Faye McCray

The walls in my bedroom are ivory.  A rather plain ivory but it ricochets sunlight from our window and captures shadows from the large oak trees behind our house.  In the morning, while my husband is still sleeping, I like to pull our fabric blinds all the way open, lie back down and be consumed by the light.  I watch…

Response to Kimberly Foster’s Why I Will Not March for Eric Garner Last week, shielded behind the numbness of my computer screen, I, too, watched Eric Garner take his last breath.  I watched a large, vibrant man’s resolve, self-worth and basic human right to stand up for himself squeezed out of his body in a matter of minutes.  I watched him…

I was watching an interview recently where Pulitzer Prize winning author, Junot Diaz was asked if he had any advice for young writers.  True to Junot, he initially scoffed at the question, making no qualms about his disdain for such a clichéd question.  However, his disdain seemed to stem from his resentment of the professionalization of the writing…

I saw this speech a few weeks ago and can barely find the words to articulate how deeply I identified with it.  I’m not alone.  It has been shared, tweeted and discussed by thousands.  I’m putting it here for selfish reasons (so I can hug it and squeeze it and make it mine) but I…

When I was ten, my mom moved me to a better school across town.  It was this swanky, Catholic school in a neighborhood with private streets and black nannies.  I remember feeling like a cassette tape in a CD player.  The kids looked different, they sounded different and definitely acted different.  They were nice enough,…

This week, I did something remarkable for my soul.  I established Celebrating Black Boys, a social media presence dedicated to the celebration of positive images of black boys. It started as a Facebook group.  In October 2013, with the government shutdown looming into perpetuity, I sat with my three-year-old son outside of our house in…

I am struggling to write a blog post lately. It’s not block (perish the thought) because I’m writing. I’m just not writing here. I think the best writing is emotion driven. For me anyway.  If something is weighing heavy on my mind, I feel flooded with words.  It’s like they all coming running to the…

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the downloads, reviews, tweets and comments in support of Dani’s Belts! What started as a Halloween project turned into a short story series and I am SO very proud of how it all turned out.  For those of you who didn’t read my interview with Graveyard Shift…

After a few minor glitches, we are up and running! Special shout out to the Amazon team for their super fast response time.  Thumbs up for Kindle Direct Publishing! So, without further ado…   Check out Black Belt! When you’re done, please click “Write a Review” and tell me your thoughts! I’m committed to this writer business, folks,…

Tomorrow! Sorry folks, I was a little delayed in uploading Black Belt to Kindle!  It will be up in less than 12 hours which may still actually be today but it may not (all depends on the Amazon Digital Gods).  Good news though.  Orange Belt is still FREE today, April 7 through Wednesday, April 9 AND you can…