Williesha Morris
Freelance Writer, Journalist
Being a freelance writer means always having writing in the back of my mind. Essays, features, memoirs. What can I write about next is the question.
PROJECTS
muckrack.com
The faces of print journalism's decline
Just glancing at the results of a Google search for...
Be A Freelance Blogger
How Dogged Persistence Landed My First Regular Blogging Gig
Three months and 17 e-mails.
That’s how much effort it took to get my first blogging client. I know it sounds a smidge ridiculous, but it was a worthy and important lesson in patience and persistence....
blog.brazencareerist.com
How to Transform Your Career Failures into Superhero-Sized Success
Lessons you can learn from screenwriter, director and comic book author Joss Whedon and apply to your own career success.
Make A Living Writing
4 Things I Learned About Writing from Playing World of Warcraft
The massively-multiplayer online game World of Warcraft (WoW) is the game of choice for me and my husband’s family.
My Professional Blog
Overcoming Obstacles: Interview With Blogger Sophie Lizard (Part 1)
Thrilled. Honored. Inspired.
These adjectives describe how I felt interviewing Sophie Lizard, a freelance blogger whose guide to high-paying blogs led to me nabbing my first guest post. Her blog, “Be ...
The Birmingham News
Loving Day celebration to commemorate end of interracial marriage ban
"Tell the Court I love my wife."
Those simple words from Richard Loving resonated in the minds of the attorneys arguing for the 1967 Supreme Court case Loving vs. Virginia.
Though not as recognizable ...
Big Shiny Robot
REVIEW: “Django Unchained”
109 times.
According to Variety magazine, that’s the number of times the N-word is spoken in Tarantino’s “Django Unchaine...
Birmingham Magazine
Creating Comfort
Throwing a hat-and-scarf party for a loved one undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.
Carolina Currents
Portal to the Past: Exploring The Depths of Lake Murray
Beneath the rippling waters of South
Carolina’s Lake Murray, beyond the
wake of a passing pram, is a history as rich and deep as the lake itself. Young sailors rounding a set of buoys may be unaware of the tales this manmade lake holds.
The Birmingham News
What this newbie loves about Birmingham
It's quite appropriate my very first post is about what I love about this city. It was tough at first, because I'm a transplant. I was born and raised in South Carolina, and I often miss it and my peo...
Big Shiny Robot
Being a Movie Geek Snob…
Yes, I’m that person who didn’t like “Pulp Fiction.”
I watched it very recently for ...
Linda's Paralegal Resources
3 Tips for the Successful Paralegal Student
Entering the paralegal program at a technical college in South Carolina was one of the toughest decisions I ever made. I could only afford one to two classes at a time. Plus, about three classes in, I realized something:
The State newspaper
Larry the Cable Guy
What is Larry the Cable Guy's next big dream purchase?
Forty head of bred heifers.
What - no bling? No closet full of 'Git-R-Done' ball caps and cut-off tees?
'Call me crazy,' says the popular comedia...