Dear Pennies & Pens, Over the past few weeks, I have been soul searching and thinking about my life and business. And honestly, I have realized that I have issues with consistency. So now that I have acknowledged my issues,…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In this post, we’re going to talk about why you should visit Chicago. This past February, I visited Chicago and it was amazing! I absolutely love that city. Chicago is such a hub of art, music,…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In this post, I’m going to talk about how to publish a book with Kindle Direct Publishing. As y’all know, I am the Author of two books, #MakeUrPenLoud: How To Be A Lifestyle Blogger and The…
Dear Pennies & Pens, Let’s start over and talk about how I became LoudPen. I’ve been writing all my life. Ever since I can remember, I have loved inkin the page. According to friends and family, I have always talked…
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s still my birthday. And I’m still working. I told yall in the last post Behind The Ink: Why I Want To Quit My Job and Raise Capital for ISLP, this cycle never ends. If you’ve…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So it’s my birthday yet here I am inkin da page. It never ends. If you’ve been following me and my work for awhile, you know that I have two businesses, ISLP + 8515. In this…
Dear Pennies & Pens, Did you peep our new page?! Last week, we quietly relaunched de la Pen…All Pen Everything with a new design. We worked with chloedigital as they handled installing and customizing our Empress Theme. Welcome to A…
Dear Pennies & Pens, I’ve got some news for my fellow creative entrepreneurs. There’s a difference between your followers and customers. Welcome to InkLesson: The Difference between Followers and Customers. Okay so for the past few years since starting 8515…
Dear Pennies & Pens, As you know from my last post Ink With Us at the National Black Book Festival, I went to Houston this past weekend to participate in the National Black Book Festival as an Author/Vendor. So today,…
Dear Pennies & Pens, If you’ve been following me and reading this blog for awhile you know that this is the 3rd year of 8515’s event, Pensgiving. If you haven’t keep reading the page, little baby. This is A Page of…






