Shannon Whitehead

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Shannon’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1408)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (297)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
nonfiction‎ (303)
christian‎ (199)
books-i-own‎ (197)
2020-releases‎ (170)
2019-releases‎ (168)
essays-short-stories‎ (159)
contemporary-fiction‎ (137)

2021-releases‎ (122)
historical-fiction‎ (102)
theology‎ (76)
nonfiction-history‎ (72)
literary-fiction‎ (69)
read-2018‎ (54)
read-2019‎ (54)
race‎ (52)
read-2017‎ (48)
kindle‎ (45)
arc‎ (41)

on-writing‎ (41)
mystery-thriller‎ (32)
read-2020‎ (30)
social-justice‎ (28)
african-american-fiction‎ (27)
poetry‎ (23)
classics‎ (20)
native-american‎ (20)
2022-releases‎ (19)
apologetics‎ (16)
childhood‎ (15)

mental-health‎ (14)
favorites‎ (9)
lgbtq‎ (9)
creativity‎ (7)
productivity‎ (7)
to-come-back-to‎ (6)
cried‎ (5)
memoir‎ (2)
food‎ (1)

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Shannon’s Quotes

“Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“All writing problems are psychological problems. Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged. If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.”
― Erica Jong, The New Writer's Handbook 2007: A Practical Anthology of Best Advice for Your Craft & Career

tags: creative-process, drafting, psychology, writers-block, writing

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“But the picking out, the choosing. Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it. I saw you and made up my mind. My mind.”
― Toni Morrison, Jazz

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin

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