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If you want to become a better writer try reading a lot more often. It will improve your writing and will also help you find your writing voice. It takes dedication, discipline and a lot of hard work to develop great writing ability. I sucked as a writer and by reading many books in different genre's it has allowed me to expand myself as a writer.And that makes all the difference in the world when you are a story teller. You have to be able to hook the reader and intrigue them in order to keep them interested & reading to the very end. That is my main focus.

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Keep holding on and don't you give up. Everything that you want bad enough in life;is worth fighting for and enduring to the end. The winners in life keep their focal point on the prize until they crossed the finished line.

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...Ever so thankful💋

On this Sunday morning I just want to take out a moment to reflect & thank God for transforming my life in such an amazing way. For having more than enough patience with me. For having compassion and mercy when I was so undeserving of it. You have no idea what a difference God has made in my life. I am ever so thankful for another day of life. When I hear this person or that person has died I can't fathom the countless of times my life has been redeemed from the grave and the claws of death and the devil.

On this Sunday morning my heart is full of gratitude for all the good and the bad things that has happened in my life. Because of both the good and the bad I would not be able to see and distinguish the two opposing forces that has influenced my life in such a powerful faith and God fearing woman I am today.

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Thankful for another day

I thank God for yet another blessed day of life. While I awake to see a splendid morning I am aware there were many people that weren't as fortunate. Life is a gift from God. Every breath that we take is because of the very breath of God inside of you and me.

I am also thankful for the gift of sight. Because of it I wouldn't be able to admire the beauty of life and everything that God has created. These days I am a lot more thankful about my life. Compared to who I was back then I am a more grateful person and how much God has changed my life.n

I appreciate the little things in life. I am here today because God believed in me. He believed that although I was a stubborn, a skeptic, impossible, obnoxious (unfortunately I can be at times) But lets just say I wasn't the most pleasant of people to be around if you know what I mean.

But God is not limited to the negatives in our life. In fact it is people who I was back then that God can reveal the true nature of His characteristics, love & compassion by transforming your life in a way that only God can.

He transformed my life a little at a time but on a profound way. As I reflect back who I was back then to the woman I have become today. There is no doubt the Spirit of God has done a major transformation in my life which resulted in changing and giving God my life.

Am I a saint? Of course not. However if you knew who I was back then to the person I am today you would see a big diffrence. Who would had thought I would give my life to God? That I would be talking about God in my social media platforms or that I would be writing a book about my chaotic life and my life when I hated God.

Who would had thought that as long as I tried to keep my children from knowing God that my children would take notice of all the wonderful things God has done in my life and as a result they believe in God and love God too.

About a month or two ago my youngest daughter Ciara wrote me on my Instagram page after I posted a post and she told me she was thankful for being an inspiration to her. And that because of my love, faith, the answered prayers and the hundreds of things God has done in my life she doubts not the existance of God. But believes without a reasonable doubt God exists and does many miracles as well.

These days I am just thankful for everything in my life. The big and little things and the pretty and ugly things in life as well. Because whether something is good or bad it shows me to appreciate the lessons life teaches me. Everything is a learning experience that makes me a better person.

I know my life today is an extension of God love for me. And when I think about how blessed I am that I did not die from what should had killed me; I am certain that it was God who showered me with His grace for me to be alive to see another day because He had a greater purpose for my life.

And for that reason I will not stop thanking God and telling Him how much I appreciate Him & living in a way that is honorable to Him.💋

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I love you this much.

~Jesus

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I have the type of days like today where I just sit back & wonder and I can't help but to pinch myself to assure myself I am still alive.

In these thoughts I wonder about my long long days without God.

And the many years I lived life without God, refusing to get on my knees to pray, or having a relationship with God.

During this time period of my life I took God and life for granted. I lived life from one day to the next thinking nothing could happen to me. And that I knew it all and had life all figured out. I had the mentality that I had many years to go before I was gray and old until I decided to get it right with God but just not at the very moment.

You have no idea how many horrible things I've encountered along the way for my ignorance that should had killed me.

When I was getting out of one mess I was getting myself into a bigger mess.

It was a never ending trail of bad happenings.

