Aliya S. King

@aliyasking

You're not going to finish the book until you figure out why you haven't finished the book.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    17 Dec 2018

    Considering we all love Idriss right now. I find it only right that I share the time I didn't like him not one bit.

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  2. May 5

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  3. May 5

    classes starts one week from today. I'm looking forward to this. Please join me. I HAVE LESSON PLANS AND HOMEWORK AND HANDOUTS OH MY.

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  4. Apr 11

    Let me know your thoughts here. I recommend Stephen King's "On Writing" book at least three times a week. There is NO NOT reading it if you're a writer at ANY stage in the game. You must. So, I want to teach the...

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  5. Apr 10

    The year. About 2006. I have been assigned a cover story on a rapper we'll call... L. I've interviewed L several times throughout my career and he's always pleasant and polite. I like him a lot. He's also "old...

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  6. Mar 30

    Note. Perfect.

    i've always wanted to write about tyler perry's madea movies—i'm never not going to watch "diary of a mad black woman" if it's on tbs—and "a madea family funeral" gave me the occasion
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  7. Mar 29

    What’s your name? Aliya. Like the singer? No. Like me. Aliya. Oh. And this is my sister, Ashanti. Like the—- No.

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  8. Mar 23

    Just when you think you know someone...

    cream cheese frosting on top of red velvet cupcakes or cake is an atrocity.
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  9. Mar 12

    Annnnnnnd. We're done. For now. I am fully booked for the next few weeks and I'm looking forward to ALL my consultations. I get SO much from talking to folks about where we are in this writing game. Whether...

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  10. Mar 12

    Hello there! It's that time again! Every few months, I offer free, (yes free,) consultations. You are eligible to make an appointment IF. 1. You have a question about HOW to start a writing project. 2. You WISH you had a question about how...

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  11. Mar 7

    TODAY IS WORLD BOOK DAY! Starting now, I'll be reading ALL these books as facilitator of THREE book clubs in Brooklyn and Manhattan this Spring. Shoutout to for tapping me to guide the discussions.

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  12. Mar 5

    When I was in the 11th grade, I had a boyfriend. We'll call him D. [His name actually starts with D. And 99% of the folks reading this knows who D is. But still. We'll call him D. Not Darnell. Which is actually his...

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  13. Feb 28

    In 11th grade, my boyfriend and I wrote letters back and forth—as our fictional selves twenty years older. We were married and had twins, the girl twin was named Alex. I named the main character in my first novel Alex after that fictional kid.

    What is your most on brand story from your childhood?
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  14. Feb 26

    I looked up my AOL password. (It was older than my 12 year old kid.) Now, I'm waiting for Black Planet to email me at my AOL account so I can change my password. AND SOLANGE I AM COMING FOR YOU.

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  15. Feb 21

    I was interviewing a woman for a story today and I found myself wondering about her ethnicity. (Has nothing to do with the story. Just curious.) Her accent was clearly Jersey-girl. But it wasn't ethnic specific. I...

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  16. Feb 20

    DO YOU WANT ME TO BE YOUR TRAINER? WELL WE WILL TRAIN IN THE SNOW. ASK MY NEWEST CLIENT! *except not really. although I am super proud I braved the elements today. I'm on day 13 of consecutive workouts and I will not stop.

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  17. Feb 19

    I must be getting really old. A very well-meaning elderly woman just looked at me lovingly and said. You are so beautiful. And then she put her hands on my cheeks and smiled. She put her hands on my cheeks. I...

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  18. Feb 8

    Me: I'm from East Orange and I'm a Jersey Girl and I tawk like this. AND I TAWK LOUD. ✊🏿🗣🗣 NPR host: "And we have writer Aliya S King, joining us from our studio in New York City. Aliya, thanks for being here." Me:...

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  19. Jan 8

    **move along** **nothing remotely topical or necessary to read here** When I was about 7 or 8, there was this tree in front of my parents house. It had been there since I was five and it was the ultimate climbing...

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  20. Jan 3

    Can a boy be fast or grown?

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  21. 27 Dec 2018

    My year-end piece for BET. Are you done?

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