Light Within

Rose Jackson-Beavers

I am a writer’s writer and that simply means that I love reading the written words. This includes anything from magazines, books, Bibles, newspapers and blogs. Blogging is an online personal diary written on or at a website and frequently updated for public viewing. It is a web journal where people who are called bloggers write about anything they want. Most bloggers write about things that move them such as love, sex, good books, gossip about television stars, family issues and musicians. Blogs can serve as a creative form of communication between writers and responders as well as a means of self-expression for those individuals who are merely seeking a sounding board. I enjoy blogging and have met some amazing blogging friends. Many of them share my love of the written word. We leave comments back and forth on each other’s blogs.

Bloggers may come and go, but more often than not, they return since writing stimulates us in one way or another. It is easy to stop blogging when it has served its purpose to the writer. I blog to relieve stress and to get things I want to say off my chest. Blogging makes me feel better because I am able to release whatever feelings I am currently experiencing.

I am a blog surfer. Any blogs that capture my attention are the ones that I return to again and again. My reading can range from hilarious, to sad, to weight loss to personal, if your writing inspires, educates or moves me emotionally you can be sure that I will return to read what you are writing on a regular basis.

I have many blogs that I love visiting and I have some that are my favorites. But every blog that I visit brings something new and interesting to blog land. Although I love so many blogs, there are some African American writers/bloggers that I visit frequently. Over the years some bloggers leave, or stop blogging and I just find another one to replace it.

My favorite blogs that I have been visiting since I started blogging in August 2006 are:

Brotha Buck: He is an excellent graphic art illustrator and also a great wordsmith. His posts are informative, funny and interesting. His own unique graphic artwork can be found there as well.