Life has given me my fair share of pain & sorrow.And from all these horrible experiences it has made me that much wiser and has strengthened my relationship with God as a result. I always say that I did not need God in my life but the ironic thing about the situation was that everytime I was in a life and death situation I would always catch myself calling out to God for help. And during all of my life messes God always intervened precisely at the very moment that I needed God the very most.

In my mid thirties I was beginning to suspect God existed. There were just too many things God was saving me from that couldn't had been luck or a coicidence but God himself rescuing my life from death.

Towards my late 30's God was talking to me to return back to Him. The problem was I did not want to. Returning back to God meant I had to stop acting a certain way. Not going out dancing at clubs or drinking or having sex or conforming to a godly dress code or having to pray and gling to church too.

Living for God was undesirable and very boring. I told God I wasn't ready to give Him my life and maybe the day I was dying that I would call upon Him to save my soul so that one day we could be together for all eternity.

A few hours later I had awoken late into the night and was calling out to God in my desperation to please be by my side.

I had never experienced what it was to be without God or hope. It was the most horrifying experience of my life with my search to find God but could not find Him.

(Fast forward the story for the sake of my Solace Encounters book) this experience changed my life in such a dramatic way that I ended giving my life to God without thinking or hesitating. I knew I couldn't be apart from God. The stakes were high and if this incident happened to me again I wouldn't be too sure if I would survive the ordeal.

This incident shifted my out look on God, life and death in general. And I started to realize just how big and great God was.

As I look back at all the wonderful things He has done in my life there is no doubt how great God is and how deep His love is for me.

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Writing improves with practice & patience. 💋

Writing, like every other artform, takes a lot of practice. You can't pick up a pen on day one and draw the Mona Lisa, so don't expect to pick up a pen on day one and write some mind melting prose.

Build your craft over years, hone your sentence structures and vocabulary in whatever language you're writing in, and--most importantly--read the writing of others. It'll help you build your own style by using their style as influence.

The magic of writing is that you'll never be 100% perfect, because there is no such thing as being the perfect writer. The magic of writing as that everyone tries their best, everyone gives their all to their craft, and everyone is always improving.

And when you feel like you've written something subpar? Remember: there's always tomorrow to do better.

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Editing your story isn't about fixing mistakes.

We often think of the editing process as fixing what’s wrong with our stories. But that’s not what revision is about.

Yes, we cut and edit and proof, but the purpose of all that work isn’t just to get rid of what’s failing. It’s to bring out what’s working — finding those moments of fire, where your story leaps from the page, and spreading that fire across the rest of your story.

The end goal of revision isn’t fixing. It’s animating. Invigorating. Igniting.

It’s about taking a spark, and making a wildfire.

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For tips on crafting theme, meaning, and character-driven plots, check out the rest of my blog.

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Want to know a little something?

There is not a second God does not think about you. The fact that you are alive at this very moment is because God loves you very much. You mean the world to God. He fights battles you have no clue of. He showers you with His grace whether yoy desetve it ir not.

There is nothing in the world that He would rathercgave than your undivided attention, your life, your soul and your very all.

The next time you doubt His existance find a quiet place and be aware of your being, your breathing and your existance. Now if you are alive and experiencing life wouldn't it makes sense that your existance is solely based on a Creator who created you into existance because He existed way before anything came into existance💋

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Oh how you are loved

Never allow anyone to tell you that you are not important or that you are not good enough or that you will never amount to anything. You have been created in the likeness of your creator. How awesome that the God who created the heavens, the moon and the stars and has the galaxies and the universe in His hands and turns the night into day would think that creating you would be important too?? You have been endowed with hidden treasures that makes who you are and special in the eyes of God. There aren't no two person alike in the world that is exactly like you, that has the same characteristics, personalities, finger prints, DNA, who talks, laughs or thinks or is as funny, full of adventures, spunky, mindset, or have the ability to think tbe way that you do. We gave veen created with His tender living kindness and looked down with favor. Despite falling short the glory of God and being thr filthy sinners we are He continues to look down upon us with an everlasting love. The next time you feel unloved look around you and noticed how blessed you really are. And everything that has been created has been created with you in mind.

Because there is nothimg more in this world more important to God than to see a smile across your face.

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"Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale."

