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Bill Holmes

Bill Holmes

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Oct 27, 2025

Keep Her Out of the Kitchen and the Bedroom!

Lessons learned that taught me about writing authentic, relatable women.

Keep Her Out of the Kitchen and the Bedroom!

Bill Holmes

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Oct 20, 2025

Art Will Not Be Silent

Poetry inspired by a writing prompt.

Art Will Not Be Silent

Bill Holmes

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Oct 17, 2025

The Day I Didn’t Feel Like Writing — and Why That Was Okay

Surviving a bout of writer’s burnout and imposter syndrome

The Day I Didn’t Feel Like Writing — and Why That Was Okay

Bill Holmes

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Oct 15, 2025

Gratitude Grounded Me

Restarting my practice of writing gratitude lists

Gratitude Grounded Me

Bill Holmes

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Oct 13, 2025

My TO DON’T List

Nonnegotiable items to preserve my well-being

My TO DON’T List

Bill Holmes

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Oct 10, 2025

The City That Wrote Me Back: My Solo Writing Retreat in New Orleans

Taking my pen to the Big Easy and finding my writing voice again.

The City That Wrote Me Back: My Solo Writing Retreat in New Orleans

Bill Holmes

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Oct 8, 2025

What If It’s Hard to Stay Positive?

Struggling to stay positive when you’re encountering negativity.

What If It’s Hard to Stay Positive?

Bill Holmes

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Oct 6, 2025

The Ground Remembers

Poem written in response to a writing prompt after visiting Congo Square Park in New Orleans, LA.

The Ground Remembers

Bill Holmes

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Sep 26, 2025

My Writing Journey: From Survival to Healing to Thriving

How words carried me through struggle, into healing, and toward a life of thriving

My Writing Journey: From Survival to Healing to Thriving

Bill Holmes

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Sep 24, 2025

The Dream That Dared Me to Move

What I learned about myself dreaming about Tina Turner

The Dream That Dared Me to Move

Bill Holmes

Bill Holmes

Writer. Poet. ESSENCE Best Selling Author. Filmmaker. Personal development aficiando who lives and breathes the mantra "I will not be denied!"

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