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March 20, 2013

Stand Still~ A Short Story…The Conclusion

Present Day – Abuja “Baby, I don’t think I can do this” she confessed, looking across the room to where her children sat. At eleven and nine, they were now so grown, tears welled up in her eyes; she did not deserve them or this man that God gave to her. When she got out [...]
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Published on March 20, 2013 22:00

Stand Still~ A Short Story Part 2

Five weeks later “Mummy, where are you are going again?” Ruke asked pouring cereal for her four year old brother into a bowl. “Darling, I won’t be long; it will be a quick business trip and back. You know mummy loves you right?” “Yes mummy, but we miss you when you are gone, daddy takes [...]
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Published on March 20, 2013 07:10

March 18, 2013

Stand Still~ A Short Story Part 1

Lagos Women’s Correctional Facility “Who will I tell my story? Where do I begin? This is not supposed to be happening to me. I should be at home now with my husband and kids. People like me do not end up here. I am a graduate of business, a portfolio manager, a mom, wife, sister. [...]
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Published on March 18, 2013 22:00

The Romantic Hero~ The Christian Way

Found this wonderful and helpful article I might add on the Christian Romantic Hero for all us fiction writer…via socialpolitan.org What attributes andcharacteristicsmake a romantic hero? Does he have broad shoulders tapering to a trim waist? Is he tall and dark? Is he blond and witty? Each author and each reader has her own answer [...]
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Published on March 18, 2013 18:29

March 11, 2013

5 Things Stopping You..

Hi y’all, let me start off by saying that Ididn’twrite this. I will say however that when I read it, it seemed the writer was in my brain when she did. I started writing my book in 2006 but I candefinitelysay that all of the reason listed and more where the reason I stopped. Year [...]
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Published on March 11, 2013 06:02

March 6, 2013

When You Move, He Moves…

Release date for my debut novel An Unexpected Blessing is just about eight weeks away. I’m excited but humbled at the same time. Why? Well let me tell you my back story….. I always knew I wanted to write. I have so many book [...]
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Published on March 06, 2013 12:25

March 1, 2013

It’s too valuable…

It’s the first day of March, where has the year gone? Doesn’t it seem like just yesterday we were all saying happy New Year to one another? Now we are three months in. That’s the thing about time; it doesn’t stop and wait for no one. I consider it the most valuable thing we have [...]
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Published on March 01, 2013 09:47

February 25, 2013

Reminders from Ben…

******** I wrote this piece for my business page but really needed to share it here also, hope it speaks to you reading as it did to me writing****** The biggest night in Hollywood has come and gone. We at KevStelgroup reported every minute of it from our perspective of course, and from the best [...]
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Published on February 25, 2013 18:41

February 23, 2013

Protect Your Seed

Hi everyone!This is one rainy and gloomy Saturday, in my neck of the woods. But for the second weekend in a row, I get to leave the laptop for afew hours and take a break from writing or running my business.You see lastweekend I went to the circus with the kids, today I’m attending a [...]
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Published on February 23, 2013 07:52

February 14, 2013

Just Another Day- Happy Valentine’s Day

1Corinthians 13 : 13 Three things will last forever–faith, hope, and love–and the greatest of these is love The day is upon us again. You know the day we are pressured in to expressing ‘love’. Come to think of it, it really isn’t love if we got to be pressured into expressing it. I do [...]
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Published on February 14, 2013 03:00