~Frank McCourt

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Today is a brand new day. Always remember you are beautiful, you are important. There is no one like you. Live your greatest life ever. Know you have been created for a purpose. It doesn't matter what your past looks like. Your past failures, short comings, regrets TODAY is a new day. Live in the present and set your life apart by starting to be the person you envision in your mind to be. Take little baby steps if you must but NEVER stop creating the best life ever.

Never be afraid of change or taking risks. Enjoy a life of adventures. Because life is short, death is certain. The saddest thing in the world is dying and having unfullfilled dream and goals because you were too afraid to get out of your comfort zone, afraid of other people opinions, afraid of failure and just afraid of taking that big step that would had ultimately changed your life for the better.

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As I look back on my life, my life has been one hell of a mess. Many of the bad things that has happened to me pretty much I asked for it for being naive, rebellious, stubborn and not a God fearing woman and being disrespectful and profaning the name of God back then.

Most of my troubles started when I was 14 years when I dared the devil to prove his existance to me. For three nights in a row I called the devil. Each night his presense intensufied. I wasnt a 100% sure whether or not that was the devil or if I was having a horrible night. The second and third night was a lot more creepier. On the last night I told the devil if that was really Him to come to my room again. I told the devil something I should had never said but of course that was the reason why he came quicker than tbe two nights prior. It was a horrific and chilling encounter.

Ten years had passed when I decided to call the devil again but this time it was in exchange for a favor. I wasn't too sure whether or not the things that happened to me was the result of calling the devil or if it was just a coincidence.

Will I ever call the devil again?

Nope!!!!!

Not even if I was offered a billion dollars.

Sometimes you utter things out of your mouth without realizing the consequences behind the words. And have no idea the years of sorrow that results from calling the devil can negatively have upon your life.

The two stories are included in my Solace Encounters memoir that is due to be published in the near future along with the rest of the compiliation of stories that is sure to strike a nerve of emotions, fright and chills and maybe sleepless night and paranoial.

Until then careful the words that negatively come out of your mouth. Sometimes words can not be unsaid once they go beyond your lips.

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Is there more to life than we are failing to realize?

For many years as far as back when I was a child I would have bizarre dreams. After waking up from having those dreams I would ponder about life.

I often would stare up at the sky, woods and trees that surrounded my home in the wooded area of Winslow, New Jersey.

Deep down my heart I sensed my life was in danger. I could feel something staring and lurking my way, like that of a vulture and ready to attack at any given moment.

The sound of some kind of animal could be heard from within the woods and make my heart anxious. I would often feel something or someone was after my life.

My mind always painted a visual of a black bird sitting upon a tree branch as it conveyed through the sound of its voice like something evil was in their way over to me.

It just seemed that everytime I heard the sound my mother nor siblings weren't outside or anywhere to be seened that filled my heart with sadness and sorrow like something or someone was after my life and wanted me dead adding to the sinister of the afternoon.

I would often hurry up and go inside the house and go to my bedroom where I somewhat felt at ease and safe from harms way.

My nightmares consisted of either something or someone chasing me in a forest and not being able to find my way out of the wooded area, flying high in the sky as the enemy was trying to capture and kill me, seeing myself dead and looking within myself to notice I didn't have a body but was a spiritual being with a soul and a conscious.

Another time I had a nightmare that I woke up terrified and trembling under my blanket. A bad dream that would instantly changed the way I looked at myself when I looked in the mirror. I felt ugly in the inside and out. And to make matters worse I went to school that day only to hear 3 boys talking about me and whispering to each other that I didn't look like a girl. One buy was bold enough to say to me,"you look like a man."I was crushed and remembered tbe nightmare I had. A pretty blond girl with the most beautiful light blue eyes walks up to the boys and told them all to shut up and stop being ignorant and that tbey were stupid and blind if they couldnt see I was a female. But that's all it took for me to feel bad about my appearance all my life.

Through out the years I encountered many horrific and bizarre incidents. I had no idea what was happening in my life. Most times I pinched myself hard to make sure I wasn't dreaming. It was one horrible incident after another. I started blaming God for all my troubles and I started resenting Him and hating Him.

