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My First Novel Featured White Leads (on why I needed to unpublish it).

October 03, 2019 by Rilzy Adams in Rilzy Talks Life

… love is universal, but lived in experiences are not.

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October 03, 2019 /Rilzy Adams
writing, life, realizations, growing up, adulting, on blackness, melanin, unpublishing, sail with me, writer, black contemporary romance, black romance
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... on the freedom to f&^@ up!

March 19, 2019 by Rilzy Adams in Rilzy Talks Life

I will say again, for those screwing up their faces at me in the back: this post isn’t encouraging wanton, reckless behaviour. Quite, the contrary. It is acknowledging that shit happens.

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March 19, 2019 /Rilzy Adams
rilzy blogs life, real life, mistakes, human, life, tuesdaytalks, mess up, forgiveness, friendship, self lov, self love
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You're Awake: Now What?

January 08, 2019 by Rilzy Adams in Rilzy Talks Life

… walk through 2019 with eyes wide open and armed with discipline and motivation.

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January 08, 2019 /Rilzy Adams
candid talks, coffee and talks, life, real life, new year
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2019: Wake Up!

January 01, 2019 by Rilzy Adams in Rilzy Talks Life

New year, or not, we all stand the risk of drowning in complacency. We all stand the risk of sleepwalking through huge chunks of our lives because routine becomes so easy. And, because change and growth are uncomfortable and hard processes.

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January 01, 2019 /Rilzy Adams
new year, real life, coffee and talks, advice, resolutions, life, writing, rilzywrites, candid talks, self care
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Things Could Have Been Worse

October 21, 2017 by Rilzy Adams

The notion that you should lay off complaining and not feel bad about disappointments in your life because there is someone who is worse off than you is dangerous.

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October 21, 2017 /Rilzy Adams
life, advice, rudy francisco, complaining, worse than you, gratitude, self care
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I Dare You

October 07, 2016 by Rilzy Adams

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skin in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

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October 07, 2016 /Rilzy Adams
blogging, life, optimism, live, dare
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