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Monice Mitchell Simms

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Born

Detroit, The United States

Website

http://www.monicemitchellsimms.com

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's, Nonfiction

Influences

Zora Neale Hurston, Walter Mosley, Octavia E. Butler ...more

Member Since

July 2010

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America's Acclaimed Authorpreneur, Monice writes, because not breathing is not an option."

Before becoming a published author and authorpreneur, Monice toiled as a frustrated screenwriter and an executive Hollywood assistant.

One day, she quit her job and sequestered herself to her studio apartment to pen her acclaimed debut novel, “Address: House of Corrections” – the first in a trilogy inspired by the lives of her grandmother, mother and great-grandmother.

The rest of her “Faith Leaves A Trail” story, Monice happily shares at many of her events. An entertaining and empowering tale of passion, persistence and purpose, her testimony has inspired audiences to follow their dreams – by any means necessary.

Faith Leaves A Trail

After snagging a lit America's Acclaimed Authorpreneur, Monice writes, because not breathing is not an option."

Before becoming a published author and authorpreneur, Monice toiled as a frustrated screenwriter and an executive Hollywood assistant.

One day, she quit her job and sequestered herself to her studio apartment to pen her acclaimed debut novel, “Address: House of Corrections” – the first in a trilogy inspired by the lives of her grandmother, mother and great-grandmother.

The rest of her “Faith Leaves A Trail” story, Monice happily shares at many of her events. An entertaining and empowering tale of passion, persistence and purpose, her testimony has inspired audiences to follow their dreams – by any means necessary.

Faith Leaves A Trail

After snagging a literary agent off the strength of her novel’s first 100 pages, “Address: House of Corrections” was turned down for two years by several major publishing houses. So, Monice – utilizing her eclectic skills as a poet, journalist and an award-winning filmmaker for Showtime – decided to independently publish and implement an innovative, grass roots, social media and marketing campaign to prove them all wrong.

And it worked!

With her book selling steadily on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and on her website, www.monicemitchellsimms.com, Monice then convinced brick and mortar stores to sell “Address: House of Corrections” and produced a book tour on a budget to the cities of Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and New York.

Currently, heading up her online writers community, www.themonicemagazine.com, Monice is busy penning “Faith Leaves A Trail,” her making of journey to successfully self-publish, the second novel of the trilogy, “The Mailman’s Daughter," and recently published her first children's book, "Nana's Fridge."

A filmmaker, speaker and dramatic audio book producer, she also offers one-on-one coaching to authorpreneurs and runs Make Believers Writing Services, a boutique social media and marketing agency.

Monice is happily married and lives in South Pasadena, California. ...more

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by monice mitchell simms “Corn! Mr Blackie! Stop!” But Corn and Mr. Blackie were too far gone to hear them. Like two niggas in the street, they kept thrashing each other around the living room, tumbling over Excellent’s good furniture, stomping on her valuables, heirlooms and whatnot. Hand steady, Excellent pointed the gun at them, […]

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Average rating: 3.57 · 7 ratings · 3 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Address: House of Corrections: a novel inspired 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nana's Fridge liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“i write, because not breathing is not an option.”
― Monice Mitchell Simms

tags: purpose-in-life, writing

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“i write, because not breathing is not an option.”
― Monice Mitchell Simms

tags: purpose-in-life, writing

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“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: life

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