All About Me

Keeping in line with my goals for this year, I am officially declaring 2011 to be all about me. I am finding my voice and I think I like it!

Manifesting
So, a few months ago I set a top 10 publisher as one of the goals for my book. As I stated, I have two published friends both under major publishing houses. Well, fate would have it that I randomly (or fatefully) connected with a former national account manager for Simon & Schuster. I have not mentioned that I am writing a book yet, but I plan to do so at an opportune time in the near future.

Now that it is a go, I can talk about my "silver platter" opportunity. Again, my fellow entreprehustler Kymone Freeman called me out of the blue and we got on the subject of the new progressive am radio station he is part of starting in DC. He had mentioned it a few months back, but this was the first time I was hearing more details. Come to find out that he is the Program Director and they are launching the station on Emancipation Day. Somehow, while thinking about who I can connect him with to assist with movement, I said that I wanted to have my own show. I have thought of doing a radio blog ever since my husband introduced me to Tariq Nasheed, who both infuriates and inspires me. I even recorded myself just to see how I would sound, but never took it further. I continued to take notes on the ideas I would have for the show, so when this opportunity presented itself it felt like kismet. Fast forward one week and I was turning in my pitch for consideration. To both my fear and delight, it was accepted and I will have a weekly show airing on Mondays at 8pm on 1480 am and online. Here is the pitch, I am sure it will evolve over time but I am excited that I am facing my fears and going for it:

A-MusE-N 
Length:  1 hour/wk (either half music/half commentary or I’ll share my hour with a 
subprogrammer) 
 
Description:  An entertaining and inspiring commentary-based show featuring the musings of 
LaNora Williams-Clark, The Muse.  Each show will feature 8 short segments: 
 
1. Roll Call:  every week I will pick someone in DC that I believe is clued in to their 
higher purpose and will be counted as part of this new renaissance taking place.  I 
will not let those people know in advance.  Sort of my “call to arms”. 
 
2. How to be a Strong Black Woman without being a Single Black Woman (SBW ≠ 
SBW):  Simple tips from a woman that has only been single 3 months of her entire 
life, starting from Pre-School, combined with real life examples. 
 
3. My Momma Said:  Weekly advice from none other than my mom, the #1 hustler! 
 
4. The Knowledge Without The Game:  The basic theory of my book, The Other N 
Word—Advice on how we can advance from our point of relative capitalistic 
disadvantage, i.e., moving beyond knowing and doing and toward understanding and 
applying. 

5. My Harlem!:  Connect the movement with stories from my week in Harlem. (see 
harlemontherise.blogspot.com) 
 
6. What’s in a Name?: Break down the name/moniker of someone who has 
demonstrated greatness.  E.g., Oprah (OWN. Harpo), Jay-Z (“HOV,  got my own lane 
already”), Puff Daddy, etc. 
 
7. Connotations and Context Clues:  Weekly observations regarding subliminal 
meanings, things that make you hmmm, etc.  My ode to the conspiracy theorists. 
 
8. Entreprehustler Minute: One minute a week to flush out my definition of a 
entreprehustler. (see entreprehustler.blogspot.com) 

Needless to say, between writing my book, writing two blogs and now doing the show, I am becoming intimately aware of my voice and really letting people in on my thought process for the first time ever. I am hoping that by putting it all out there, I will deal the final death blow in the war of Muse v. Fear. Wish me luck!