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The edit below the edit
Same rigor, different terrain.
Jul 7
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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Come write with me this summer
A diagnostic for the stuck draft, with Mercury retrograde as the opening act.
Jul 3
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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June 2026
Everything’s coming through water now
Mercury retrograde in Cancer, and the writing that lives below language.
Jun 30
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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Juneteenth energy on the page
Summoning the courage of our ancestors, and the practice of writing free.
Jun 18
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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Why writers shrink their own dragons
What it costs the writer when the industry keeps acting surprised.
Jun 13
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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Black writers are writing in every genre. So why does the industry still act surprised?
Black writers have been in every genre since 1962. The publishing industry keeps acting like they just arrived.
Jun 3
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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May 2026
Why the morning ritual matters more than the morning pages
On writing as ceremony, and what gets lost when we confuse productivity with preparation.
May 12
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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April 2026
What the cards see that the edit can’t
What happens when a developmental editor stops looking at the pages and starts reading the writer — a look inside the Shadow & the Pen.
Apr 30
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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Your writer’s block ain’t a discipline problem
What your nervous system, your ancestors and the little white reader on your shoulder are doing to your writing sessions.
Apr 21
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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Write From the Wound has a home
Announcement: WFTW is now on Podia.
Apr 13
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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The writer who lost the way
For the writer who’s still showing up to the page and can’t feel anything anymore
Apr 5
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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Welcome to The Story Temple
Pull up a chair, beloved. There’s food on the stove.
Apr 1
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High Priestess Lakeisha
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