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Lea Mishell

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Born
in Kirkwood, The United States
November 02, 1972

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Genre
Real Life, Romance, African American

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Life

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October 2010

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Author/Editor/Ghostwriter and creator of the "SistaGirlz" urban fairy tale book series, Lea Mishell was born and raised in the suburbs and more recently seasoned by the south side of St. Louis, Missouri. In fact, most of Lea's stories are set in her hometown as she likes to "write where I am", as she says. Although she's been writing since the age of 16, a self-proclaimed Professional Procrastinator, Lea didn't publish her first book until after finding her "Things to Do by 30" list and saw "Publish A Book" at the top of the list! Without a storyline in mind, shortly after turning 30 and in less than 3 months, her first book, LIVIN' JUST ENOUGH, was created. Still within the timeframe of her 30th year of life, the book was published and thu ...more

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Average rating: 4.59 · 41 ratings · 9 reviews · 9 distinct works
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Lea Mishell's Blog: Author of LIVIN' JUST ENOUGH, ILLUSIONS, and NEVA SAW I

Free ebook Giveaway: LIVIN' JUST ENOUGH

I invite you to read the first book in my SistaGirlz series, LIVIN' JUST ENOUGH: RACHAEL'S STORY

Book Synopsis:
Rachael “Baby Girl” Wallace and Aaron Jones are childhood sweethearts headed toward their happily ever after until he dumps her and kicks her out!

Picking up where her ex left off, handsome, charming and debonair Alonzo Banks is just what Baby Girl needs to finally get Aaron out of her syst Read more of this blog post »
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Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
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True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself
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“Life's short. Eat dessert first, work less and vacation MORE!!”
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“Never do anything you'll regret. Never regret anything you do.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch
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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey
tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe
tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
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31471 THE Group for Authors! — 12874 members — last activity Sep 25, 2025 11:25AM
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25x33 Q&A with Lea Mishell: LIVIN' JUST ENOUGH — 5 members — last activity May 01, 2012 01:50PM
For the month of May 2012, let's discuss book #1 of my SistaGirlz series, LIVIN' JUST ENOUGH. Synopsis: Rachael “Baby Girl” Wallace and Aaron Jones a ...more
26989 Goodreads Authors/Readers — 55034 members — last activity 3 hours, 15 min ago
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33825 How to Promote YOUR book on Amazon — 8676 members — last activity Sep 30, 2025 02:05PM
Are YOU an author? If so I am sure you are aware of how hard it can be to market your book successfully. There is so much you can do on Amazon.com to ...more
185617 Authors Helping Authors — 614 members — last activity Mar 23, 2025 03:57PM
Fiction Authors! Come as you are. Indie, NY Pubbed, emerging. We're here to help. Whether you need help with writing, editing or publicity, post yo ...more
6966 NaNoWriMo 2012 — 1050 members — last activity Oct 31, 2013 03:51PM
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39941 Chocolate, Caramel and Vanilla Erotica — 306 members — last activity Jul 24, 2023 07:53PM
For readers who sometimes like a little multicultural flavor to their erotic fiction. Please come and share your favorite interracial/multi-racial ero ...more
25x33 Leanora Moore's Romance Group — 84 members — last activity Oct 29, 2014 06:17PM
Come meet Author Leanora Moore, and get to know her romance novels! Also learn about other great Indie authors!
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message 1: by Kenn
Apr 10, 2011 02:42PM

Kenn Bivins Lea, thank you for adding me to your awesome set of Goodreads friends. I hope that you have the opportunity to read my novel, PIOUS, a page-turner of a tale about an esteemed man who is confronted with all that he has tried to hide of his past when an ex-wife tries to extort money from him and a registered sex-offender moves into his neighborhood.

Now available on Kindle and nook for only $2.99
http://amzn.to/PIOUS299 and/or http://bit.ly/PIOUSnook299


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