In October of 2013 I had it with my life and a spur of the moment came into my mind to jump in front of a truck. I was planning to run in front of the truck to not give the driver enough time to slam on his breaks. However. God had another thought in mind when my suicide plan did not go through as planned.

I heard a voice say to me,"it is not your time to die." I told God in my bitterness that this was my life and I take it whenever I feel like it. And He told me, your life is not yours but mines."

To make a long story short it wasn't until a few weeks later when I was on my way to work when I heard a voice say to me,"write your book now."

Instantly the title,"Solace Encounters" was born. At that moment I realize two things that God was not behind my troubles. But the one behind all my misery and sorrow was the devil himself. And the other thing I realized that I had a whole lot of writing to do.

There are chapters upon chapters of God awe and power in my life. I have broken it down to at least 4 to 5 books that God has miraculously done in my life.

Solace Encounters is a creepy and nerve wrecking book..Do not be fooled by the word solace. It is far the most evil book I am nearly completing with the help of my editor.

Most of the stories takes place in Philadelphia. My greatest desire is that through my stories people around the world give their life to God. You have no idea what evil is until you read my book which is to be published through Xulon Press soon.

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Amen❤

Prayer for you all. 🙏

If you or your blog is Christian

Please reblog and follow those who reblog. I’m looking to establish a network of Christians that are committed to prayer for one another and for a semi-public internet space to be open and deeply honest about struggles and fears. We are called to community and genuine love. Wherever this reaches, I hope you will publicly declare yourself a Christian and be unafraid to ask difficult questions and ask for help via prayer. Let’s use the internet to strengthen the church and each other’s faith.

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I think its interesting. I started one of my chapters with a dream that leads to the actual event of my story. Go for it!❤

Hi! Thanks for all you do. I was wondering, what are your thoughts on opening a story with a dream? I know a lot of people criticise doing that and think it’s a boring and cliche way of opening a story. The only thing is, dreams are a very focal feature of my plot and important to my main character. But overthinking about the stigma surrounding that kind of opening is kind of throwing me into writer’s block. Any advice? Thanks!

Go for it!  The first scene shouldset the mood/tone for the rest of the story to let the reader know what theyare getting into so if dreams are important to your plot/character, startingthe story with one is a good choice.  Ifyou make the dreams interesting and relevant to the plot/characters, no onewill complain that it’s cliché or boring. Don’t worry about if other people think it is the right or wrong way.  Write what you believe needs to be written foryour story because that is the only way you can write it.  \^o^/

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The most saddest thing in the world is being a prisioner in your own mind. What are you holding on to today that is preventing you from living a life of peace, freedom and liberation? Do you have unforgiveness that is poisoning your heart, mind body and soul? You know as long as you keep yourself from forgiving someone that has hurt you, you are only hurting yourself by replaying the past over and over again. Unforgiveness does not hurt the other person but hurts you. The side effects from unforgiveness is stress, alivated blood pressure, migraines, ulcers. And the list goes on and on. Sometimes no matter how much or how bad someone has hurt you is to put it in God hand. Liberate yourself from that way of thinking. Set your soul free from the bondage of bitterness and allow yourself to breath and to live of life of freedom. Let nothing come between your peace of mind and well being. You certainly can't change the past nor can you change a person but you can change the way you react to situation. In life as I have learned is to forget the past because life still goes on and you can't relive what is in the past.

Another thing that can have you a prisioner in your mind is your thoughts. Did you know that any thought that is causing you stress or torturing you, you can bring it to the throne of God? Submit to God all that is robbing you from a good quality of life and not allowing you to think with clarity. You don't have to feel hopeless or helpless. Jesus paid it all in the cross of Calvalry. Take it captive into the hands that paid it all for you to be free today.

The bible says:

John 8:36

"If the son sets you free, you will be free indeed."

Philipians 4:6

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God."

2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV

"We demolish arguments and every pretensions that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

No matter what situation you may be facing today hand it over to God and allow Him to take total control of your mind. Every day take those those captive by prayer and reciting bible scriptures that will bring the healing of God and break free the prison of your mind and thinking and set you free in the power of Jesus name Amen

Jesus is the only One who can break you free from the torment of your thoughts. Declare the power of His name to take all of your thoughts captive to be able to love a life of liberation and peace of mind.

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Blessings in Jesus❤