Nicole Yarde
Author. Educator. Storyteller.
I write about the stories we tell, the stories we inherit, and the ones we have the courage to rewrite.
– Write Your Way to Liberation
NEW BOOK
THE R.E.W.R.I.T.E METHOD: A Practical Guide To Strengthening Your Manuscript Before You Submit
The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Method replaces revision guesswork with a clear, evidence-based process. Instead of changing everything, following every note, or polishing sentences before the story is ready, you’ll learn how to diagnose what is happening on the page, identify the problem beneath the symptom, and make deliberate changes without losing your voice.
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“This book is a profound exploration of writing as a vehicle for self-empowerment and transformation. It masterfully guides readers through the liberating journey of reclaiming their voice and embracing authentic self-expression.”- Dr. Norissa Williams
For everyone and anyone who loves writing
“Not Just Words is a transformative guide that goes beyond standard writing advice. Through its insightful exercises, it offers deep creative exploration. Perfect for writers of all levels, this book is both practical and inspiring, helping unlock new dimensions of one’s voice and potential” —Lisa Johnson, Writer and Enthusiastic Reader
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Dear High Value(d) Men, it’s time to evolve: What the Manosphere Won’t Tell You I ended up where half the country ends up now, on TikTok, watching a white man explain why men are failing. He was going on about why so many men are single, why they’re angry, why they feel displaced in a world that used to feel like it was built for them. The comment section was full of men nodding along, blaming feminism, blaming women’s standards, blaming everything except what’s staring back at them in the mirror. And I kept thinking: this is not a crisis of men. This is the collapse of an economic and moral monopoly that once guaranteed men relevance without requiring principled, emotional, spiritual, ethical, or relational growth. What we’re watching in TikTok comment sections and state legislatures is what happens when that guarantee expires. • • • First, let’s be clear[...]
A few weeks ago, twenty Black conservatives surrounded one Black woman with a master’s degree. They weren’t debating policy or economics. The argument? Whether racism still exists. In 2025. On camera. For entertainment. The Jubilee episode “1 Black Radical vs 20 Black Conservatives” should have been satire. Instead, it became a masterclass in what happens when willful ignorance metastasizes into self-hatred. Watch Amanda Seales, armed with facts, statistics, and lived experience, try to explain systemic oppression to people who have decided that denying it makes them special. Watch them dismiss data as “victim mentality.” Watch them confuse contrarianism with critical thinking. One participant declared, with conviction, that Black people’s problems are “cultural, not systemic.” The last time this argument gained mainstream traction about Black Americans, those making it owned them. This represents something beyond simple ignorance. This is intellectual surrender packaged as enlightenment. Anti-intellectualism with a podcast. The nightmares of[...]
