Teaching always inspires me to write.

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