Sharing the Joy of Writing A Life
- Valerie Harris
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Recently a group of member writers from Biographers International have begun meeting online as the Black Lives Roundtable. We are a multi-racial, diverse group of “genre-fluid” creatives, independent scholars, academics, and community historians with projects in various stages of development. Some have a number of published books to their credit, while others are on the brink of a debut launch. Some are in the initial phases of putting story-telling structure to years of researched information, while others have just begun pondering how to write about a subject (or an historical collective) who is persistent in calling their name. Some of us are writing about people who are long dead, so the project is not complicated by the perspectives of living relatives. For those of us whose subjects have only been gone a few decades, the matter of living relatives is far from moot.
All of us are enjoying and hopefully benefitting in practical ways from the congenial support of others who aspire to tell the story of a life.
Participating in this group only amplifies my joy
in writing the biography of
Laura Wheeler Waring.
I appreciate having found my “Bio-Tribe”
–those who share with me the willingness to invest our time, financial resources, and spiritual energy into our projects, and the commitment to bringing the work to completion.
I appreciate, too, those of you who have been reading this blog, subscribed, and dropped me a note about your impressions of these posts. And just as importantly, notified me of your sightings of Waring’s work at places like the Smithsonian, the Met, and most recently, the Brooklyn Museum. I consider Waring an important part of our cultural heritage nationally, and perhaps even more so, in
her adopted home of Philadelphia.
With a greeting card from LWW, here's wishing everyone a joyous holiday season…..
….and a splendid 2026!
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