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Ericka Clay

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Ericka Clay is a former atheist and current author of gritty, contemporary Christian fiction. She’s just released her novel, A Violent Hope, and is in the process of writing her next one, You Once Were Darkness.

Ericka has been awarded a number of times by Writers Digest for various short fiction pieces, she has written four novels (one of which placed as a quarter-finalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest) and has had the privilege of sharing her craft, teaching writing classes and holding writers workshops in the South Texas area. She released her novel, A Violent Hope, through her literary imprint, Believable Books, on October 6, 2020.

Ericka lives in Northwest Arkansas with her husband, daughter, two dogs and an insatia ...more

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	A Violent Hope 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — 4 editions	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
	Unkept 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	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
	Dear Hearts 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	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
	"D" is for Dysfunctional 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	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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Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

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The Chronological Life of Christ

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“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

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“Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.”
― Anne Sexton

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“I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:1-2 NIV)”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version

tags: bible, cry, god, jesus-christ, life, live, love, mercy, truth, voice

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“All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.”
― Dennis Prager

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