Concede to Kismet.
Write Your Own Story.
If there's a book you really want to read,
but it hasn't been written yet,
then you must write it.~ Toni Morrison
Welcome to Conceding to Kismet. This is the home of Inda Lauryn. No matter the genre or style of writing you like, you can find it here. Check out some free reads from Inda Lauryn including short stories and excerpts from upcoming releases. You can also check out the Kismet Fantasy site for speculative, scifi and fantasy works and series.
Inda Lauryn has a new blog called Corner Store Press. It will be updated more often than the website with all the things she will bring to the Corner Store.
You can also check out the Tumblr blog where I occasionally post personal ramblings, Black Swan Collective features, lots of reblogs and occasionally nudity (don't worry: not my own).
Inda Lauryn has a new blog called Corner Store Press. It will be updated more often than the website with all the things she will bring to the Corner Store.
You can also check out the Tumblr blog where I occasionally post personal ramblings, Black Swan Collective features, lots of reblogs and occasionally nudity (don't worry: not my own).
Pick up a copy of the current issue of Blackberry: a magazine. I'm in it! Two of my short creative nonfiction essays appear in this issue among some very wonderful poets and writers speaking to the theme "Where the light is." Support this publication for black women writers by picking up the first three issues.
Read Raychelle Muhammed's interview with Inda Lauryn at Raychelle Writes.
Artist (Author) Statement
As many stories as I have, the one that eludes me is the story of when I began to write. All I know is that I learned to write my name before I entered kindergarten with the help of a brother and sister. I don’t remember the moment beyond that when I fell in love with books and reading, so any story along those lines would be just as much of a fabrication as anything else I pen.
I do remember that I had delusions of being an author (an author, not a writer) by the time I was in first grade before my academic performance threatened to hold me to much loftier goals. My delusions then turned o nerdier occupations that straight A students get into: doctor, lawyer, scientist, etc., something that was supposed to make not only a name but also a large paycheck. Needless to say, my career goals were not clearly focused and I continued to make straight As in all subjects.
The one thing that never changed in all that time was my love of reading. I entered undergraduate studies with a concentration in communications. However, I selected English as my minor since I felt the ability to write well would serve me well in my future occupation. Since I ended up in graduate school, this seemed to be a wise choice.
After a few years, I realized I would not be given the opportunities I needed to further the scholarship in my discipline. Still, it did not occur to me then to turn to the very thing I used to keep myself sane in graduate school could be a way of life – writing.
Even though my literary heroes are Gayl Jones and Zora Neale Hurston, I do not pretend that I am in the same league as their genius. However, after converting a few scripts into short stories and penning many others, I did realize I had my own distinct voice and I was heeding the advice of my literay foremother Toni Morrison: “If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” I get great satisfaction out of the stories I write. Perhaps others will; perhaps they will not. In either case, I keep writing.
As many stories as I have, the one that eludes me is the story of when I began to write. All I know is that I learned to write my name before I entered kindergarten with the help of a brother and sister. I don’t remember the moment beyond that when I fell in love with books and reading, so any story along those lines would be just as much of a fabrication as anything else I pen.
I do remember that I had delusions of being an author (an author, not a writer) by the time I was in first grade before my academic performance threatened to hold me to much loftier goals. My delusions then turned o nerdier occupations that straight A students get into: doctor, lawyer, scientist, etc., something that was supposed to make not only a name but also a large paycheck. Needless to say, my career goals were not clearly focused and I continued to make straight As in all subjects.
The one thing that never changed in all that time was my love of reading. I entered undergraduate studies with a concentration in communications. However, I selected English as my minor since I felt the ability to write well would serve me well in my future occupation. Since I ended up in graduate school, this seemed to be a wise choice.
After a few years, I realized I would not be given the opportunities I needed to further the scholarship in my discipline. Still, it did not occur to me then to turn to the very thing I used to keep myself sane in graduate school could be a way of life – writing.
Even though my literary heroes are Gayl Jones and Zora Neale Hurston, I do not pretend that I am in the same league as their genius. However, after converting a few scripts into short stories and penning many others, I did realize I had my own distinct voice and I was heeding the advice of my literay foremother Toni Morrison: “If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” I get great satisfaction out of the stories I write. Perhaps others will; perhaps they will not. In either case, I keep writing.
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